Description
Adam Emery enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 8, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company D. On November 24, 1866, A. L. (Aytchmonde Lane) Perrin of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #107 for enlisted slave Adam Emery and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum.
Perrin claimed he had acquired title to Adam by “…said Adam Emery was the property of Sarah Jane Shy and by the marriage of claimant to the said Sarah Jane Shy (nee' Shanks), the said Adam Emery became the property of A. L. Perrin, the claimant.”
Isaac T. Lewis and W. B. Shanks of Platte County swore under oath that Perrin had owned Adam for “6 years." George Gabbert and J. W. Matthews of Platte County also swore oath that Perrin 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 Perrin, Lewis, Shanks, Gabbert, and Matthews had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Perrin 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
11/24/1866
