Free Negro Bond for Urcilla Payton

Item

Free Negro Bond for Urcilla Payton. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61990

Title
Free Negro Bond for Urcilla Payton
Date
April 23, 1861
Identifier
fre0976.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Urcilla Payton


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Urcilla Payton as principal
, and
Bernard M Lynch 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 23 day of
Apl A.D. 1861

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Urcilla Payton 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.


*Urcilla her X mark Payton*
*B M Lynch*

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

5_ 1 1/4 52. dark mulatto
washer.

no charge


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Urcilla's
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 23 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secy

Free Negro Bond for Urcilla Payton. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61990