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 and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
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"
D. W. Jenkins and George Robertson of Platte County swore under oath that Amanda Remington had owned Green for “4 years" and W. E. Wren and Miles Harrington of Platte County swore oath that Amanda Green was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt certified that Remington, Jenkins, Robertson, Wren, and Harrington had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Amanda Remington gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co. of Washington, DC, to prosecute her claim for compensation.Date(s) of Creation
11/1/1866
