Affidavit of William Wilson for the Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris

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Affidavit of William Wilson for the Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris. 1853, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61575

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Title: Affidavit of William Wilson for the Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris
Date: October 1, 1853
Identifier: fre0555.1853.000
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Source: Missouri Historical Society, Dexter P. Tiffany Collection, 1808-1902
Rights: Public Domain
Transcription: # Affidavit of William Wilson for the Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris

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Personally appeared William
Wilson who being duly sworn
makes oath and says that
he has known Catharine Harris a
free colored person since the
year 1839 and that she the
said Catharine Harris has been
a resident of the City of St Louis
since the above mentioned period
up to the present time

Sworn to before
me this 1st day
of October AD
1853

his
Wm + Wilson
mark

[ ?] Wetmore
Notary Public

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Testimony Residence of
Catharine Harris
free negro

Item sets: All Circuit Court Records; Freedom Bonds