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Hackett vs Woolfolk  1824

Fredericksburg, VA Circuit Court Records

BIC: CI-CR-SC-H

CC: SC-H-1824   ID: 140-20

 

Know all Men by these Presents, That we John Woolfolk and Robert Wiglesworth are held and firmly bound unto Pascal Hackett & Maria his wife in the just and full sum of One Hundred Eighty three dollars and seventy four cents to be paid unto the said Pascal Hackett and Marie his Wife their certain Attorney, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns:  To which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, and each of our joint and several Heirs, Executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.  Sealed with our Seals, and dated this 1st day of March 1824.

 

The Condition of the above Obligation is such

That whereas Pascal Hackett and Maria his wife hath sued out of the Superior court of Chancery for the Fredericksburg District a writ of Fieri Facias against the Goods and Chattels of the above bound John Woolfolk.

Upon a decree obtained in the said court; which writ with the legal costs attending the same, amounts to the sum of Ninety One Dollars & Eighty Seven cents

And directed to the Marshal of the Superior Court of Chancery for the Fredericksburg District and whereas, Thomas Chew deputy for John Stanard, Marshal of the said Superior Court of Chancery by virtue of the said writ hath taken the following property, belonging to the said John Woolfolk to satisfy the same, to wit: Two Horses & one gig {?}

And the said John Woolfolk being desirous of keeping the same in his possession until the day of sale thereof, hath tendered the above bound Robert Wiglesworth as security for the forthcoming and delivery thereof on the day, and at the place of sale.  Now if the above bound John Woolfolk and Robert Wiglesworth or either of them, do and shall deliver the aforesaid property to the said Marshal or either of his deputies, at Spotsylvania Court house on the 5th day of April next then and there to be sold, to satisfy the said decree; then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.

 

Signed in the presence of

Thomas Chew,  John Woolfolk, Robert Wiglesworth

 

{Transcribed by Robert Woolfolk, Nov. 2004}

{Transcriber’s note: Maria Hackett was John Woolfolk’s sister}