Free Negro Bond for Harriet Lewis
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Free Negro Bond for Harriet Lewis. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62096
- Title
- Free Negro Bond for Harriet Lewis
- Principal
- Bates, Barton
- Security
- Woodson, Richard G.
- Date
- June 3, 1861
- Identifier
- fre1077.1861.000
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- Rights
- Public Domain
- Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Harriet Lewis
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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 third day of
June A.D. 1861
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Harriet Lewis 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.
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*Barton Bates*
*RG. Woodson*
formerly a slave of Sarah Bates.
31 years. 5 ft 0 3/4 in high. very black. scar on left eye.
scar next to little finger of left hand from a fellon.
Cook by occupation.
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Harriet Lewis
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
June 3 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry
Free Negro Bond for Harriet Lewis. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62096