Description
John Whalon enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 9, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company B. On November 20, 1866, B. Warren Calvert of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #17 for enlisted slave John Whalon and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum.
Calvert claimed he had acquired title to John by “…purchase from Pascal Green of Owen County Kentucky, as per Bill of Sale now lost.”
Ambrose Y. Owens and George Gabbert of Platte County swore under oath that Calvert had owned John for “10 years." A. W. (Alfred W.) Hughes and J. D. H. Coleman of Platte County also swore oath that Calvert 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 Calvert, Owens, Gabbert, Hughes and Coleman had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Calvert 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
