Free Negro Bond for Peter Starks
Item
Free Negro Bond for Peter Starks. 1853, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61534
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Peter Starks
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Date
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February 17, 1853
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Identifier
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fre0513.1853.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Peter Starks
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Peter Starks as principal, and
A P Ladue as securities,
are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri, in the just and
full sum of Five 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 Seventeenth day of
Feby A.D. 1853
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Peter Starks 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.
*J Thornburgh*
*Peter Starks*
*A.P. Ladue*
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Peter Starks
Free Negro Bond
Filed Feby 17. 1853.
L. F Lacy Clk.
Free Negro Bond for Peter Starks. 1853, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61534
