Description
Admond Young enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on September 14, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company J. On December 27, 1866, O. M. Spencer of Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #120 for enlisted slave Admond Young and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux.
Spencer claimed he had acquired title to Admond by “…bought said slave of Middleton Perry & Co., a certified copy of Bill of Sale is herewith attached. 'Weston, Mo. February 12, 1847 - Be it known to all men that we have this day sold to O. M. Spencer a Negro woman named America of black color about 22 years old, also her 2 children, the eldest a boy about 4 years old of yellow color named Admond, the youngest a girl about 1 year old of black color named Martha Ann, all of which we warrant sound in body and mind and slaves for life, the title of which we promise to warrant and defend, for the sum of $700 to us in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. Middleton Perry & Co., attest: Singleton Asher
John N. Smith and James H. Combs of Dekalb, Buchanan County, swore under oath that Spencer had owned Dempsey for “20 years" and also swore oath that Spencer was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux certified that Spencer, Smith, and Combs had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Spencer gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co. of Washington, DC, to prosecute his claim for compensation. (O. M. Spencer and numerous Spencers and Middletons were Platte County enslavers.)Date(s) of Creation
12/27/1866
