Free Negro Bond for Anthony Galloway
Item
Free Negro Bond for Anthony Galloway. 1862, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62118
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Anthony Galloway
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Date
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October 2, 1862
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Identifier
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fre1100.1862.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Anthony Galloway
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Anthony Galloway as principal
, and
Leicester Babcock 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 Second day of
October A.D. 1862
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Leicester 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 his residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.
*Jno F. Humphreys*
*Anthony his X mark Galloway*
*L. Babcock*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
6ft 1 in -32. stout built, dark comp
farmer.
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Anthony Galloway
Bond
Free Negro
Filed October 2 1862
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secretary
Free Negro Bond for Anthony Galloway. 1862, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62118
