Description
John Burton enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 5, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company B. On January 3, 1867, Richard A. Powell of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #110 for enlisted slave John Burton and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt.
Richard A. Powell claimed he had acquired title to John by “…purchase from the Estate of Lawson Adcock in the year 1856 in the County of Carroll and State of Kentucky.”
T. H. Talbott and J. S. Moore of Platte County swore under oath that Powell had owned John for “6 years." Morris Ellinger and A. Bowlby of Weston, Platte County, also swore oath that Powell was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County notary public James J. Hitt certified that Powell, Talbott, Moore, Ellinger, and Bowlby had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Powell gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co. of Washington, DC, to prosecute his claim for compensation.Date(s) of Creation
1/3/1867
