| Confederate States of America |
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| Know all men by
these presents, That I Thomas Peters of the State of Tennessee as
principal, and George B. Peters, Wm. G. Ford, R. C. Brinkley, W. J.
Davie and J. J. Murphy, of the State of Tennessee as sureties, are
held and firmly bound unto the Confederate States of America, in the
full and just sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars, to the payment whereof,
well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally,
our joint and severally, our joint and several heirs, executors and
administrators, firmly by these presents. |
| Sealed with our seals, and
dated at Memphis, Tenn., this 25th day of November one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one. |
| The condition of the foregoing
obligation is such, that, whereas, the said Thomas Peters has been
appointed to the office of Brigade Quarter Master in the Provisional
Army of the Confederate States of America. Now, therefore, if the said
Thomas Peters shall truly and faithfully execute and discharge all the
duties of the said office, according to law, and fully pay and account
for all moneys and public property and supplies, which he may from
time to time receive, and render full and true accounts of the
disposition of all such moneys and public property and supplies, in
such manner and at such times as he may be required by the Secretary
of the War Department, or by such other officer as may by law be
empowered to require the same, then the above obligation is to be void
and of none effect: otherwise it shall remain in full force and
virtue. |
| Sealed and delivered in presence of |
Thos. Peters |
(SEAL) |
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Geo. B. Peters |
(SEAL) |
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R. C. Brinkley |
(SEAL) |
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W. J. Davie |
(SEAL) |
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J. J. Murphy |
(SEAL) |
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W. G. Ford |
(SEAL) |
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| State of Tennessee |
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| County of Shelby |
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| Personally appeared before me,
George Dixon, Judge of the Com. Law & Chy Court of the City of
Memphis of the State aforesaid, R. C. Brinkley and W. G. Ford, who
being duly sworn, say that the signatures to the foregoing bond are in
their own proper handwriting, and that they signed the same on the day
and date and for the purposes therein mentioned; and that they are
each of them worth the amount for which he has obligated himself
therein, over and above all debts and liabilities. |
| Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day
of Decr., 1861 |
R. C. Brinkley |
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W. G. Ford |
| Geo. Dixon, Judge of the Com Law & Chy. Ct
of the City of Memphis |
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| State of Tennessee |
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| County of Shelby |
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| I, Geo. Dixon Judge of the
Com. Law & Chy Ct. of the City of Memphis of the State aforesaid,
and which is a court of record, do hereby certify that the sureties to
the within Bond are ample and sufficient. |
| Geo. Dixon, Judge of the Common Law &
Chy Ct. of the City of Memphis |
| The above acknowledgment must
be made before a Judge of a Superior or Circuit Court, and the
certificate of sufficiency of the sureties must be given by the Judge
before whom the acknowledgment is made. |
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