Know all men by these presents that I Erie Rhodes of the county of and state of am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Smith of the county of and State aforesaid in the penal sum of three thousand Dollars for the payment of which well and truly to be made I bind myself my heirs, executors, and administrators firmly by these presents. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the said Erie Rhodes has this day sold unto the said Joseph Smith one hundred and fifty three and one half acres of Land, at ten Dollars per acre lying and being in the county of and state aforesaid, as follows, to wit, one hundred [p. 444]