Claim Summary
The Southern Claims Commission case files offer the opportunity to distinguish two James Andersons, both previously enslaved, who lived in Liberty County in the 1870s. This claim, #21414, was for a James Anderson who was identified himself as being 63 years old during his 1877 testimony. He said he had lived in Liberty County all his life, and that at the time of the Civil War, he belonged to Major Porter and was living on his plantation, about five miles from Midway Church. He testified that when the U.S. soldiers came there foraging, they took from him a bay horse, a wagon & harness, 6 hogs, 20 chickens, 12 ducks, and cooking utensils. He also said that Major Porter had been living in Savannah and was not testifying for him because he was dead. Plenty Porter, who said he lived at the same place, testified that he saw the soldiers take James Anderson’s property, and that he himself was 74 in 1873, had lived in Liberty County all his life, and had known James Anderson since he was a boy. He said that Galbo Porter and Barrak Porter could also testify that James Anderson was known as a supporter of the Union.
Edward J. Delegal, a 63-year-old white physician and former slaveowner, also testified for James Anderson. He said he had known him for 45 years and that he lived about 3 miles from him during the war and saw him frequently. He believed he was loyal to the Union. He said he was not present when the property was taken, but he did know that James Anderson had owned property.
James Anderson’s attorney, Raymond Cay Jr, informed the commission that this case was for the James Anderson “formerly of the Porter Place & living near to Riceboro Liberty Co Ga,” and that the other James Anderson, for claim $18546, was for “old James Anderson who lives near Sunbury in Liberty Co.”
The Commission denied James Anderson’s claim, stating that there was little in the claim that could “be called an army supply,” and that it doubted that his horse or wagon was fit for army use.
Claim transcribed by Cathy Tarpley Dillon; Research by Stacy Ashmore Cole
More about the Claimant
Now that this claim has allowed us to “detangle” the two James Andersons, we see that this James Anderson was listed in the 1870 and 1880 U.S. federal censuses. His birth year was listed as 1810 in 1870 and as 1815 in 1880. In 1870, his wife Diana was 40 years old, and they had the following children listed in the household: Amy (18), Phoebe (12), Isaiah (7), Fanny (6), and Milton (20). In the 1880 census, his wife’s name was listed as Die (54), and the following were listed as his children: Amy (23), Ben (19), Isaiah (17), Fanny (16), Henry (12), and Julia (7).
No death record was found for James Anderson, but in the 1900 census, his wife Diana was listed as a 70-year-old widow, living with son Ben Anderson (39) and granddaughter Margaret Hall (16). Tragically, the census said that she had had 14 children and only three of them were living.
Slavery
“Major Porter” of Savannah appears to have been Major Anthony Porter (1788-1869), who was resident in Savannah but had land in Liberty County. Since he died after the Civil War, there are no probate records that would further identify James. Porter’s wife Louisa was the daughter of Adam Alexander, who was a slaveowner in Liberty County and who died around 1812. There is a Jim in his 1812 estate inventory but no way of knowing if perhaps this is the same Jim. The Porters married in 1824. It is interesting to note that Plenty Porter testified that Galbo Porter and Barrak Porter were enslaved on the Porter plantation; Adam Alexander’s 1812 estate inventory has the names Barrick and Jalbo. Jalbo, also spelled Galbo, was not that common a name in Liberty County.
“Porter Hall” at the Georgia College, in Milledgeville, is named after Major Anthony Porter.
To see the “other” James Anderson’s claim, visit this link: https://theyhadnames.net/2020/08/10/james-anderson-southern-claims-commission/
Citations:
1870 U.S. Census, Liberty County, Georgia, population schedule, Subdivision 181, p. 16, dwelling #155, family #156, enumerated on November 15, 1870, by W.S. Norman, James and Diana Anderson, digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 8/20/2020).
1880 U.S. Census, Liberty County, Georgia, population schedule, District 15, enumeration district 67, p. 180, dwelling #858, family #865, James and Die Anderson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 8/20/2020).
1900 U.S. Census, Liberty County, Georgia, population schedule, district not listed, enumeration district 80, sheet #12, line number 8-10, Diana Anderson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 8/23/2020).
Probate
Adam Alexander
“Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-PZW?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 344 of 689; county probate courthouses, Georgia.
About the Southern Claims Commission
The Southern Claims Commmission was set up by Congress in 1871 to adjudicate claims for property taken by U.S. federal troops during the Civil War. More than 140 Liberty County residents — both black and white — filed claims, mostly for property taken during December 1864 when a unit of Sherman’s Army commanded by General Kilpatrick camped at Midway Church and conducted foraging raids throughout Liberty County. Horses, cows, hogs, poultry, corn and rice were the most common items of property taken. In Liberty County, many slaveowners allowed their enslaved people to work on their own time and own small amounts of property, most of which was taken by the U.S. troops for use by the Army.
