Free Negro Bond for Margaret While
Item
Free Negro Bond for Margaret While. 1853, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61577
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Margaret While
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Date
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October 5, 1853
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Identifier
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fre0554.1853.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Margaret While
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Margaret While as principal, and
Jorden W Eanly 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 fifth day of
October A.D. 1853
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Margaret While 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.
*Margaret her X mark While*
*J. W. Eanly*
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Margaret While
Free Negro Bond
Filed Oct 05. 1853.
L F Lacy Clk
Free Negro Bond for Margaret While. 1853, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61577
