Free Negro Bond for John Smothers
Item
Free Negro Bond for John Smothers. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61034
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for John Smothers
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Date
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1843-05-01
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Identifier
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fre0011.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for John Smothers
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Know all men by these presents that we John Smothers
as principal and Robert D Cow
as securities are held and firmly bound unto the
State of Missouri in the just and full sum of Two
hundred dollars for the true payment of
of which said sum of money we bind ourselves
our and each of our heirs executors administrators
and assigns jointly and severally firmly by these
presents sealed with our seals and doth this
first day of May in the year of our lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty three
The condition of the above obligation is such, that
wherever the said John Smothers this day obtained
from the County Court of St. Louis County a license
to remain in the state as a free man of color
of color under the provisions of an act of the General
Assembly of the State of Missouri Entitled "an act
more effectually to prevent free persons of color
from entering into this state and for other purposes"
approved February the twenty third in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred + forty three
Now if the said John Smothers shall be of good
behavior during the continuance of said leave
then the above obligation to be void else to be and
remain in full force and virtue
*John his X mark Smothers* [seal]
*John Decow* [seal]
[seal]
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John Smothers
To Bond
State of Missouri
Filed May 1st 1843
Free Negro Bond for John Smothers. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61034
