Soldier Information
Name: Frederick King
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Place of Birth: Nelson Co. KY Year of Birth: 1842
Occupation: Farm Hand
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8
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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: Jefferson County, 5th District, KY
Company: G Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
At the age of 22, Frederick King enlisted on July 5, 1864, in Louisville. Three days later he mustered in the USC Infantry. On March 21, 1866, he mustered out in Vicksburg, Mississippi. (A different CMSR record shows his age as 18.)
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 5, 1890
Application No.: 786092 Certificate No.: 1065934
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Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 27, 1907
Application No.: 868440 Certificate No.: 629175
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
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Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Nancy Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
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Children: William King 1868
George King 1869
John King 1872
Caroline King 1873
Fred King 1875
Edward 1877 King
Walter King 1879
Family Notes:
In 1870, Frederick and Nancy King were next-door neighbors to Nancy’s parents, Henry and Priscilla Moody. The 1900 census reported that Nancy was the mother of 15 children. Based on the 1850 population schedule, in Spencer County, Henry Moody was a free man of color.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
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1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
In 1870, The family of Frederick King lived in Thomas Miller’s (white family) household in Spencer County, Kentucky. Frederick’s wife’s parents lived in the next household after the Miller household.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: At home
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
In 1880 and 1900 Frederick and his family continued to reside in Spencer County.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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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:
By 1900 William King, Frederick’s son, lived in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Other King family members remained in Spencer County in 1900. Henry Moody, Nancy King’s father, was listed on the same 1850 population schedule page as Abner King (enslaver of Frederick King), indicating that he, Henry, was a free man of color.
1910 Census
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1910 Profession: Servant
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
In 1910, Nancy King lived with her son, Walter King, and his family.
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Abner King Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Abner King, a farmer, and his family were located in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the 1850-1880 population schedules of the federal census and the 1850 and 1860 slave schedules. He was born about 1817 in Kentucky; his wife Nancy was about 5 years younger than Abner. In 1850 the value of his real estate was $4,320, in 1860 it was $15,400, and $25,000 in 1870. In 1860 the value of his personal estate was $15,00 and ten years later it was $7,000. He owned 5 slaves in 1850 and 15 in 1860.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 5
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $15,400 1860 Personal Estate Value: $15,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 15
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $25,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $7,000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found