Soldier Information
Name: Isaac Samuels
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1838
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: C Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 16, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
CMSR includes documents submitted for the slave compensation application.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: October 26, 1927
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Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: September 17, 1886
Application No.: 585326 Certificate No.: 390750
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No widow pension card found
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Application for invalid pension made in 1886 but payments did not commence until 1908.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Harriet Mother Maiden Name: Samuels
Father First Name: George Father Last Name: Samuels
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Children: Isaac W.T. Samuels 1868
Family Notes:
The census records between 1880 and 1920 show various people living in the Isaac Samuels household in both Illinois and Oklahoma. The relationships are not always clearly listed and they change for a given individual from one record to the next. Only Isaac W.T. Samuels could be definitively identified as Isaac Samuels offspring. In the family tree created in Ancestry, there is another name associated to the tree: George W. Samuels. His exact relationship to Isaac Samuels is still to be determined.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farmer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 400 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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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
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1890 Census
1890 Vet/Widow Census: View
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1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Farmer
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: Farm
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1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Farmer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1910 Farm/House: Farm
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1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: none
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Unknown 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
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Enslaver Information
Name: Mrs. Rachel Samuels Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: John Samuels
Enslaver Notes:
Mrs. Rachel Samuels was the wife of John Samuels from whom she presumably inherited the enslaved at his death in 1853.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 10
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 1860 Personal Estate Value: $4500
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 7
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No