Soldier Information
Name: Charles Rucker
Alias:
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY Year of Birth: 1827
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 23, 1864
Enlistment Place: Owensboro
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District:
Company: B Regiment(s): 118th USCI
Mustered Where: Owensboro, Ky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
The congressional district is not listed in the CMSR; only that the enlistment was credited to Henderson Co, Ky.
The CMSR was reviewed and his birth place was listed as Jefferson County, KY and Jessamine County, KY (page five of the CMSR). Jessamine County may have been an error, made by the clerk.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: August 24, 1865
Military Death Location: Brownsville, Texas
Military Cause of Death: Rheumatic Fever
Death Date: August 24, 1865
Cause of Death: rheumatic fever or diarrhea
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: March 19, 1866
Application No.: 123598 Certificate No.: 92766
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Peggy Rucker
Pensioner County: Henderson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:19
Pension Notes:
The pension file does not include an explanation of why her children’s last names were changed from Rucker to Jackson. It also does not record her death which occurred in 1887 or notes regarding if she had been dropped from the pension rolls prior to 1887.
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: Peggy Maiden Name: Vandyke
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Howard Rucker 1851
Charles Rucker 1854
Thomas Rucker 1857
Family Notes:
The children and Peggy were known by the Jackson surname after her pension award.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Keeping house
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Yes
1870 Real Estate Value: 1000 1870 Personal Estate Value: 5000
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Peggy Rucker is living nearby her likely former enslavers William and Elizabeth Woodruff. Though she has no source of income, other than widow pension benefit, her personal wealth is substantial.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Housekeeper
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Yes
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
The family surname is now Jackson, though Peggy has not remarried, and no one else on the census page has the name Jackson. Peggy was enumerated in the household of Charles Jackson (25), a son, who was a laborer and could not write. His wife was Mariah, age 18 and a house keeper. Howard Jackson (28) also resided in the household with his wife, Mariah (22) and three children. Howard was a laborer who could not read or write.
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: Martin Rucker Location: Henderson County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $5000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $12,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 4
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $9000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $1600
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found