Free Negro Bond for Thomas Jefferson Carlisle

Item

Free Negro Bond for Thomas Jefferson Carlisle. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62077

Title
Free Negro Bond for Thomas Jefferson Carlisle
Date
May 20, 1861
Identifier
fre1058.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Thomas Jefferson Carlisle


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Thomas Jefferson Carlisle as principal
, and
James Teasdale 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 20th day of
May A.D. 1861

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


*Thomas J his X mark Carlisle*
*James Teasdale*

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

5_6- 25- dark mulatto. long black hair,
slight scar below top of collar bone,
slender built, boatman,

PdH 1.


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Thos J Carlisle
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
May 20 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry

Free Negro Bond for Thomas Jefferson Carlisle. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62077