Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Comments...
I will be adding new soldiers and new data for each soldier as I find
it. If you are a descendant and would like to leave a comment to help
other genealogy researchers, or if you have helpful information
pertaining to a soldier, please submit it as a comment or email me a
correction/addition and I will try to keep things up to date.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Where is Mason County... Where is "Greenupsburg"?
Mason County, Kentucky, founded in 1788, lies along the border of the Ohio River, south of Brown County and Adams County, Ohio.
The county seat of Maysville, where many soldiers hailed from or enlisted, is situated along the northern edge of the county, along the river.
Today Maysville also incorporates the former town of Washington, KY. Washington, KY is known for being the place Harriet Beecher (later Stowe) visited where she witnessed the horrifying auction of enslaved women, men and children that further inspired her abolitionist book, Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum in Old Washington, KY (in Maysville) may still be visited today.
Another common place of enlistment is Greenupsburg, KY. Greenupsburg is now called Greenup, and it was established as the county seat of Greenup County, KY, which is two counties east of Mason County.
"Map of Kentucky highlighting Greenup County" by David Benbennick - The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Greenup_County.svg#/media/File:Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Greenup_County.svg
Finding Your Civil War Ancestors: Service Records
What is a CMSR? It stands for Compiled Military Service Record. The National Archives in Washington, D.C. keeps these and has microfilmed them. Several fee-based organizations have since scanned them and digitized at least some of the descriptive information.
Anatomy of a CMSR
CMSR's include bi-monthly rolls and sometimes loose "returns" stating a soldier's status or orders. If the soldier died, they may include a set of documents called "Final Statements" mostly from the hospital. They may contain "Compensation Claims" from a former enslaver hoping to be reimbursed for the loss of an enlisted slave. They may include enlistment papers. They generally include a descriptive roll slip, summarizing the vital information for each soldier.
Where to find the CMSR's online
The two main sites I use are Ancestry.com, for searching Colored Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry Regiments numbered 1-55. For Infantry Regiments numbered 56-138, I use Fold3.com. Fold3 covers the lower numbered regiments as well, but only the soldier's name can be searched, as opposed to several other details like age, enlistment date and origin on Ancestry.com. As of now at least, the Ancestry.com searchable data does not include the higher-numbered regiments. Each regiment has lettered companies, A-Z, and the companies are large.
Most of the Civil War enlistees in these regiments were between the ages of 16 and 35, and they enlisted mostly in 1863 and 1864. So you are looking for male ancestors born between 1828-1848. In many instances people were just estimating their ages though, so this is all very rough. I dismissed a few ancestors whom I had thought were too young to enlist and found later that they had. So in the 1870 census, these ancestors are going to be 22-42 years old and in the 1880 census they are going to be 32-52, again just roughly.
Anatomy of a CMSR
CMSR's include bi-monthly rolls and sometimes loose "returns" stating a soldier's status or orders. If the soldier died, they may include a set of documents called "Final Statements" mostly from the hospital. They may contain "Compensation Claims" from a former enslaver hoping to be reimbursed for the loss of an enlisted slave. They may include enlistment papers. They generally include a descriptive roll slip, summarizing the vital information for each soldier.
Where to find the CMSR's online
The two main sites I use are Ancestry.com, for searching Colored Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry Regiments numbered 1-55. For Infantry Regiments numbered 56-138, I use Fold3.com. Fold3 covers the lower numbered regiments as well, but only the soldier's name can be searched, as opposed to several other details like age, enlistment date and origin on Ancestry.com. As of now at least, the Ancestry.com searchable data does not include the higher-numbered regiments. Each regiment has lettered companies, A-Z, and the companies are large.
Most of the Civil War enlistees in these regiments were between the ages of 16 and 35, and they enlisted mostly in 1863 and 1864. So you are looking for male ancestors born between 1828-1848. In many instances people were just estimating their ages though, so this is all very rough. I dismissed a few ancestors whom I had thought were too young to enlist and found later that they had. So in the 1870 census, these ancestors are going to be 22-42 years old and in the 1880 census they are going to be 32-52, again just roughly.
Finding Your Civil War Ancestors: Getting started
A good first step following a branch of the family tree is to work your way back through the censuses. I use the census to find out names of parents and siblings of my known ancestors. With the full names and approximate birth dates of parents I can better search for them and identify them as children in earlier censuses. With the names of siblings, I can search for birth, marriage and death certificates that might provide (or verify) more accurate names of parents or a more specific place of parents' origin. So first, find your mother, grandmother or great-grandmother in the census. It is best to start with a relative born before 1930 if you can, because generally the later censuses aren't digitized and made public on many sites yet.
One free site that I find quite helpful at this stage is familysearch.org
While you are there, it is a good site to start building a family tree on.
Once you find her, note her parents' names. Now, try to find her parents in earlier censuses, before she was born. If her mother's name is Emily, and Emily goes by a married name, look for a marriage license record for Emily and her husband. Look for a birth record for one of Emily's children. Look at Emily's death certificate. Look at the death certificates of all of Emily's children. Any of these records might give you Emily's maiden name. Once you have it, move on to finding Emily's parents.
Once you identify your relatives in the 1870 census you have gone as far as the Federal Censuses will probably take you directly. From now on, you will be hitching rides on other documentation. Not all African Americans were counted in the 1870 census (or any census), so you might not make it all the way with every family line, even knowing names and where they lived.
One free site that I find quite helpful at this stage is familysearch.org
While you are there, it is a good site to start building a family tree on.
