Mahala Gibb

 

Court Order Book 5, Page 327  28 August 1848
Alexandria Courthouse
 

Mahala Gibb, orphan of Wm. Gibb, dec'd. above the age of 14 years, came to Court and made choice of Susan Bell, her mother as her guardian who together with James Bell and Isaac Stricker her security executed bond in the penalty of $1000 conditioned as the law directs.
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Susan Bell, James Bell and Isaac Stricker, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the penal sum of one 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 28 day of August 1848.

The condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound, Susan Bell, her heirs, executors, and administrators, shall well and truly pay and deliver to Mahala Gibbs, infant orphan of Wm Gibbs, of whom she is appointed Guardian, all such estate as now is, or shall hereafter appear to be due from her to the said orphan 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 his 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: Susan Bell (X) James Bell, Isaac Stricker
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