Free Negro Bond for Sparrow
Item
Free Negro Bond for Sparrow. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61076
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Sparrow
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Date
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1843-05-03
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Identifier
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fre0069.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Sparrow
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Know all men by these presents that we
Shade Sparrow principal, + Reuben Knox security
are held + firmly bound unto the state of Missouri
in the sum of Two hundred dollars to the payment of which we bind ourselves our heirs executors
and administrators + each + every on of them firmly by
there presents_sealed with our seals, and dated
this third day of May in the year Eighteen
hundred + forty three_ The conditions of this obliga
-tion is such _ that whereas on the third day of
May as above written the county court of
the county of St. Louis + State of Missouri
granted to the said Shade Sparrow a license
to reside within the said state of Missouri.
Now if the said Shade Sparrow shall
during his residence in state will dep
himself as a good orderly citizen th
this obligation be void otherwise
in full force + effect in law_
*Samuel Kure*
*Shade his X mark Sparrow*
*Reuben Knox*
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Shade Sparrow
To Bond
The State of Missouri
May 3. 1843
Free Negro Bond for Sparrow. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61076
