Free Negro Bond for Thomas Williams
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Free Negro Bond for Thomas Williams. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62099
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Thomas Williams
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Date
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June 3, 1861
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Identifier
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fre1081.1861.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Thomas Williams
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Thomas Williams as principal
, and
Wayman Crow 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
Thomas Williams 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 his X mark Williams*
*Wayman Crow*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5 5 1/4- 37- dark mulatto. 2 scars on
forehead. lump over left eye, long scar
on right arm. (drinks on an average, he says,
about glasses of whiskey a day.)
boatsman
no charge.
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Thomas Williams
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
June 3 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry
Free Negro Bond for Thomas Williams. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62099
