Description
Thomas Rucker enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on March 10, 1865, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry. On November 13, 1866, John D. Murray of Platte City, Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #95 for enlisted slave Thomas Rucker and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Murray claimed he had acquired title to Thomas by “…purchase from John S. Campbell of Platte County, Missouri, on the 25th day of May 1846.”
George P. Young and S. P. (Stephen) Remington of Platte County swore under oath that Murray had owned Thomas for “15 years." Benjamin Calvert and James H. Warden of Platte County also swore oath that Murray 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 Murray, Young, Remington, Calvert, and Warden had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Murray 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
11/13/1866
