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George Washington, late of I Company, 60th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, died in the hospital yesterday. He will be buried tomorrow at the Home cemetery. The services will be conducted by Chaplain Payne.
(Researcher's note: George Washington enlisted at Chillicothe, Missouri on November 18, 1863, for 3 years and was mustered as a Private in the 60th USCT Infantry, Company I.
On January 16, 1867, William J. Herndon of Carroll County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #2757 for an enlisted slave George Washington and also swore an oath of allegiance before Carroll County Circuit Court Clerk Charles Moeller. William Herndon claimed he had acquired title to George Washington "...by inheritance from his father James Herndon, deceased, many years ago.")Date(s) of Creation
8/24/1920
