Free Negro Bond for Amos Hightower
Item
Free Negro Bond for Amos Hightower. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61218
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Amos Hightower
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Date
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December 22, 1846
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Identifier
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fre0212.1846.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Amos Hightower
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Know all Men by These Presents,That we,
Amos Hightower as principal, and
Anderson Miller Jr. as securities,
are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri, in the just and
full sum of ten hundred Dollars, lawful money of the
United States, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and
dated this 22 day of Dec A.D. 1846
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Amos Hightower has applied to the County Court
of St. Louis County for, and obtained a license to reside in the State of
Missouri, during good behavior: Now, if the said applicant shall be of
good character and behavior during his residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.
*Amos his X mark Hightower*
*Anderson Miller Jr.*
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Hightower
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22 Dec 1846
Free Negro Bond for Amos Hightower. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61218
