Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-16
O'NEILL'S REAL ESTATE
U. S. Claim Agency,
b CEDAR STREET.
NASHVILLE ........................ TEN NFSSEE
SASHVTgIE .............
........... TENNESSEE


I OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
/ j enlisted in the L. 3. Army are entitled TO
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS compensation
for e2ch and every one. The Board appointed
by the Secretary Of War 70 examine and report
Co Washington upon this class Of claims is at
present In Nashville. and all 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 il necessary, ! could give
long list Of soma Of the frst men of the nation
az references. but take 10 that am well enough
known IN the State, ana my success in prose-
cutting claims against the 4. s. Government is
too well established 10 need any other endOrsers
than the hundreds of officers, soldiers and citi-
zens Of thegHtate whose claims have prosecuted
% successful settlement. / might however
mention the fact that having been connected
with the organization Of COlOrcd tFOgps in this
State. and being personally acquainted with
nearly all the officers % cOlured Regiments in
! this Department, and having been engaged
| for the last nineteen months IN collecting Back
Pay, Bounty and Pension for the soldiers
| Themselves. and being IN daily comm -uIratlOn
with thousands Of them, my facilities iul tracing
| out the company and regiment into which they
| eHHstei are certainly as good, If lot better,
| than those OF any other parties engaged in the
| As for my facilities for prosecuting these
| claims Mt Washington. ! fatteT lnyselftha none
| have better.
I notice that some Agents are charging ., Per
cent, and Others - per cent. fees for prosecuting
| these claims, but am Of the opinion that they
may be prosecuted for less, and would suggest Is
per cent. And in connection with this would
beg leave 90 state that / consider this per cent
| age remarkably low. but as ! am permanently
located here, and have other business to attend
| 30 at the same time, ! can afford 70 attend To
| this business for less than some others.
| / would be pleased 10 open a correspondence
| with agents and attorneys throughout this State
| and Will be happy 20 enter into arrangements
| with them 10 furnish blanks and all necessary
| instructions.
] Claims against the Government, Of officers
citizens and soldiers, promptly attended to.
/ Particular attention paid 90 soldiers ClalIns
| for Equalization Of Bounty.
| C0lOrel soldiers are now virtually on the same
! footing with regard 20 back pay, b0unti6s pen
| slon8, etc.r as white sOldlers and any difference
| fp8y and bounty which have been denied then
| 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 me, OF write
| 10 me in reference TO them, as many changes
| have taken place in the postal arrangements o.
| the State since the claims were filed, and letter.
| are being returned to me every day uncalled fOf
l have a number Of checks in my office a
| present for different parties, whom / cannO
| hear from.
| IN future I shall advertise every Saturday, il
| the Nashville Union and Dispatch and Press anC
| Times, a list Of Checks and Certificates on hauC
| on Friday evenings.
am also Agent for the National Steam Nayi
CATION Company, plying, between Queenstown
and Liverpool and New York.
Money Advanced on Officers, Ga
zcHs' and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN O'NEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent,
dec2l-lm 81 Cedar ST., Nashville, Tenn