Claim Summary
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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.
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Summary
SCC Allowed Claim Liberty County – Toney Elliott
Claimant’s Name (Last Name, First Name): Elliott, Toney
Listed as “Colored”? (Y/N):
Amount of Claim: $510.50
Total Amount Allowed: $125
Nature of Claim: Army Supplies
Claimant living in: Riceboro, Ga, on the place of Est. Wm. S. Baker
Incident occurred in: Riceboro Ga on the place of Est. Wn. Baker
Claim #: 21111
Secondary Claim #: 41234
Date Claim Submitted [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1872-11-26
Date Testimony taken [YYYY-MM-DD]:
Special Commissioner: Virgil Hillyer
Claimant’s Attorney: Raymond Cay Jr (Savannah)
Property Removed to: Medway Church for use by the cavalry stationed there
Date property removed: 1864-12-20
Army unit involved: Kilpatrick’s Cavalry & Howards Corp
Date Submitted to Congress [YYYY-MM-DD]: 1875-12-23
Post Office of Claimant: Riceboro
Witnesses to application: F.A. Baker, John Lambert
Transcription
Items Claimed
Remarks: Was a slave & belonged to Mallard – then after Dec ‘64 moved on to Baker place. About 46 yrs old. He “bought the horse after I heard of the war – I bought a sow. She increased, I sold pigs & poultry & saved my money & bought the horse.” Don’t tell of whom he bought him, what price he gave & no particulars. Highly improbable unless it was so poor a horse as to be unfit for Army use.
As to the 36 hogs he says “When my old master died some of the young heirs begrudged me my hogs because I had so many more than they did & wanted to take it.”
Item 8. Rice 80 bu. is the quantity clmt swears to & he measured it. Quarterman says he “helped him measure it & may be mistaken now as to how much there was.”
Quarterman says “Clmt was a hardworking and industrious man, & in those times they couldn’t get whiskey & tobacco.”
Item 7. Clmt says he planted an acre of corn. Peter Stevens says – he planted 3 ½ acres he thinks & he says 50 bu cleaned corn. Clmt says 50 bu. of ears & so says Quarterman.
Item 8. Rice – Stevens says he planted an acre & 3 tasks, & had 90 bus & had used some – could raise 46 bus to the acre, calculated he had 80 bus left” “helped him measure it.” “He sold rice & corn and bought the horse” says Stevens. The discrepancies & inconsistencies & real ignorance of these witnesses are too plain to need comment.
The alterations in the application were not authorized & are inadmissible.
Allow for an acre of corn $20 & an acre of rice say $20.00
We allow $125.00
A.O. Aldis
J.B. Howell
J. Ferris } Comm[ission]ers of Claims
Testimony of Claimant
In answer to the First General Interrogatory, the Deponent says:
[Transcriber’s Note: The claimant’s part in this first statement was illegible; the rest was typewritten and was legible.]
My name is [faded], my age [faded] years, my residence [faded], in the state of [faded], and my occupation a [faded]; I am the claimant and have a beneficial interest in the claim.
Interrogatories by Special Commissioner.
1. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation? 2. 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?
My name is Toney Elliott. I was born in Liberty Co Ga, a slave, became free when the Army came through. I am about 46 years old. I live down at Baker’s plantation in Liberty Co. I am a farmer. I am the claimant in this case. I lived on Thomas Mallard’s place from the 1st of April 1861 to the time the raid passed through there. I moved on to Wm. S. Baker’s place. I was farming while on Mr. Mallard’s plantation.
3. 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?
4. 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
5. 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?
5 I took the registration oath in Riceboro which is the only oath I ever took.
[Questions 6-39 for Confederates]
6 to 39 inclusive to each & every question the claimant answers No! After hearing questions read.
40. At the beginning of the rebellion did you sympathize with the Union cause, or with the rebellion? What were your feelings and what your language on the subject? On which side did you exert your influence and cast your vote? What did you do, and how did you vote? How did you vote on ratifying the ordinance of secession? After the ordinance of secession was adopted in your State did you adhere to the Union cause, or did you “go with the State?”
