Description
Albert Bernard enlisted at St. Louis, Missouri, on July 24, 1863, and was mustered in a Private in the 56th USCT Infantry, Company D. On November 14, 1866, Lucy C. Wiseman signed claim for compensation #2203 for an enlisted slave Albert Bernard and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County notary public Lucian E. Carter.
Wiseman claimed she acquired title to Albert Bernard "...by inheritance from her father Joseph P. Wiseman who died in the year 1851 in the City of St. Louis upon whose estate James H. Robinson administered letters of administration having been taken out of Montgomery County, Missouri, by the said Robinson. In witness whereof the said Lucy C. Wiseman who is now 22 years old has hereto set her hand."
James H. Robinson and Eliza A. Overall of Buchanan County testified under oath that Wiseman had owned Albert for 15 years and also swore that Wiseman was loyal to the Government of the United States and had defended it against the confederate states of America. Wiseman gave power of attorney to the law firm of James Craig, St. Joseph, Missouri, to prosecute her claim for compensation. Buchanan County notary public Lucian E. Carter certified that Wiseman, Robinson, and Overall all appeared before him and under oath swore to the facts and truthfulness of the claim. (Numerous Platte County Robinsons were enslavers including claim witness James Robinson)Date(s) of Creation
11/14/1866
