Witness our hands and seals the 20th day of March 1848.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be held and solomnized between the above bound Mathew McDaniel and Jemima Black daughter of Henry Black.
Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in all force and virtue.
Teste Sam'l McD Reid Clerk
Mathew McDaniel
William Kincade
Jno. L. Shields
Rockbridge County Court Clerk Office. The written certificate was proved before me by William Kincade, a subscribing witness who also proved that the intention was for licens to Mathew McDaniel to intermarry with Jemima Black and for William Forsythe to intermarry with Margaret Black given under my hand this 20th March 1848.
Sam'l McD Reid Clerk
March 20, 1848 Mr. Samuel McD Reid you will let Mathew McDaniel and William Forsythe have licens for my daughters Jemima and Margaret given under my hand.
Teste Andrew Crawford
William Kincade
[signed]Henry Black
Marriage Bond of William Forsythe and Margaret Black
20 March 1848
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we William Forsythe, William Kincade and Mathew McDaniel are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the just and full sum of 150 dollars to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severely firmly by these presents.
Witness our hands and seals the 20th day of March 1848.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be held and solomnized between the above bound Willilam Forsythe and Margaret Black daughter of Henry Black.
Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in all force and virtue.
Teste Sam'l McD Reid Clerk
William Forsythe
William Kincade
Mathew McDaniel
Sam'l McD Reid Clerk
March 29, 1848 Mr. Samuel McD Reid you will let my son William Forsythe have the licens given under my hand.
Teste James Lawson
[signed]Mary Forsythe
Robert Lawson
The written certificate was proved before me in the clerk's office of Rockbridge County court by Robert Lawson, a subscribing witness this 20th March 1848.
Samuel McD Reid Clk
Witness our hands and seals the 20th day of March 1848.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be held and solomnized between the above bound Willilam Forsythe and Margaret Black daughter of Henry Black.
Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in all force and virtue.
Teste Sam'l McD Reid Clerk
William Forsythe
William Kincade
Mathew McDaniel
Sam'l McD Reid Clerk
March 29, 1848 Mr. Samuel McD Reid you will let my son William Forsythe have the licens given under my hand.
Teste James Lawson
[signed]Mary Forsythe
Robert Lawson
The written certificate was proved before me in the clerk's office of Rockbridge County court by Robert Lawson, a subscribing witness this 20th March 1848.
Samuel McD Reid Clk