Soldier Information
Name: George Wakefield
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1825
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 4
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 5, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5th KY
Company: E Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
In December 1864 at the same time Corporal Felix (“Phelix”) Wilson was reduced in rank for stealing rations Wakefield was promoted to corporal. Wakefield appeared on a mustered out on November 22, 1866, in Washington, D. C.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: April 2, 1892
Application No.: 1103768 Certificate No.: 823686
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Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date:
Application No.: 799839 Certificate No.:
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Widow’s Pension Card — this is different than the card listed under the widow’s pension card information shown above. This card shows the name of his widow. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4654/images/32959_033157-02907?pId=679306
George W. Wakefield filed for an invalid pension application on April 2, 1892; the card did not mention the state where he filed his application.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Washington, D. C. Freedman’s Bank records show that Wakefield opened his account on December 10, 1866; that he resided at Fort Corcoran (the record reads Cockran) in northern Virginia; that his enslaver was Stilwell Wakefield (whose wife was Ann); and that his children were Fanny and Betty. The record did not mention his wife or any other family members. He was discharged from service when his money was deposited.
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
At what was known as Camp Distribution in Alexandria, Virginia, the Bureau issued marriage certificates on November 20, 1866, to some members of Company E, 107th USC Infantry, including George Wakefield. The Bureau issued a “marriage covenant renewal” for George Wakefield and Jane Thrale, both of Shelby County, Kentucky. “They were married over five years” by a colored Baptist minister of Bullitt County, Kentucky. “By this marriage, they have 2 children. By former cohabitating — three children.” The names of the children or other family members were not recorded. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1231/images/005681785_00043?pId=27563
Family Information
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Wife #1 First Name: Jane Maiden Name: Thrale
Wife #2 First Name: Anne V Maiden Name: Carey
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Children: Betty Wakefield
Fanny Wakefield
Family Notes:
In an 1895 marriage affidavit, George Wakefield reported that he had been previously married twice before. In 1866 the Freedmen’s Bureau issued a marriage certificate to him and Jane Thrale with whom he had been married for over 5 years. He stated that his two children were Fanny and Betty. No Information on his children has been found.
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Unknown 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Unknown
1900 Census Notes:
In 1900 Wakefield and his wife Annie V. Wakefield lived in the Soldier’s Home, Brookville, Pennsylvania. The census reported that he was 88, born October 1811 in Kentucky (his parents were born in Virginia), and married for 10 years. His wife Annie was 53 and the mother of 11 children, 4 of whom were living in 1900. She was born in Pennsylvania.
1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Stilwell Wakefield Location: Spencer County, Kentucky
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Enslaver Notes:
In 1850 Stillwell H. Wakefield, born about 1829, lived with his wife Ann (who was born in Ireland) and two young children in Spencer County, Kentucky. Wakefield owned two black male slaves (9 and 14 years old). By 1860 the Wakefields moved to Bullitt County, Kentucky. He was a farmer whose real estate was valued at $6,000 and his personal estate at $13,350. The Wakefield family had increased to 5 children and now owned 6 slaves. In 1870 Wakefield resided in Shelby County, Kentucky; his real estate was valued at $12, 500 and his personal estate declined from 1860 to $8,000. In 1880 Stillwell and Ann Wakefield continued to reside in Shelby County.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 2
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $6,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $13,350
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 6
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: $12,500 1870 Personal Estate Value: $8,000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found