Description
Bill of Sale - Fayette County, Kentucky, April 17, 1854 - I have this day sold and delivered to Dr. J. W. Martin a Negro man named Green aged about 34 years for the sum of $950 and the receipt whereof is acknowledged. I warrant said man Green to be sound in mind and body and a slave for life. Witness my hand the day and date above written. Jane Armstrong, Administratrix of A. H. Armstrong, deceased.
(Researcher's note: The Bill of Sale was included in John W. Martin's (of Buchanan County, Missouri) November 16, 1866, claim for compensation #0001 for enlisted slave Greenup Hays. Martin claimed he had acquired title by “…I bought him (the slave Greenup Hays) from Mrs. Jane Armstrong, Administrator of A. H. Armstrong, deceased in Fayette County, Kentucky, near Lexington the 17th day of April 1854. The Bill of Sale is not recorded but I still have it in my possession. I paid the sum of $950 for Greenup Hays. I purchased the slave at his request as I owned his wife and children and moved from Kentucky to Missouri and did not desire to separate them, and at the same time knew the man to be healthy, faithful, and trusty.")Date(s) of Creation
4/17/1854
