Marriage Records

1817 Marriage Bond of William Linton and Eliza Lyon Moran

William Linton and Eliza Lyon Moran are my 3rd great-grandparents.  William was a son of Captain John Hancock Linton and Nancy Mason.  Eliza was the daughter of William Moran and Mary Barber.  They were born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and as young adults came to Washington County, Kentucky, where they married.  They are buried in the old Linton Cemetery.

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That we, William Linton and William Moran, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the Just and full sum of Fifty Pounds, current money, the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth, we bind ourselves, our heirs, Jointly and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this 5th day of April 1817.  The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a Marriage shortly intended between the above bound William Linton and Miss Eliza Lyon Moran, daughter of the above bound William Moran, for which a License has issued, now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct said Marriage, then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue in law.

                                                  William Linton

                                                 William Moran

Witness, John Hughes, Jr.

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