Description
Jefferson Jackson enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 12, 1863 and mustered into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company B, as a Private. On November 22, 1866, Joseph Murphy of Platte County, Missouri, signed a claim for compensation #284 for enlisted slave Jefferson Jackson and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt.
Platte County notary public James J. Hitt certified that Joseph Murphy, James A. Price, and Benjamin Bonifant had all appeared before him and under oath swore to the truthfulness of the claim. Murphy gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer and Co. to prosecute his claim for compensation.
(Researcher's note: Several pages are missing from the file for Murphy's claim #284 for Jefferson Jackson).Date(s) of Creation
11/22/1866
