Submitted by Wanda Bruce tobias3@idt.net ========================================= Guardian Bond Gibson County TN. June 3, 1861 We WILLIAM GARDNER, T.N. PAYNE & JOHN KIMBRO are bound to the State of Tennessee in the penalty of Four Thousand Dollars. Witness our hands and seals this 3 day of June A.D. 1861. The Condition of this Obligation is such, That, Whereas, the above bound Wm. GARDNER Guardian of RICH HM (?), JOHN I., Wm.K., JOS. (or JOS.)B. & JAS. F. GARDNER Minor children of JANE GARDNER deceased. Now, if the said Wm. GARDNER shall well and truly perform and discharge all the duties which are or may be required of him by law, as such Guardian, this obligation shall be void: otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. WILLIAM GARDNER Seal T.N. PAYNE Seal JOHN KIMBRO Seal