Once you find her, note her parents' names. Now, try to find her parents in earlier censuses, before she was born. If her mother's name is Emily, and Emily goes by a married name, look for a marriage license record for Emily and her husband. Look for a birth record for one of Emily's children. Look at Emily's death certificate. Look at the death certificates of all of Emily's children. Any of these records might give you Emily's maiden name. Once you have it, move on to finding Emily's parents.
Once you identify your relatives in the 1870 census you have gone as far as the Federal Censuses will probably take you directly. From now on, you will be hitching rides on other documentation. Not all African Americans were counted in the 1870 census (or any census), so you might not make it all the way with every family line, even knowing names and where they lived.
Enslaved Ancestors' Names
If you are potentially a descendant of an African American enslaved in Northern Kentucky before the Civil War, please browse this list of soldiers to see if any of them share a last name with one of your ancestors. Though your ancestor may not be the soldier, a soldier may have been a relative or may have been enslaved on the same estate. Keep in mind that only men of a certain age group were eligible to enlist; your ancestor could easily have been a sister, younger or older sibling, or cousin of a soldier. These counties aren't huge. If you share a last name and a close county of origin, you might be well on your way to a connection.
One of my U.S. Civil War ancestors had a common first name, George, and his last name was misspelled such that I would never have recognized it. We had his name as George Gans, but in the military, he was listed as George Gautz. While searching for George, I came upon another soldier named Reuben Gants, which caught my eye because "Reuben" is a common family first name. So I followed Reuben back to his regiment and the George closest to him turned out to be my ancestor. How do I know for sure? (a subject for another exciting blog entry...)
Spellings of Soldiers' Names
Spellings of soldiers' names are pretty arbitrary. Of the enlistment records I transcribed, not one bears an actual soldier's signature. The spelling of the names is based on the way the soldier spoke his name at the enlistment site. In later records during the war, the returns and rolls were filled out by copyists who also made judgment calls as to how to spell a soldier's name. Spellings changed from copyist to copyist.
My advice: Say the name aloud. Say it with your best regional accent. Mumble it. Try to imagine how a person might hear such a name. Sometimes middle names and last names are heard as a single name. For example, "Thomas Wood Forman," the name of my ancestor's enslaver, was transcribed on one pension document as Tom Woodfirmin.
Another little thing to mention is that modern transcriptions of Civil War service records are often gleaned only from the first iteration of the name as it is written on the cover of a file, rather than within the file. We modern transcribers sometimes have trouble with the old-style calligraphy. "ss" is often written as "ps" or as something that looks like a "B" with a tail. The letters m,n, and u are completely interchangeable, as are "o", "a" and "u" sometimes. The capitals "L" "Q" and "S" can get pretty fancy. Capital "I" and "J" are interchangeable, even in the same hand. But if you stare hard enough and see enough iterations, you start to work it out.
Nicknames of Enslavers
By now you have probably noted that lots of names were abbreviated in the mid 1800's. William is Wm. Jonathan is Jno. or Jack, Charles is Chas., Christopher is Kit., and George is Geo.
Many formerly enslaved soldiers referred to their masters using familiar forms of the names. Arthur might be called "Art," Thomas called "Tom". Just as we are accustomed to hearing enslaved people's names in their short and informal forms, like "Bess," enslavers also are referred to in this way in the transcribed oral interviews in pension files or in a note on an enlistment form. It was conversely very common to give a middle name of an enslaver. This is probably because the names recurred so commonly within slaver families in Northern Kentucky. There might be five James Wiltons in the extended family alive at the same time, so one might be called Jimmy S. Wilton and another might be called Jamie Marshal Wilton, etc.
Last names
Contrary to what I had always learned prior to this project, it does appear that for the usual practical reasons, slaves in this Northern Kentucky county had last names. The names seem to most frequently come from either the enslaver of one's father or from one's current enslaver. Sometimes a soldier would enlist under his current enslaver's name, with his father's name as his middle name or initial, and then sometimes switch to the use of the father's name on the rolls. If you see a middle name or initial on a soldier, definitely treat it as a breadcrumb leading to something.
If you are looking for Alfred Jones, and you see a soldier named Alfert J. Wilson, it could be the same person. "Alfert" probably does not have the "J." for vanity reasons. But you will need to check around a bit more to determine who he is.
One of my U.S. Civil War ancestors had a common first name, George, and his last name was misspelled such that I would never have recognized it. We had his name as George Gans, but in the military, he was listed as George Gautz. While searching for George, I came upon another soldier named Reuben Gants, which caught my eye because "Reuben" is a common family first name. So I followed Reuben back to his regiment and the George closest to him turned out to be my ancestor. How do I know for sure? (a subject for another exciting blog entry...)
Spellings of Soldiers' Names
Spellings of soldiers' names are pretty arbitrary. Of the enlistment records I transcribed, not one bears an actual soldier's signature. The spelling of the names is based on the way the soldier spoke his name at the enlistment site. In later records during the war, the returns and rolls were filled out by copyists who also made judgment calls as to how to spell a soldier's name. Spellings changed from copyist to copyist.
My advice: Say the name aloud. Say it with your best regional accent. Mumble it. Try to imagine how a person might hear such a name. Sometimes middle names and last names are heard as a single name. For example, "Thomas Wood Forman," the name of my ancestor's enslaver, was transcribed on one pension document as Tom Woodfirmin.
