Free Negro Bond for Jones

Item

Free Negro Bond for Jones. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61185

Title
Free Negro Bond for Jones
Date
December 4, 1846
Identifier
fre0181.1846.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Jones


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Know all men by these presents that we Patey
Jones as Principal and John Shores as security
are held and firmly bound unto the State
of Missouri in the sum of one Thousand
dollars for the true and faithful payment
of which we hereby Bind ourselves our heirs
executors and Administrators firmly by
these rpesents as Witness our hands and Seal
this fourth day of December AD Eighteen
hundred and Forty six

The condition of the above named
obligation is such that whereas the above
named Patey Jones has applied to the
County Court of St. Louis County being
a Free Negro Woman for a Licence to
reside within the said State of Missouri
Now if the said Patey Jones shall
be of good behavyour then this obli
gation shall be void otherwise to
remain in full force and effect


*Jno Shore*
*I. I. Forter*


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Patsey Jones
Bond

Filed 5 Dec 46
c4

Patsey Jones
Bond

Free Negro Bond for Jones. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61185