Description
Jack Reamy enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on December 5, 1864, for 3 years of service and was mustered into the Independent Battery, USCT Light Artillery as a Private. Reamy was 18 years old, 5 foot 3 1/2 inches tall, and was a laborer. On November 3, 1866, Susan Wren of Platte County, Missouri, signed a claim for compensation #105 for enlisted slave Jack Reamy and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Wren claimed she had acquired title to Jack Reamy by "...the mother of said Jack Reamby, for whom compensation is claimed, was the property of said claimant and said Jack Reamby was born and raised the property of Susan Wren, the claimant aforesaid."
W. O. Busey and James Tatman of Platte County swore that Wren had owned Jack for "12 years." Stephen P. Remington and William Tatman of Platte County swore that Wren 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 Wren, the Tatmans, Remington and Busey had all appeared before him and under oath swore to the truthfulness of the claim. Susan Wren gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer and Co. to prosecute her claim for compensation.Date(s) of Creation
11/3/1866
