Description
Anthony Lamar enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on October 3, 1864 and mustered into the Independent Battery, USCT Light Artillery as a Private. On November 24, 1866, William Lamar of Platte County, Missouri signed claim for compensation #160 for an enlisted slave Anthony Lamar and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum.
Lamar claimed he had acquired title by "...the mother of said Anthony Lamar was the property of claimants, and the said Anthony Lamar, for whose enlistment compensation is claimed, was born the property of said William Lamar, the claimant."
J. T. (Jesse T.) Hall and Thomas Beaumont testified under oath that Lamar had owned Anthony Lamar for "12 years." L. R. Ringo (Ludlow R.) and G. W. (Grame W.) Hood of Platte County swore that Lamar 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 Lamar, Hall, Ringo, Beaumont, and Hood had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. William Lamar gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co., Washington, DC, to prosecute his claim.Date(s) of Creation
11/24/1866
