"Alexander Stuckey--Chappells Bridge on Turkey Creek"
"Georgia, Laurens County"
     We, Alexander Stuckey of Wilkinson County as Principal and J. J. White and Wiley A. Word securities of Laurens County & said State, acknowledges ourselvs held and family bound unto John T. Duncan Ordinary of said County, and his successors in office in the sum of two hundred and eighty 60/100 dollars subject to the following condition:
     The condition of the above obligation is as follows:  whereas at the bidding out of the building of a bridge across Turkey Creek and the Lagoons at the place known as the Byrd Allen Bridges that said the said Alexander Stuckey become the lowest bidder at and for the sum of one dollar & fifteen cents per running foot.
     Now should the same Alexander Stuckey well and truly perform his undertaking, and builds said Bridges according to the plans & specifications agreed upon, by the 1st day of December next 1884, and keep the same in good order and repair, and be responsible for all damages to persons & property that may occur at said Bridges by carelessness or _____ of said contractor, for seven years from the time said Bridges are received, then this obligation to be void.
 Otherwise, of full force & ___, and each of us for ourselves and families do hereby waive all right to Homestead or Exemption as allowed by the laws of this State, so far as this bond is concerned.
Sworn under our hands & seals, this Dec. 8th, 1884

Alexander Stuckey
J. J. White
Wiley A. Word
Tested & approved by John T. Duncan, Ordinary
Filed in office: Dec. 8th, 1884--John T. Duncan, Ordinary
Recorded January 20th, 1885, John T. Duncan, Ordinary

Laurens County Probate Court
Bond Book A, page 96--1870-1901
Laurens County, Dublin, Georgia

Additional Comments:
Additional Source:
Dublin Post, August 13, 1884
Galileo, University System of Georgia
Note:  A notice was issued to bridge builders that bids would be let to the lowest bidder on the above bridges mentioned.  The first notice was published on
August 8, 1884 in the Dublin Post by John T. Duncan, Ordinary.

Alexander Stuckey, of Wilkinson County, submitted a bid with the requirements. We do not know if the bid was awarded to him.

contributed by and copyright  R. Elizabeth Brewer 2004
 
 


Eileen Babb McAdams copyright 2004