Another little thing to mention is that modern transcriptions of Civil War service records are often gleaned only from the first iteration of the name as it is written on the cover of a file, rather than within the file. We modern transcribers sometimes have trouble with the old-style calligraphy. "ss" is often written as "ps" or as something that looks like a "B" with a tail. The letters m,n, and u are completely interchangeable, as are "o", "a" and "u" sometimes. The capitals "L" "Q" and "S" can get pretty fancy. Capital "I" and "J" are interchangeable, even in the same hand. But if you stare hard enough and see enough iterations, you start to work it out.
Nicknames of Enslavers
By now you have probably noted that lots of names were abbreviated in the mid 1800's. William is Wm. Jonathan is Jno. or Jack, Charles is Chas., Christopher is Kit., and George is Geo.
Many formerly enslaved soldiers referred to their masters using familiar forms of the names. Arthur might be called "Art," Thomas called "Tom". Just as we are accustomed to hearing enslaved people's names in their short and informal forms, like "Bess," enslavers also are referred to in this way in the transcribed oral interviews in pension files or in a note on an enlistment form. It was conversely very common to give a middle name of an enslaver. This is probably because the names recurred so commonly within slaver families in Northern Kentucky. There might be five James Wiltons in the extended family alive at the same time, so one might be called Jimmy S. Wilton and another might be called Jamie Marshal Wilton, etc.
Last names
Contrary to what I had always learned prior to this project, it does appear that for the usual practical reasons, slaves in this Northern Kentucky county had last names. The names seem to most frequently come from either the enslaver of one's father or from one's current enslaver. Sometimes a soldier would enlist under his current enslaver's name, with his father's name as his middle name or initial, and then sometimes switch to the use of the father's name on the rolls. If you see a middle name or initial on a soldier, definitely treat it as a breadcrumb leading to something.
If you are looking for Alfred Jones, and you see a soldier named Alfert J. Wilson, it could be the same person. "Alfert" probably does not have the "J." for vanity reasons. But you will need to check around a bit more to determine who he is.
David Adams- Samuel Austin
*
David
Adams
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'6.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper or black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Nancy Moran, Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 2 [Jan] 1865
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: K
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Descriptive roll;
August 31, 1864 roll; Oct. 31, 1864 roll; and March-April 1865 roll
remarks state “Reduced to the ranks G.O. 27 Hd Qrs. 100 U.S.C.I.
August 19, 1865. Appointed Corporal with rank from June 1864 S.O. 14
[or 34] Hd. Qrs. 100 U.S.C.I. July 15 [or 19], 1864 with rank from
June 25, 1864. Promoted Sergeant by S.O. 24 Hd. Qrs. 100th U.S.C.I.
March 15, 1865.” July-August 1865 roll says “Present. Reduced to
ranks from Sergeant by Sentence Regl. C.M. August 20, 1865.”
Mustered out December 26, 1865 having last been paid to April 30,
1865. No bounty was paid to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar
Status, Family:
Mother: born in VA
Spouse: Elizabeth
(Lizzie) Green, born abt. 1850 in Mason County, Kentucky, applied for
a widow's pension May 15, 1901.
Children:
Hattie Adams
(married name, Hattie Straus), born 1875 in KY
Henry Adams, born
1877 in KY
David Adams, born
Sept 1879 in Maysville, Mason, KY. Likely married Etheline Adams,
born about 1885 in KY. Likely settled in Driskill, Mason, KY and had
children: James T. Adams, Odessa A. Adams, Richard Adams, Peboette
Adams, and Mary Adams
Frank Adams, born
Mar 1881 in Maysville, Mason, KY. Married Amanda M. and had a
daughter named Elnora Adams in Maysville, KY. Amanda had a sister
named Marie whose married name was Johnson. Marie lived with the
Adams family as a widow in 1930.
John Adams, born
Mar 1885 in Maysville, Mason, KY
James Adams, born
Sep 1886 in Maysville, Mason, KY
Lena Adams, born Jun
28, 1889 in Maysville, Mason, KY
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Maysville, Mason County, KY. “Porter
in store.”
Applied for Invalid
pension Dec 9, 1885
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans
Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc, 2005.Original data: Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census
(1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the
Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls);
Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15;
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. T288 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Census
of the United States, 1880, 1900, and 1930. (NARA microfilm
publications T9, T623, and T626). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
<Accessed via Ancestry.com 09/21/2015>.
Kentucky.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910).
Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and
Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records,
1852-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc, 2007.
Decease (if
known):
*
Isaac
Adams
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5.75”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper or black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Nancy Moran, Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 2 [Jan] 1865
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Mustered out
December 26, 1865 having last been paid to April 30, 1865. No bounty
was paid to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Where settled
after the war, and notes if any: Maysville, Mason County, KY
Applied for Invalid
pension Feb 10, 1898
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. T288 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if
known): Feb 26, 1916
*
For Henry
Chancellor
Alexander,
please see... Henry
Alexander Chancellor
*
John
Alexander
Alternate first
name(s): Jack
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'9.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 29 Estimated birth year: 1835
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: John Bronaugh of Clay County Missouri
obtained the enslaved man “by purchase and delivery of the slave.”
Applied for compensation on January 22, 1867. Witnessed by Manlius T.
Samuel and John Gragg also of Clay County Missouri, who attested that
Bronaugh had previously been the enslaver of this soldier for “a
long time”.
Enlistment:
Regiment:
Independent Battery, United States Colored Light Artillery
Company:
Where enlisted:
Leavenworth, KS
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: [N] Dist. Ks.
