Free Negro Bond for Motts
Item
Free Negro Bond for Motts. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61093
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Motts
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Date
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1843-05-04
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Identifier
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fre0086.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Motts
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Know all men by these presents that we
Robert Motts as principal and Absalom
Cox as security are held & firmly bound
unto the State of Missouri in the sum
of Four Hundred dollars, that is
to say Robert Motts is bound in the
sum of Two Hundred Dollars_ and
the said Absalom Cox in the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars. The
payment of which well & truly to
be made, we bind ourselves, our
heirs, executors & administrators, and
each & every of them firmly by these
presents. Sealed with our
seals & dated this Fourt day of
May AD Eighteen Hundred and
Forty three.
The condition of this obliga-
tion is such, that whereas the
County Court of St Louis County has
this day granted to the said Robert
Motts- a license to reside within
the State of Missouri; now if the
said Robert Motts, during his
residence in the said State
of Missouri, shall be of good
behaviour, then this obligation
to be void, otherwise to remain
in full force & virtue in law
*Henry J. Wise*
*Robert Motts*
*Absalom Cox*
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Robt Motts
Bond to State
4th May 1843.
Free Negro Bond for Motts. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61093
