Free Negro Bond for Roland

Item

Free Negro Bond for Roland. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61074

Title
Free Negro Bond for Roland
Date
1843-05-03
Identifier
fre0067.1843.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Roland


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Know all men by these presents that we
John Roland as principal and
Daniel Murphy_____ as security are held
and firmly bound unto the state of
Missouri in the sum of two hundred
dollars to the payment of which we bind
ourselves, ourheirs, executors and ad=
ministrators and each and every of them
firmly by their presents,sealed with
our seals and dated this third day
of May in the year Eighteen hundred
and forty-three

The condition of this obligation is
such that wherease on the third day
of May of the year above written the count
y court of the County of st Louis and
state of Missouri granted to the said
John Roland a license to reside
within said state of Missouri Now if
the said John Roland shall during his residence in said state will de=
port and conduct himself as a good
and orderly citizen then is this obligation
to be voide, otherwise to remain in full
force and effect in law_


*John B King*
*John his X mark Roland*
*Daniel Murphy*


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Ann Robinson and
Walter J. Willey
To Bond

The State of Missouri

May 3. 1843

Free Negro Bond for Roland. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61074