Soldier Information
Name: Vinson Gibbs
Alias: Vincent Bland
Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1824
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 12, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4
Company: K Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: June 23, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
On September 12, 1864, Vinson Gibbs enlisted at Louisville, Kentucky and was mustered into Co. K 107th USCI at Louisville on September 13, 1864. He was 40 years old and was born in Hardin County. On November 3, 1864, Private Gibbs was sick and in hospitals at Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Point in Rocks, Virginia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, through June 1865. In November 1864, while in the hospital, he was charged $3.00 for a knapsack, haversack, and a canteen, and this debt was raised to $4.45 in February 1865. Overall, from November 1864 until June 1865, Private Gibbs spent nearly his entire time in service in the hospital. Private Vinson Gibbs was mustered out of Co. K 107th USCI on June 23, 1865, from the hospital at Fort Monroe. No medical records were included with his CMSR, so the nature of his illness is unknown without further research and his pension file. At the time of his mustering out, he had drawn $29.10 from his clothing account, and owed for a knapsack, haversack, and a canteen. He had not been paid his salary since enlistment. When he was mustered out, he was described as “Free.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: October 17, 1890
Cause of Death: Unknown
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: August 7, 1888
Application No.: 667426 Certificate No.:
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Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: August 4, 1892
Application No.: 588179 Certificate No.: 420350
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: October 24, 1890
Application No.: 480645 Certificate No.:
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
Vincent Gibbs aka Bland applied for, but was not granted a pension. Given that he applied for an invalid pension on August 7, 1888, and that Vincent Bland died on October 17, 1890, and given that the pension process could take years to complete, it is very likely that he died before he was approved for his pension. There were two other persons who applied for Vincent Bland’s pension benefits. First was “contested widow,” Eliza A. Bland, who applied for a widow’s pension on October 24, 1890. Her application was not approved. A second “widow,” Mariah Bland, applied for a pension on August 4, 1892, and her widow’s pension was approved. Access to Vincent Bland’s pension file and additional research are needed to determine the pension outcomes for these three individuals.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
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Family Information
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Wife #1 First Name: Eliza A. Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Mariah Maiden Name: English
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Children: Lydia Bland 1855
Family Notes:
No marital records were discovered for Vincent Gibbs aka Bland, but two spouses came forward to claim widows’ benefits after his death in 1890. Of the two spouses, only Mariah Bland was granted a widow’s pension. Vincent and Mariah Bland had at least one daughter, Lydia Bland Blackburn (1855-1923), who shared her given name with Vincent Bland’s former enslaver, Lydia Bland (1812-1869). According to her death certificate, the soldier’s daughter Lydia Bland Blackburn was born in Cecilia, Kentucky (Hardin County), located just southwest of Elizabethtown.
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: Domestic servant
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Vincent Bland was not found in the 1870 Census. His wife, Mariah Bland, age 35, and daughter Lydia Bland, age 13, however, were enumerated in 1870 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County), as domestic servants, living and working n the household of George M. Cresap (1838-1912), a White dry goods merchant in Elizabethtown.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Domestic servant
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
As with the 1870 Census, no Census entry was found for Vincent Bland (or Vincent Gibbs) in 1880. The reasons for his absences are unknown. In 1880, Mariah Bland, age 45, was described as “Divorced.” Her marital status is of interest given that she was granted a pension as the widow of Vincent Bland. As she did in 1870, Mariah Bland worked as a domestic servant in the household of George M. Cresap, a dry goods merchant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County). Also in the household was an Alice Bland, age 8, Black, who worked as a domestic servant in the Cresap household. It is unknown if Mariah Bland and Alice Bland are related. More research is needed to establish these relationships.
1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Lydia Bland Location: Hardin County, Kentucky
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Enslaver Notes:
At the time of his enlistment, Vincent Gibbs aka Bland, was enslaved by “L. Bland,” who was Lydia Bland (1812-1869), the widow of Leland Bland (1812-1850). According to the 1840 Census, Leland Bland was not an enslaver. Shortly after his death, when the 1850 Census was conducted, his widow, Lydia Bland, enslaved one Black female, age 14, in Hardin County, Kentucky. By 1860, Lydia Bland was the enslaver of four persons, none of whom fit the description of Vincent Bland. When Vincent Bland’s former enslaver Lydia Bland died in 1868, she made an interesting bequest in her will: “I request that my son James H. Bland [executor] shall pay to the two black [sic] children which have been living with me since they have had their freedom, Syrus [Cyrus] and Elizabeth each One [sic] hundred dollars apiece when they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years.” What became of Cyrus and Elizabeth? Cyrus Bland (1851-1945) worked as a house servant for his entire life, mainly in Morehead, Kentucky (Rowan County). He never married. He died at age 94 in 1945 in the Eastern State Hospital in Fayette County, Kentucky. The life story of Elizabeth Bland is less certain and requires additional research.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 1
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $5,900 1860 Personal Estate Value: $3,425
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 4
1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
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