Probate, NC, Nash, Benjamin Lane 1789 Know all men by these presents that we BENJAMIN BRYANT and EDWARD GANDY and WILLIAM HENDRICK are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency SAMUEL JOHNSON Esquire and his successors in the sum of five hundred pounds to be paid to his Excellency or his successors or assigns, to which payment will and truly be made, we bind ourselves and each of our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 12th day of May 1789. The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound BENJAMIN BRYANT administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of BENJAMIN LANE do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credit of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands or knowledge or possession of the said BENJAMIN BRYANT or onto the hands or possession of any other person for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the secretary's office and one attested copy to the county court, which orders for administration was passed within 90 days after the date of these presents and the same goods chattels and credits of the deceased at the time of his death which at any time hereafter or that have already come into the hands or possession of the said BENJAMIN BRYANT into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him do administer according to law and further to make or cause to be made a true and just accounting of his administration within one year after these presents and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattels and credits which shall be found whom the said administrator of the same being first examined and Allowed by the Governor, Counselor General, or County courts shall deliver to said person or persons respectively as the same shall do pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act on this case made and provided and if it appear that any will and testament were made by the deceased and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same into court requesting to have it allowed and approved of according to the above bound BENJAMIN BRYANT being then required to render and deliver the said letters of administration testamentary being first had and made in the said Court then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and the value. BENJAMIN BRYANT {seal, his mark} EDWARD GANDY {seal} WILLIAM HENDRICK {seal} Page 1 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, NC, Nash, Benjamin Lane 1789 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 2 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK **