09/05/1851: Bozarth, Reuben to Bozarth, Dicey (Emancipation) (Dicey (Bozarth)

Archive

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Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign Platte County Black History Repository

Entry/Object ID

CC.0137

Collection

1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket

Archive Items Details

Description

"… Now at this day comes Reuben Bozarth, a free person of color, and produces in open court here a deed by him executed, attested E.H. Norton, emancipating and setting free a certain Negro woman named therein, to wit, Dicey Bozarth, slave of the said Reuben Bozarth, aged about 35 years, and the said Reuben Bozarth acknowledges the said deed of emancipation to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned."

Date(s) of Creation

9/5/1851

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Enslaved

Other Name

Dicey (Bozarth)

Name Type

Free Blacks

Other Name

Dicey Bozarth

Name Type

Enslaver

Other Name

Bozarth, Reuben

Other Numbers

Number Type

Source Citation

Other Number

Circuit Court Docket Vol. D 1848-1852: Cir.D.578

Web Links and URLs

https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMVC/JudicialRecords/

Copyright

Copyright Details

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Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols

Date

6/5/2025

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Robin Nava

Date

7/5/2025

General Notes

Note

1851.09.05 Cir.D.578 Bozarth to Dicey Bozarth.jpg

Note

BAAC workbook: 1839-1869 Circuit Court Docket CatalogIt version.xlsx [Circuit MJRHD 02.14.26]

Created By

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Create Date

September 2, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 16, 2026

Name/Title

09/05/1851: Bozarth, Reuben to Bozarth, Dicey (Emancipation) (Dicey (Bozarth)