Free Negro Bond for Mary Woodson

Item

Free Negro Bond for Mary Woodson. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61838

Title
Free Negro Bond for Mary Woodson
Date
April 18, 1861
Identifier
fre0821.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Mary Woodson


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Mary Woodson as principal
, and
Alexander T.W. Webb 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 18th day of
April A.D. 1861

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Mary Woodson 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 Woodson*
*A. T. W. Webb*

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

5_1 3/4 35. dark mulatto, 2 sacrs on
right wrist, one on nose, [ ?]
chambermaid,

Paid H 2.


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Mary Woodson
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 18 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec

Free Negro Bond for Mary Woodson. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61838