The claims files, which are held at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), have been digitized and are available at Ancestry.com or Fold3.com. For more information on these files, click here. A set of standard questions were used to take the testimony of claimants and witnesses. This set of questions was amended twice, in 1872 and 1874. The questions are not usually part of the digitized file, but we have included them to help make sense of the answers. The questions we used were provided online courtesy of the St. Louis County Library Special Collections, as taken from National Archives Microfilm Publication M87, Roll 1, Frames 104–105, Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880), and can be found here.
About This Transcription
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The Claim: Summary & Transcription
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Summary
Amount of Claim: $324
Total Amount Allowed: N/A, disallowed
Nature of Claim: Quartermaster & Commissary Supplies
Claimant living in: Capt Fleming’s [place]
Incident occurred in: Major Porter’s [place]
Claim #: 21414
Secondary Claim #: Not applicable
Date Claim Submitted [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1873-02-26
Date Testimony taken [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1877-12-21
Claimant’s Attorney: Raymond Cay, Jr.
Property Removed to: Midway Church, Liberty County, Ga
Date property removed: 1864-12-20
Army unit involved: Kilpatrick’s Cavalry commanded by General Kilpatrick, Capt. Gilmer’s Corps
Date Submitted to Congress [YYYY-MM-DD]: Not applicable
Post Office of Claimant: Riceboro
Items Claimed
Transcription
Remarks: The claimant was the slave of one Porter who resided in Liberty Co Ga until freed by the war. It was from his master’s plantation that it is alleged the property was taken. There is little or nothing in the claim except the horse and wagon that could be called an army supply. We doubt whether this negro, or that one negro in a hundred while a slave, owned a horse or wagon that was fit for any army use whatever.
The claim is disallowed.
A.O. Aldis
O. Ferris } Commissioners of Claims
[Transcriber’s Comments: Anderson named Capt. Gilmer or Gilmore as having been the officer present at the taking of his property. Testimony was taken at #3 Atlantic & Gulf railroad stop in Liberty County. ]
Testimony of Claimant
1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?
James Anderson aged 63 years Liberty County Ga all my life Farmer
2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?
I am Claimant
45. Did you belong to any vigilance committee, or committee of safety, homeguard, or any other form of organization or combination designed to suppress Union sentiment in your vicinity?
No
46. Were you in the Confederate army, State militia, or any military or naval organization hostile to the United States? If so, state when, where, in what organizations, how and why you entered, how long you remained each time, and when and how you left. If you claim that you were conscripted, when and where was it, how did you receive notice, and from whom, and what was the precise manner in which the conscription was enforced against you? If you were never in the rebel army or other hostile organization, explain how you escaped service. If you furnished a substitute, when and why did you furnish one, and what is his name, and his present address, if living?
No
51. Were you ever in the Union army or navy, or in any service connected therewith? If so, when, where, in what capacity, under whose command or authority, for what period of time, and when and how did you leave service? Produce your discharge papers, so that their contents may be noted herein.
No
66. Who was the owner of the property charged in this claim when it was taken, and how did such person become owner?
I was Bought the wagon and Harness and Horse and raised the balance
67. If any of the property was taken from a farm or plantation, where was such farm or plantation situated, what was its size, how much was cultivated, how much was woodland, and how much was waste land?
From plantation Liberty County Ga about 500 acres about 200 acres cultivated balance wood and waste Land
68. Has the person who owned the property when taken since filed a petition in bankruptcy, or been declared a bankrupt?
No
The following questions will be put to colored claimants:
70. Were you a slave or free at the beginning of the war? If ever a slave, when did you become free? What business did you follow after obtaining your freedom? Did you own this property before or after you became free? When did you get it? How did you become owner, and from whom did you obtain it? Where did you get the means to pay for it? What was the name and residence of your master, and is he still living? Is he a witness for you, and if not, why not? Are you in his employ now, or do you live on his land or on land bought from him? Are you in his debt? What other person besides yourself has any interest in this claim?
Slave. At end of war Farming owned it before freedom before the war worked for money and bought Horse and wagon and raised the balance Major Porter Savannah he is dead no no no no no one else
72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.
I was and saw it taken 1 Horse 1 Spring Wagon and Harness 2 Meat Hogs 4 Stock Hogs 20 Chickens 12 Ducks Cooking Utensils
73. Was any of the property taken in the night time, or was any taken secretly, so that you did not know of it at the time?
