Soldier Information
Name: Daniel Vincent
Alias: Vincent May
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1841
Occupation: Farm hand
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 3
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 9, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5
Company: G Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: May 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Sergeant
Notes:
Private Vincent May was promoted to Corporal on July 12, 1864 and promoted to Sergeant on June 1, 1865 (CMSR page 3). He was mustered out of Co. M 108th USCI at Vicksburg as Sergeant Vincent May on March 21, 1866.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Death Date: November 21, 1872
Cause of Death: Smallpox
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: August 21, 1902
Application No.: 768886 Certificate No.:
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pension Notes:
On August 21, 1902, Vincent May aka Daniel Vincent’s widow, Margaret Vincent, applied for widow’s benefits. Application #768886, but no certificate was issued. HIs widow, Margaret Vincent died in Louisville, Kentucky on May 12, 1907.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
On October 29, 1866, Vincent May aka Daniel Vincent’s landlord, Michael Curley of Market Street in Louisville, was summoned to the Freedmen’s Bureau court to resolve a dispute between Curley and Daniel Vincent. The dispute centered on a lease agreement that Curley made with Daniel Vincent’s late wife Jane. On November 2, 1866, Daniel Vincent explained that his wife Jane (“who died four weeks prior to this complaint”) built a house on a lot in Louisville that she leased from Michael Curly for the previous two years. Daniel Vincent claimed that after Jane died, Curley changed the locks and would not let Daniel Vincent have access to the house. It appears that the case was resolved and closed as of November 1866, although the exact outcome is uncertain.
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Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
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Wife #1 First Name: Jane Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Margaret Maiden Name: Searcy
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Children: Isabelle Vincent 1860
Family Notes:
Vincent May aka Daniel Vincent had at least two spouses: Jane (maiden name and birth year unknown; died 1866); and Margaret Searcy (1842-1907). Isabelle “Belle” Vincent (abt. 1860-not before 1880) was the only known child of Daniel Vincent. In 1870, Isabelle Vincent lived with Daniel Vincent and Margaret Searcy Vincent. It is unlikely that Margaret Searcy Vincent was the biological mother of Isabelle Vincent. In his 1866 complaints to the Freedmen’s Bureau, Daniel Vincent mentioned his recently deceased wife Jane. Isabelle was born around 1860, before Jane’s death, and long before Daniel Vincent’s marriage to Margaret Searcy in 1869. Therefore, it is more likely that Jane (May? Vincent?) was the biological mother of Isabelle Vincent. The 1880 Census entry for Isabelle Vincent described her as suffering from scrofula (a form of tuberculosis). After 1880, Isabelle Vincent disappeared from the record. Note: The 1869 marriage record for Daniel Vincent and Margaret, incorrectly recorded Margaret’s name as “Sacey.” The more likely spelling was “Searcy.”
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: Common laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Cook
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Dr. William H. May Location: Spencer County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
The enslaver’s family originally settled in Nelson County in the early 1800s, where his father, Humphrey May (1782-1862), had secured land grants. But the May family relocated to neighboring Spencer County, Kentucky by 1850.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 6
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $14,400 1860 Personal Estate Value: $7,300
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 1
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: $12,500 1870 Personal Estate Value: $2,000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found