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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.
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The Claim: Summary & Transcription
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Summary
Claimant’s Name (Last Name, First Name): Simpson, Isaac
Listed as “Colored”? (Y/N): Y
Amount of Claim: $171
Total Amount Allowed: $92
Nature of Claim: Army Supplies
Claimant living in: Riceboro, Liberty County, Georgia
Incident occurred in: Riceboro, on plantation of L.J. Mallard Eqr
Claim #: 21401
Secondary Claim #: 55067
Date Claim Submitted [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1873-02-26
Date Testimony taken [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1877-11-15
Claimant’s Attorney: Raymond Cay Jr, Savannah, Ga; B. McAllister Jr, Associate Attorney, Washington, D.C.
Special Commissioner: Henry Way
Property Removed to: Midway Church
Date property removed: 1864-12-20
Army unit involved: Howard’s Corps commanded by Generals Kilpatrick & Howard
Date Submitted to Congress [YYYY-MM-DD]:
Post Office of Claimant: Riceboro, Georgia
Witnesses to be Called: |
Henry Bacon, Liberty County [did not testify] |
Shadrack Walthour, Liberty County [did not testify] |
Pulaski Baker, Liberty County [did not testify] |
Henry Brown, Liberty County |
Items Claimed
Item # | Description | Amt Claimed | Amt Allowed | Amt Disallowed |
1 | 3 cows | 60 | 45 | 15 |
2 | 4 hogs | 20 | 20 | 0 |
3 | 20 bush[els] corn | 30 | 6 | 24 |
4 | 25 rice (bush[els]) | 50 | 10 | 40 |
5 | 11 potatoes (bush[els]) | 11 | 11 | 0 |
TOTAL | 171 | 92 | 79 |
Transcription
Remarks: Claims was a slave during the war. He owned some property which was taken by the union army according to the evidence be for use. He was industrious and thrifty and has accumulated property since the war. White men who testified say that he is truthful and of good character.
We allow $92.
A.O. Aldis
J.B. Howell
O. Ferriss } Commrs [Commissioners] of Claims
Testimony of Claimant
1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?
Isaac Simpson 39 years W S Baker plantation Liberty Co 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?
am Claimant
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 My Father gave me some and some I got by hard labor
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?
W S Bakers plantation Liberty County Ga
68. Has the person who owned the property when taken since filed a petition in bankruptcy, or been declared a bankrupt?
no
[Question 69 only asked of women]
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 after war Farming Before freedom Before the war, Father gave me some and got some by hard labor William S Baker Liberty County Ga he is dead not witness dead no no no no no one else interested in this claim
[Question 71 not applicable]
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 Saw it taken 3 Head Cows 4 Head Hogs 11 Bushels of Potatoes 25 Bushels Rice 20 Bushels Corn
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?
Some at night Some in day 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.
None
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 to ask the Guns looked so powerful
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 in Camp not far 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.
Cows were at William S Bakers plantation 3 Head worth $20.00 dollars a head was taken December 20th 1864 Howards Brigade Cows were butchered and carried off on Horses to camp About ten men at different times About 6 or 7 Horses About 2 or 3 hours to Camp No officer present : Said nothing made me help carry it to camp think officers told men to take them because carried to camp I saw them cooking and eating it.
The Hogs were two Barrows and one Sow W S Bakers plantation Liberty County 4 Head Howards Brigade were butchered carried off in Sacks on Horseback About ten men about 2 hours to Camp at Midway Church No officer present Said they wanted them for Army I saw the men cook and eat it camp
The Corn was Harvested and Housed White Corn at W S Baker plantation Liberty County 20 Bushels measured it worth $1.50 dollars pr [per] bushel December 20th 1864 Howards Brigade carried off in Sacks on Horse ten men 6 or 7 Horses about one hour to Camp No officer present Said they had to have it to feed their Horses I saw it carried to camp and fed to their Stock
Rice was Harvested and threshed W S Bakers plantation liberty County 25 bushels measured Gold Rice worth two dollars pr [per] bushel taken 20th December 1864 Howards Brigade was carried off in Sacks on Horse ten men 7 or 8 Horses about one hour to Camp No officer present I saw it carried to Camp and fed to Stock
The Potatoes were Banked W S Baker plantation Liberty County 11 Bushels measured by me worth one dollar pr [per] Bushel December 20th 1864 Howards Brigade carried off in Sacks to Camp ten men 7 or 8 Horses No officer present about one hour to Camp Saw them using them in camp
Cross questions by Claimants Atty
Question 1 Have you a young Master or Mistress now living?
