Free Negro Bond for Bush
Item
Free Negro Bond for Bush. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61272
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Bush
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Date
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December 24, 1846
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Identifier
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fre0041.1846.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Bush
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Know all men by these presents that
We^ Newmon Bush as Principal and Hugh Rose as Security
of the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri are held
and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in the
sum of Four Hundred Dollars each to be paid
to the said State of Missouri to which payment well
and truly to be made we do firmly bind ourselves our heirs, executors and administrators and every of them by
these presents. Sealed with our seals this third day of May
Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty three
The condition of this obligation is such that whereas the County Court of the County of
St Louis has this day granted to the said Newman Bush
a free colored man a license to reside within the
State of Missouri. Now therefore if the said Newman Bush
during his residence in the said State of Missouri
shall well and truly conduct himself in an honest
sober, maral and upright manner as a good and orderly
citizen of said State then this obligation to be void + of no
effect. Otherwise to remain in full force
*Samuel Kure.*
*Newmon her X mark Bush*
*Daniel Loyd*
*Hugh Rose*
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Newmon Bush
to Bond
State of Missouri
Filed May 3. 1843
Free Negro Bond for Bush. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61272
