Description
Seborn Montgomery enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas, on July 12, 1864 and mustered into the Independent Battery, USCT Light Artillery as a Private. On November 12, 1866, Joseph Murphy of Platte County, Missouri, signed a claim for compensation #286 for enlisted slave Seborn Montgomery and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt.
Murphy claimed he had acquired title to Montgomery "...by purchase from J. W. Vineyard in Platte County, Missouri, in April 1857."
James A. Price and Benjamin Bonifant of Platte County swore that Murphy had owned Seborn for "years" and also swore that Murphy was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County notary public James J. Hitt certified that Murphy, Price, and 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.Date(s) of Creation
11/22/1867