40 I was on the Yankee side after they came & when I first heard of the rebellion. I was proud of it. I was glad to get out of my hard labor. I have to labor just as hard now but I get the pay for it myself. I told my neighbors & friends I was glad they were coming & I felt so until they did come.
41. [Original Question 34.] In conclusion, do you solemnly declare that, from the beginning of hostilities against the United States to the end thereof, your sympathies were constantly with the cause of the United States; that you never, of your own free will and accord, did anything, or offered, or sought, or attempted to do anything, by word or deed, to injure said cause or retard its success, and that you were at all times ready and willing, when called upon, or if called upon, to aid and assist the cause of the Union, or its supporters, so far as you means and power and the circumstances of the case permitted?
41 In conclusion I do solemnly swear that from the beginning of the war against the United States until the end my feelings were with that cause & that I never did or tried to do anything against the United States & that I was always ready & willing to do all that I had in my power to aid them.
[Question 42 only asked of women]
If the claimant be a colored person, ask the following questions:
43. Were you a slave or free at the beginning of the war? When did you become free? What was your business after you became free? How and when did you come to own the property named in your petition? How did you get the means to pay for it? Who was your former master? Are you now in his employment? Do you live on his land? Do you live on land purchased of him? Are you indebted to your former master for land or property, and how much? Has anybody any interest in this claim besides yourself? State fully all the facts in your answers to these questions.
43 At the beginning of the war I was a slave & became free when the rais passed through. I continued farming when the raid had passed through. I labored for this property. My master allowed me a chance. I worked fo rhim by the task & got it done as soon as I could, & when I got it done I worked for myself. I got the horse after I heard of the war. I bought this same horse that was taken from me. I sold some of my produce for a sow & she increased & I sold hogs & poultry. I saved my money till I could buy my horse. I got my cow in the same way. I begun to raise as soon as I know enough to keep my property together. Old Thomas S. Mallard was my former master. I am not in his employment; he is dead. I do not live on land formerly owned by him. I am not indebted to him or his heirs for anything. No one has any interest in this claim of mine but myself.
2nd set of interrogatories by Special Commissioner
1. Were you present when any of the articles of property specified in the claimant’s petition were taken?
1 I was present when they took this property.
2. Did you see any of them taken? If so, specify the articles you saw taken.
2 I saw it all taken.
3. Begin with the first article (Item No. —) which you have specified that you saw taken, and give a full account of all you saw and heard in connection with the taking of that article? [The special commissioner should require the witness to state all the circumstances; for it is only by a knowledge of all of them that the commissioners of claims can judge whether the taking was such a one as the Government is bound to pay for. The common phrase, “I saw the property taken by United States soldiers,” is not enough, for there was much lawless taking. The witness should be required to detail the facts as to each item, when the items were taken at different times; but if all, or more than one, were taken at the same time, that fact should appear, and then a repetition of the circumstances is needless. The special commissioner must be careful to elicit all the facts, as well those against as for the claim, especially as to those articles of property which were the special objects of pillage and theft, such as horses, mules, cattle, hogs, &c. Claimants must bear in mind that a neglect to observe these directions works to the prejudice of the claimant, and may defeat the claim.]
3 The soldiers came up & asked where were the rebels & we told them they had gone off. They went on then & took the property.
4. Where were the articles taken? When were they taken? Give the day, month and year, if you can? By whom were they taken? Did you see more than one soldier engaged in the taking? How many soldiers were present? State the number as near as you can? How many helped take the property? How long were they engaged in taking the property?
4 This property was taken from me on Mr. Baker’s place. My wife belonged to Mr. Wm. S. Baker & I kept my property at her house. This property was taken from me in Dec, the year the Yankee Army came here. I don’t know who took it, it was a foot company; it was Sherman’s company took it. A big company took it. They came in gangs. I think they were about 3 days taking my property.
