Description
Perry Willetts enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 17, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company B. On December 1, 1866, Moses Norris Leavenworth County, Kansas, formerly of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #56 for enlisted slave Perry Willetts and swore an oath of allegiance before Leavenworth County, Kansas, County Clerk S. J. Darrah.
Norris claimed he had acquired title by “…that he owned the mother of said Perry Willetts and raised the latter from his birth.”
J. M. Aringdulph and J. Aringdulph of Platte County swore under oath that Norris had owned Perry Willetts for “10 years." M. C. Bonnell of Platte County and Fred A. Miller of Leavenworth County, Kansas, also swore oath that Norris was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. H. Dunlap witnessed the signatures. Leavenworth County, Kansas, County Clerk S. J. Darrah certified that Norris, Aringdulph, Aringdulph, and Miller had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Norris 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
12/1/1866
