Description
Harrison Young enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 5, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company A. On December 29, 1866, James Allison of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #103 for enlisted slave Harrison Young and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum.
Allison claimed he had acquired title by “…the mother of said Harrison Young was owned by the claimant and the said Harrison Young, for whom compensation is claimed, was born the property of said James Allison, the claimant aforesaid.” Willie (Wylie) M. English and Alfred M. Allen of Platte County swore under oath that Allison had owned Harrison Young for “6 years."
Alfred Bowlby and James A. Allen of Platte County also swore oath that Allison was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum certified that Allison, English, Alfred Allen, Bowlby, and James Allen had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Allison 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
12/29/1866