20Th Subdistrict, 2nd Ward, Leavenworth KS
Date of enlistment:
Jul 22, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by:
Lieutenant William D. Matthews
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
$100 bounty paid to
him sometime before muster-out. [Note that there is a bit of history
concerning the Lieutenant, William D. Matthews, who enlisted this
man. The New York Times did a piece on him as part of its “Disunion”
blog in 2013.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/a-great-fight-for-freedom/?_r=0.
]
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
Thornton
Allen
Alternate last
name(s): Key
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'6”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1820
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper or black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Peyton I. Key, Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 8 Oct 1864
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
[Note that
alternate last name “Key” is struck through on all enlistment
forms.] Sept. 1864 return says “On duty as Co. Cook” Nov-Dec 1864
roll and January 1865 return say “absent sick Genl. Hosp.
Nashville, Tenn. Since Dec 16, 1864.” Present on subsequent rolls.
Feb and April 1865 returns say “On duty as Co. Cook.” Mustered
out December 26, 1865 having last been paid previously to April 30,
1865. No bounty was paid to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Hannah
Robinson. Born circa 1822 in KY. Died in Washington, Mason County,
KY between 1870-1880
Children:
Kate, born 1848
Edward, born 1851
Maranda, born
1853
Fleming, born
1855
Nelson, born 1858
Thornton, born
Oct 3, 1861. Worked for National Gas (Utilities) Died at Maysville,
Mason County, KY Aug 3, 1949. Buried in Washington, KY Baptist
cemetery
Mattie Allen
(daughter), born Sept 25, 1867 in Mason County, KY. “Mattie Allen
et al” (presumably the surviving siblings) applied for Minor
pension May 11, 1901. Unmarried and working as a servant in the
household of John and Mary B. Holton in Washington, KY in 1900
census. Married Leslie Lane. Died Dec 28, 1942 in Washington, Mason
County, KY. Buried in Baptist cemetery
James H., born 1868
in Mason County, KY
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Washington, Mason County, Kentucky
Applied for Invalid
pension Sep 18, 1886
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Census 1870
Census
1880
National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Kentucky.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910).
Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and
Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records,
1852-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc, 2007.
Decease (if
known):
*
Charles
Jackson
Anderson
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'4.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Charles Anderson, Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 9 Mar 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 28, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Jan & Feb 1865
roll says absent sick in hospital Nashville, Tenn. since Jan 29,
1865.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Where settled
after the war, and notes if any: Kentucky
Applied for Invalid
pension Apr 15, 1891
Source
for settled-in or pension information: National Archives and Records
Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to
Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if known):
*
Charles
Anderson
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'6.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 28
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; colored complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 26th
United States Colored Infantry Company: E
Where enlisted:
Yorkshire, NY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: 33rd Sub
Dist. Yorkshire, 31st Dist. NY
Date of enlistment:
Mar 22, 1865 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
R.R. Crowley
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
$100 bounty paid to
him sometime before muster-out
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
George
Anderson
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'3”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 22
Physical
description: brown eyes and hair, mulatto complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 27th
United States Colored Infantry Company: C
Where enlisted:
Randall, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Randall
Township, Montgomery County, 3rd District, OH
Date of enlistment:
Feb 6, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Joseph K. Marlay
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Muster-out roll
says “Free.” Wounded by a gunshot shell – severe flesh wound on
the left side of the face during the “Assault on the Crater” July
30, 1864 before Petersburg. Seen at L'Ouverture General Hospital.
Prescribed 30 days furlough and “water dressing”
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: S.I.
applied for widow's pension Aug 19, 1876.
Children: Eliza
applied for minor's pension Sep. 1, 1890
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Ohio
Applied for Invalid
pension Feb 23, 1875
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if known):
*
Isaac
Anderson
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'6.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: 1845
Physical
description: dark or black eyes, dark or black hair; dark or
yellow complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Frank Armstrong of Mason County
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: G
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason County,
9th District, KY
Date of enlistment:
Oct 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company A, 121st USC Infantry. $100 bounty paid to him sometime
before muster-out.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
For Jerry
Anderson,
please see... Jerry Wood
*
John
Ashford
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Maysville,
Mason County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 5th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Ripley, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft:
Date of enlistment:
Sep 15, 1863 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: -
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
“Free on or
before Apr. 19 1861” May-July 1864 return says “Absent. Brig.
