Description
Alfred Buckhart is listed on line 12 as having been a Private in the 83rd U. S. Colored Troops Infantry, Company A. Date of enlistment and discharge not listed. Served 3 years. Lives in Platte City, Missouri, and no disability noted. Census taken by Andrew Kurtz.
(Researcher's note: Buckhart's service file indicates that he was 17 years old when he enlisted, 5 foot 6 inches tall, a black complexion, black eyes, and black hair. He had been born in Platte County, Missouri, and was a laborer. He enlisted in Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 26, 1863, for 3 years. He was mustered into the 2nd Regiment Kansas Colored Infantry (later became the 83rd U.S.C.T. Infantry) on August 11, 1863. On August 2, 1865, he was listed as sick in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. On October 9, 1865, Buckhart was mustered out in Camden, Arkansas.
On November 28, 1866, James R. Burckhartt of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #301 for enlisted slave Alfred Burkhart and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Burckhartt claimed he had acquired title to Alfred Burkhart by “…raising him in my family.”
Andrew Tribble and John Ellit of Platte County swore under oath that Burckhartt had owned Alfred Burkhart for “10 years" and also swore oath that Burckhartt was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. See Slave Compensation Claim Entry #SCC.0165.)Date(s) of Creation
6/1/1890
