<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18943"></HEAD> <BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV>The short answer is that all bonds had a monetary amount attached.  If Joseph S. Taylor did not have the money to cover the bond, he may have gone to his brother Samuel to act as a surety, in other words, to cover the monetary amount of the bond.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I won't even try to delve into the genealogical implications of this -- not knowing anything about the family.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael Hait<BR><A href="mailto:michael.hait@hotmail.com">michael.hait@hotmail.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com">http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="mailto:courthouseresearcher@gmail.com
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:courthouseresearcher@gmail.com">MFP</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 03, 2010 12:34 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [APG Public List] Question about a marriage bond</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>A friend has a question about a marriage bond (posted below). I know nothing about marriage bonds and am turning to this list for help. I will send .pdf copy of the bond if needed. <DIV lang=EN-US bgcolor="white" background="?ui=2&ik=c9c55afe08&view=att&th=12b72cff33693ebb&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw" link="#1F86FF" vlink="#005DC9"> <DIV> <P> TIA</P> <P> Mag</P> <P> Is there any significance to the amount on this marriage bond???  It seems very unusual.  Samuel and Joseph were brothers.  Why do they have to pay the state $1000 for a marriage bond?  Other marriage bonds that I copied did not have this extra information attached.</P> <P> "Samuel Taylor enters into bond with Joseph S. Taylor to the state of NC for the sum of $1000.  Joseph S. Taylor made an application for marriage to Jemima Walters.  The marriage was performed on 30 July, 1856 by Noah Mercer, J.P."</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P class=MsoNormal> </P></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>