McMinn_Letter_002_48194

Know all men by these presents that we Christopher Taylor Chloe Rentfroe & Henry Conway and James Wilson all of the County of Greene and State of North Carolina are held and firmly bound Samuel Johnston Esq^r goven =our & Commander in cheef [sic] of the State afore =said in the full and Just sum of one thous and two hundred pounds to be paid to the said Samuel Johnston Esq^r his successors or assigns, to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs Ex[ecuto]r^s and adm[inistrato]^rs jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 4^th day of May 1789 The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas the above bounden Christopher Taylor of W. County and Chloe Rentfroe adm^r and adm^rs of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of William Rentfroe Dec[ease]^d do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of the Estate of the said Dec^d which have or shall come to the hands Knowledge or possession of the said Christopher Taylor and Chloe Rentfroe or to the hands Knowledge or possession of any person or persons for them, and the same so made an Exhibit or cause to be Exhibited into the secretarys office and one attested copy thereof into the county court when orders for administration passed within ninety days from the date of these presents and the same goods chattels and credits of the Dec.^d at the time of his death or at any time since or hereafter shall come into the hands or possession of the said adm^r & adm^rs or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for them Do well & truly administer according to law and further Do make or cause to be made a true and Just of [their?] said administration within one year after the date of these presents and all the rest and residue of the said Estate which shall be found remaining on the said adm^rs account (the same being first examined and allowed by the superior or county court)

shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively as the same shall be done pursuant to the true intent and the meaning of the act in such case made and provided. And if it shall appear that any will or Testament was made by the said Dec^d and the Exe^r or Exe^rs therein named do exhibit the same into Court making request to have it allowed and approved of accordingly If the said Adm^r & adm^rs above bound being thereunto required Do render and deliver the said letters of [Administration?] (approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court) then this obligation to be Void or Else to remain in full [form?] and virtue Signed Sealed and acknowledged in open court

Christopher Taylor seal Chloe Rentfroe + her mark seal Henry Conway seal James Wilson seal

Test Dan^l Kennedy [CGle?]

State of Tennessee Greene County ss

I Andrew Patterson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of said County, Do certify that the above is a true copy of the Bond therein mentioned as the same appears in my Office In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Greeneville the 13th day of May 1816.

A. Patterson

By his Deputy

V. Sevier.

Christopher

I Joseph M^cMinn Governor of the State of Tennessee do assign the within Copy of administration bond or Copy of said Bond to Titus Gray & Charlotte Gray his Wife to [be ?] on according to the provision of the Act of Assembly in such case made & Provided Witness my hand this 17^th Day of May AD 1816

Jos. M^cMinn