Free Negro Bond for Luther Harrison

Item

Free Negro Bond for Luther Harrison. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62054

Title
Free Negro Bond for Luther Harrison
Date
May 6, 1861
Identifier
fre1035.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Luther Harrison


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Luther Harrison as principal
, and
George W Boyd 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 sixth day of
May A.D. 1861

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


*Luther Harrison*
*George Boyd*

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

5.5 1/4. 28. very bright mulatto. long
hair. several small scars on left fore finger.
porter.

Pd H 1.


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Luther Harrison
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
May 6 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry

Free Negro Bond for Luther Harrison. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62054