Irma Gans List of Mason County, Kentucky U.S. Civil War Soldiers: 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):

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

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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):

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):

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.

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):

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):

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

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):

Postwar Status, Family:

Decease (if known):

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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):

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

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):

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

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):

Postwar Status, Family:

Spouse: Widow applied for pension unknown date

Applied for Invalid pension Jun 11, 1875

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):

Postwar Status, Family:

Spouse: Widow applied for pension unknown date

Applied for Invalid pension Sep 4, 1890

Decease (if known):

Irma Gans List of Mason County, Kentucky U.S. Civil War Soldiers

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David Adams- Samuel Austin

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