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KNOW all men by these Presents that we William McPheetters George Berry and John
Findly are held and firmly bound unto Archibald Alexander Abraham Smith Elijah
McClenachan Alexander Robertson and John Trogg Justices in the Commission of the
Peace for Augusta County found in behalf of the Justices of the said County &
their successors in the sum of one Thousand Pounds to be paid to the said
Justices and their successors which Payment will and truly to be made we bind
ourselves & each of us owe and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators
Jointly & severally firmly by these Presents sealed with our seals and dated this
16th day of March 1773.
THE CONDITION of this obligation is such that if the above bound William
McPheeters Executor of the last will & testament of William McPheeters decd do
make or Cause to be made a true and Perfect Inventory of all & Singular the goods
Chattles and Credits of the said decd which have or shall come to the hands
Possessions or knowledge of him the said William or into the hands or Possession
of any other Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause
to be Exhibited into the County Court of Augusta at such time as he shall be
thereunto required by the said Court the same Goods Chattles and Credits & all
other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which at any time After
shall come to the hands or Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do
will & truely Administer According to Law and further do make a Just & true
Account of his Actings and doings therein when thereto required by the said Court
and also do will and truely Pay and deliver all legacies Contained and Specified
in the said Testament as far as the said Goods Chattles and Credits will
thereupon extend According to the Value thereof as the law shall Charge then this
Obligation to be Void Otherwise to remain in full force & Virtue
Sealed and Delivered William McPheeters (seal)
In the Presence of George Berry (seal)
John Findley (seal)
At a Court held for Augusta Count March the 16th 1773 William McPheetters with
George Berry and John Finley his securitys Acknowledged this their Bond and
Ordered to be Recorded.
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Note: McPheeters names in his will dated 21 January 1773 (WB V:61-62):
Wife, Mary; children John, Martha, Jannett, Mary, William, Samuel.
Executor: William McPheeters, Jr.
Witnesses: John Moffatt, William Brownlee, Robert Purie(?)
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