Wiley Dodd's Claim


Submitted by Robin Sterling


Southern Claims Commission File
for
Wiley Dodd (3081) Disallowed

Items Claimed

Amount Claimed

Amount Allowed

Amount Disallowed

25 bushels corn

$50

   

80 pounds bacon

$20

   

Totals

$70

   

 

To the Honorable Commissioners of Claims (Under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1871) Washington, D.C.

The petition of Wiley Dodd of Winston County, Alabama respectfully represents:

That he is a citizen of the United States and resides at present: Winston County, Alabama.

That he has a claim against the United States for corn and bacon taken by order of General Wilson in Winston County, Alabama in March 1865 and used by the U.S. army as follows:

25 bushels corn at $2 per bushel ($50); 80 pounds bacon at $25 cents per pound ($20).

That all the items in the above schedule were of the full value therein set forth and were taken from the residence of your petitioner for the use of and were used by the United States army by General Wilson’s raid by soldiers unknown on their march south to Selma, Alabama on the 24th and 25 of March 1865.

That no voucher, receipt or other writing was given therefore by the person taking the same as aforesaid or received or taken by your petitioner.

That your petitioner resided at the time his claim accrued in Winston County, Alabama.

That Wiley Dodd of Winston County, Alabama was the original owner of said claim, and that he is the present owner of the same.

That your petitioner remained loyal adherent to the cause and the Government of the United States during the war, and was so loyal before and at the time of the taking of the property for which this claim is made.

That said claim has not before been presented to any department of the government or Congress.

That Stilson, Bundy and Webster, of Washington, D.C., are hereby authorized and empowered to act as his attorneys for the prosecution of this claim.

Wherefore your petitioner prays for such action of your Honorable Commission in the premises, as may be deemed just and proper. [signed x his mark] Wiley Dodd, Witnesses: [signed] F.M. Langerd and J.E. Downey.

State of Alabama, County of Winston: I, Wiley Dodd of Winston County, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner named in the foregoing petition, and who signed the same; that the matters therein stated are true, of the deponent’s own knowledge except as to those matters which are stated on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes them to be true; and deponent further says that he did not voluntarily serve in the Confederate army or navy, either as an officer, soldier, or sailor, or in any other capacity, at any time during the late rebellion; that he never voluntarily furnished any stores, supplies, or other material aid to said Confederate army or navy, or to the Confederate government, or to any officer, department or adherent of the same in support thereof, and that he never voluntarily accepted or exercised the functions of any office whatsoever under, or yielded voluntary support to, the said Confederate government. [signed x his mark] Wiley Dodd, Witnesses: [signed] F.M. Langerds and J.E. Downey.

Sworn and subscribed in my presence, the 5th of June 1871, [signed] W.H. Wilbanks, Justice of the Peace.

Names and residences of witnesses who will be relied upon to prove loyalty:

Nelson A. McCredie, Larissa, Winston County, Alabama

Silas Morphew, Larissa, Winston County, Alabama

Names and residences of witnesses who will be relied upon to prove the other facts alleged in the foregoing petition:

Nelson A. McCredie, Larissa, Winston County, Alabama

Silas Morphew, Larissa, Winston County, Alabama

Post office address of claimant, Larissa, Winston County, Alabama

 

Note: No other documentation was found in the file.


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