Marr, NC, Johnston, Lewis Bryan & Sarah Hinton, 1769 North Carolina Johnston County Know all men by these presents that we LEWIS BRYAN & SAMUEL SMITH Junior all of the county and province aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto Sovereign Lord the King in the sum of Fifty pounds procl money to be paid to him or his … for the true payment therefore we bind our selves, each and every of us, our heirs and administrators firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals dated this twenty sixth day of October 1769. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden LEWIS BRYAN hath of the xxx hereof obtained a license for marriage to be celebrated between himself & SARAH HINTON of the said county … if there should not be any lawful cause to … the same marriage, then this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue. LEWIS BRYAN {seal} SAMUEL SMITH {seal} Signed, sealed, delivered in presence of JOHN RAND Page 1 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK ** Marr, NC, Johnston, Lewis Bryan & Sarah Hinton, 1769 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 2 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK **