INDEX OF BONDS AND LETTERS IN PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, 1849-1859
| Year | Date | Image Name | Book | Page of Book | Slaveowner & Executors | Slave | Additional Comments or Quotes | Input by QC'd by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1849 | 11/13/1849 | 1849.11.13 Bd.A.051 Bell, Sultana.jpg | Bonds & Letters Vol. A 1849-1851 | Bd.A.051 | Bell, William Estate by Sultana C. Bell, Robert R. Duncan & John St. John | Unidentified Slaves | "The condition of the above bond is that the widow of said William Bell deceased has this day made application to the Probate Court of Platte county for an order to restrain the administrator of said estate from hiring the slaves of said estate from and after the first day of January 1850." | Bill Nichols 06/09/25 Robin Nava 06/27/25 |
| 1851 | 04/17/1851 | 1851.04.17 Bd.A.298 Emily Free Girl of Color.jpg | Bonds & Letters Vol. A 1849-1851 | Bd.A.298 | Emily Jane (Free Girl of Color) by Robert F. Mason, Robert Farley | Emily Jane (Free Girl of Color) | Robert F. Mason submits $200.00 bond to be Guardian for Emily, a free girl of color. "For the use and benefit of Emily a free girl of color in the just and full sum of $200 for the payment of which well and truly to be made…" "the condition of the above bond is such that whereas Robert F Mason has been appointed guardian of the estate of Emily a free girl of color about 11 years of age..." | Bill Nichols 06/09/25 Robin Nava 06/27/25 |
| 1852 | 11/27/1852 | 1852.11.27 Bd.B.286 Taylor Children.jpg | Bonds & Letters Vol. B 1851-1853 | Bd.B.286 | Taylor, Mary E. & Taylor, Susan L. & Taylor, William H. by Horace B. Herndon, H.B. Callahan & John C. Brady | Unidentified Slave #1 | "...H. B. Herndon as trustee for the use and benefit of said minors, three young Negroes and one house and lot in the town of Platte City…." | Bill Nichols 06/09/25 Robin Nava 06/27/25 |
| 1852 | 11/27/1852 | 1852.11.27 Bd.B.286 Taylor Children.jpg | Bonds & Letters Vol. B 1851-1853 | Bd.B.286 | Taylor, Mary E. & Taylor, Susan L. & Taylor, William H. by Horace B. Herndon, H.B. Callahan & John C. Brady | Unidentified Slave #2 | "...H. B. Herndon as trustee for the use and benefit of said minors, three young Negroes and one house and lot in the town of Platte City…." | Bill Nichols 06/09/25 Robin Nava 06/27/25 |
| 1852 | 11/27/1852 | 1852.11.27 Bd.B.286 Taylor Children.jpg | Bonds & Letters Vol. B 1851-1853 | Bd.B.286 | Taylor, Mary E. & Taylor, Susan L. & Taylor, William H. by Horace B. Herndon, H.B. Callahan & John C. Brady | Unidentified Slave #3 | "...H. B. Herndon as trustee for the use and benefit of said minors, three young Negroes and one house and lot in the town of Platte City…." | Bill Nichols 06/09/25 Robin Nava 06/27/25 |
| 1859 | 2/02/1859 | 1859.02.02 Bd.D.250 Bright, Chissilla Andrew.jpg | Bonds & Letters Vol. D 1855-1869 | Bd.D.250 | Bright, Chissilla Jane (Estate of) by Harold G. Smith & James M. Moore | Andrew | Harold G. Smith of Garret County, Kentucky, makes $1000 bond as guardian of the Estate of Chissilla J. Bright in Kentucky. "...whereas the said Guardian is to be delivered the possession of a certain Negro man named Andrew, slave, property of his said ward (and) in the possession of the said James M. Moore, security for Eugene H Clifford, the guardian of said Chissilla Jane appointed in Platte County Missouri..." | Bill Nichols 06/09/25 Robin Nava 06/27/25 |