Know all men by these presents that we Francis Johnston, Zedekiah Stone & William Bryan are held and firmly bound to Richard Caswell Governor & his Successors in the sum of Six hundred pounds—Proclamation Money to the payment wherof well and truly to be made and done, we Bind ourselves our and each of our Heirs Execrs. Adminsrs. Jointly and Severally firmly by these presents, Sealed with our Seals and dated this fourteenth Day of August 1777—

The Condition of the above Obligation is such that whereas an Act has passed the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina entiteled an Act for declaring what Crimes & practices against the State shall be Treason, & what shall be Misprison of Treason and providing punishments Adaquate to Crimes of both Classes, and for preventing the dangers which may arise form persons disaffected to the State, wherein among other things it is enacted, that certain persons under particular descriptions, may ^be^ cited to appear at the next County Court, and required to take an Oath recited in the said act, and Also, that any Justice of the peace may summon any person residing in the County, to which his Jurisdiction Extends, to take the above mention'd Oath, and upon refusal the said Court is impower'd to order such persons to Depart the State within Sixty Days, and in the mean time to give [Bond]Security for their so doing.

And whereas the above bound Francis Johnston has been cited agreeable to the above mentioned Act, to appear and take the said Oath which he has refused to do, and the Court hath therefore ordered the said Francis Johnson to Depart the said State, now therefore if the said Francis Johnston shall depart this State within Sixty days from the date hereof.

Then this Obligation to be Void, else to remain in full force and Virtue—