Soldier Information
Name: George Davis
Alias: George Washington
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY Year of Birth: 1845
Occupation: Farm Hand
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 3.25
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: F Regiment(s): 108th Regt, USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 2, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Pvt. Washington enlisted on June 27, 1864 and is hospitalized on July 14, 1864. He remains in hospital. at New Albany, IN. till January of 1865. He is present and accounted for from that time forward. No medical diagnosis is provided.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 20, 1913
Cause of Death: Uremic poison
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 9, 1889
Application No.: 715.998 Certificate No.: 1140.698
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name: Davis, now known as Washington
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card:
Widow Application Date: November 7, 1913
Application No.: 1017.024 Certificate No.: 773.171
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Lucy Davis
Pensioner County: Pensioner State: (Choose One)
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
March 1, 1907 was also listed, on the pension index card, as a date of filing of the soldier’s invalid pension application.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Proceeds of this account should go to his mother, Susan Davis. Wm Campbell is mentioned as enslaver. William Davis is listed as his brother.
His account notes that he can not write his name.
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Susan Mother Maiden Name: Davis
Father First Name: John Father Last Name: Harris
Siblings: William Davis
Wife #1 First Name: Lucy Maiden Name: Ladd
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Tom Davis 1872
Mary Davis 1874
Jim Davis 1876
Alice Davis 1877
Joe Davis 1879
Emma Jane 1880 Davis
Hays Davis 1881
Meridith Davis 1884
Juda Davis 1885
John W Davis 1889
Family Notes:
Marriage certificate has been added to soldier folder. While no obituary or burial location has been found, his death certificate indicates that McCarty and Ricketts Undertakers, Eminence,Kentucky provided their services. It also indicates that he was buried in Smithfield, Kentucky.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
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:
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Farmer
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Farm
1900 Census Notes:
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:
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: none
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
1920 Census Notes:
I have found a George Washington as a part of the 1870 census, he is employed as a laborer. He is listed with a Margaret Washington, who is the same age as his wife. I have not seen any indication that, his wife Lucy had an alias. I can not verify that this is the same George Washington. www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18456117:7163
Mrs. Davis/Washington is widowed and sharing a home with her son, Joe in the 1920 census.
Enslaver Information
Name: Peter Van Dyke Location: Shelby, KY
Previous Enslaver: Jas. (James) Gist
Enslaver Notes:
It seems Peter Van Dyke is working as a farmer in the 1850 census and becomes a slave owner a decade later. He dies in 1898.
George Washington Davis records list him with a total of three different enslavers, James Gist, in the descriptive ledger, William Campbell in his Freedman’s account and finally Peter W VanDyke. I was able to locate Peter Van Dyke, because he filed a slave compensation application for George Washington, he received no award.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Number of Enslaved:
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 13000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 7000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 11
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 17000 1870 Personal Estate Value: 1620
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No