Description
Thomas Perry enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 9, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company A. On December 3, 1866, Clinton Cockrill of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #90 for enlisted slave Thomas Perry and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Clinton Cockrill claimed he had acquired title to Thomas by “…purchase from Perry Keith of Platte City, Missouri, on the 5th day of December 1853.” Perry Keith and Pickett Callahan of Platte County swore under oath that Clinton Cockrill had owned Thomas for “5 years."
R. D. (Robert Davis) Johnston and L. T. (Lemuel T.) Oliver of Platte County swore oath that Clinton Cockrill was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt certified that Cockrill, Keith, Callahan, Johnston, and Oliver had personally appeared before him in Platte City, Missouri, and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Clinton Cockrill 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
12/3/1866
