Free Negro Bond for David Copeland
Item
Free Negro Bond for David Copeland. 1841, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61025
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for David Copeland
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Date
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1841-10-03
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Identifier
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fre0020.1841.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Copeland
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I have this day imploid [employed]
the within David
Copeland to go with
me to Missouri &
whom I am satisfied
is free born
G A Crensland
March 21st 1837
State of Missouri
County of Howard, sit
I Gray Bynam Clerk of the Circuit
Court & Ex- Official Recorder for said County, do hereby
certify that the foregoing attached Free Paper, or Instrument
of writing, was received by me for record on the
3rd day of September, 1841 and recorded in Book J page 19.
pages 19
Given under my hand & seal of said
Court at Office, in said County, on
the day & year above written
Gray Bynum Clk
By S. Bynum D.C.
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City of Richmond, to wit:
Registered in the Office of the Court of Hustings for the City, the 3d day
of Jan'y, 1826, No. 497 David Copeland, a black boy
about three feet seven inches high, and about seven years old, who
was Born free, pr oath of Elizabeth Godbright
Teste, W.C. Howard Clk
Test, [unclear]
Recorder of said City.
David Copeland's
Free Certificate
Filed for Record 3rd
Sept. 1841
G. Bynum, Clk.
Free Negro Bond for David Copeland. 1841, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61025
