Mason Co., Kentucky Marriage Bonds 1795
(C. Avis Catalog entry #832)
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-QHFJ : 22 July 2021), John Craig and Catharine Patten, 22 Dec 1795; citing Marriage, , Mason, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 281,840.
Know all men by these Presents that we John Craig & Thomas Howard are held and firmly bound unto Isaac Shelby in the Just sum of fifty pounds Current Money to thee which payment well & truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors & administrators firmly by this presents Sealed our seals and dated this 22d of Dec 1795. The Conditions of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is about to be held between John Craig and Catharine Patten Now if there is no Just cause why this said marriage shall not take effect then the above obligation to be Void else to remain be.
Testi John Craig
Thos Howard