Soldier Information
Name: Burril Brown
Alias: Burrell
Place of Birth: VA Year of Birth: 1814
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 6 Inches: 1
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: November 19, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5th
Company: E Regiment(s): 123rd Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: October 16, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Remarks on Burril Brown’s muster page stated he was “discharged on account of Phis [physical] disability by order of Maj. Genl J. M. Palmer June a5/65”. Burril Brown’s Disability Discharge document dated June 15, 1865, stated he was fifty-nine years old and suffered from chronic rheumatism in upper and lower extremities for ten years prior to enlistment and he was shot through his thigh about 1864. “Total degree of disability prior to Enlistment”.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: March 18, 1904
Cause of Death: Bright’s disease
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: February 14, 1888
Application No.: 640136 Certificate No.: 521092
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pension Notes:
Burril Brown submitted and application for invalid benefits in 1888, from the state of Indiana. His application was approved.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
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Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Louisa Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children:
Family Notes:
Although children (William and John) were enumerated in Burril Brown’s 1870 census household, it has not been confirmed that he was their birth father. Louisa was enumerated in the 1870 and 1880 census schedules with Burley/Burril Brown, as his presumed wife and wife. A death certificate was not retrieved to confirm date of Louisa Brown’s death, which was prior to 1900.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Burley Brown was enumerated with a presumed wife, Louisa in Indiana. His name was listed as Burley, rather than Burril, and he was listed with birthplace in Kentucky (not Virginia) and his age does not match what was documented in his military records. In correlating data from the 1880 Clark County, IN census, and the soldier’s pension index card this appears to be the enumeration for Burril Brown, under a different version of his given name. A female, Frances Nelson was enumerated in the 1870 household of Burley and Louisa Brown, and again in the 1880 household. She was described as Burril’s sister-in-law in 1880. Again, the enumerator provided ages for each person that did not match other sources; however, the names and location of Clark County, Indiana provide the probability of a match.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Again, the ages listed for Burrill and his wife, Louisa (Louisa’s do not match other sources; however, their residence in Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN is consistent between the 1870 and 1880 census schedules and the state of Indiana, from which Burril filed for his invalid pension. A more accurate estimate of Louisia’s age would have been fifty-five years of age, based on the 1870 census. Fannie Nelson was enumerated in the 1880 Brown household as sister-in-law to Burrill. In census enumerations, we rely upon probable secondary information and estimates made by enumerators.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1900 Profession: no occupation
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 a Burl Brown was enumerated as a widower in Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN. His birth place was noted as Virginia, which is consistent with his military sources. Brown’s street address in 1900 was 1209 Walnut Street. His marital status, widower, was consistent with the status listed on his 1904 death certificate, filed in Clark County, Indiana. His reported age is not consistent with documented ages noted for him in previous census years, his CMSR and death certificate; however, this may represent the census enumeration for the soldier.
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Johnson H. G. Hardin Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Researcher’s attempt to retrieved a conclusive match in 1850 and 1860 census and slave schedule sources was not successful.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census information not found
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found