Hdqrs. Guard.” July 1865 return says “Absent, on duty at New
Berne, N.C.” Aug 1865 return says “Absent. Detached at Bachelor's
Creek [8 miles west of New Bern, N.C.; also spelled Batchelder's
Creek]” No bounty paid to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Sabrina
Ashford applied for pension Jan 9 and April 18,1890
Where settled
after the war, and notes if any: Kentucky
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if known):
*
Morgan
Ashford
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 20
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Maysville,
Mason County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 5th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Ripley, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft:
Date of enlistment:
Sep 15, 1863 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: -
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Nov 14,1863
admitted to the General Hospital at Camp Chase, OH, for
Typho-malarial Fever. Nov 1863 return says “Absent. Left in
hospital, Columbus, OH since November 13, 1863.” Discharged from
medical care and sent back to active duty Dec 3, 1863. December 4,
1863 Registry #96 Dept West Va., page 135 return says “Convalescent”
sent to Washington D.C. December 4, 1863. Also, gives his residence
before enlistment as Fleming, Ky. Jul-Aug 1864 to Apr 1865 absent
sick. August 1864-May 1865 returns say “Absent sick and wounded in
hospital” July 1864- Feb 1865 appears “Present” on Hospital
Muster Rolls for U.S.A. General Hospital, Fort Monroe, Va. with notes
that say “Contraband Section (Hampton)”
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Martha
Ashford applied for pension Jan 26, 1905
Where settled
after the war, and notes if any: Flemingsburg, KY
Applied for Invalid
pension Mar 7, 1890
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if known): Jan 4, 1904
*
Jeremiah
Austin
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 22
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Maysville,
Mason County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 5th
United States Colored Infantry Company: C
Where enlisted:
Delaware, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Delaware
Township; Delaware County; 8th Dist. Ohio
Date of enlistment:
Aug 11, 1864 Enlisted for: 1 year(s)
Enlisted by: David
M. Howe
Service:
Rank attained:
Recruit; Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Sept 1864 absent
sick in hospital. Dec 1864 absent sick. March 1865 Absent sick or
wounded in hospital. $100 bounty due to him at time of discharge.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Widow
applied for pension unknown date
Applied for Invalid
pension Jun 11, 1875
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Decease (if
known):
*
Samuel
Austin
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'4.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 23
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 27th
United States Colored Infantry Company: C
Where enlisted:
Penn, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Penn
Township, Highland County, 6th District, OH
Date of enlistment:
Feb 16, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Perry
Bowers
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Absent sick in
hospital July 27, 1864-Dec 1864. Jul-Aug 1865 on daily duty as
company cook. Muster-out roll says “Free.” $300 bounty due to him
at time of mustering out
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Widow
applied for pension unknown date
Applied for Invalid
pension Sep 4, 1890
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Decease (if
known):
Vincent Baldwin- Joseph Bickly
*
Vincent
Baldwin
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'10.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 28 Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; Copper complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Will Baldwin of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 23 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: K
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 26, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Jul 7, 1864 Special
Orders No. 22 from Camp Foster, Nashville, Tenn. is included in the
file and states “Private Vincent Baldwin 'K' Company 100th U.S.C.I.
is hereby relieved from duty with his regiment and will report in
person without delay to Lieutenant Ernshaw Rect. Off. Nashville,
Tenn. - By order of Major Collin Ford.” Enrollment to May-Dec, 1864
rolls say “Absent. Detached Service, Nashville Tenn. S.O. 22, July
7, 1864 Hdqrs. 100Th U.S.C.I.” Hospital Muster roll for No. 16
U.S.A. General Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Says “Present. Attached
to hospital: When- August 22, 1864. How employed- Nurse” Jan and
Feb 1865 roll says Died in General Hospital No. 16, Nashville, Tenn.
January 8, 1865.” August 1864-January 1865 returns say “Absent on
detached service recruiting since July 7, 1864 at Nashville, Tenn. By
S.O. 22 Hd. Qrs. 100 USC Inf. July 7, 1864.” Last paid to August
31, 1864. Number and locality of the grave: 11085; Hospital number
of: 16; Cause of death: Erysipeles in head and face; Remarks say: The
soldier had no descriptive roll in hospital at the time of his death.
And 'had no effects except those interred with him.' signed Jan 9,
1865.”
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known): Jan 8, 1865 Cause of death: Erysipeles in head and
face
*
For Rowland
Baling,
please see... Rowland
Bowling
*
Daniel
Ball
Alternate first
name(s): David
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 18 Estimated birth year: 1846
Physical
description: dark complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 8th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: A
Where enlisted:
Paducah, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: 1st District,
KY
Date of enlistment:
Jan 25, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: S.
Dobson
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Jul-Aug 1864 on
detached service at Maysfield, Ky. Jan-Feb 1865 on daily duty with
Det. Light Artillery. April 15 1865 left sick at Pittsburg, PA USA
General Hospital. May 13, 1865 Discharged and mustered out from the
hospital in compliance with orders from the War Department dated May
3, 1865. $300 bounty due to him at time of mustering out.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Where settled
after the war, and notes if any: Kentucky
Applied for Invalid
pension Jul 26, 1890
Source
for settled-in or pension information: National Archives and Records
Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to
Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if
known):
*
For Frank
Ball,
please see... Frank
Marshall
*
William
Ball
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'9”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 25 Estimated birth year: 1840
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Sampson Dobyns [or Samfrson Dobyns] of
Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 23 Jan 1865
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: G
Where enlisted:
Maysville, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason County,
9th District, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jan 18, 1865 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by:
Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Gage
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company C, 121st USC Infantry. $100 bounty paid
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Where settled
after the war, and notes if any: Kentucky
Applied for Invalid
pension Sep 20, 1889
Source
for settled-in or pension information: National Archives and Records
Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to
Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if
known):
*
For James
Banion,
please see... James
Banyan
*
For John
Banion,
please see... John Banyon
*
For Posey,
Tosey or Tosiy R.
Banker,
please see... Posey
R. Barker
*
Alexander
Banks
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'3.75”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Jonathan T. Wilson of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 20 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: K
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Enrollment to
August 31, 1864 “On daily duty as company cook”. Dec 1864-Nov
1865 roll says absent sick Wilson USA General Hospital Nashville,
Tennessee since Dec 16, 1864. Discharged for disability October 12,
1865. “[Indirect?] Inguinal hernia of both sides. Also chronic
rheumatism. Injury received and disease contracted since last
enlistment and while in line of duty. Degree of disability: ½.”
