Information on Military Units
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Roster of the Kentucky 40th Mounted Cavalry - Civil War
Regimental History of the 40th Kentucky Mounted Cavalry - Civil War
Roster of the Kentucky 22nd Volunteer Infantry- Civil War
Military Records of some of my Ancestors
Revolutionary War
David Adkins (Adkinson)
Pension Application
David served in the Virginia line for two terms and received a pension for his service under pension number S35762. He served in Capt. Wallen's company for eighteen months and then served in Capt. Laird's company for another eighteen months, both companies under the command of Colonel Washington. He was present at the Battle of Camden and Guilford Courthouse.
Reuben Brainard
Jehoiakim Burgett, Sr.
James Wright
Pension Application
James served two years in the Connecticut line in the company commanded by Captain Tuttle and in the regiment commanded by Col Bradley. He was 27 years old when he began his service. His wife applied for a pension and his children received the pension that their mother was eligible to receive for James' service in her widowhood.
War of 1812
David Brainard
Service Record
David served first as a private and then as a sergeant in Lieutenant Henry Brakeman's Company of Detached Miliita in the New York Regiment commmanded by Lieutenant Colonel Farrington. He is shown on the rolls beginning August 24, 1812 and ending March 4, 1813.
Henry T Moore
Service Record
Henry served as a substitute for David French, as a private, in Capt. Clark Parker's Company of Infantry in Rayen's Regiment of the Ohio Militia. He appears on the rolls beginning August 22, 1812 and was discharged February 27, 1813. No pension application was found.
Civil War
Ancestor's Records
Braden Allen Abbott
Pension Application
Braden served as a private in Co. A, 8th Regiment West Virginia Infantry which became the 7th West Virgiia Cavalry in the same company. He was 26 years old when he enlisted. He served from July 27, 1861 to August 1, 1865, when he mustered out as a corporal. A request for his service record resulted in the record not being found. He received a pension for his service.
Conant Eden Brainard
Service Record - Pension Application
Conant served as a private in company B of the 29th Ohio Infantry, enlisting August 19, 1861. He was 33 years old. He died March 30, 1862 of illness at an army hospital in Martinsburg, Virginia. His wife applied for and received a pension for his service.
Henry Jefferson Evans
Service Record - Pension Application - Regimental History
Henry enlisted October 1, 1863 at Grayson, Kentucky and was assigned to Co. C of the 40th Kentucky Mounted Infantry. He gave his age as 42 years. He mustered out December 30, 1864 at Catlettsburg, Kentucky as a private. He received a pension for his service.
Martin S Falin
Service Record - Pension Application - Regimental History
Martin mustered into service as a corporal in Co. C of the 40th KY Mounted Infantry on September 26, 1863 at Grayson Kentucky. He gave his age as 22 years, though other records indicate he was probably 20 years old. He was mustered out a private on December 30, 1864 at Catlettsburg, Kentucky. He received a pension for his service and after his death his widow received the pension.
Harrison Martin
Pension Application
Harrison enlisted to serve as a private in the 125th Ohio Regiment and began duty in Cleveland, but was taken sick before the other soldiers were assigned companies. He recovered and returned to service, but again took ill before being assigned to a company. His wife applied for a pension, but her application was rejected.
Edward Sansom
Pension Application
Edward served in the West Virginia Homeguards for Boone County from 1861 to 1863. He applied for a pension, but his claim was rejected for not being in the United States service.
Pensions obtained by ancestors for service of relative
Charles Cotton - for service of son, James Cotton
Pension Application
James Cotton served as a private in the 7th West Virginia Cavalry and died shortly after the end of the Civil War. His father received a pension as the invalid father of a deceased soldier.
Amelia (Cochran)(Cotton) Raines - for service of husband Granville G Raines
Pension Application
Amelia Raines received a pension for the service of her second husband, Granville G Raines, who served as a private for the 7th West Virginia Cavalry.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Nashville, Tennessee
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