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Marriage Bond |
In the fall of 2012 after much research I came aross the marriage bond of my 3rd great-grandfather and his wife. It has been hid to history for over 177 years from our family.
I often wonder what their lives were like, what they ate, how they dressed, and what was the mystery behind their deaths?
Their grandson, Watt Hale (my great-grandfather) never got to met his grandparents but he always told a story to this day that I am on a search to solve, uncover and hope one day will know what happened to them.
Smith and Elizabeth Moseley-Hale died one day apart, burried in a common grave in Prestonsburg, KY. and to this day no one knows how or what happened. Maybe one day soon we will uncover that mystery and if not, we will have to let it be burried with them. Here is what the marriage bond says:
"Know all men by these present that we Smith Hale and Obadiah Moore are held and firmly bound unto the common wealth of Kentucky in the final sum of £ 50 (pounds) for the true payment whereof we bind our selves our heirs and firmly by these present sealed with our seal and dates this 12th day of June 1835 The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be held and solemnized between the above bound Smith Hale and Elizabeth Moseley of this county if there fore there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue. Executed in presence of Smith Hale (sign by X) (seal) Jacob Mays ??? Obadiah Moore (seal)"
- Smith Hale (3rd great-grandfather)
- Samuel Hale (2nd great-grandfather)
- Walter *Watt* Hale (great-grandfather)
- Paul R. Hale (grandfather)
- Wilma Lou Hale (mother)
- Terry Hale (me)
