Description
Peter Hayden enlisted at Leavenworth Fort Scott, Kansas on August 8, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company D. On November 19, 1866, Sina W. Roberts of Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #58 for enlisted slave Peter Hayden and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County Notary Public L. W. Roberts.
Roberts claimed he had acquired title to Hayden 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." "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"
Peter Hayden (Sina W. Robert's slave and the USCT soldier) and John W. Drew of Clay County swore under oath that Roberts had owned Peter Hayden for “4 years" and Abijah W. Ecton and John T. Vance of Clay County also swore oath that Roberts was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Roberts gave power of attorney to J. Hough, attorney, Liberty, Missouri, to prosecute his claim for compensation. (Numerous Platte County Roberts were enslavers)Date(s) of Creation
11/19/1866
