Soldier Information
Name: George Humphrey
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1841
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dk Hair: Dk Complexion: Dk
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 22, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4
Company: L Regiment(s): 12th USCHA
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
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Notes:
Drafted – died at Hospital, Camp Nelson KY Claim: “By purchase from John Thompson more than 15 years since” Dated 16 FEB 1867.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: October 28, 1864
Military Death Location: Camp Nelson, Kentucky
Military Cause of Death: Measles
Death Date: October 28, 1864
Cause of Death: Measles
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: April 18, 1881
Application No.: 281905 Certificate No.:
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
Pension Index card reflected application by Millie Crume, identified as the soldier’s mother, with no indication that the claim was approved. (no certificate number)
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Millie Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Harrison Father Last Name: Crume
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Family Notes:
The death certificate entry above relates to a U.S. Register of Deaths of Volunteers entry located in Ancestry which documents the soldier by name, George Humphrey, Private, 12th USCT, passing at the General Hospital, Camp Nelson, Jessamine Co., KY, due to measles, on 28 Oct 1864.
Due to the soldier’s death in 1864 and the establishing of the Freedman’s Bank in or around 1865, any records of the soldier would be relative to a sibling, spouse or the soldier’s parents. In an abundance of caution, a name search of the soldier for Freedman’s Bureau records in Ancestry met with negative results.
1870 Census records, located in Ancestry, in conjunction with a pension index card reflecting a pension claim by the soldier’s mother, appear to support the identification of the soldier’s parents as Millie and Harrison Crume. Millie’s maiden name remains unknown.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4269351_00339?pId=34007565
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/619404:4654?_phsrc=Wmf20&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=George&gsln=Humphrey&ml_rpos=…
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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: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1880 Census
1880 Census information not found
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: Simon Summers Humphrey Location: Nelson County, KY
Previous Enslaver: John Thompson
Enslaver Notes:
Enslaver’s Slave Schedule for 1860 failed to reflect among 6 enslaved persons anyone who met the description of the soldier by gender or age. However, soldier’s CMSR indicated that the soldier may have been held by a former owner, John Thompson. Enslaver, after previously being a farmer, was the Nelson County, KY, Sheriff, at the time of the 1870 census. Find a Grave query indicated the enslaver passed away in 1878.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/154402156:60525
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 3000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 4060
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 6
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? Yes