Description
Alexander Vaughn enlisted at St. Louis, Missouri, on August 15, 1863, and was mustered in as a Private in the 56th USCT Infantry, Company F. On December 26, 1866, Horace Nolen of Buena Vista, Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #3846 for an enlisted slave named Alexander Vaughn and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County notary public Robert Boyle.
Horace Nolen claimed title to USCT soldier Alexander Vaughn because "...he was born my slave, his mother being likewise my slave by inheritance from my father A. V. Nolen of Florence, Alabama, AD 1828.
W. L. Chadwick and Samuel D. Talbot of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, testified under oath that Horace Nolen had owned Thomas for "5 years" and also swore that Nolen was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Buchanan County notary public Robert Boyle certified that Nolen, Chadwick, and Talbot had appeared before him and under oath swore to the facts and truthfulness of the claim. Claim appears to be a form from the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co., Washington, DC. (Horace Nolen was listed as an enslaver on the 1850 Platte County Slave Schedule)Date(s) of Creation
12/26/1866
