Free Negro Bond for David Orme

Item

Free Negro Bond for David Orme. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61885

Title
Free Negro Bond for David Orme
Date
April 20, 1861
Identifier
fre0866.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for David Orme


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
David Orme as principal
, and
Robert Orme 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
David Orme 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 his residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.


*David her X mark Orme*
*Robert Orme*

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

39 years old. brown colored person
5 feet 4 inches large scar on left cheek.
thin face. and scar across the root of the
left thumb. Dragman

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David Orme
Bond
Free Negro

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

Free Negro Bond for David Orme. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61885