Description
Henry Wilder enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 8, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company D. On November 3,1 866, Thomas Beaumont of Weston, Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #6 for enlisted slave Henry Wilder and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt.
Beaumont claimed he had acquired title to Henry by “…purchase in the Fall of 1848 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana at private sale at and for the sum of $700 and brought him to Missouri in the year 1851. Bill of Sale lost and no record of the fact. The said Henry Wilder remained a slave and in the possession and under the control of the said Thomas Beaumont till the time of his enlistment.”
William S. Bonnell and John S. Davis of Platte County swore under oath that Beaumont had owned Henry for “12 years-" and also swore oath that Beaumont was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County notary public James J. Hitt certified that Beaumont, Bonnell, and Davis had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim.Date(s) of Creation
11/3/1866
