Free Negro Bond for Samuel Green
Item
Free Negro Bond for Samuel Green. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62018
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Samuel Green
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Date
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April 25, 1861
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Identifier
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fre1007.1861.000
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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 Green
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Samuel Green as principal
, and
Stephen C. Mansun 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 25th day of
April A.D. 1861
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Samuel Green 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 Green*
*S. C. Mansun*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
47 years. 5 feet 9 1/2 inches high. very black complexion.
good white teeth. Scar from a burn on the
right hand.
Keeps a Wood & Coal yard
P.E.
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Saml Green
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
April 25 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec
Free Negro Bond for Samuel Green. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62018
