Good Morning Joan
Hopefully negative info can be useful also.  I looked this up in Black's Law
Dictionary, Third Edition,  and while L.S. is there E.S. is not.  I also did
not find it in Paul Drake's book "What did They Mean By That", 2003 version.

Douglas Burnett
Satellite Beach
FL

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Joan Horsley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what "E.S." stands for after a signature? I know that
> "L.S." is for locus sigilli or legal seal, but I've never seen the "E.S."
> and cannot find what it might mean.
>
> This "E.S." appears on a pre-printed marriage bond for Monroe County
> (VA/WV) dated 27 Dec 1819. This printed form has blanks to be filled in by
> hand with the names of the two persons held to the bond, the current
> governor. the man and woman to be married, plus the date.
>
> At the signature space, the first signature (the groom's) is followed by
> the standard "L.S.", which is also pre-printed on the form. The second
> signature (the security) is followed by the letters "E.S.", again
> pre-printed. (Both names are signed by signature, not mark, and this
> document appears to have the original signatures, not a clerk’s copy.)
>
>  Does the "E.S." really stand for something, or could this be a printer's
> error?
>
>  Thank you,
>  Joan Horsley
>
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