Description
Henry Cockrill enlisted at Glasgow, Missouri, on February 8, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 67th USCT Infantry, Company B. On November 24, 1866, H. Clay Cockrill of Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #831 for enlisted slave Henry Cockrill.
Cockrill claimed he had acquired title to Henry "...by being one of the executors of the Estate of Thomas N. Cockrill, deceased, as will be shown by letters herewith filed. The said Thomas N. Cockrill purchased said Henry Cockrill of Thomas D. Reed of Marion County, Missouri, January 15, 1855."
Bill of Sale: "Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas D. Reid/Reed of the County of Marion, Missouri, have sold to Thomas N. Cockrill one Negro boy named Henry aged 19 years for the sum of $1000 to me in hand paid and I hereby warrant said boy Henry sound and healthy in body and mind and a slave for life. Title warranted and defended. Thomas D. Reid/Reed, Glasgow, January 15, 1853." (H. Clay Cockrill was a Platte County lawyer and Probate Judge 1856-1860. Numerous other Platte County Cockrills were enslavers.)Date(s) of Creation
1/15/1853
