Harriet E, Lewis and Josephine E Helm
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Elizabeth M Helm, Joseph Temple & James T Helm, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, current money, to the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, as witness our hands and seals, this 26th day of May 1851.
The condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound, Elizabeth M Helm, her heirs, executors, and administrators, shall well and truly pay and deliver to Harriet E Helm, Lewis Helm and Josephine E Helm, of whom she is appointed Guardian, all such estate as now is, or shall hereafter appear to be due from her to the said orphans when they shall attain to lawful age to demand the same, or when thereunto required by the Justices of the Campbell County Court for the time being, and also faithfully execute her office herein, in such a manner as to save harmless and indemnify the said Justices, their heirs, executors, and administrators, from all trouble and damage that about said estate may accrue, then the above obligation to be void-else to remain in full force and virtue.
Witness: J H Parker-Clk, Elizabeth M Helm,
Joseph Temple (by his attorney in fact, J H Parker) James T Helm (by his attorney in
fact J H Parker)
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Information comes from the Campbell County Court Guardian Book 2006-000-0416. page 87, at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria Ky.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, Elizabeth M Helm, has been required by the County Court of Campbell County to give additional security and has qualified as Guardian to Harriet E, Lewis and Josephine E Helm, minors.
NOW, we Elizabeth M Helm as principal, and Joseph H Piner, her sureties, do hereby covenant to and with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the said Elizabeth M Helm, will faithfully discharge the trust of Guardian to said minors, in all respects as required by law.
Signed this 27th day of July 1857. J H Piner
ATT: W Macrae