This collection consists of a printed document bearing the title "Evidence of Title." Completed and signed by Albert Burch of St. Mary's County, Maryland, in 1864, the document was submitted by Burch in an attempt to obtain compensation for the military service of George Mills, an enslaved man who enlisted in Company B, 38th United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. Burch attests that Mills "is my slave for life ... [and] that I have not purchased said slave from any person or persons disloyal to the Government of the United States, with the object of obtaining compensation for the same ..." Burch's affidavit was affirmed by the signatures of Oscar Miles and T. H. Miles; notarized by C. Camalier, justice of the peace; and countersigned by Jno. A. Camalier, clerk of the cicuit court.