Claim transcribed by Stacy Ashmore Cole
[Transcriber’s Note: Below is a summarization of the original petition documents and a transcript of the Commissioners’ remarks and decision. Unfortunately, the parts of the claim that held the testimony of the claimant and the witnesses were too faded to transcribe.]
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What you are seeing: The Southern Claims Commission files for each claimant included all forms filed for the claimant, including cover pages, standard forms with filled in information, a special agent’s report about the claim, remarks made by the Special Commissioner summarizing the case, testimony from the claimant and his or her witnesses based on a standard set of questions, and copies of other paperwork involved. Much of the information contained in the forms is repetitive. We have summarized that information into one block, and transcribed all legible items, including testimony, the Special Commissioner’s remarks, the special agent’s report, and any other relevant text.
Methodology: The testimony of the claimant and the witnesses has been transcribed exactly as seen. Some of the files are faded and/or difficult to read. Any words that cannot be read are indicated by “[word]”, or, in the case of entire sections, “[section illegible]”. Alternative spellings of names are also indicated with brackets.
Claimant’s Name (Last Name, First Name): Baker, Pulaski
Listed as “Colored”? (Y/N): Y
Amount of Claim: $131.00
Total Amount Allowed: $92.00
Nature of Claim: Army Supplies
Claimant living in: Midway, Liberty County, Georgia
Incident occurred in: Midway Ga on the place of Est. James Winn
Claim #: 21446
Secondary Claim #: 36602
Date Claim Submitted [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1872-11-26
Date Testimony taken [YYYY-MM-DD]: [too faded]
Claimant’s Attorney: Raymond Cay Jr, Savannah, Ga
Witnessed by: F.? Baker, John Lambert
Special Commissioner: Virgil Hillyer
Property Removed to: Midway Church
Date property removed: 1864-12-20
Army unit involved: Kilpatrick’s Cavalry & Howard’s Corps
Date Submitted to Congress [YYYY-MM-DD]:
Post Office of Claimant: Riceboro, GA
Witnesses to be Called: | Purpose |
Henry Baker | Loyalty & property |
March Baker | Loyalty & property |
Scipio King | Loyalty & property |
Items Claimed
Item # | Description | Amt Claimed | Amt Allowed | Amt Disallowed |
4 Cattle | 80.00 | 60.00 | 20.00 | |
8 Hogs | 32.00 | 32.00 | ||
Ducks fowls & pots | 19.00 | 19.00 | ||
TOTAL | 131.00 | 92.00 | 39.00 |
Remarks: Claimant was a slave. His loyalty is established by the evidence. His ownership of the property and the taking thereof by soldiers of Sherman’s Army in December 1864 are sworn to by claimant and two of his fellow servants.
We allow the sum of ninety two dollars.