Free Negro Bond for Eliza Rone

Item

Free Negro Bond for Eliza Rone. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61889

Title
Free Negro Bond for Eliza Rone
Date
April 20, 1861
Identifier
fre0870.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Eliza Rone


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Eliza Rone as principal
, and
Robert Campbell 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
Rone 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.


*Eliza her X mark Rone*
*Robert Campbell*

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

27 years old 5 feet 2 1/2 high
dark mulatto. Scar between the eyes
Washer

P.E.


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Eliza Rone
Bond
Free Negro

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

Free Negro Bond for Eliza Rone. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61889