Description
James Todd enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 20, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company C. On November 13, 1866, Joseph Todd of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #30 for enlisted slave James Todd and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Todd claimed he had acquired title to James Todd by “…purchase from Charles Rice of Platte County, the Bill of Sale having been lost.”
John Ellit (Ellet) and Robert Tribble of Platte County swore under oath that Todd had owned James Todd for “5 years" and R. D. Johnston and Robert Cain of Platte County also swore oath that Todd 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 Todd, Ellit (Ellet), Tribble, Johnston, and Cain had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Todd 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
