Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann, alias Jane Bates
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Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann, Alias Jane Bates. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62074
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann, alias Jane Bates
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Date
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May 20, 1861
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Identifier
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fre1055.1861.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann, alias Jane Bates
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Julia Ann, alias Jane Bates as principal
, and
William 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 twentieth day of
May A.D. 1861
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Julia Ann 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.
*Julia Ann, alias Jane her X mark Bates*
*Wm Carr Lane*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5. 1 1/2 -28- mulatto. some freckles,
scar on forehead, heavy set. washer.
PdH 1.
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Julia Ann, alias
Jane Bates
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
May 20 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry
Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann, Alias Jane Bates. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62074
