Free Negro Bond for Biddle Moore

Item

Free Negro Bond for Biddle Moore. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62008

Title
Free Negro Bond for Biddle Moore
Date
April 24, 1861
Identifier
fre0997.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Biddle Moore


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Biddle Moore as principal
, and
Robert S McDonald 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
Moore 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.


*Biddle his X mark Moore*
*R S MacDonald*

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

mulatto.
28 years. 5 feet 10 1/2 inch high light brown complexion
scar on right side of nose. scar on upper lid of the
right eye. two scars on inside of left wrist,
cook

P.E.

Biddle Moore
Bond
Free Negro

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

Free Negro Bond for Biddle Moore. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62008