Soldier Information
Name: George Beeler
Alias:
Place of Birth: Unknown TN Year of Birth: 1824
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6 1/2
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 1, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District:
Company: I Regiment(s): 107th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
The Company Descriptive card incorrectly credits his enlistment to the 24th District Seneca County, New York. George Beeler was born in Tennessee and enlisted in Louisville, Ky.
The CMSR identified Ackerman Beeler as the enslaver in the CMSR file; however census searches indicated his given name was Atkinson or Atkins.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: February 23, 1865
Military Death Location: Point of Rocks, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Date: February 23, 1865
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 15, 1869
Application No.: 174140 Certificate No.:
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: April 15, 1869
Application No.: 174141 Certificate No.: 131287
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Lydia Wand
Charles Carter
Pensioner County: Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:29
Pension Notes:
George was born in Tennessee but was enlisted in Louisville. He died in Chester, Virginia during February of 1865 from Chronic Diarrhea. The pension application was filed on behalf of minors Maria (1855) and Willis Beeler (1857). Pension file states that the children are orphans and their legal guardian is Charles Carter. Carter states that the children’s mother Lydia remarried.
The pension index card documented that “Wand. L” filed for widow’s benefits but was not approved. This may have been the same person as Lydia, listed by the surname of her second husband.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
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Court documents are complaints submitted by Lydia Wand to regain the custody of her two children Mariah and Willis.
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Lydia Maiden Name: Beeler
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Mariah Beeler 1855
Willis Beeler 1857
Family Notes:
Census records could not be located for Curran Wand and family after 1870.
Family Tree:
1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Domestic servant
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:
The record lists Curran and Lydia “Warren” living with their two children and Lydia’s daughter Mariah Beeler. Son WIllis Beeler is not found in this or subsequent census records.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Wash woman
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1880 Census Notes:
Mariah Beeler boarded with the Sweeney family and worked as washer woman.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census information not found
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Atkinson Beeler Location: Larue County, Ky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Atkinson Beeler came from a very large family who settled in Hardin, Nelson, and Larue counties. Though the property and personal estate values seem modest in comparison to other enslavers, the Beelers as a family clan were were wealthy and successful farm owners.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 6
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $3000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $1250
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 10
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $3000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $1500
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found