SCC Disallowed Claim Liberty County – Moses Stewart
Claimant’s Name (Last Name, First Name): Stewart, Moses
Listed as “Colored”? (Y/N): Y
Amount of Claim: $389.50
Total Amount Allowed: N/A, disallowed
Nature of Claim:
Claimant living in:
Incident occurred in:
Claim #: 18114
Secondary Claim #: N/A, disallowed
Date Claim Submitted [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1872-11-26
Date Testimony taken [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1873-08-08
Claimant’s Attorney: J.C. Todd; Raymond Cay Jr
Special Commissioner: Virgil Hillyer
Property Removed to:
Date property removed:
Army unit involved: Sherman’s Army commanded by Major General Sherman
Date Submitted to Congress [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1876-12
Post Office of Claimant: Riceboro, Liberty County, Ga
| Witnesses to be Called: |
| Andrew Stewart (colored) Liberty Co |
| Smart Chip (colored) Liberty Co |
| Daniel Bryant (colored) Liberty Co |
| Spencer Bryant |
[Transcriber’s Notes: The online file found at Ancestry is very incomplete. It contained only the original petition, and one page of testimony by Mr. Stewart. Descendants will want to contact NARA to see if more of the file exists in their archives.]
Testimony of Claimant
In answer to the First General Interrogatory, the Deponent says:
My name is Moses Stewart, my age 44 years, my residence Liberty County, in the state of Georgia, and my occupation a farmer; I am the claimant and have a beneficial interest in the claim.
Moses Stewart vs. United States } Before Special Commissioner, Riceboro, Liberty Co, GA
Interrogatories by Special Commissioner
What is your name, age, residence, and occupation?
My name is Moses Stewart. I was born in Liberty County a slave and was made free when the Yankees came into the County. I am 44 years of age. I reside in Liberty County 15th district. I am a farmer and the Claimant in this case.
- Where did you reside from the 1st of April, 1861, to the 1st of June, 1865? If on your own land, what is the size of your farm? How much of your farm was cultivated, and how much was woodland? Where is it situated? What was your occupation during that time? Did you change your residence or business during that time? if so, where was your new residence, and what [was] your new business?
From the 1st of April 1861 to the 1st of June 1865 I resided in Liberty County on Capt Scriven’s Plantation. I farmed all the time. I did not change my residence or business.
- Did you ever pass beyond the military or naval lines of the United States and enter the rebel lines? If so, how often, when, where, and for what purpose, and how long did you stay within the Confederate lines on each occasion?
- Did you ever take any oath or affirmation to bear allegiance to the so-called Confederate States, or to aid or support them in any way, or to “bear true faith,” or “yield obedience” to them? If so, when and where? State fully in regard to the same.
3 & 4: Irrelevant
- Have you ever taken any amnesty oath? If so, when, where, and under what condition? Have you been pardoned by the President? If so, when and where, and upon what conditions?
I took the registration oath in Hinesville Liberty County I think in 1867.
- Were you ever directly or indirectly, or in any manner, connected with the civil service of the so called Confederate States? If so, how, when, and where, in what capacity, and for what periods? Was any oath required of you for such service; and if so, what?
6 to 15 inclusive to each and every question claimant answers “no”
- Were you employed on any railroad in the service of the Confederate government? Did you aid in the transportation of soldiers, munitions of war, or supplies for the Confederate government? If yea, state fully all the circumstances. If you claim that what you did was not “giving aid or comfort” to the rebel cause, state fully all the facts and reasons for such your claim.
I worked on the railroad before the war commenced and for some time after, my master hired me to work on the railroad. I was track repairer. I could not keep myself. I belonged to Capt Screven and he could & did what he pleased with me. I never aided in any way the transportation of rebel soldiers.
[ONLINE FILE TESTIMONY ENDS HERE]