Soldier Information
Name: Peter Ray
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1834
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 5, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5th
Company: G Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: 1st Seargent
Notes:
As part of Co. G. 108th, USCI, Peter Ray was appointed Corporal on July 12,1864 under regimental order # 27. This would be the first of three promotions for Peter Ray. Under regimental order #50, Corporal Peter Ray would be promoted less than a year later to Sergeant on April 1st,1865. Sgt. Peter Ray would be promoted again, to 1st Sergeant on July 1,1865, under regimental order #55. His enlistment was credited to the 5th congressional district of Kentucky.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: August 10, 1893
Cause of Death: Rheumatoid arthritis
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: February 14, 1883
Application No.: 472512 Certificate No.:
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: October 12, 1893
Application No.: 584030 Certificate No.: 405346
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
1st Sgt. Ray applied for his military pension on February 14, 1883. While there is an application reference number, no award certification number has been located. His wife, Isabella applied for a widow’s pension on October 12, 1893 and was awarded a pension. This pension index card provides no additional information about their family. It is likely there were no children.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Most notable is Peter Ray’s signature on his bank record. No “x” is visible here, indicating that Peter Ray was able to write and did not need to “make his mark” in place of a signature.
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
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Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Isabella Maiden Name: Beechum
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Family Tree:
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
Peter and Isabella Ray appear together in the 1880 census as husband and wife in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Peter is listed as 48 years old and Isabella as 39 years old. His reported occupation is laborer and hers is laundress. 1st Sgt. Ray died on August 10, 1893. Isabella has not been located in a census past 1880; her death date is unknown.
1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Isaac Nicholas Ray Location: Nelson County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Isaac Ray is incorrectly identified as J N Ray in the 1850 census. Ray died in 1874, therefore he appears for the last time in the 1870 census.
Isaac’s widow, Ruth A. Bodine Ray, is incorrectly identified in the 1880 census as “A A Ray.” Ruth was enumerated in her daughter’s household in the 1900 census.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $11,375 1860 Personal Estate Value: $13,740
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 11
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $10,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $9,500
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found