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- EDY MEAD, m. Christopher Toler in Bedford County, Va., on the 15 Jan. 1801 ( John Ayres, minister), pursuant to the following marriage bond and consent filed therewith in Bed-ford County Clerk's Office, viz:
"Know All Men By These Presents : That we, Christopher Toler & Uriah Leftwich, Jr., and held & firmly bound unto James Monroe, Esquire, Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State of Virginia in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well & truly to be made to the said James Monroe, or to his successors, we bind ourselves and each of us, our and each of our heirs Exors & admrs Jointly and Severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated the 13th day of January, 1801.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage Shortly intended to be had and Solemnized between the above bound Christopher Toler & Edy Mead, now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to re-main in full force & virtue.
Signed & ackdCHRISTOPHER TOLER (L. S.)
in presence ofURIAH LEFTWICH(L. S.)"
"Bedford County,
I do hereby Certify that I give my Consent that you should issue License for the intermarriage of my Daughter, Edy Mead, with Christopher Toler. Given under my hand & seal thisday of January, 1801.
TesteROBERT MEAD (L. S.) RHODES MEAD
URIAH LEFTWICH JR.
To the Clerk of Bedford."
Source: Mead Relations, pp. 39-40.
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