Free Negro Bond for Angeline

Item

Free Negro Bond for Angeline. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62090

Title
Free Negro Bond for Angeline
Licensee
Angeline
Principal
Bates, Barton
Bates, Barton
Security
Woodson, Richard G.
Date
June 3, 1861
Identifier
fre1071.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Barton Bates


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Barton Bates as principal
, and
Richard G. Woodson 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 3d day of
June A.D. 1861

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Angeline (formerly a slave of Sarah bates) 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.


*Barton Bates*
*RG. Woodson*

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

28 years 5 feet high. mulatto. long hair.
scar over left eyes. Seamstress


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Angeline's
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
June 3 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry

Free Negro Bond for Angeline. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62090