Mary & John W Maxwell
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Eliza Maxwell & William Rardin & Chas J Helm, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the penal sum of two hundred 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 27 day of May 1850.
The condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound, Eliza Maxwell, her heirs, executors, and administrators, shall well and truly pay and deliver to Mary Maxwell & John W Maxwell, 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: B D Beall-Clk, Eliza Maxwell (X her
mark) Wm Rardin, Ch J Helm
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Information comes from the Campbell County Court Guardian Book 2006-000-0416. page 158, at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria Ky.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, Lucretia Maxwell, has been appointed by the County Court of Campbell County, and has qualified as Guardian to John W and Mary M Maxwell, minors.
NOW, we Lucretia Maxwell as principal, and Robert B McCrackin, her sureties, do hereby covenant to and with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the said Lucretia Maxwell, will faithfully discharge the trust of Guardian to said minors, in all respects as required by law.
Signed this Seventh day of May 1860. Miss Lucretia Maxwell, Robt B McCrackin