5. Who were present other than soldiers when you saw them taken? Give the names of all you know?
5 Moses Quarterman, Wm. Golding, Wm. Cassells, my wife, & myself were present when it was taken.
6. Was any United States officer, either commissioned or non-commissioned, present at the taking? If so, state his name, rank, regiment, and the command to which he belonged. Did he order the property to be taken? Did he say anything about the taking?
6 I did not see any officers to know them. I did not hear anybody order the soldiers to take this property.
7. Describe how the property was taken, and give a full account of all you saw done, or heard said, upon the occasion of the taking.
7 They led this horse off from the lot. They shot the hogs down in the pasture. They took it up & carried them & put them in the wagons & on horses. The cow was in the pasture they killed the cow there & took her off. They went to the corn house & took the corn out & put it in to sacks & bags & then into wagons. They took the rice just the same as the corn. They took the fodder in big wagons. They tied the poultry up & threw it across the horses.
8. How was the property removed—by soldiers or in wagons, or in what manner? State fully as to each article taken and removed.
8 They removed this property in wagons & on horses.
9 They removed it to the road & I heard they went to camp with it. I did not follow it.
9. To what place was it removed? Did you follow it to such place, or see it, or any portion of it, at any such place, or on its way to such place? How do you know the place to which it was removed?
10. Do you know the use for which the property was taken? What was the use, and how do you know it? Did you see the property so taken used by the United States army? Did you see any part of the property so used? State fully all you know as to the property or any of it having been used by the army; and distinguish between what you saw and know, and what you may have heard from others, or may think, or suppose, or infer to be true.
10 I think they took the property to eat. I did not see any of it used. They took it all away clean.
11. Was any complaint made to any officer on account of such taking? If so, state the name, rank, and regiment of the officer. What did he say about it? State fully all that he said.
11 I did not make any complaint at all, on account of the taking of the property.
12 I did not ask for a voucher or receipt.
12. Was any voucher or receipt for the property asked for? If so, of whom asked? State name, rank, and regiment. Was any receipt or paper given? If so, produce it, or state where it is, and why it is not produced. If no voucher or receipt was given, state why none was given, and if refused, why it was refused; state all that was said about it. State fully all the conversation between any officer or other person taking the property, and the claimant, or any one acting for him.
13. Was the property, or any of it, taken in the night-time? At what hour of the day (as near as you can tell) was it taken? Was any of the property taken secretly, or so that you did not know of it when taken?
13 They took this property in the daytime from morning until midday & from that til evening.
14. When the property was taken, was any part of the army encamped in that vicinity? If so, state how far from the place where the property was taken, and what was the company, regiment, or brigade there encamped? How long had it been encamped there? How long did it stay there, and when did it leave? Had there been any battle or skirmish near there, just before the property was taken? Did you know the quartermasters, or any of them, or any other officers of the army for whose use the property is supposed to have been taken?
14 When this property was taken from me I heard that they were encamped at Midway Church but I was not there. I heard it was the Yankee Army encamped there. I know it was the Yankee Army because they set me free. I know they were Yankees by their uniform. They staid at Midway about a month. They were out tooking things I suppose but I wasn’t there. I didn’t get to the camp at Midway. It was about 2 miles from my house.
15. Describe clearly the condition of the property when taken, and all that tends to show its value at the time and place of taking? Thus, if corn, was it green or ripe? Had it been harvested? Was it in the shock, or husked, or shelled? Where was it? If grain, was it standing; had it been cut; was it in shocks, or in the barn or in stacks; had it been threshed? If horses, mules, or cattle, state when they were taken, how taken, and fully their condition, age, and value. Have you talked with claimant about their value?
