Soldier Information
Name: Dabney Ellington
Alias:
Place of Birth: Cumberland KY Year of Birth: 1843
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5.75
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Bowling Green
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 3rd
Company: A Regiment(s): 115th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Bowling Green, Ky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Soldier Dabney Ellington died in New Orleans LA. Slave Compensation Claim was made by Guardian Mr. Thomas C. Duerson on behalf of Martha J. Ellington. Certificate of Compensation award was blank, so there is no confirmation that the $300 award was granted. Dabney was bequeathed to Martha by her father, D.H. Ellington, in Jan. 1855.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: February 19, 1865
Military Death Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Military Cause of Death: Dropsy
Death Date: February 19, 1865
Cause of Death: Dropsy
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: March 11, 1868
Application No.: 158658 Certificate No.: 117109
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Rhoda Ellington
Pensioner County: Cumberland Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:142
Pension Notes:
Mother, Rhoda Ellington, was a resident of Cumberland County, Kentucky. Her application for benefits was approved. Rhoda died in 1908 and her monthly pension amount was $12.00 at the time. Father, Frank, first applied for the dependent pension in 1866 but his claim was rejected. The Ellington family were the enslaved of David A.H. Ellington.
Full pension file: https://www.fold3.com/file/304182241
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Employment contract for Frank Ellington dated 1866.
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Family Information
Mother First Name: Rhoda Mother Maiden Name: Ellington
Father First Name: Frank Father Last Name: Ellington
Siblings: Frank Ellington, Jr.
Rosie Ann Ellington Miller
Jennie Ellington
Wife #1 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children:
Family Notes:
Dabney Ellington was never married and did not have children. He was survived by his parents and at least three siblings.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farm Hand
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Frank and Rhoda live in Cumberland Co in 1880; the census record notes he suffers from rheumatism.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
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
1900 Census Notes:
Rhoda Ellington’s divorced daughter Rosie A. Miller lives with her in Hiseville, Barren Co, Ky. By this time ‘Rodie’ is widowed.
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Martha J. (minor) Ellington Location: Cumberland County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: David A.H. Ellington
Enslaver Notes:
It is not certain that James H. Ellington was Dabney’s enslaver in 1860 though he is named as being the owner in 1864. Dabney may actually have worked for one of James Ellington’s older relatives.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 27
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $6000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $10,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 2
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $8000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $2000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No