Description
Jesse Miller enlisted at Elwood City, Kansas, on August 6, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company B. On January 7, 1867, Jesse Miller of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #248 for enlisted slave Jesse Miller and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk F. M. Tufts.
Miller claimed he had acquired title to Jesse Miller by “…marriage - said slave having been previous to the year 1848 the property of his present wife (note: Margaret A. Waller), which marriage took place at Platte City, Missouri, in the year 1848, as aforesaid.”
James McCord and J. W. McDaniel of Platte County swore under oath that Miller had owned Jesse Miller for “5 years." William M. Paxton and Thomas Herndon of Platte County also swore oath that Miller was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County Circuit Court Clerk F. M. Tufts certified that Miller, McCord, McDaniel, Paxton, and Herndon had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Miller 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
1/7/1867
