Free Negro Bond for Henny Day

Item

Free Negro Bond for Henny Day. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61872

Title
Free Negro Bond for Henny Day
Date
April 20, 1861
Identifier
fre0853.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Henny Day


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Henny Day as principal
, and
John Farish 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 20 day of
April A.D. 1861

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


*Henny her X mark Daya*
*John Farish*

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

39 years 5 feet 2 3/4 high, light mulatto,
scars from [scapula ?] under the chin & on her neck
Cook

PE.


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Henny Day
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 20 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec

Free Negro Bond for Henny Day. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61872