Free Negro Bond for Samuel Drummond
Item
Free Negro Bond for Samuel Drummond. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62015
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Samuel Drummond
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Date
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April 25, 1861
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Identifier
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fre1004.1861.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Samuel Drummond
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Samuel Drummond as principal
, and
Thomas Nordike 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 25 day of
April A.D. 1861
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Drummond 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.
*Samuel his X mark Drummond*
*Thomas Nordike*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5-4- 40 yellow 2 scars on forehead,
1 on right arm, end of [suiat ?] toe on right foot
cut off. steward.
PdH 1.
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Saml Drummond
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
April 25 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Free Negro Bond for Samuel Drummond. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62015
