Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-12
O'NEILL'S REAL ESTATE
U. S. Claim Agency,
3J CEDAR STREET.
NASHVILLE ........
Tennessee

I OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
4 enlisted IN the U. S. Army are entitled 10
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS compensation
for each and every one. The Board appointed
by the Secretary Of War TO examine and report
10 Washington upon this class Of claims Is ri
present in Nashville, and an persons having
claims Of this character would consult their own
interest by calling on me at my Office No. b
Cedar street up stairs, DOR by communicating with
me by mail. Were II necessary l could give q
long list Of some Of the first men of the nation
as references, but take it that am well enough
known in the State, and my success in prose
cutting claims against the u. S. Government Is
too well established 70 need any other endOTSers
than the hundreds Of officers soldiers and citi-
Eens Of the State whose claims have prosecuted
to successful settlement. / might, however,
mention the fact that having been connected
with the organization Of COlOred troops in this
state, and being personally acquainted with
nearly all the officers Of COlOred regiments in
this Department, ana having been engaged
for the last nineteen months in collecting Back
Pay Bounty and Pension for the soldiers
themselves, and being in daily communication
with thousands of them. my facilities for tracing
out the company and regiment into which they
enlisted are certainly as good, If not better
than those of any other parties engaged in the
business.
As for my facilities for prosecuting these
claims at Washington, aatter myselfthat none
have better
notice that some Agents are charging 25 per
cent and others 10 per cent. fees for prosecuting
these claims but I am of the opinion that they
may be prosecuted for less. and would suggest 10
per cent. And IN connection with this would
! beg leave to state that consider this per cent
/ age remarkably low, but as | am permanently
/ located here and have other business to attend
| 10 at the same time, | can afford to attend 10
/ this business for less than some others.
would be pleased to open a correspondence
with agents and attorneys throughout this State,
and will be happy to enter into ARRANGEMENTS
/ with them to furnish blanks and all necessary
instructions.
| Claims against the Government Of officers.
| citizens and soldiers, promptly attended to-
! Particular attention paid TO soldiers claims
! for Equalization of Bounty.
! COlOred soldiers are now virtually on the same
! footing with regard to back pay, b0unties, pen
stems, etc, as white soldiers, and any difference
/ Of pay and bounty which have been denied them
| IN the past, IN distinction from white soldiers.
! may now be recovered.
/ All parties having claims in my hands for col
lection are requested 10 call and see me- or write
! 10 me IN reference to them rs many changes
! have taken place in the postal arrangements OF
the State since the claims filed, and letters
| are being returned To me every day uncalled for.
i have a number Of checks in my office at
! present for different parties, whom | cannot
! hear from.
In future l shall advertise every Saturday, in
| the Nashville Union and Dispatch and Press and
| Times, list Of Checks and Certificates on hand
| on Friday evenings.
am also Agent for the National Steam Navi-
| CATION Company, plying between Queenstown
| and Liverpool and New Ork
Honey Advanced ON Officers, CIu
2Pus' and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN O'NEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent
deem I'm 30 Cedar st., Nashville. Tenn