Soldier Information
Name: Henry Austin Catlett
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1829
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 22, 1864
Enlistment Place: Paducah
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 1st
Company: H Regiment(s): 8th USCHA
Mustered Where: Paducah, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: February 10, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: February 25, 1913
Cause of Death: Acute gastritis
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: January 3, 1891
Application No.: 982618 Certificate No.: 927288
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:
Henry A. Catlett received payments from 1907 until his death in 1913.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Disbursing Officer – Louisville, KY
Henry A. Catlett, Co. H, 8th CHA
Applied 10/5/1872 Paid on 4/17/1873 at Cairo, IL
Received $90 from Chief D.O.
Was identified by Gorace (?) Johnson and David Williams
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Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Millie Maiden Name: Hughs
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Camilla Allen 1857
Henry Church 1863
Thomas Church 1866
Family Notes:
Millie Hughs, spouse of Henry Catlett was identified in the 1932 Indiana death certificate of Thomas Church, the couple’s son.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farmer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
The soldier was listed in the 1880 census as “Henry Church”. Church was the surname by which the soldier’s children were known.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Farm 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:
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Laborer, water works
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
In 1910, the census enumerator apparently listed Henry Catlett, father of Thomas Church, as “Thomas Church”, rather than Henry Catlett or Henry Church. The vital data for the father in 1910, was consistent to and matched that of Henry Catlett (Church).
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Section Hand, railroad
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Enslaver Information
Name: (Mary) Juliet Catlett Location: Boone County, Union, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Researcher retrieved a consolidated list of soldiers, filed in St. Louis, MO that listed owners and enslaved men from Kentucky – http://bitly.ws/xxwf. Juliet Catlett was listed as the owner of [Henry] Austin Catlett and Edmond, Frank and Dan Catlett. Juliet Catlett is listed here, as probable enslaver of Henry Austin Catlett.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 4
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $12,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $12,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 19
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $15,000 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found