Witness answers I have but they were too young to know anything about it
Question 2 Do you know any white person who can prove your claim?
Witness answers I do not
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 5th October 1877
Henry Way
Special Comr [Commissioner]
[signed] Isaac Simpson [signed by mark]
Testimony of Witness (Henry H. Brown)
1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?
Henry H Brown 32 years Liberty County born and raised here 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 claimant not related to Claimant
52. In whose favor are you here to testify?
Isaac Simpson
53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?
all his life
54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?
in same plantation
55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?
together all the time
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.
Yes caused by Shooting of Guns
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.
often talked about getting his freedom
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.
never heard any thing
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.
He was a Union Man Heard him say so many times Ceasar [alt: Caesar] and Pompey Houston
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 Brister Fleming Know they will
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?
Yes he did told me so
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?
I do from his conversation that he expected to be free
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.
I know of 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.
I was present and Saw it taken 2 Cows 2 Barrows 25 bushels Rice 20 Bushels Corn 11 bushels Potatoes
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 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.
no
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 because he thought he was aiding the Union cause
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
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.
Saw 2 Cows W S Bakers plantation Liberty County Ga 2 Head worth about 25 dollars a Head December 20th 1864 Howards Brigade Shot cows and butchered them carried them on Horse to camp officers present knew by the Stripe about 2 or 3 hours to camp Saw them carry it to camp and saw them cook it
The Hogs were Bacon Hogs W S Bakers plantation Liberty County 2 Head worth about ten dollars a Head December 22 1864 Howards Brigade Killed them with axe carried off on horse about 15 men and Horses no wagon about 2 Hours to Camp no officers present Saw them eating it in camp
The Corn was [word] and shelled W S Bakers plantation Liberty County Ga 20 Bushels saw it measured worth $1.50 pr [per] bushel December 20th 1864 Howards Brigade carried off in sacks on Horse about 2 hours to Camp 15 or 20 men and Horses no wagons 1 Sargeant present Heard them call him a Sergeant Said they wanted Corn to feed their Horses about 2 hours to camp I heard Sargeant tell them to take it
The Potatoes were in Bank W S Bakers plantation Liberty County 11 Bushels Saw them measured worth 75 cts [cents] or 1.00 dollar for bushel December 20 1864 Howards Brigade Tore Bank down put potatoes in Sacks carried them on Horse to camp 15 or 20 Men and Horses about ½ hour to camp No officer present Saw them carry them and eat them in Camp
Cross by Claimant’s Atty:
Is the Claimants old Master and Mistress living?
Witness answers no
Question 2 Has he a young Master or Mistress living?
Witness answers yes
Question 3 Would their testimony benefit Claimant?
Witness answers No
Question 4 How do you know it would not?
Witness answers They were too young at time property was taken not more than 4 or 5 years old
Question 5 Do you know of any other white person that could benefit him?
Witness answers No
Question 6 Do you know that this property was property of Claimant?
Witness answers Yes
Question 7 How do you know the quantity of Rice Corn and Potatoes taken?
Witness answers I saw it measured with my own eyes
Question 8 How did Claimant come in possession of these Cows
Witness answers His Father gave them to him
Question 9 Did you see his Father give him this property
Witness answers I did
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 5th October 1877
Henry Way
Special Comr [Commissioner]
[signed] Henry H. Brown [signed by mark]
Testimony of Witness (Lyman B. Mallard)
[NOTE: Testimony taken at #3 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad stop on February 21, 1878.]
1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?
Lyman B Mallard age 22 years Liberty Co 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?
Not related to Claimant and not interested in this claim
52. In whose favor are you here to testify?
Isaac Simpson
53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?
All my life
54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?
On same place he belonged to my Father (deceased)
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.
No
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.
Don’t know was too young
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?
Took no part on either side
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 only that I suppose he was like the rest of the Col [colored] People all Union
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.
Saw none of his property taken but know he owned property during and previous to the war by my Fathers consent
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 21st Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way
Special Comr [Commissioner]
Testimony of Claimant
Testimony of Isaac Simpson, colored, taken under oath at Cross Roads Church, Liberty County, Ga. June 8th, 1878.
Please repeat this oath:
I Isaac Simpson, do solemnly swear that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, in regard to all matters whereof I may be questioned so help me God.
