Free Negro Bond for Mary Buckner

Item

Free Negro Bond for Mary Buckner. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61238

Title
Free Negro Bond for Mary Buckner
Date
December 23, 1846
Identifier
fre0231.1846.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Mary Buckner


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Know all Men by These Presents,That we,
Mary Buckner as principal, and
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 23 day of Dec A.D. 1846

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Mary 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 her residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.


*Mary her X mark Buckner*
*T.H. Taylor*
*[ ?]*


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Mary Buckner
23rd Dec 1846.

Free Negro Bond for Mary Buckner. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61238