Description
Henry Busey enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 10, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company A. On November 20, 1866, Jacob Busey of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #27 for enlisted slave Henry Busey and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum, as witnessed by F. H. Hefferman and P. P. Robertson.
Busey claimed he had acquired title by “…the mother of said Henry Busey (for whom compensation is claimed) was the property of the said Jacob Busey and the said Henry Busey was born the property of claimant aforesaid.”
P. P. (Philemon P.) Robertson and Joseph Pence of Platte County swore under oath that Busey had owned Henry Busey for “many (12) years" and John D. Pepper and J. L. (James L.) Graves of Platte County also swore oath that Busey was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum certified that Busey, Robertson, Pence, Pepper, and Graves had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Busey 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
11/20/1866
