1806 Marriage Bond for
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
Washington County Clerk's Office
Washington County, Kentucky
TRANSCRIPT:
Know all men by these presents that we Thomas
Lincoln and
Richard Berry
- are
held and firmly bound unto his
Excellency the Governor of Kentucky for the
Just and full sum of
fifty pounds Current money to the payment of
which well
and
truly to be made to the said Governor and his successors
we bind our selves our heirs etc jointly and
severally firmly
by
these presents Sealed with our seals and dated this 10th
day of June 1806.
The condition of the above
obligation is such that whereas there is a
marriage shortly
intended between the above bound Thomas Lincoln and
Nancy Hanks ~
for which a license has issued
now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct
the said
marriage
then this obligation to be Void or else to remain
in full force & virtue in Law
Thomas Lincoln {Seal}
Witness
Richard Berry {Seal}
John H. Parrott
Garden [Guardian]
DISCUSSION
House of Lynn
Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania
