Description
William Waldo enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 6, 1864, and mustered into the Independent Battery, USCT Light Artillery as a Private. On November 17, 1866, Benjamin Yocum of Platte County, Missouri, signed a claim for compensation #20 for enlisted slave William Waldo.
Yocum claimed he had acquired title to William Waldo "...by purchase from Ann Stewart on the 14th day of April 1853, as per Bill of Sale herewith submitted." (Bill of Sale not in the file)Date(s) of Creation
4/14/1853