15 This corn was gathered & in the corn house & the rice thrashed & in good condition. It was all in good condition.
16. What means have you of knowing the quantity taken? State particularly how you estimate the quantity? Did you count or weigh the articles? Give us all your data. How much did you see taken and removed? What quantity was taken in your presence? As to quantity, distinguish carefully as to what you saw and know, and what you may think or believe from what you have heard from others.
16 Item No 1: I don’t know how old the horse was. He was of medium size in fine working order. He was a good riding horse. They led him away from my house. They put the saddle on him.
Item No 2: She was a middling sized cow. I don’t know how much she weighed. We don’t weigh cows. She was in good order for beef.
Item No 3: These were spotted & word] hogs. There were 3 breeding sows. They weighed I don’t know how much. The oldest sow was about 2 years old & the rest of these hogs were from these sows. The shoats about 15 of them were about ½ grown hogs, the others were smaller. They killed them all & took them away.
Item No 4: I had 500 lbs of fodder. I always had it in stacks. I didn’t weigh it. I had 2 stacks. I estimated it by the stack. This fodder was off the corn I raised. They took it away in the [word] wagon.
Item No 5 I had one barrow would weigh 150 lbs killed & salted. I weighed him before I killed him. He weighed 160 lbs before I killed him. They carried this meat in bags, each man took a piece.
Item No 6: This was a leather saddle, old fashioned & pretty nearly worn out. They wouldn’t have used it long. They put it on my horse & went off.
Item No 7: I had 50 bus. Of ears corn. I could not tell how much shelled it would make. I had an acre planted in corn in good land. They carried the corn away in bags & in wagons & on horses.
Item No 8: I had 80 bus of rice. The corn was 50 bus. I didn’t’ tell the Mr. Cay my attorney there was 50 bus of rice. It was the corn. I had 2 acres of swamp rice. I had a bully crop of corn & rice too that year. They took it away the same as they did the corn. My wife & myself raised this corn & rice together. We both worked by task & when I had done my task I went over to her house & we both worked together. This rice & corn were both planted over at her place. This is the way I came to have & own this property. I worked all the time at task work. Ever since I have been old enough to take care of property I have been raising hogs & other things, corn & rice. This property all belonged to me & my wife. Our masters had nothing to do with our property any more than I had with theirs. When my old master died some of the young heirs begrudged me my hogs because I [had] so many more than they did & wanted to take it but they didn’t & could not because it was mine & they knew it was mine. They could have taken it & I could not have helped myself legally. I never got any pay for this property or any part of it. This is the first & only claim I have ever presented to the government. I have witnesses here to prove the taking of this property. Moses Quarterman & Wm. Golding & Wm. Cassell.
Tony Elliott [signed by mark]
Witness
E.E. Adlington
Sworn to and subscribed before me
[name completely faded but should be Virgil Hillyer]
Special Commissioner
State of Georgia
Testimony of Witness (Moses Quarterman)
Interrogatories by Special Commissioner
My name is Moses Quarterman. I was born in Liberty Co Ga on Mallard’s place, a slave, became free when the Yankees came here. My master was Thomas Mallard. I am 36 years old. I live at Dorchester now. I am a farmer. I know the claimant Tony Elliott. I am not related to him. I have no interest in his claim. I have known him a long time as long as I have known any body. I know he was a good Union man from his talk.
2nd set of interrogatories by Special Commissioner
1. Were you present when any of the articles of property specified in the claimant’s petition were taken?
1st I was present at his house when this property was taken.
2. Did you see any of them taken? If so, specify the articles you saw taken.
2 I saw it all taken.
3. Begin with the first article (Item No. —) which you have specified that you saw taken, and give a full account of all you saw and heard in connection with the taking of that article? [The special commissioner should require the witness to state all the circumstances; for it is only by a knowledge of all of them that the commissioners of claims can judge whether the taking was such a one as the Government is bound to pay for. The common phrase, “I saw the property taken by United States soldiers,” is not enough, for there was much lawless taking. The witness should be required to detail the facts as to each item, when the items were taken at different times; but if all, or more than one, were taken at the same time, that fact should appear, and then a repetition of the circumstances is needless. The special commissioner must be careful to elicit all the facts, as well those against as for the claim, especially as to those articles of property which were the special objects of pillage and theft, such as horses, mules, cattle, hogs, &c. Claimants must bear in mind that a neglect to observe these directions works to the prejudice of the claimant, and may defeat the claim.]
