Soldier Information
Name: Esquire Pinkston
Alias: Crider
Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1829
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 10.5
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: May 23, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: A Regiment(s): 107th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
CMSR pages listed soldier’s given name as Squire.
Drafted and mustered in a Private, promoted to Corporal on 1 November 1865.
Was present for duty from the time of enlistment until mustered out. Muster out roll page noted the soldier was a “Free Man”.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: August 5, 1912
Cause of Death:
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: March 23, 1905
Application No.: 1333377 Certificate No.: 1132988
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
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Pension Notes:
Squire’s surname at time of his application was Pinkston.
VA Pension Payment Card Located:
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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: Lucinda Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Henry Pinkston 1854
Cornella Pinkston 1855
Sherman Pinkston 1860
Sarah Pinkston 1862
Alice Pinkston 1864
Goodloe 1868 Pinkston
William Pinkston 1870
Bettie Pinkston 1885
Family Notes:
Squire Pinkston died in August 1912, according to the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control form retrieved during this search.
Used the Pinkston surname.. Wife Lucinda was born about 1830 in Kentucky. Pinkston’s unnamed father was recorded as born in Africa. Children’s names are documented in the family tree.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Laborer
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:
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
The birthplace of Esquire Pinkston’s father was listed as Africa in the 1880 federal census.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Day Laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
Sherman Pinkston, a son of Squire Pinkston was enumerated in Hendricks County, IN with his family.
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Farmer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: Farm
1910 Census Notes:
Sherman Pinkston, one of Squire Pinkston’s sons was enumerated in Hendricks County, IN, with his family.
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Laborer
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Sherman Pinkston, a son of Squire Pinkston, was enumerated in Marion County, IN with his family.
Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census information not found
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found