Document dated Sept 28 1865 states: “Has done no duty for eight
months. Soldier states that injury was received while on drill in
summer of 1864. Has been on partial duty since. until after battle of
Nashville in December 1864 in which soldier was engaged.” Also
states that soldier wishes to be addressed at Murphy'sville, Mason
County, KY.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Murphysville
Decease (if
known):
*
Daniel
Banks
Alternate first
name(s): Danl
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: John H. Walton [or Watton or Watlon] of
Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 13 Dec 1864
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: Unassigned
United States Colored Infantry Company:
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
[Should normally
have transferred into the 100th USCT, but I am unable to locate him
there.]
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known): [Missing during regiment transfer, 1864]
*
Harry
Banks
Alternate first
name(s): Harvey
Name used later in
Pension Records: Robert Mason
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'7”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: George O. Umstattd of Mason County “near
Washington”. Claim states that “he was the property of my
father Benj Umstattd who died in May 1854 and I am his executor and
held this negro as such until I voluntarily enlisted him in the
service. He was worth to said estate as a slave three hundred
dollars,” on claim for compensation dated 12 Dec 1866. The mother
of George O. Umsteadt was Leah Umstattd, who died in 1862. John S.
Umstattd and Benj Umstattd of Mason county served as witnesses.
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 16 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
June 25- Aug 1864
absent sick at General Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Sept-Oct 1864
hospital roll says “Returned to duty” and company roll for same
dates says “Present.” Dec 1864-May 1865 absent sick in Hospital
No. 16 Nashville, Tenn. since Dec. 16, 1864. May-June 1865 company
roll says “Present.” Mustered out December 26, 1865, having last
been paid to April 30, 1865. No bounty paid to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family: Mother: Caroline Bean; Ms. Bean applied for pension July 26, 1890, but a note says “Fraudulent” [however, keep in mind that the use of different names at enlistment and the similarities between names, with an illiterate population of soldiers and family members makes this process very confusing. It is always possible that fraud was not intentional, and that the applicant was the mother of a soldier, if not this one.]
Decease (if
known):
*
For Walker
Banner,
please see... Walker
Bannon
*
Walker
Bannon
Alternate last
name(s): Banner
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'4.75”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 21
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 45th
United States Colored Infantry Company: A
Where enlisted:
Pittsburg, PA
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Bucaria
Township, Clearfield County, 19th Dist, PA.
Date of enlistment:
Jun 10, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
J. Heron Foster
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Sick in hospital
Mar-Apr 1865. Died in hospital at Brazos Santiago, TX of disease
[Seminal?] Debility, July 21, 1865
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known): Jul 21, 1865 Cause of death: disease; Seminal
Debility
Prior to death, sick
since: March 1865
*
James
Banyan
Alternate last
name(s): Banyon; Banion; Bunin; Bunion
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 40 Estimated birth year: 1824
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; brown or black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: John D. Pepper of Platte County, Missouri
submitted a Slave Compensation Claim dated Dec 1 1866, which stated
that he had enslaved Banyan by purchase “from the administrator of
the estate of [Nothey or Noltey] Duvall at Platte City, MO in the
year 1843 at public sale.” Compensation Claim is witnessed by James
H. Griffith and James A. Miller, also of Platte Co. MO.
Enlistment:
Regiment:
Independent Battery, United States Colored Light Artillery
Company: -
Where enlisted:
Leavenworth, KS
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: [A or C. N.]
Dist. Ks. 22nd Subdistrict, 4th Ward, Leavenworth KS
Date of enlistment:
Jul 20, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by:
Lieutenant William D. Matthews
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
$100 bounty paid.
$200 bounty due at time of muster-in. Mustered out July 22, 1865.
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate of Disability Apr 21, 1865.
“Chronic Pericarditis” and “Rheumatism” according the
surgeon. The Captain also stated: “He is constantly troubled with
Rheumatism and pain in the breast, which has disqualified him for
performing his duty ever since he has been a member of the Battery
now these eight months” [Note that there is a bit of history
concerning the Lieutenant, William D. Matthews, who enlisted this
man. The New York Times did a piece on him as part of its “Disunion”
blog in 2013.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/a-great-fight-for-freedom/?_r=0.
]
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
For John
Banyan,
please see... John Banyon
*
For James
Banyon,
please see... James
Banyan
*
John
Banyon
Alternate last
name(s): Banion; Banyan
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'8.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: George Summers [or Sumners] of Fleming
County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 23 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 5th
United States Colored Cavalry Company: A
Where enlisted:
Flemingsburg, Kentucky
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Fleming Co.
9th district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Sep 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Jasper
Bowling, D.P.M.
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
October 1864 roll
says “Detached Service. Regimental Head Quarters Camp Nelson, Ky.”
Nov 1864 roll says “Absent on duty at Dismounted Camp 5th U.S.C.
Cavalry, Camp Nelson Ky.” Mar-Apr 1865 roll Rank says “Bugler”
and “Promoted as per Regimental Order No. 43 dated Camp Nelson, Ky.
March 30, 1865.” August-Sept 1865 says “Bugler. With regimental
band.” Nov-Dec 1865 roll says “Reduced to the ranks from
Trumpeter as per Regimental Order No. 210. date from December 31,
1865.” Jan-Feb 1866 roll says “In regimental band” Returns
also state: “October 1865-February 1866 On Daily Duty with
Regimental Band (Private)” $100 bounty paid to him before
muster-out. $100 additional due to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
Posey
R.
