Soldier Information
Name: William Richards
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Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1841
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 4, 1864
Enlistment Place: Elizabethtown
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: I Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Sgt.
Notes:
Pvt William Richards was appointed to Corporal on 27 September,1864.
He was appointed to Sergeant under Regimental order, on 9 November, 1864.
He received his full bounty, and was present and accounted for during his three year service.
There is a notation in Sgt. Richards records which indicate he is free. There was no listing for an enslaver.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: August 2, 1892
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Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: May 26, 1883
Application No.: 484805 Certificate No.: 512686
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No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
Pension file card for Sgt William Richards and his wife, Annie offers just the facts. Two pension index cards were retrieved, from Ancestry.com and Fold3.com. The card from Fold3.com is linked in the Soldier’s pension card field. Because the pension index card, including the same information as the Fold3.com, listed the name of the widow, that card is linked in the widow’s pension card field. Both pension applications were filed from Illinois and were approved.
The Veterans Administration Pension Payment card for Annie Richards was retrieved, showing her benefits began in 1893. Her death date was noted on the card as April 17, 1911 (Bureau notified in December 1911). The card noted RR 7 Springfield, IL; this may have been the widow’s address. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-FS9G-QM?i=697&cc=1832324
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
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Wife #1 First Name: Annie Maiden Name:
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Family Notes:
Very little information can be found concerning Sgt. Richards life after the military.
An Illinois Death Index listing for William Richard in Sangamon County, IL documented the death at 2 July 1892, and that source is linked in the Death field on this page.
We found one burial record abstract at FindaGrave for a William Richards that includes information posted in the statewide death index, but this information can not be documented. This obituary of sorts remains :William Richards (colored) died at his residence in Riverton yesterday, aged 52 years. The deceased was born in Kentucky and had lived in this state ten years. The interment will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 8-3-1892 There is no indication that his wife, Annie was buried here.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: None listed
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Unknown
1900 Census Notes:
The census enumerates Annie Richards as having no children. She is a boarder. The Veterans Administration Pension Payment card retrieved for Annie Richards provides supporting evidence that she lived in Sangamon County, IL (possibly near the city of Springfield) at the time of her death in 1911.
1910 Census
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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
Compensation Application not found