Free Negro Bond for Ezenilda Morris
Item
Free Negro Bond for Ezenilda Morris. 1859, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61668
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Ezenilda Morris
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Date
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October 21, 1859
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Identifier
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fre0599.1859.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Ezenilda Morris
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
John Henry Carter as principal, and
Isaac H. Sturgeon 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 twenty first day of
October A.D. 1859
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
John Henry Carter has applied to the Board of County [Court ?]
Comissioners
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.
*S W Eager Jr.*
*John H. Carter*
*Isaac H. Sturgeon*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
39 years old, Scar on right cheek and several scars on right side of her forehead
5 ft 1 1/2 inches high. household servant by occupation
Dark mulatto color
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Free Negro Bond
Ezenilda Morris
Filed Oct. 21, 1859.
S W Eager Jr.
Sec'y
Free Negro Bond for Ezenilda Morris. 1859, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61668
