Adam Staley's Southern Claims Commission collection of papers 1873-1897.

Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Staley, Adam, 1817-1888.

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Adam Staley (1817-1888) and his family lived in the Reddies River Community in central Wilkes County, N.C. Staley's claim against the United States for damages received during the Civil War includes testimony by himself, his neighbors, and relatives substantiating his claim that he was a Unionist. Staley's claim was denied. After his death, Staley's executor and eldest son Thornton Staley renewed his father's claims. It was also denied. From the description of Adam Staley's Southern ...

United States. Commissioners of Claims

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Before the close of the Civil War, in an act of July 4, 1864, Congress recognized the debt the Federal Government owed loyal citizens for property losses suffered during the war. This act only applied to citizens in states not in rebellion. Throughout the last half of the 1860s, the government was besieged with claims from Southern states, many from people who had be unquestionably loyal to the Union cause during the war. On March 3, 1871, an act was authorized to address the losses of southern ...

Staley, Thornton, 1844-1918.

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