Soldier Information
Name: Joshua Jones
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1843
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Copper
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 9, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: L Regiment(s): 13th USCHA
Mustered Where: Lebanon, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: October 16, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
Also served in Co. C, 72nd Regt. USCI
CMSR #1: 8 pages
Page 1: Joshua Jones
Company L, 13 Regiment, USC H. Art’y
Corporal
Page 2: age: 21
Height 5’7”
Complexion: copper
Eyes and hair: black
Born: Nelson Co., KY
Occupation: laborer
Enlisted Sept. 19, 1864, at Lebanon, KY, for 1 year
Page 3: roll: mustered in Sept. 19, 1864, Lebanon
Present.
Remarks: appointed corporal, Feb. 18, 1865; drafted
Page 5: roll of men transferred from Co. C, 72 regiment, USC Infantry
Page 7: muster-out roll, Lexington, KY, Oct. 16, 1865 (muster-out date)
Remarks: mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service.
Page 8: muster-out roll, Louisville, Nov. 18, 1865
Remarks: discharged Oct. 18, 1865 by expiration of term.
CMSR #2 (4 pages)
Page 1: Co. C., Corporal, 72 regiment, USC Inf.
Page 3: roll dated Louisville, Feb. 18, 1865;
Born Nelson Co.
Age 26
Drafted
Eyes and hair: black
Complexion: copper
Height 5’7”
Mustered in Sept. 19, 1864, in Lebanon
Page 4: appointed corporal, Feb. 18, 1865
Note at bottom reads that the 72 Regiment USC Inf. was discontinued July 3, 1865, and men
transferred to the 13 regiment USC heavy artillery, and other regiments.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: April 19, 1915
Cause of Death: Cardiac asthma
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 8, 1889
Application No.: 715803 Certificate No.: 732226
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
Jones applied for his pension on July 8, 1889, from Kentucky. No other names appeared on the pension index card.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Eliza Mother Maiden Name: Isaacs
Father First Name: Bill Father Last Name: Jones
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Winne A Maiden Name: Hedges
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Maria Jones 1866
Eliza Jones 1868
Ophelia Jones 1874
Douglas Jones 1877
Lula Jones 1877
Family Notes:
According to his death certificate, Joshua Jones died on April 19, 1915, in Shelbyville. The names of his parents were listed on the certificate. The 1900 census reported that Winnie Jones was the mother of 13 children, 6 of whom were living. Names of their grandchildren have not yet been identified.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
In 1870 Joshua Jones, his wife Winnie, and two daughters (Maria and Eliza) resided in Nelson County, Kentucky.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farm Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Ten years later the family continued to live in Nelson County. In addition to Maria and Eliza other children were Ophelia, Douglas, and Lulu/Lula. Winnie and Joshua could not read or write.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Farm Laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
In 1900 Joshua and Winnie (mother of 13 children, 6 living in 1900) lived in Shelby County, Kentucky, with their married daughter Lula. By 1910 Winnie was deceased.
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
In 1910 Joshua resided in Shelbyville with his married daughter Ophelia Allen who was a mother of 5 children, all living.
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Edmund Price Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Two possible candidates for the enslaver Edmund Price were located in the 1850 population schedule of the federal census — one in Greenup County, Kentucky, born in 1842 — the other in Lawrence County, Kentucky, born in 1838. It is not known if one of them was the soldier’s enslaver. No other person named “Edmund Price” was located in federal census records, population, or slave schedule.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found