Know all Men by these presents that we, Elijah Moore of Jessee & Thomas Owens of Sussex County & State of Delaware, are held and firmly bound to the State of Delaware, in the sum of two hundred dollars, lawful money of said State, to be paid to the said State of Delaware; to which payment. well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, jointly and severally, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals. Dated the second day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
The condition of the above written obligation is such, that if the above mentioned Elijah Moore of Jessee and Salley Davis of the County & State aforesaid, may lawfully unite themselves in marriage, and if there be no legal objection to celebrating the rights of marriage between them, then the said obligation shall be void, otherwise in force.
Signed: Elijah Moore of J [seal]
Thomas Owens [seal]
Sealed and delivered in the presence of: Wm. A. Ellgood _TMPLT:
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_INFO: P
Since a marraige bond is usually signed by the groom and a close relative of the bride [most commonly her father], it is quite likely that Davis is not the bride's maiden name and she is the Widow Salley Davis, a daughter of Thomas Owens, a close neighbor of Jesse Moore.
