Free Negro Bond for Williams
Item
Free Negro Bond for Williams. 1845, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61175
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Williams
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Date
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September 17, 1845
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Identifier
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fre0169.1845.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Williams
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Know all men by these presents, that
we Eli Williams principal, and Jacob R.
STEIn security are held and firmly bound
each in the sum of two hundred Dollars
to the state of Missouri- with this condition
nevertheless, that whereas the County
Court of S Louis County has this day
granted to the said Eli Williams a free
[negro ?] mulatto woman a license to reside within the state
of Missouri: now if the said Eli Williams
shall be of good behavior while he resides
within the said state, then this obligation
shall be void, otherwide to be of full
force and virtue. Sealed with our seals
and dated this 17th day of September
AD 1845
*J B. Murdoch*
*Eli his X mark Williams*
*Jacob R Stine*
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Eli Williams
free negro Bond.
Filed 17 Septr 1845
S.D. Barlow Clk
Free Negro Bond for Williams. 1845, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61175
