Free Negro Bond for David Oliver Combs

Item

Free Negro Bond for David Oliver Combs. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61911

Title
Free Negro Bond for David Oliver Combs
Date
April 22, 1861
Identifier
fre0892.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for David Oliver Combs


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
David Oliver Combs as principal
, and
E. W. Holloway 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 22d day of
April A.D. 1861

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
David Oliver Combs 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.


*D.O. Combs*
*E W Holloway*

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

36 years 5 feet 6 inches. black. front teeth
out. large scar on his breast.
Works in Mustard Factory

$1. PE


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David O Combs
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 22 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
secry

Free Negro Bond for David Oliver Combs. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61911