Free Negro Bond for Catharine Matthews alias Lyons
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Free Negro Bond for Catharine Matthews Alias Lyons. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61809
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Catharine Matthews alias Lyons
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Date
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April 17, 1861
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Identifier
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fre0794.1861.000
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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 Matthews alias Lyons
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Catharine Matthews alias Lyons as principal
, and
Wm C Wilson as security,
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 17th day of
Apl A.D. 1861
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Lyons has applied to the Board of
County Commissioners 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.
*Catherine her X mark Matthews*
*Wm C Wilson*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5.2- 26 bright mulatto. slender.
built. Housekeeper + seamstress
no charge
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Catherine Matthews
alias Wilson
Bond
Free Negro
Filed April 17 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secy
Free Negro Bond for Catharine Matthews Alias Lyons. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61809
