Free Negro Bond for Mary Goins
Item
Free Negro Bond for Mary Goins. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61916
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Mary Goins
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Date
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April 22, 1861
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Identifier
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fre0897.1861.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Mary Goins
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Mary Goins as principal
, and
Francis G. [Hawgace ?] 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
Mary Goins 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 Goins*
*F G. [Hawgace ?]*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
50 years. 5 feet 11 inches high. mole on top
of the nose and on right cheek. black.
a very large sized woman
Chambermaid on river
$1 P.E.
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Mary Goins
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
April 22 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secr
Free Negro Bond for Mary Goins. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61916