In day time openly
74. Was any complaint made to any officer of the taking of any of the property? If so, give the name, rank and regiment of the officer, and state who made the complaint to him, what he said and did in consequence, and what was the result of the complaint.
Complaint was made to officer by me Capt Gilmore Said I would be paid for it one of these days
75. Were any vouchers or receipts asked for or given? If given, where are the vouchers or receipts? If lost, state fully how lost. If asked and not given, by whom were they asked, who was asked to give them, and why were they refused or not given? State very fully in regard to the failure to ask or obtain receipts.
None was afraid
76. Has any payment ever been made for any property charged in this claim? Has any payment been made for any property taken at the same times as the property charged in this claim? Has any payment been made for any property taken from the same claimant during the war, and if so, when, by whom, for what property and to what amount? Has this property, or any part of it, been included in any claim heretofore presented to Congress, or any court, department or officer of the United States, or to any board of survey, military commission, State commission or officer, or any other authority? If so, when and to what tribunal or officers was the claim presented; was it larger or smaller in amount than this claim, and how is the difference explained, and what was the decision, if any, of the tribunal to which it was presented?
No No no no
77. Was the property charged in this claim taken by troops encamped in the vicinity, or were they on the march, or were they on a raid or expedition, or had there been any recent battle or skirmish?
Troops were camped at Midway Church 5 miles off
78. You will please listen attentively while the list of items, but not the quantities, is read to you, and as each kind of property is called off, say whether you saw any such property taken.
79. Begin now with the first item of property you have just said you saw taken, and give the following information about it. 1st.. Describe its exact condition, as for instance, if corn, whether green or ripe, standing or harvested, in shuck, or husked, or shelled; if lumber, whether new or old, in buildings or piled; if grain, whether growing or cut. 2d. State where it was. 3d. What was the quantity; explain fully how you know the quantity, and if estimated, describe your method of making the estimate.4th. Describe the quality to your best judgment. 5th. State as nearly as you can the market value of such property at the time in United States money. 6th. Say when the property was taken. 7th. Give the name of the detachment, regiment, brigade, division, corps, or army, taking the property, and the names of any officers belonging to the command. 8th. Describe the precise manner in which the property was taken into possession by the troops, and the manner in which it was removed. 9th. State as closely as you can how many men, animals, wagons, or other means of transport, were engaged in the removal, how long they were occupied, and to what place they removed the property. 10th. State if any officers were present; how you knew them to be officers; what they said or did in relation to the property, and give the names of any, if you can. 11th. Give any reasons that you may have for believing that the taking of the property was authorized by the proper officers or that it was for the necessary use of the army.
Item 1 The Horse was Bay Color Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga worth $160.00 dolls [dollars] taken about 20th December 1864 Kilpatrick Army Rode Horse off toward Camp about 20 Men and Horses 2 Wagons about 2 hours to Camp one Captain he told me he was Said I would be paid some of these days Heard Capt tell men to take it Saw them using the Horse in army every day
Item 2 The Wagon and Harness were new Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga worth $100.00 dolls [dollars] taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 3 The Meat Hogs were ready for killing 2 Head worth 12 dolls [dollars] a piece taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 4 The Stock Hogs were Sows and Shoats Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 4 Head worth 4 or 5 dolls [dollars] a piece taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 5 The Chickens were grown Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 2 Head counted them worth 35 cts [cents] a head taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 6 The Ducks were grown Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 12 head counted them worth 50 cts [cents] a head taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 7 The Cooking Utensils were 4 ovens & 4 Pots Major Porters plantation Liberty Co Ga worth $5.00 dolls [dollars] taken same time and place as Item 1
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 21st Decbr [December] 1877
Henry Way
Special Comr [Commissioner]
[signed] James Anderson [signed by mark]
Testimony of Witness (Plenty Porter)
1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?
Plenty Porter aged 74 years Liberty County all my life Farmer
2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?
Not related to Claimant not interested in success of Claim
The following questions will be put to every person testifying to the loyalty of claimants or beneficiaries:
52. In whose favor are you here to testify?
James Anderson
53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?
From a Boy
54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?
Lived on Same place
55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?
Every day
56. Did you converse with the claimant about the war, its causes, its progress, and its results? If so, try to remember the more important occasions on which you so conversed, beginning with the first occasion, and state, with respect to each, when it was, where it was, who were present, what caused the conversation, and what the claimant said in substance, if you cannot remember his words.
No
57. Do you know of anything done by the claimant that showed him to be loyal to the Union cause during the war? If you do, state what he did, when, where, and what was the particular cause or occasion of his doing it? Give the same information about each thing he did that showed him to be loyal.
