635 Jacob Stanford pension file, NARA.
636 Ibid.
637 Ibid.
638 According to Sgt. Taylor, Finley’s master was Dr. Standiford of Louisville, Kentucky. A search of the 1860 Census and Slave Schedules failed to find a physician named Standiford (or variants on this surname) who owned slaves. [subsequent research by Reckoning, Inc. found his enslaver was named Dr. Elijah D. Standiford]
639 Jacob Stanford pension file, NARA.
640 Ibid.
641 Jacob Stanford military service record, NARA.
642 Jacob Stanford pension file, NARA.
643 Ibid.