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Daniel Cooper enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 27, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the Independent Battery, USCT Light Artillery. On October 31, 1866, Cornelius Cooper of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #43 for enlisted slave Cornelius Cooper and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Cooper claimed he had acquired title to Daniel Cooper "...by purchase from William A. Singleton as per Bill of Sale herewith attached. Bill of Sale: "Know all men by these presents that I, William A. Singleton of the County of Platte and State of Missouri, for and in consideration of the sum of $600 to me in hand paid by Cornelius Cooper, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do by these presents bargain, sell and deliver unto the said Cornelius Cooper and his assigns a Negro boy slave for life called and known by the name of Daniel, now of the age of 10 years old last August and the said William A. Singleton for himself, his heirs and executors and administrators do hereby covenant to and with the said Cornelius Cooper his assigns that the said Negro boy Daniel is a slave for life and that he is perfectly sound both in body and mind." William A. Singleton February 26, 1853Date(s) of Creation
2/26/1853
