This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IMJ.2ACEB/2275 Message Board Post: My sisters and I were antiqueing in Katy, TX recently and I saw a bearer bond framed and on the wall in Second St. Antiques. Pay to W.B. Cochran or bearer $50.00 as allowed at the Special April Term, 1896. Dated Apr. 17, 1896. Signed by J. R. Farmer, County Clerk, Fort Bend County, Texas. Cert #2403. The tag had the initials BA on it and at that time was 20% off the price of $95. Note: I have no affiliation with this shop, don't know the owners, the seller, etc. I just saw this on the wall and wanted to let ya'll know in case this was issued to one of your ancestors. Paula