Free Negro Bond for Mary Moore

Item

Free Negro Bond for Mary Moore. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61811

Title
Free Negro Bond for Mary Moore
Date
April 17, 1861
Identifier
fre0796.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Mary Moore


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Mary Moore as principal
, and
John F Thornton 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 Seventeenth day of
April A.D. 1861

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Moore 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.


*Mary her X mark Moore*
*Jno F Thornton*

> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*

5.2 1/4- 19 - very bright mulatto
washer

Paid H 2.


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Mary Moore
Bond
Free Negro

Filed April 17 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secy

Free Negro Bond for Mary Moore. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61811