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Refused & doth still refuse to pay although often demanded to the

damage of the Said William of five thousand pounds of tobacco

& thereupon he brings this Sute &ca.              Jn^o Doe

              Pirrie p^r Que^r Pleg p^rsec &ca.         Rich Roe }

Know all Men by these p^rsents that I Joseph Staton of the County of

Somerset in the Province of Maryland Planter me my Heirs Extors

Adm^rs & Assigns doe owe and stand justly indebted unto William

Henderson of the same County & Province afd unto he his Heirs

Extors Adm^rs or Assigns the full & just Sum of two thousand five

hundred pounds of good Sound Merchantable tobacco & Caske to be pd

at or before the tenth day of October in the year of o^r Lord God One

thousand Six hund^d & ninety four at Some Convenient Landing or

markett place in Pocomoke River it being for a Valuable Consideracon

in hand allready recd as Witness my hand & fixed my Seal this

Seventh day of Jan^ry 1692/3.            Joseph Staton ❂

Signed Sealed & delivered

in the p^rsence of —              }

John Henderson.

Wm Day —           }            The sd Staton in Open Court Confest judgm^t

                                           for y^e sd 2500 lb tob Ord^r w^th Cost als Exⁿ

M^r Fra. Jenckins plt                      Somerset County Ss

Griffin Morris dft }                     Griffin Morris late of Somerset

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~                         County was Sumoned to answer –

                                                         unto ffra. Jenckins of y^e Same —

County Gen^tl of a plea that he render unto him the Sum of three

thousand one hundred eighty Seven pounds of tobacco which to him

he oweth & unjustly deteineth &ca. — And whereupon the Said

ffra. by Peter Dent his Attorney Complains that whereas the sd Griffin

the 31^st day of 8ber in the year of our Lord 1690 at Monokin within

the Jurisdiction of this Court by his Certain Bond in writeing which

the Said ffra. with y^e Seal of the sd Griffin Signed brings here into Court

the date whereof is the day & year afd acknowledged himself to be

indebted to the Said ffra. in y^e said Sum of 3187 pounds of tobacco to be

pd to the Said ffra. Convenient in the sd County to which paym^t well and

truely to be made y^e sd Griffin bound himself firmly by the sd Bond –

Nevertheless, y^e sd Griffin y^e sd Sum of 3187 pounds of tob. to the sd ffra.according

to the teno^r of y^e sd Bond hath not paid but hath hitherto refused & doth Still

refuse to the damage of the sd ffra. of 5000 pounds of tobacco and thereof he

brings his Sute &ca. Dent p^r Que^r Pleg &ca. Jn^o. Doe

                                                                                Rich Roe }

And the sd Griffin prayes the hearing the Said Bond and it is read unto him he

prayes also the hearing the Condicon of y^e sd Bond & it is read unto him

these words (viz) The Condicon of this p^rsent Obligation is Such that if

the above bounden Griffin Morris his Heirs Extors or Adm^rs shall well & truely

Satisfie Content & pay unto the above Named ffra. Jenckins his Heirs Ext^rs

Adm^rs or Assigns the just Sum or quantity of one thousand five hundred

ninety three & a halfe pounds of good Sound Mertable bright & large tob

in Caske Convenient in the County afd that then this p^rsent Obligation