1866-1867 U.S. Colored Troops Slave Compensation Claims
Archive Items Details
Description
No record of service was found for Dennis Duncan with the 1st Kansas Volunteers, Co. F or 79rd USCT Infantry. On November 16, 1866, Mary Fortune of Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #0060 for Dennis Duncan and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County Notary Public David S. Miller.
Fortune claimed she had acquired title because Dennis Duncan “…was born and raised as her property and continued as her slave up to the date of his enlistment into the military service of the United States."
Robert Young and William Payne of Clay County swore under oath that Fortune had owned Duncan for “13 years" and John Ecton and Joseph Duncan also swore oath that Fortune was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America.
Date(s) of Creation
11/16/1866
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Dennis
Name Type
Free Blacks
Other Name
Duncan, Dennis
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Fortune, Mary
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Number Type
Source Citation
Other Number
Military Service Records of United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866: (Duncan, Dennis, SCC Claim #0060)
