George Hobbs Soldier Details and Documents

Soldier Information

Name: George Hobbs
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1840
Occupation:
Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet:
5 Inches: 9


Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: September 19, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY


Compiled Military Service Record

Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: I Regiment(s): 122nd USCI
Mustered Where: Lebanon, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

Discrepancies exist relevant to the soldier’s death date. Clerks included in the Remarks section of several muster pages that the soldier died 4 May 1865. The document that certified George Hobbs’ death, that was prepared by staff at Balfour U.S. General Hospital in Portsmouth, VA, listed 10 April 1865 as the death date. Clerks compiling the CMSR files were probably notified of the May death date by word of mouth. It could be when the soldier’s company/regiment received notification.


Soldier Death Information

Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: April 10, 1865
Military Death Location: Balfour U.S. General Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Pleuro Pneumonia
Death Date: April 10, 1865
Cause of Death: Pleuro Pneumonia
Death Certificate


Soldier Pension Information

No pension card found


Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: February 3, 1866
Application No.: 120511 Certificate No.: 148046


Other Family Pension Information

Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: December 14, 1874
Application No.: 218620 Certificate No.: 169103


Pension File Information

Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners:    Kitty
Edward Hobbs

Pensioner County:  Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:
3
Pension Notes:

Kitty Hobbs resided in Jefferson County, KY. She and George had one child together, Edward, who was born in 1863. No depositions in this file.

Sallie Anderson was named, on the pension index card, as the guardian for the minor pension application. An 1882 Courier Journal article documented that J. Abner Smith filed suit against Sallie Anderson to settle with him, relevant to the pension of Edward Hobbs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mdVtRpkp3tIB8VHFliKYJiA_GzCS4e2N/view?usp=sharing


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: Kitty Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: Edward Hobbs 1863


Family Notes:

George Hobbs was buried in the National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia.

Family Tree: View
View Family Tree on Ancestry.com Please note: this requires a paid Ancestry.com account to view


1870 Census

1870 Census information not found


1880 Census

1880 Census information not found


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: Thomas P. Hobbs Location: Nelson County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:


1850 Enslaver Census

1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 9


1860 Enslaver Census

1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $5,500 1860 Personal Estate Value: $16,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 6


1870 Enslaver Census

1870 Census information not found


1880 Enslaver Census

1880 Census information not found


Compensation Information

Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No

Note: The Lincoln Administration offered compensation of $300 to enslavers in Kentucky and other Union states where slavery was still legal for each of their enslaved men that joined the Union Army. However to be eligible, they had to prove ownership of the soldier and have sworn testimony from others that they were loyal to the Union. Many applied, but were not approved for compensation payments.

Can we count on your support?

This website is a service of Reckoning, Inc., a small non-profit organization that depends on grants and donations to continue our work. Up to this point, we have avoided putting any paid advertising on our website. If you would like to help us keep it that way, please consider making a donation to our organization.

Thank you for your feedback!