1866-1867 U.S. Colored Troops Slave Compensation Claims
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Description
Henry Baker enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 14, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company A. On November 13, 1866, Hugh Swaney signed claim for compensation #8 for enlisted slave Henry Baker.
Swaney claimed he had acquired title to Henry Baker "By purchase from William M. Paxton, Administrator of the Estate of James Willoughby, on the 13th day of August 1852."
Date(s) of Creation
8/13/1852
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Henry
Name Type
Free Blacks
Other Name
Baker, Henry
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Willoughby, James (William M. Paxton, Administrator of the Estate) conveys slave to Swaney, Hugh
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Number Type
Source Citation
Other Number
Military Service Records of United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866 (Henry Baker, SCC Claim #0008)
