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.
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."Date(s) of Creation
12/5/1853
