William Foster (15879) ⟩ Page 7
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- Publication Number:
- M1407
- Publication Title:
- Southern Claims Commission
- Short Description:
- NARA M1407. The Southern Claims Commission denied these claims by southerners seeking compensation for property loss. They were barred or disallowed for a number of reasons.
- Collection Title:
- Southern Claims Commission
- State:
- Tennessee
- County:
- McMinn
- Claimant:
- William Foster
- Claim Number:
- 15879
- Claim Date:
- 1872-08-23
- Page:
- 7
- Original data from:
The National Archives
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Southern Claims - Barred and DisallowedIn 1871, the US government established the Southern Claims Commission to address southerners' petitions for compensation of supplies, livestock, and other items taken by the Union troops during the Civil War. More than 20,000 claims were filed. These testimonial files include first-person accounts of how civilians survived the war, detailed circumstances regarding loss of property, and accounts of each family's history and loyalty to the Union cause.
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mrfoster
There were seven witnesses supporting William Foster's claim and, for me, the most interesting is Thomas Cecil, shown at the bottom of this page. In an effort to document William Foster's relationship to the Fosters in Wayne County, KY, the name "Cecil" is an important one. William Foster Jr had on older brother named John Foster. The records of the Baptist Church of Christ of Concord in Wayne County recorded that John Foster and his wife Elizabeth (Taylor) Foster left the church and went to McMinn County, Tennessee to live with one of two brothers, William or Thomas, who lived in McMinn County. While John and Elizabeth Foster were living in McMinn County, their son Granville Cecil Foster was born. Granville Cecil Foster gets his middle name "Cecil" from John Foster's friend whose surname was Cecil. The Thomas Cecil on this page is not the friend but was most likely a close relative of John Foster's friend. The Foster and Cecils had family ties in both Wayne County, KY and McMinn and neighboring Meigs County in Tennessee.