Soldier Information
Name: Thomas Sherwood
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1829
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Hazel Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 4
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: January 19, 1864
Enlistment Place: Knoxville
Enlistment State: TN
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 2nd
Company: B Regiment(s): 1st USCHA
Mustered Where: Knoxville, Tennessee
Mustered Out Date: March 31, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
On the night of August 20, 1865, Thomas Sherwood and several other soldiers of his regiment were arrested for mutiny at Greenville, Tennessee. He was sentenced to the penitentiary at Nashville, Tennessee, for violating an article of war and for conduct “prejudicial to good order and military discipline.” He was to serve a 10-year sentence. On Dec. 24, 1865, Sherwood’s wife Martha wrote a letter requesting that the army release him from the penitentiary, pleading that her husband had a large family of small children and an old mother to support. The army refused her application for his release. (It is not known how long he served. He was married in Knoxville on August 20, 1866, and is listed in the 1870 census with his family.)
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: January 7, 1885
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: May 18, 1891
Application No.: 513707 Certificate No.: 332669
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
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No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Martha Maiden Name: Davis
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Alexander Sherwood Davis 1854
Jeff Sherwood 1862
Family Notes:
Thomas Sherwood married Martha Davis on August 20, 1866, in Knoxville. Martha Sherwood died on Dec. 23, 1914, in Knoxville. According to the 1900 census, she was the mother of 2 children; only one child was living in 1900. That child would have been Alexander Davis; he died Dec. 7, 1904. Jeff Sherwood, listed in the 1870 Sherwood household, was not located in other records.
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: Day Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
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1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1880 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1900 Profession: None
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
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1910 Census
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1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
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
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