Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris
Item
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/61576
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris
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Date
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October 4, 1853
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Identifier
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fre0556.1853.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Catharine Harris
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Catharine Harris as principal, and
William Cochran Jeremiah Pearson + Joseph Abramson 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 third day of
October A.D. 1853
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Catharine 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.
*J. Thornburgh.*
*Catharine her X mark Harris*
*William Cochran*
*Jeremiah Pearsons*
*Joseph Abramson*
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Catharine Harris.
Free Negro Bond
Filed Oct 04. 1853.
L F Lacy Clk
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/61576
