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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Julia Ann 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1861-05-20

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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">GAL performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B63f4i1056_1.tiff"/> <head>County of St. Louis, SS.</head> <head>The State of Missouri,</head> <p>To all who shall see these presents-Greeting:<lb/> Know Ye that <seg rend="form-fill-in"><persName>Julia Ann, alias <note place="above">Jane Bates</note></persName></seg>aged<seg rend="form-fill-in">Twenty eight</seg><lb/> years, <seg rend="form-fill-in">five</seg> feet<seg rend="form-fill-in">1 1/2</seg> inches high,<seg rend="form-fill-in"> bright mulatto,<lb/> some freckles on face, scar on the right side of<lb/> the forehead.________</seg><lb/> and by occupation a <seg rend="form-fill-in">Washer Woman</seg><lb/> having on the <date when="1861-05-20"><seg rend="form-fill-in">Twentieth</seg> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">May</seg> in the<lb/> year of our Lord eighteen hundred and <del rend="strikethrough">forty</del><seg rend="form-fill-in">sixtyone</seg></date> produced satisfactory<lb/> evidence before the <note place="above">Board of</note> County <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del> <note place="above">commissioners</note> of said county, that <seg rend="form-fill-in">s</seg>he is of the class of <lb/> free negroes and mulattoes who are authorized by law to be licensed by said<lb/> <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del><note place="above">Board</note>, to reside within the State of Missouri; that <seg rend="form-fill-in">s</seg>he is of good charac=<lb/> ter and behavior, and capable of supporting <seg rend="form-fill-in">her</seg>self by lawful employment;<lb/> and having also obtained from said <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del><note place="above">Board</note> 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"><persName>Julia Ann</persName>, alias <persName>Jane Bates</persName> to reside within the State<lb/> aforesaid, so long as he shall be of good behavior and no longer</seg></p> <closer>In Testimony Whereof, I, <del rend="strikethrough">Lewis F. Lacy,</del><note place="above">Samuel W. Eager, Secretary of the Board</note><lb/> <del rend="strikethrough">Clerk</del> of the <note place="above">Board of</note>County <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del><note place="above">Commissioners</note> of said County, have here-<lb/> unto set my hand and affixed the seat of said <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del><note place="above">Board</note>, at<lb/> the City of St. Louis, this <seg rend="form-fill-in">twentieth</seg><lb/> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">May</seg> in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and <del rend="strikethrough">forty</del> <seg rend="form-fill-in">sixty one.</seg> <del rend="strikethrough">Clerk</del><signed rend="overwritten">Saml W Eager Jr, Secretary</signed></closer> </div2> <div2 rend="horizontal"><head rend="bracketed">State of Missouri,<lb/> County of St. Louis</head> <p>SS. <seg rend="form-fill-in">for John F. Humphreys.</seg><lb/> I, <del rend="strikethrough">Lewis F. Lacy, Clerk</del><note place="above">Saml W Eager, Secretary</note> of the <note place="above">Board of</note> County <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del><note place="above">Commissioners</note> within and for the<lb/> County aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have this day duly registered the<lb/> foregoing license, according to law.</p> <closer>Given under my hand and the seal of said <note place="above">Board of</note> County <del rend="strikethrough">Court</del> and the City<lb/> of St. Louis this <date when="1861-05-20"><seg rend="form-fill-in">twentieth</seg> day <lb/> of <seg rend="form-fill-in">May</seg> in the year of our <lb/> Lord, eighteen hundred and <del rend="strikethrough">forty</del> sixty one</date>.</closer> <signed>Saml W Eager Jr Secretary <lb/> for John F. Humphreys +c</signed> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>