Barker
Alternate first
name(s): Tosey; Tosiy
Alternate last
name(s): Banker Robinson
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'10.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: 1845
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: [or J.] I. Barber of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 23 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 26, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Sept-Oct 1864 roll
says absent sick in Camp Foster Hosp. Nashville, Tenn. Since Oct. 29,
1864. “October 1864 on daily duty Hd. Qrs. Mounted”
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Children: Minor
applied for pension Apr 27, 1902 out of Kentucky. Name is given as
W.H. Robinson - “Next Friend”
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Ohio
Applied for Invalid
pension Apr 25, 1889
Source
for settled-in or pension information: General Index to Pension
Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration. T288, 546 rolls. National Archives and Records
Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if
known):
*
Harrison
Barnes
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'6”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 32
Physical
description: brown eyes, black hair; black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 27th
United States Colored Infantry Company: K
Where enlisted:
Hillsboro, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: 18th
subdistrict, Union Township, Brown County, 6th district Ohio
Date of enlistment:
Aug 2, 1864 Enlisted for: 1 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Joseph K. Marlay
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
On muster-out roll,
two-thirds of $100 bounty due at time of discharge.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Mariar or
Marian Barnes applied for pension Jul 25, 1896.
Applied for Invalid
pension Jun 27, 1887
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
General
Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National
Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls. National
Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index:
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Decease (if
known):
*
George
M. Dallas
Barr
Alternate last
name(s): Burr
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'9.75”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: John Lamb of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 29 Dec 1864
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: K
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Nov-Dec 1864 roll
says “absent sick in Hosptl Nashville, Tenn. since Dec 16, 1864.”
Mar-Apr 1865 roll says he died in Camp “at Sec. 45 N & N.W.
R.R. Tenn. March 24, 1865” of disease. Inventory of effects: 1
forage cap, 1 great coat, 1 pair cotton drawers, 1 flannel shirt
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known): Mar 24, 1865 Cause of death: disease
Prior to death, sick
since: Dec 16, 1864
*
Robert
E.
Barr
Alternate last
name(s): Burr
Physical
Description:
Height: 6'.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 22 Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: John Lamb of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 29 Dec 1864
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: K
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Unassigned United States Colored Infantry. Died of typhoid fever at
Gen Hosp. Nashville, Tenn. August 5, 1864. Pay was due to him from
time of enlistment.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known): Aug 5, 1864 Cause of death: typhoid fever
*
Henry
Bascom
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 24 Estimated birth year: Nov 1840
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 27th
United States Colored Infantry Company: H
Where enlisted: Camp
Delaware, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Pleasant
Township, Marion County, 8th District, OH
Date of enlistment:
Apr 22, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by:
Lieutenant Archibald J. Sampson
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Descriptive book
says: On detached duty per S.O. No. 86 Hd. Qrs. Dist. of Wilmington
dated Aug. 31, 1865. Muster-out roll says “free.” Due $100 bounty
at time of muster-out.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Widow
applied for pension unknown date
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Hill Top, Mason, KY (in 1900 Census)
Applied for Invalid
pension Jan 21, 1889
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Decease (if
known):
*
Anderson
Bass
Alternate first
name(s): Andson; Andrew
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'8”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: -
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: H
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Nov 10, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company B, 121st United States Colored Infantry
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
Elijah
B.
Bass
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5.25”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Mat Willingston? of Mason County
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: I
Where enlisted:
Maysville, Kentucky
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 23, 1865 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: 1st
Lieutenant William L. Seran
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company E, 121st United States Colored Infantry
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
Henry
Bateman
Name used later in
Pension Records: Henry F. Ward
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Newton B. Bateman of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 23 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 26, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Present on all
rolls.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
For Henry
Becket,
please see... Henry
Beckett
*
Henry
Beckett
Alternate last
name(s): Becket; Buckett; Bunett
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'7.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 22 Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; black or dark complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Dr. Parker of Mason County
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: G
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Oct 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company A, 121st USC Infantry. $100 bounty paid to him sometime
before muster-out. Sept. 1865 Return for Private, Company G.13th
USCHA says “Absent in confinement at Lexington, Ky.” Mustered out
November 18, 1865. [No mention of Sept. confinement is made on
muster-out roll.]
Military
Record Source(s):
1.
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The
National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com>
U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. 2.
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in
Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890
- 1912, documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives
at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
Joseph
Beckley
Alternate first
name(s): John
Alternate last
name(s): Beckly; Bickly; Rick
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5.5
Age recorded at
enlistment: 23
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 27th
United States Colored Infantry Company: F
Where enlisted: Camp
Delaware, OH
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mill Creek
Township, Marion County, OH
Date of enlistment:
Mar 6, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: John
Parker
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
March-April 1864
appears on muster roll for Contraband U.S.A. General Hospital,
Alexandria, Va. As “Patient”. “Married” at time of admission
to L'Ouverture Hospital No. 87 for inflamed lungs April 26, 1864,
Alexandria, Va. Returned to duty June 20, 1864. August 1864 return
says “On duty, Company Cook.” June 1865 return says “Absent on
Det. Duty Com. Dept.” July 1865 return says “Absent. Detached
service in Com. Dept. S.O. 37, 3 Brig. , 3 Div., 100 USCT.” August
1865 return says “Absent in Com. Dept. per S.O. No. 37 H.Q. Post
Wilmington, June 6.”