3 The soldiers didn’t have anything to say; they just went in & took the property right off.
4. Where were the articles taken? When were they taken? Give the day, month and year, if you can? By whom were they taken? Did you see more than one soldier engaged in the taking? How many soldiers were present? State the number as near as you can? How many helped take the property? How long were they engaged in taking the property?
4 This property was taken at claimant’s wife’s house on Wm. Baker’s plantation, when the Union Army came in. I don’t know the month nor the year. There were many soldiers there taking this property. I think about 2 or 300. They came in gangs, one came & took a little & then another till it was all gone. They could have taken it all in one single day.
5. Who were present other than soldiers when you saw them taken? Give the names of all you know?
5 Tony Elliott the claimant & his wife were there, Wm. Golden, Wm. Cassell & Joshua Cassel were all there & others, when this property was taken.
6. Was any United States officer, either commissioned or non-commissioned, present at the taking? If so, state his name, rank, regiment, and the command to which he belonged. Did he order the property to be taken? Did he say anything about the taking?
6 I saw no officers there at the taking. I did not know officers from soldiers. I did not hear anyone give orders to take the property.
7. Describe how the property was taken, and give a full account of all you saw done, or heard said, upon the occasion of the taking.
7 They shot this cow down & caught the horse & led it off. The hogs were in the log. They went to the lot & killed the hogs & carried them off. They took the fodder & broke it out of the stacks & carried it off. The bacon they took out of the house. The corn & rice they took out of the horse.
8. How was the property removed—by soldiers or in wagons, or in what manner? State fully as to each article taken and removed.
8 Some of this property was removed on horse back & some in wagons.
9. To what place was it removed? Did you follow it to such place, or see it, or any portion of it, at any such place, or on its way to such place? How do you know the place to which it was removed?
9 They removed this property to Midway Church. I did not follow it but they took they course & it was the camp.
10. Do you know the use for which the property was taken? What was the use, and how do you know it? Did you see the property so taken used by the United States army? Did you see any part of the property so used? State fully all you know as to the property or any of it having been used by the army; and distinguish between what you saw and know, and what you may have heard from others, or may think, or suppose, or infer to be true.
10 They took this property to eat & to feed. I did not see them eat any of it.
11. Was any complaint made to any officer on account of such taking? If so, state the name, rank, and regiment of the officer. What did he say about it? State fully all that he said.
11 I did not hear the claimant make any complaint on account of the taking of this property. We were all so glad for freedom we didn’t mind for the taking of the things.
12. Was any voucher or receipt for the property asked for? If so, of whom asked? State name, rank, and regiment. Was any receipt or paper given? If so, produce it, or state where it is, and why it is not produced. If no voucher or receipt was given, state why none was given, and if refused, why it was refused; state all that was said about it. State fully all the conversation between any officer or other person taking the property, and the claimant, or any one acting for him.
12 I did not hear him ask anybody for a voucher or receipt.
13. Was the property, or any of it, taken in the night-time? At what hour of the day (as near as you can tell) was it taken? Was any of the property taken secretly, or so that you did not know of it when taken?
13 This property was taken in the daytime at times in the day, in gangs.
14. When the property was taken, was any part of the army encamped in that vicinity? If so, state how far from the place where the property was taken, and what was the company, regiment, or brigade there encamped? How long had it been encamped there? How long did it stay there, and when did it leave? Had there been any battle or skirmish near there, just before the property was taken? Did you know the quartermasters, or any of them, or any other officers of the army for whose use the property is supposed to have been taken?
