Gates County, NC - Isaac Pipkin & Mary Goodman Marriage Certificate, 1797

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

     KNOW all Men by these Presents, That We Isaac Pipkin Junr and
William Goodman Junr both of Gates County & State aforesaid are 
held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Samuel Ashe Esquire, 
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State 
aforesaid, in the just and full Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, current 
Money of the State aforesaid, to be paid to his Excellency the 
Governor, his Successors or Assigns : To the which Payment well and 
truly made, We do bind ourselves, and each of us, our and each of 
our Heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns, jointly and 
severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our seals, and 
dated this Second Day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred and 
Ninety Seven.

THE Condition of this Obligation is such, that whereas the above
bound Isaac Pipkin hath made Application for a License for a Marriage
to be celebrated between him and Mary Goodman of the County of Gates.
Now in Case it shall not appear thereafter that there is any lawful
Cause to obstruct the said Marriage, then this Obligation to be void,
otherwise to remain in full Force and Virtue.

     Signed, Sealed and Delivered              Isaac Pipkin {Seal}
       in the Presence of
         Law Baker                             William Goodman {Seal}

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