Description
Know all men by these presents that I, Boanerges Roberts, have this day for and in consideration of a Negro man named Brooks, a slave for life aged about 31 years and the sum of $150 to me in hand paid, sold and delivered to Sina W. Roberts a Negro man slave for life named Peter and aged about 31 years. In witness whereof I have herewith affixed my hand and seal this 7th day of January A.D. 1857. Boas. Roberts, attested by T. S. Dabney
(Researcher's note: The Bill of Sale was included with Sina W. Roberts' (of Clay County, Missouri) November 19, 1866, claim for compensation #58 for enlisted slave Peter Hayden. Roberts claimed he had acquired title by “…I traded off a Negro man I owned and gave $150 difference between him and the said boy Peter Hayden, and obtained my title to Peter Hayden in that way, the original Bill of Sale is herewith attached." Numerous Platte County Roberts were enslavers.)Date(s) of Creation
1/7/1857