No
58. Do you know of anything said or done by the claimant that was against the Union cause? If so, please state with respect to each thing said or done, what it was, when it was, where it was, and what particular compulsion or influence caused him to say or do it.
No
59. If you have heard of anything said or done by the claimant, either for the Union cause or against it, state from whom you heard it, when you heard it and what you heard.
Heard nothing
60. What was the public reputation of the claimant for loyalty or disloyalty to the United States during the war? If you profess to know his public reputation, explain fully how you know it, whom you heard speak of it, and give the names of other persons who were neighbors during the war that could testify to this public reputation.
All knew him to be Union I know by his life Galbo Porter Barrak Porter
61. Who were the known and prominent Union people of the neighborhood during the war, and do you know that such persons could testify to the claimant’s loyalty?
Toney Golding Gus Law know they would testify
62. Were you, yourself, an adherent of the Union cause during the war? If so, did the claimant know you to be such, and how did he know it?
I was
63. Do you know of any threats, molestations, or injury inflicted upon the claimant, or his family, or his property, on account of his adherence to the Union cause? If so, give all the particulars.
No
64. Do you know of any act done or language used by the claimant that would have prevented him from establishing his loyalty to the Confederacy? If so, what act or what language?
No
65. Can you state any other facts within your own knowledge in proof of the claimant’s loyalty during the war? If so, state all the facts and give all the particulars.
Nothing
72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.
I was and saw it taken 1 Horse 1 Spring Wagon and Harness 2 Meat Hogs 4 Stock Hogs 20 Chickens 12 Ducks Cooking Utensils
73. Was any of the property taken in the night time, or was any taken secretly, so that you did not know of it at the time?
In day time openly
74. Was any complaint made to any officer of the taking of any of the property? If so, give the name, rank and regiment of the officer, and state who made the complaint to him, what he said and did in consequence, and what was the result of the complaint.
Claimant made complaint to officer
75. Were any vouchers or receipts asked for or given? If given, where are the vouchers or receipts? If lost, state fully how lost. If asked and not given, by whom were they asked, who was asked to give them, and why were they refused or not given? State very fully in regard to the failure to ask or obtain receipts.
None did not know we would have any use for it
76. Has any payment ever been made for any property charged in this claim? Has any payment been made for any property taken at the same times as the property charged in this claim? Has any payment been made for any property taken from the same claimant during the war, and if so, when, by whom, for what property and to what amount? Has this property, or any part of it, been included in any claim heretofore presented to Congress, or any court, department or officer of the United States, or to any board of survey, military commission, State commission or officer, or any other authority? If so, when and to what tribunal or officers was the claim presented; was it larger or smaller in amount than this claim, and how is the difference explained, and what was the decision, if any, of the tribunal to which it was presented?
No no no no
77. Was the property charged in this claim taken by troops encamped in the vicinity, or were they on the march, or were they on a raid or expedition, or had there been any recent battle or skirmish?
Troops were camped at Midway Church 5 miles off
78. You will please listen attentively while the list of items, but not the quantities, is read to you, and as each kind of property is called off, say whether you saw any such property taken.
79. Begin now with the first item of property you have just said you saw taken, and give the following information about it. 1st.. Describe its exact condition, as for instance, if corn, whether green or ripe, standing or harvested, in shuck, or husked, or shelled; if lumber, whether new or old, in buildings or piled; if grain, whether growing or cut. 2d. State where it was. 3d. What was the quantity; explain fully how you know the quantity, and if estimated, describe your method of making the estimate.4th. Describe the quality to your best judgment. 5th. State as nearly as you can the market value of such property at the time in United States money. 6th. Say when the property was taken. 7th. Give the name of the detachment, regiment, brigade, division, corps, or army, taking the property, and the names of any officers belonging to the command. 8th. Describe the precise manner in which the property was taken into possession by the troops, and the manner in which it was removed. 9th. State as closely as you can how many men, animals, wagons, or other means of transport, were engaged in the removal, how long they were occupied, and to what place they removed the property. 10th. State if any officers were present; how you knew them to be officers; what they said or did in relation to the property, and give the names of any, if you can. 11th. Give any reasons that you may have for believing that the taking of the property was authorized by the proper officers or that it was for the necessary use of the army.
