Description
Moses Blue enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on July 26, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company F. On December 27, 1866, Francis D. Davis of Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #145 for enlisted slave Moses Blue and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux.
Davis claimed he had acquired title by “…bought said Moses Blue of Joseph A. Moore, a certified Bill of Sale is herewith attached - Know all men by these presents that I, Joseph A. Moore, of the County of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have bargained and sold to Francis D. Davis a Negro boy named Moses supposed to be 13 years old for the sum of $700 paid to me in hand this 26th day of July 1853. Jos. A. Moore - I certify the above bill of sale to be a true copy of the original bill of sale before me this 27th day of December A.D. 1866 - Notary Public J. C. Robidoux.”
C. M. Thompson and Henry Tutt County swore under oath that Davis had owned Moses for “10 years" and also swore oath that Davis was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Notary Public J. C. Robidoux certified that Davis, Thompson, and Tutt had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Davis 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
12/27/1866
