Description
Moses Blue enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on July 26, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company F. On December 27, 1866, Francis D. Davis of Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #145 for enlisted slave Moses Blue.
Davis claimed he had acquired title by “…bought said Moses Blue of Joseph A. Moore, a certified Bill of Sale is herewith attached - Know all men by these presents that I, Joseph A. Moore, of the County of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have bargained and sold to Francis D. Davis a Negro boy named Moses supposed to be 13 years old for the sum of $700 paid to me in hand this 26th day of July 1853. Jos. A. Moore - I certify the above bill of sale to be a true copy of the original bill of sale before me this 27th day of December A.D. 1866 - Notary Public J. C. Robidoux."Date(s) of Creation
7/26/1853