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
For Joseph
or John Beckly,
please see... Joseph
Beckley
*
Charles
Bell
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'10
Age recorded at
enlistment: 28 Estimated birth year: 1836
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; light complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: G
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: 9th District,
KY
Date of enlistment:
Oct 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company H, 121st USC Infantry. $100 bounty paid.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
Godfrey
Bennett
Alternate last
name(s): Burnett
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'8”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 20 Estimated birth year: 1844
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: H
Where enlisted:
Maysville, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: 9th District,
KY
Date of enlistment:
Nov 23, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
E. H. Smith
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company B, 121st USC Infantry. $100 bounty paid to him sometime
before mustering out.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
John
Bennett
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'5.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 36
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enlistment:
Regiment: 27th
United States Colored Infantry Company: C
Where enlisted:
Batavia, Ohio
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: 37th
subdistrict, Franklin Township, Clermont County, 6th Dist. Of OH
Date of enlistment:
Aug 8, 1864 Enlisted for: 1 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Joseph K. Marlay
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Died march 8, 1865
at a field hospital at NE Station, NC of “endocarditis” $100
bounty due to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Spouse: Widow
applied for pension Jan 17, 1879
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Decease (if
known): Mar 8, 1865 Cause of death: endocarditis
*
Frank
Berry
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'11.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: laborer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Richard Wells of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 23 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: -
Where enlisted:
Maysville, Kentucky
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Nov 23, 1864 Enlisted for: - year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
E.H. Smith
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company C, 121st U.S. Colored Infantry. Transfer roll says “Deserted
December 15, 1864.” [Note that this is just two weeks after
mustering in on November 30. No further statements or details
provided in the file.]
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known): [Missing December 15, 1864; possibly deserted]
*
Jesse
Berry
Alternate first
name(s): Jessee; Jessie
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'4.75”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Physical
description: black eyes, black hair; copper complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Dr. A. Dimmitt of Mason County
[Probably Dr. Addison Dimmitt, Sr.]
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 2 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
Jun 1, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Jan 1865 absent
sick in Hosptl Nashville, Tenn. since Dec. 16, 1864. Died in U.S.
General Hospital No. 16 Nashville, Tenn. Jan 23, 1865 from Chronic
Diarrhea
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family: Mother: Mother applied for pension Oct 7, 1881
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Decease (if
known): Jan 23, 1865 Cause of death: chronic diarrhea
Prior to death, sick
since: Dec 16, 1864
*
Moses
Berry
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'4.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 48 Estimated birth year: 1817
Physical
description: hazel eyes, black hair; yellow complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: teamster
Enlistment:
Regiment: 13th
United States Colored Heavy Artillery Company: I
Where enlisted:
Maysville, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason County,
9th District, KY
Date of enlistment:
Apr 30, 1865 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
J. M. Hurt
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Transferred from
Company E, 121st USC Infantry. $100 bounty paid to him.
Military
Record Source(s):
Compiled
Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National
Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Ancestry.com> U.S.,
Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
For Perry
Bessfield,
please see... Perry
Brisfield
*
George
Best
Name used later in
Pension Records: George Washington
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'7”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Abner Best of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 2 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 26, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Killed in action
before Nashville, Tenn. 16 Dec 1864. Died from gun shot wound
received at the battle of Nashville, Tenn. Dec 16, 1864.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Children: widow and
minor applied for pension June 10, 1868
Source
for settled-in or pension information: Organization Index to Pension
Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 -
1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Organization Index to
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. [database
on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
Decease (if
known): Dec 16, 1864 Cause of death: Killed in action
Prior to death, sick
since: Dec 16, 1864
*
John
Best
Name used later in
Pension Records: John Key
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'11.5”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Abner Best of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 2 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 26, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
December 1864-Jan
1865 absent sick in Hosptl at Nashville, Tenn. from wounds received
before Nashville, Tenn. Dec 16, 1864.
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Where settled after
the war, and notes if any: Washington, Mason County, Ky
Decease (if
known): Aug 11, 1925
*
Littleton
Best
Physical
Description:
Height: 5'11”
Age recorded at
enlistment: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Physical
description: black complexion
Origins:
Born in: Mason
County, KY
Nature of work done
before enlistment: farmer
Enslaver, if known/
or whether a free man: Abner Best of Mason County
Date enslaver was
given a certificate for soldier’s enlistment, if any: 2 Jan 1865
Source
for enslaver's name: War Department. The Adjutant General’s Office.
Colored Troops Division (05/22/1863–1888). Descriptive Lists of
Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers 1864. Volumes 58–60. ARC: 1223643.
Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984/1780–1917.
Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via
<Ancestry.com> U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer
Army Soldiers, 1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
Enlistment:
Regiment: 100th
United States Colored Infantry Company: I
Where enlisted:
Greenupsburg, KY
Congressional
District or County where credited against the draft: Mason Co. 9th
district, KY
Date of enlistment:
May 26, 1864 Enlisted for: 3 year(s)
Enlisted by: Captain
Wm. C. Grier
Service:
Rank attained: Pvt
Military Service
Notes:
Nov-Dec 1864 roll
says “absent sick in Hosptl Nashville, Tenn. from wounds received
Dec 16, 1864.”
Military
Record Source(s):
Carded
Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer
Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912,
documenting the period 1861 – 1866. The National Archives at
Washington, D.C. Accessed via <Fold3.com> Compiled Military
Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United
States Colored Troops [database on-line]. Iowa City, IA, USA: 2015.
National
Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Accessed via
<http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm>
Postwar Status,
Family:
Decease (if
known):
*
For Joseph
or John Bickly,
please see... Joseph
Beckley
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