Soldier Information
Name: Ben W Brown
Alias: Benjamin
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1834
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5 1/2
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: May 31, 1865
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: A Regiment(s): 13th USCHA
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 18, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Page 1: Ben W. Brown, Co. A, 13th Regiment, USC H. Artillery, Private
Page 3: age 31
Height 5’ 9 ¼”
Complexion, eyes, hair – all black
Born Nelson Co., KY
Occupation: laborer
Enlisted May 31, 1865, in Louisville, by Capt. Wanmak?
Page 4: roll dated Louisville, May 31, 1865
Age 36
Occupation farmer
Height 5’ 5 1/2”
Mustered in May 31, 1865, in Louisville
Credited Nelson Co., 4th District, KY
Page 6: roll, Camp Nelson, KY, June 23, 1865
Page 8: muster-out roll, dated Louisville, Nov. 18, 1865
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: December 31, 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: March 8, 1890
Application No.: 760414 Certificate No.:
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 31, 1895
Application No.: 608016 Certificate No.: 442619
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Name of the widow: Rachel Brown
Invalid pension application filed March 8, 1890, from Kentucky
Widow pension application filed Jan. 31, 1895, from Kentucky
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: Julia Maiden Name: Berry
Wife #2 First Name: Rachel Maiden Name: Cox
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: John Brown 1857
Mary Brown 1874
Family Notes:
The marriage record for Ben Brown and Julie Berry, August 16, 1870, in Nelson County, Kentucky, was not signed. He later married Rachel Cox (March 17, 1887, in Nelson County). The 1880 census reported that Ben was the father of Mary Brown, age 5, and John Brown, age 23 in 1880. Julia Berry’s 1870 household contained 3 Berry children. The 1880 household of Rachel Cox contained her daughter Mary Cox and grandson Louis Cox. Death records have not been located for Julie or Rachel Brown. Ben W. Brown died on Dec. 31, 1895, and was buried in Bardstown, Kentucky.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Domestic Servant
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
The 1870 census pertains to Julie Berry.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farmer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Ben W. Brown was located only in the 1880 census in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. His household also contained his wife Julie, daughter Mary, age 5; and son John Brown, who apparently is not the son of his wife Julie Brown. Ben Brown worked on a farm. He and his wife were unable to read and write. All members of the household were listed as mulattoes.
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
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found