Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann
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Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62075
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann
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Date
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May 20, 1861
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Identifier
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fre1056.1861.000
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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
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To all who shall see these presents-Greeting:
Know Ye that Julia Ann, alias Jane BatesagedTwenty eight
years, five feet1 1/2 inches high, bright mulatto,
some freckles on face, scar on the right side of
the forehead.________
and by occupation a Washer Woman
having on the Twentieth day of May in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fortysixtyone produced satisfactory
evidence before the Board of County Court commissioners of said county, that she is of the class of
free negroes and mulattoes who are authorized by law to be licensed by said
CourtBoard, to reside within the State of Missouri; that she is of good charac=
ter and behavior, and capable of supporting herself by lawful employment;
and having also obtained from said CourtBoard an order for a license to reside
within the State aforesaid: These are, therefore, to license and authorize the
said Julia Ann, alias Jane Bates to reside within the State
aforesaid, so long as he shall be of good behavior and no longer
*Saml W Eager Jr, Secretary*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
SS. for John F. Humphreys.
I, Lewis F. Lacy, ClerkSaml W Eager, Secretary of the Board of County CourtCommissioners within and for the
County aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have this day duly registered the
foregoing license, according to law.
Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62075