14 The army were encamped when the property was taken, at Midway Church about 2 miles from claimant’s house. They staid there about a month. I did not know any of the quartermasters or any of the other officers of the Army. Some called this army Kilpatrick’s Army.
15. Describe clearly the condition of the property when taken, and all that tends to show its value at the time and place of taking? Thus, if corn, was it green or ripe? Had it been harvested? Was it in the shock, or husked, or shelled? Where was it? If grain, was it standing; had it been cut; was it in shocks, or in the barn or in stacks; had it been threshed? If horses, mules, or cattle, state when they were taken, how taken, and fully their condition, age, and value. Have you talked with claimant about their value?
15 This property was in good condition when taken.
16. What means have you of knowing the quantity taken? State particularly how you estimate the quantity? Did you count or weigh the articles? Give us all your data. How much did you see taken and removed? What quantity was taken in your presence? As to quantity, distinguish carefully as to what you saw and know, and what you may think or believe from what you have heard from others.
16 Item No 1: This cow was ½ red & white. She was a good sizable Georgia cow. I don’t know her weight. She had had 2 calves. They tried to drive her & couldn’t & then they shot her. She was in good order for beef.
Item No 2: This was a Bay horse. I don’t know how old it was. It was a good sized working horse in good order. They caught the horse & led it away a piece & then mounted on & rode it.
Item No 3: He had 36 head of hogs, of all sizes. There were a good many of them ½ grown good sizable meat hogs not fat enough for bacon but fat enough to eat. They were all killed right there & taken off by the soldiers. I saw them.
Item No 4: He had 2 stacks of fodder; he weighed it before he stacked it. There was 500 lbs. He had this fodder off the corn that he raised. They hauled this fodder off in the wagon.
Item No 5: He had the bacon from the 1 hog. He was a big fat hog & I think would weigh about 120 lbs. I saw him weighing him before he was killed. I don’t know how much he would weigh dressed. They shared this amongst one another & carried it off on the horses.
Item No 6: This was a leather saddle, pretty well wore out. They took the saddle on the horse.
Item No 7: He had 50 bus of corn in the ears. I don’t know how much shell corn it would make. I was there & helped him measure it. They took it away in the wagons & on horses.
Item No 8: He had about 20 bus of rice. It was threshed out & rough. I was there & helped him measure it, but I may be mistaken now how much there was. They took it away in bags on horse back & in wagons.
The way I came to be there at claimant’s house, he was [a] near neighbor & when the army came we all rushed there to see what was done, & we were so scared we went in gangs. I know this property all belonged to the claimant & his wife because I know they owned it all, & I know they had hard work to get it. He was a hard working industrious man & in those times they could not get whiskey & tobacco. I saw the Yankee soldiers take all of this property.
Moses Quarterman [signed by mark]
Witness
E.E. Adlington
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Virgil Hillyer
Special Commissioner
State of Georgia
Testimony of Witness
[Transcriber’s Note: This testimony was almost completely faded and illegible.]
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Claim No. 41234
Sett No. 1280
Toney Elliott
Liberty Co Ga
$ 125.00
Due him
Out of the appropriation for
“Claims of Loyal Citizens for Supplies
Furnished during the rebellion”
For amount allowed him
By the Southern Claims Commission
Reported: Oct 11, 1876
Returned: Oct 14, 1876
Requisition No. 1353, dated
Oct 28 , 1876,, transmitted for
Warrant Oct 26, 1876.
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The United States
To Toney Elliott, Liberty Co Ga
For the amount allowed him by Act of Congress, Private No. 124
Approved August 14, 1876, entitled “An act making appropriations for the payment of claims reported allowed by the Commissioners of Claims under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1871.”
To wit: One hundred and twenty five dollars $125
The sum of
Payable in care of Raymond Cay Jun’r, Att., Savannah
Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller’s Office
Oct 14, 1876
T. Mitchell, Clerk
Treasury Department
Third Auditor’s Office
Oct 11th, 1876
Coleman, Clerk