Description
Austin Clark enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas, on March 13, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company H. On December 1, 1866, John D. Pepper of Marshall Township, Platte County, Missouri signed claim for compensation #157 for enlisted slave Austin Clark and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt in Weston, Missouri.
Pepper claimed he had acquired title to Austin Clark by "...purchase from the Administrator of the Estate of Notley Duvall at Platte City, Missouri, at the November term of Platte City, Missouri, public sale, in the month aforesaid, in the year 1855." (Note: Notley Duvall died in April 1852 and John D. Pepper was the Administrator)Date(s) of Creation
11/1/1855
