Description
Louis Norman enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on March 13, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company H. On November 3, 1866, Clinton Cockrill of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #159 for enlisted slave Louis Norman and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Clinton Cockrill claimed he had acquired title to Louis by “…purchase from Larkin Fleshman of Platte County in the State of Missouri on the 7th day of August 1848.” Pickett Callahan and James M. Mulkey of Platte County swore under oath that Cockrill had owned Louis for “5 years."
R. D. (Robert Davis) Johnston and L. T. (Lemuel T.) Oliver of Platte County swore oath that Clinton Cockrill was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt certified that Cockrill, Callahan, Mulkey, Johnston, and Oliver had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Clinton Cockrill gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co. of Washington, DC, to prosecute his claim for compensation.Date(s) of Creation
11/3/1866
