Free Negro Bond for Virginia Decatur Formerly Bates

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Free Negro Bond for Virginia Decatur Formerly Bates. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62000

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Title: Free Negro Bond for Virginia Decatur Formerly Bates
Date: April 24, 1861
Identifier: fre0989.1861.000
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Source: Missouri Historical Society, Dexter P. Tiffany Collection, 1808-1902
Rights: Public Domain
Transcription: # Free Negro Bond for Virginia Decatur Formerly Bates

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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Virginia Decatur Formerly Bates as principal
, and
William C Jamison 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 24th day of
April A.D. 1861

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

*Virginia her X mark Decatur*
*William C Jamison*

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

22 years 5 ft. 3 high dark mulatto. scar on left
side of the chin near the month. Scar on forehead
& near the left eye.
Housekeeper.

due

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Virginia Decatur
Formerly Bates
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 24 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec

Item sets: All Circuit Court Records; Freedom Bonds