Description
Robert Young had enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas, on January 27, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 18th USCT Infantry, Company B. On November 22, 1866, Alexander L. Calhoun signed claim for compensation #176 for an enlisted slave named Robert Young and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County notary public James E. Lincoln.
Alexander Calhoun claimed he had acquired title to Robert Young "...by inheritance from his father who died in the State of Tennessee."
Darwin L. Adkins and Trigg J. Allen of Clay County, Missouri, testified under oath that Alexander Calhoun had owned Robert for "...a long time." Adkins and Allen also swore that Alexander Calhoun was loyal to the Government of the United States and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Alexander Calhoun gave power of attorney to the law firm of James Craig of St. Joseph, Missouri, to prosecute his claim for compensation. Clay County notary public James E. Lincoln certified that Alexander Calhoun, Adkins, and Trigg had all appeared before him and under oath swore to the facts and truthfulness of the claim. (Witness Darwin Adkins was a Platte County Missouri enslaver)Date(s) of Creation
11/22/1866
