Description
Samuel Douglass enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 12, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company A. On January 8, 1867, Israel Link of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #233 for enlisted slave Samuel Douglass and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Court Clerk Daniel P. Lewis.
Link claimed he had acquired title to Samuel Douglass by “…to wit, he was born and raised in my family.”
Daniel S. Slaughter and Elmore Breckenridge of Platte County swore under oath that Link had owned Samuel Douglass for “12 years." Slaughter and William M. Paxton of Platte County also swore oath that Link was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County Court Clerk Daniel P. Lewis certified that Link, Slaughter, Breckenridge, and Paxton had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Link gave power of attorney to the law firm of James Craig of St. Joseph, Missouri, Chipman, Hosmer & Co. of Washington, DC, to prosecute his claim for compensation.Date(s) of Creation
1/8/1867
