Soldier Information
Name: Isaac Givens
Alias:
Place of Birth: Harrison KY Year of Birth: 1836
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 25, 1864
Enlistment Place: Covington
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 6th
Company: E Regiment(s): 117th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Covington, Ky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
The CMSR includes the Slave Compensation Claim application submitted by Givens’ enslaver, Henry Crenshaw.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: January 2, 1865
Military Death Location: Point of Rocks, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Date: January 2, 1865
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Harriet A
Pensioner County: Harrison Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:3
Pension Notes:
Very short pension file with no depositions. The bulk of the file is probably filed with the widow pension claim for husband no.3, General Jackson.
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: Harriet Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Amanda Jane Givens 1859
Family Notes:
Harriet Givens remarried in 1877 to Elias Lee and had a daughter by him, Alice. She didn’t have any children by husband #3, General Jackson.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Cook
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1880 Census Notes:
Harriet and 2nd husband Elias Lee are living in Leesburg, Harrison County, with 4-year-old daughter, Alice. They do not own their own home, and there is no mention of their literacy status.
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: Henry Crenshaw Location: Harrison County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: John G. Craddock
Enslaver Notes:
Henry Crenshaw acquired Isaac Givens from Bourbon County newspaper editor John Givens Craddock before 1861. However, Craddock was not his enslaver in 1850.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $14,800 1870 Personal Estate Value: $2325
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found