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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for John Evans 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1863-04-14

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</bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language ident="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="local"> <list> <item n="Topical"/> <item n="Topical"/> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change when="2011">CG performed initial transcription and encoding</change> <change when="2012-06-22">GG validated files and performed minor encoding/transcription</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B62f7i0695_1.tiff"/> <p>County of St. Louis, SS.</p> <p>The State of Missouri,</p> <p>To all who shall see these presents--Greeting:<lb/> Know Ye, that <seg rend="form-fill-in"> <persName>John Evans</persName> </seg> aged <seg rend="form-fill-in">twenty one</seg>, <lb/> years, <seg rend="form-fill-in">Five</seg> feet <seg rend="form-fill-in">eight</seg> inches high, <seg rend="form-fill-in">bright mulatto<lb/> anchor on the left hand. star on right hand.<lb/> or Brig on right arm & dancing girl on left arm</seg> <lb/> and by occupation a <seg rend="form-fill-in">Musician and servant</seg> having on the <seg rend="form-fill-in"> <date when="1861-04-01">first</date> </seg> day of <date when="1861-04-01"> <seg rend="form-fill-in">April</seg> in the <lb/> year of our Lord eighteen hundred and <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">forty</unclear> <seg rend="form-fill-in">sixty one</seg> </date> produced satisfactory <lb/> evidence before the Board of County Court of said county, that <seg rend="form-fill-in"/>he is of the class of<lb/> free negros and mulattoes who are authorized by law to be licensed by said Court to reside within the State of Missouri; that he is of good charac-<lb/>ter and behavior, and capable of supporting <seg rend="form-fill-in">him</seg> self by lawful employment;<lb/> and having also obtained from said Court an order for a license to reside <lb/> within the State aforesaid; These are, therefore, to license and authorize the<lb/> said <seg rend="form-fill-in">John Evans</seg> to reside within the State <lb/> aforesaid, so long as <seg rend="form-fill-in"/>he shall be of good behavior, and no longer. </p> <p>In Testimony Whereof, I. <unclear unit="chars" quantity="13" rend="strikethrough">Lewis F. Lacy</unclear> Samuel W. Eager Jr. Clerk of the County Court of said County, have here-<lb/> unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at<lb/> the City of St. Louis, this <date when="1863-04-14"> <seg rend="form-fill-in">fourteenth</seg> <lb/> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">April</seg> in the year of our Lord<lb/> eighteen hundred and <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">forty</unclear> <seg rend="form-fill-in">Sixty three.</seg> </date> <lb/> <signed> Saml W. Eager Jr.</signed> Clerk </p> <p>State of Missouri</p> <lb/> <p>SS.</p> <lb/> <p>County of St. Louis,</p> <lb/> <p>I, <unclear unit="chars" quantity="40" rend="strikethrough">Lewis F. Lacy,</unclear> Samuel W. Eager Jr. Clerk of the County Court within and for<lb/> the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have this day duly registered the<lb/> foregoing license, according to the law. on <date when="1861-04-01">April 1, 1861.</date> </p> <p>Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at the City<lb/> of St. Louis, this <date when="1863-04-01"> <seg rend="form-fill-in">fourteenth</seg> day <lb/> of <seg rend="form-fill-in">April</seg> in the year of our<lb/> Lord eighteen hundred and <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">forty</unclear> <seg rend="form-fill-in">Sixty three</seg> </date> </p> <p> <signed>SW Eager Jr.</signed>Clerk </p> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B62f7i0695_2.tiff"/> <p> When you get to Rolla<lb/> deposit this with the<lb/> County Clerk </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>