Free Negro Bond for Eliza Jane Berrilla
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Free Negro Bond for Eliza Jane Berrilla. 1862, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62115
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Eliza Jane Berrilla
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Date
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June 9, 1862
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Identifier
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fre1097.1862.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Eliza Jane Berrilla
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Eliza Jane Berrilla as principal
, and
Andrew J Coons 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 Ninth day of
June A.D. 1862
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Eliza Jane Berrilla applied on the 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.
*Eliza Berrilla*
*A.J. Coons*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
4' 9 3/4" -26 light brown, small mole on
under eye lid of left eye, Housekeeper
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Eliza Jane Berrilla
Bond
Free Negro
Filed
June 9 1862
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec
Free Negro Bond for Eliza Jane Berrilla. 1862, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62115
