This day Came before Martin Armstrong, one of the Justices Assigned to keep the Peace in said County, those whose names are hereto Subscribed, and made the following Acknowledgement, to-wit:
We whose names are hereto Subscribed do hereby Acknowledge ourselves jointly and severally Bound unto Abner Nash, Esqr., Governor of the State aforesaid, in the sum of Five Hundred Thousand pounds Currency, or in Gold and Silver, to be Levied of our Lands and Tenaments, Goods and Chattles, to be void on Condition that we, and each of us, make Our Personal Appearance at the Next Superior Court to be held for the District of Salisbury, at the Courthouse in Salisbury, on the ___ Day of _____,1780; then and there to Answer such bills of Indictment as shall be preferred against us, Either for high Treason, Misprision of Treason, or any Other Crimes, as shall be Alledged against us during the time of the Late Insurrection.
In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our Hand and seals the 24th day of Oct., 1780.