Soldier Information
Name: Dick Miller
Alias: Richard Weathers
Place of Birth: Bullitt KY Year of Birth: 1845
Occupation: Farm hand
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 9
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 9, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: B Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Private Dick Miller was mustered into Co. B. 107th USCT at Louisville. The CMSR states that he was credited to Congressional District 5, but, on some pages, in District 4. His enlistment papers had his name as both Dick Miller and Richard Miller. His physical exam at enlistment noted that he had pneumonia two years prior to enlistment, that his arm was broken “when young,” and that he “occasionally” had a drink but did not suffer from the “horrors.” He was vaccinated for small pox; had a “large wart” on his second finger of his right hand, and a small scar from a cut above his right knee. The physical exam was the only page in the CMSR that named his enslaver—”Phil Miller” (Philip Taylor Miller,1820-1881) of Jefferson County. The location of the enslaver may account for the discrepancies in Congressional Districts. Private Dick Miller was mustered out of Co. B 107th USCI at Washington, DC. At the time of mustering out, he had withdrawn $50.12 from his clothing account. The “Remarks” entry stated: “Free—two hundred dollars bounty due.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: March 27, 1916
Cause of Death: Mitral stenosis
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: December 31, 1890
Application No.: 1004604 Certificate No.: 712760
Alternate First Name: Richard Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Marion Pensioner State: IN
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
Richard Miller, aka Richard Weathers, applied for, and received an invalid pension. He outlived his wife by one year so there was no widow’s pension application. Soldier’s pension index card noted his death date as 27 March 1916, in Indianapolis, IN. Initials of the person who made the note about his death are included on the card.
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: Mattie Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Belle Maiden Name: Lewis
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Perry Weathers 1872
Richard Weathers 1880
Nathan Weathers 1883
Ida Weathers 1885
Ellen Weathers 1887
Mary E. 1888 Weathers
Elijah Weathers 1889
David Weathers 1892
George Weathers 1896
John A. Weathers 1899
Family Notes:
For unknown reasons, after mustering out of the 107th USCI in 1866, Richard “Dick” Miller changed his name to Richard Weathers (sometimes appeared as Richard Belt Weathers). He used this name in his civilian life but retained the name “Richard Miller” for his military records and pension. Richard Weathers (1846-1916) was twice married and had at least ten children; two with his first wife Mattie Weathers (1850-unknown); and at least eight children with his second wife, Belle Lewis Weathers (1858-1915). Belle Lewis’s two daughters (Jennie and Josephine) from a previous relationship were also members of the Weathers family. Richard and Belle Weathers owned their home at 1553 Hoefgen Street in Indianapolis. The home remained in the family until at least the 1930s. The home still stands in the Bean Creek area of Indianapolis.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
In 1880, Richard Weathers (aka Richard Miller), was a 34-year-old laborer. He lived in Louisville with his first wife Mattie Weathers, age 30, who washed and ironed clothes for a living. Also in the household was their son, Perry Weathers, age 8. It is worth noting that there was a second family who lived at the same address on Eddy Street; Belle Lewis, age 20, and her two children; Jennie Lewis, age 5, and Josephine, age 2. Like Mattie Weathers, Belle Lewis worked by washing and ironing clothes. And, within four years, Richard Weathers and Belle Lewis were married. After the marriage, Jennie Lewis and Josephine Lewis became Jennie Weathers and Josephine Weathers.
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: Philip Taylor Miller Location: Jefferson County, KY
Previous Enslaver: Robert Miller
Enslaver Notes:
Enslaver Philip Taylor Miller (1820-1881) lived with his father (also an enslaver), Robert Miller (1774-1863), until his father’s death in 1863. They lived on a farm in the Grassy Pond community (today known as Kosmosdale), located southwest of Louisville in Jefferson County. It is very likely that Robert Miller was the first enslaver of Richard “Dick” Miller (aka Richard Weathers). In 1850, Robert Miller enslaved 21 persons, several of whom fit the description of Richard Miller. There were no records for Philip T. Miller in the 1850 Slave Schedule. In 1860, Robert Miller enslaved 15 persons, several of whom fit Richard Miller’s description. Also in 1860, Philip T. Miller enslaved one 23-year-old man who was at least five years older than Richard Miller. It is very likely that Philip T. Miller, the enslaver of record at the time of Richard Miller’s enlistment in 1864, became Richard Miller’s enslaver through the inheritance of his father’s estate in 1863.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 21
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: 0 1860 Personal Estate Value: $2,100
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 1
1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found