Item 1 The Horse was Bay color Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga worth 150.00 dollars taken about middle of Decbr [December] 1864 Kilpatrick Army Rode Horse off toward Camp 18 or 20 Men and Horses 2 Wagons about 2 hours toward Camp one officer present knew by his dress I heard officer tell men to take it
Item 2 The Wagon and Harness were most new Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga worth 100.00 dolls [dollars] taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 3 The Meat Hogs were ready for killing Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 2 head worth 12 dolls [dollars] a head taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 4 The Stock Hogs were soss and shoats Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 4 head worth 3 or 4 dolls [dollars] a head taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 5 The Chickens were grown Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 20 head saw them counted worth 35 or 40 cts [cents] a head taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 6 The Ducks were grown Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga 12 head counted them worth 50 cts [cents] a head taken same time and place as Item 1
Item 7 The Cooking Utensils were 4 ovens and 4 Pots Major Porters plantation Liberty County Ga worth 5 or 6 dolls [dollars] taken same time and place as Item 1
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 21st Decbr [December] 1877
Henry Way
Special Comr [Commissioner]
[signed] Plenty Porter [signed by mark]
Testimony of Witness (Edward J. Delegal)
Additional Evidence in case of James Anderson (Col) Liberty Co, Ga, on claim. Edward J. Delegal third witness for claimant answers the questions as follows:
1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?
Edward J Delegal aged 63 years Liberty Co Ga forty five years physician
2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?
not related to claimant not interested in success of this claim
The following questions will be put to every person testifying to the loyalty of claimants or beneficiaries:
52. In whose favor are you here to testify?
James Anderson
53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?
Forty five Years
54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?
About 3 miles
55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?
Frequently
56. Did you converse with the claimant about the war, its causes, its progress, and its results? If so, try to remember the more important occasions on which you so conversed, beginning with the first occasion, and state, with respect to each, when it was, where it was, who were present, what caused the conversation, and what the claimant said in substance, if you cannot remember his words.
No
57. Do you know of anything done by the claimant that showed him to be loyal to the Union cause during the war? If you do, state what he did, when, where, and what was the particular cause or occasion of his doing it? Give the same information about each thing he did that showed him to be loyal.
No
58. Do you know of anything said or done by the claimant that was against the Union cause? If so, please state with respect to each thing said or done, what it was, when it was, where it was, and what particular compulsion or influence caused him to say or do it.
No
59. If you have heard of anything said or done by the claimant, either for the Union cause or against it, state from whom you heard it, when you heard it and what you heard.
I heard nothing
60. What was the public reputation of the claimant for loyalty or disloyalty to the United States during the war? If you profess to know his public reputation, explain fully how you know it, whom you heard speak of it, and give the names of other persons who were neighbors during the war that could testify to this public reputation.
I believe he was loyal to the Union
61. Who were the known and prominent Union people of the neighborhood during the war, and do you know that such persons could testify to the claimant’s loyalty?
Don’t know
62. Were you, yourself, an adherent of the Union cause during the war? If so, did the claimant know you to be such, and how did he know it?
No
63. Do you know of any threats, molestations, or injury inflicted upon the claimant, or his family, or his property, on account of his adherence to the Union cause? If so, give all the particulars.
No
64. Do you know of any act done or language used by the claimant that would have prevented him from establishing his loyalty to the Confederacy? If so, what act or what language?
No
65. Can you state any other facts within your own knowledge in proof of the claimant’s loyalty during the war? If so, state all the facts and give all the particulars.
None
72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.
Was not present but know he was allowed by his owner (deceased) to own and did own property
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 24 Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way
Special Comr [Commissioner]
Edward J. Delegal
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Letter from Attorney Raymond Cay, stating that this is a different claimant from person of same name and county who has a claim numbered 18546.
Savannah Ga
June 1st 1876
C.F. Benjamin Esq.
Clerk
D[ea]r Sir
Annexed communication rec’d via Riceboro Ga in reply state that case NO. 18546 is for Old James Anderson who lives near Sunbury in Liberty Co. and No 21414 is for James Anderson, formerly of the Porter Place & living near to Riceboro Liberty Co Ga. Excuse delay in this answer & please address all communications to me at Savannah Ga.
Very Truly,
Raymond Cay Jr
Atty
The Commissioners of Claims
Washington D.C. April 17 1876
We have two claims here for James Anderson, Liberty Co, Georgia, one filed by J.C. Todd for 10 hogs, 2 cows, 10 bushels corn, 10 bushels potatoes, 12 chickens and 2 suits clothing and the other by yourself for 1 bay horse, 1 spring wagon & harness, 2 meat hogs, 4 stock hogs, 20 chickens, 2 ducks and cooking utensils. If they are not the same individual’s claims, tell us how to distinguish the 10-hog claimant from the bay-horse man.
Chas. F. Benjamin
Clerk.