Description
Julius Caesar enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 2, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company A. On January 7, 1867, Nathan Pryor of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #246 for enlisted slave Julius Caesar and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk F. M. Tufts.
Pryor claimed he had acquired title to Julius Caesar by “…purchase at a Sheriff's sale in Platte County, Missouri, in the year 1858.”
Andrew Tribble and William M. Jones of Platte County swore under oath that Pryor had owned Julius Caesar for “5 years." Thomas Herndon and F. N. Mitchell of Platte County also swore oath that Pryor 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 Pryor, Tribble, Jones, Herndon, and Mitchell had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Pryor 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
