Soldier Information
Name: Abram Garvin
Alias:
Place of Birth: Hart KY Year of Birth: 1842
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 11.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 28, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: F Regiment(s): 108th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Abram Garvin was promoted to sergeant on July 3, 1864. He was reduced to private on October 9, 1865. His CMSR does not explain why.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: April 30, 1878
Cause of Death: Consumption
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: August 6, 1879
Application No.: 249400 Certificate No.: 365824
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Frances “Fannie” Garvin
Pensioner County: Hart Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:24
Pension Notes:
Abram Garvin and Fannie Owens were married on December 29, 1866 by Rev. George Walton at the home of Robert Sterrett, Fannie’s enslaver. They had seven children: Charles, Alice, David, Billy, Annie, Sarah, and Frances. Abram died of consumption on April 30, 1878 in Hart County, KY.
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:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Frances “Fannie” Maiden Name: Owens
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Charles Garvin 1868
Alice Garvin 1870
David Garvin 1872
Billie Garvin 1874
Ann “Annie” Garvin 1876
Sarah 1877 Garvin
Frances A. Garvin 1878
Family Notes:
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm 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:
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
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:
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: None
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Unknown 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Unknown
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1910 Own/Rent: Unknown 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: Unknown
1910 Census Notes:
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Mining
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: Farm
1920 Census Notes:
Abram Garvin died in 1878 and was not enumerated in any census past 1870. The 1880, 1900, and 1910 census records pertain to his widow, Frances “Fannie” Garvin. Fannie Garvin died in 1912 in Salina, Kansas and was not enumerated in any census past 1910. The 1920 census record pertains to their son, David Garvin.
Enslaver Information
Name: Sinclair Garvin Location: Woodsonville, Hart County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Harriet Woodson Garvin died in 1863, and Sinclair Garvin died in 1866.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 22
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $15,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $5,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 19
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found