Free Negro Bond for Martin

Item

Free Negro Bond for Martin. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61141

Title
Free Negro Bond for Martin
Date
September 20, 1843
Identifier
fre0133.1843.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Martin


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Know all men by these presents that Addison Martin
as Principal Samuel Gaty as Security are held +
firmly bound unto the State of Missouri each in the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars for the payment of which well &
truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs executors
& adminsitrators _ each _ every one of them by these presents_
Signed by us & Sealed wit our Seal this twentyth day of September
in the year of our Lord 1843_

The condition of this obligation is such that where as the
County Court of S Louis County has granted to the said
Addison Martin a Licence to reside in the State of Missouri
Now if the said [Mike Busseron ?] Addison Martin during
his residence in the said State of Missouri shall be of good
bahavior then there obligation to be void, otherwise remain
in full force & virtue in Law_


*Addison Martin*
*Saml Gaty*


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Adison Martin
Free Negros
Bond. S. Gaty
Security
filed Sep 1843

Free Negro Bond for Martin. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61141