Who made out your claim?
Mr Cay I don’t know what pay I am to give him. Mr Way took the testimony I paid Mr Way $2.66. I don’t think I owe him more money
Where were you living when the raid came?
At John L Mallard.
What kinds of property did you have when the raid came?
Cattle and hogs. Nothing else but rice and corn and potatoes.
How many cattle did you have?
Three head of milking Cows. No, sir my wife did not stay with me. My mother died, and my brothers and sister [NOTE: the word “sister” was at the end of the line and not clear if it was plural or not]. None of them have a claim. Mother milked these cows. They were not mothers cows. I got them from the man I belonged to for some fattening hogs. I bought only one of him before the war, for a commence. They were all giving milk. They had calves. The Yankees ‘stroyed [destroyed] them. Shot them. Then they carried them to camp. The cows were killed. They carried them to camp. It was not more than a mile to the camp at Midway Church.
How many hogs?
About six head. Some in pen. I think I had about 3 barrows in the pen, and about three outside. I think I remember what I put in the claim I think I am right now.
How much corn did you have?
I don’t exactly member [remember] about the corn. About six bushels I think.
How much rice?
I don’t exactly member [remember] that, About 11 bushels of rice.
How many potatoes?
About same number of potatoes. I had the potatoes in a bank. I had used a little of them. The Yankees took that much, what I telling you about.
Is that all?
Yes, sir. That as I can remember. That is all right.
Isaac Simpson
Attest
R. B. Avery, Sp’l Comr [Special Commissioner]
Who did you live with?
On John L. Mallard’s plantation. I belonged to him. W S Baker and John L Mallard were brothers.
Special Agent’s Report
This claimant appears very well, and seems to be honest. I took the testimony of W. A. Golding in regard to all the claimants that he said he knew anything about. In regard to claimant he says: “He and Jacob Quarterman used to belong to the same man – W. S. Baker. Simpson was a young man during the war, and he could not claim much. He is an industrious fellow, and has bought himself a house since freedom. His master was kind to him, and allowed him to raise what he could. He did not own a horse. I don’t know about cows.”
Crawford James knew him personally, and don’t know of his having any property. My impression is the property belonged to the family, and claimant put all in his claim. He could not have raised 20 bushels of corn on less than three acres of Liberty County land, considering the cultivation he would have had to give it. 25 bushels of rice would be a good big crop for an acre. Very few owners allowed their slaves any such an amount of land. I don’t think there is a cow in Liberty County worth $20, nor a hog of any kind worth $5. The stock of all kinds, is very small – not more than half as large as the same breed of stock anywhere else that I am acquainted – Except the pine woods of Mississippi. The claimant bears a good reputation for industry and trustworthiness. Every one with whom I conversed spoke well of him. I was not at his house.
Very respectfully,
R. B. Avery, Sp’l Agt [Special Agent]
Hon. [Honorable] Commrs [Commissioners] of Claims
Washington, D. C.
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Requisition #4900, dated July 12, 1880, was made out for Isaac Simpson for $92 for “claims of loyal citizens for supplies furnished during the rebellion.” Claim #55067, sett. No. 8573, reported July 1, 1880, returned July 3, 1880.
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Draft for $92 made payable to R. McAllister, Washington, D.C. Dated July 3 at Treasury Department Second Comptroller’s Office, June 30, 1880 at the Treasury Department Third Auditor’s Office.
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[Transcript of letter in case file]
Washington, D.C.
June 21, 1881
In the matter of
Isaac Simpson
[word]
No. 21401
$92
I respectfully request that this case be stated to my care by virtue of a “General Power of Association” filed by me Aug 27/77 in the office of the Commrs of Claims from Raymond Cay Jr atty of record covering this and 29 other cases to myself.
R. McAllister Jr
Associate Atty
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[Transcript of letter in case file]
Treasury Department
Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C. June 29, 1880
Hon. E. W. Keightley
Third Auditor
Sir:
The following entries appear in the records of the Commissioners of Claims in the case of Isaac Simpson of Ga No. 21.401:
Mar. 3, 1873 Petition filed attorney Raymond Cay Jr
Aug 27, 1877 Associate Attyship filed by R. McAllister Jr.
Nov 14, 1877 Depositions received
Nov 15, 1877 Submitted
Nov 8, 1878 Additional testimony received.
Respectfully
? T. Power
Chief Clerk