Free Negro Bond for Eliza Williams
Item
Free Negro Bond for Eliza Williams. 1851, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61506
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Eliza Williams
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Date
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September 8, 1851
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Identifier
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fre0485.1851.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Eliza Williams
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Elza Williams as principal, and
Edward Munch + Mathias Walker 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 8 day of
Sept A.D. 1851
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Eliza 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.
*Elza Williams*
*Edward Munch*
*Mathias Walker*
Witness
*J Thornburgh*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5.6 3 31. [unclear]
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Elza Williams
Bond
Filed Sept 8. 1851.
L. F Lacy Clk.
Free Negro Bond for Eliza Williams. 1851, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61506
