Free Negro Bond for Nellie Laugton

Item

Free Negro Bond for Nellie Laugton. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62005

Title
Free Negro Bond for Nellie Laugton
Date
April 24, 1861
Identifier
fre0994.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Nellie Laugton


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Nellie Laugton as principal
, and
Wm Carr Lane 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
Nellie Laugton 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.


*Nellie her X mark Laugton*
*Wm Carr Lane*

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

90 years

n.c.


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Nellie Laughton
Bond
Free Negro

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

Free Negro Bond for Nellie Laugton. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62005