Let R Rutherford have a note
on Preston Robertson in which he is security
for which he is good to me for the same
the note Calls for $10.00 with one credit
of five dollars the 3d of November 1821
another Credit of $1.00 the 26th of February
1822 another Credit of $1.00 the 12th day of
March 1822
Recd $2.31 ¼ of the above this 24th Dec.
1822
There is one dollar due of
the with in 10th March 1823
Memorandum
As Rutherford
Randolph Rutherford signed a note for $10.00 to Preston Robertson as evidence of his good faith in acting as surety for Roberston on another note made by Robertson to pay a debt.
A surety is a person who agrees to be responsible for the debt or obligation of another.
A credit is the same as a payment.