Description
Green Washington enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on February 7, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company G. On November 1, 1866, Amanda Remington (nee' Amanda Adkins) of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #47 for enlisted slave Green Washington.
Remington claimed she had acquired title to Green “…by purchase by her husband, William C. Remington, now deceased (note: December 20, 1864), as per Bill of Sale herewith.”
Bill of Sale: "Know all men by these presents that I, John Adkins of Platte County, Missouri, have this day for and in consideration of the sum of $900 to me in hand paid, bargained and sold to William C. Remington a Negro boy named Green aged about 11 years old and of a copper color; And I hereby warrant said boy to be sound in body and mind and a slave for life. Given under my hand this 13th day of June 1857 in the presence of R. H. Munday. John Adkins"Date(s) of Creation
6/13/1857
