Soldier Information
Name: Jesse Board
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Place of Birth: Meade KY Year of Birth: 1844
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6 1/2
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 31, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: E Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
The Compiled Military Service Records for Jesse Board state he enlisted on July 31, 1864, at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and he mustered in on August 2 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jesse Board was 20 years old, height of 5′ 6.5″, with black eyes, black hair, and dark complexion. Jesse served in the 107th USCI, Company E. Jesse died of pneumonia on January 17th, 1865, at Point of Rocks Hospital in Point of Rocks, Virginia. He had never been paid and had pay due to him from his date of enlistment.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: January 17, 1865
Military Death Location: Point of Rocks, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Date: January 17, 1865
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: August 22, 1881
Application No.: 288381 Certificate No.: 260605
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: August 27, 1886
Application No.: 343961 Certificate No.: 260606
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pension Notes:
There was no Invalid Pension claim, as Jesse Board died in service. There is a pension card with information on four pension claimants: Widow Caroline Board, dated Aug 22, 1881, certificate #260605; a Minor Pension for Martha Board, dated Aug 27, 1886, certificate #260606; a Mother’s Pension for Eliza Farrer, dated Aug 6, 1870; and a Sister Pension for Amanda Lewis, dated Dec 8, 1891. The pensions for the mother and sister do not have certificate numbers. The full pension files have not been retrieved.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Eliza Mother Maiden Name: Farrer
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings: Amanda Lewis
Wife #1 First Name: Caroline Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Martha Board 1860-1864
Family Notes:
A pension card provides supporting evidence for family members of soldier Jesse Board. His mother was Eliza Farrer, sister Amanda Lewis, widow Caroline Board, and “minor” Martha Board. It is not likely Jesse had any other children, since he was age 20 when he went into the military, and he died in service. If he had had any other children, they would have likely been named on the pension card.
In addition to some census records, there is a city directory listing in 1888 that shows Caroline Board living with a Martha Board at 164 West 4th Street in New Albany, Indiana. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10856364?pId=557167564
No records have been retrieved for mother Eliza Farrer or sister Amanda Lewis.
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: Widow – at home
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1870 Census Notes:
In the 1870 census, there is a likely record for Jesse Board’s widow, Caroline, who is 23 years old, living in Breckinridge County, the same county Jesse lived in before the war. Caroline is living with Ben Board (head of house, age 34), Martha Board (age 25), and Henry Board (age 10). They are all listed as mulatto. There are several white Board families living nearby, so it is possible Caroline had previously been enslaved by the Board famiy too.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Seamstress
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1880 Census Notes:
There is a POSSIBLE record for Jesse Board’s widow, Caroline Board, in the 1880 census. This record shows a “Carrie” Board living in New Albany, Indiana, as a seamstress. She is age 32 and described as mulatto. She was born in Kentucky, and both of her parents were born in Kentucky. She is living on Lower 5th Street/Avenue. [This woman is about the right age, and she is described as mulatto. She is living in New Albany, where it is believed she lived in 1888. However, there is no other corroborating evidence to support this “Carrie” being Jesse’s widow, “Caroline.”
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census information not found
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Oscar Board Location: Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: Harrison Board, possibly
Enslaver Notes:
In the 1850 census, Oscar Board was 13 years old, living with his father, Harrison S. Board, in Meade County, Kentucky. In 1850, the Board family enslaved six people. In 1857, Harrison Board died, leaving a 741-acre farm in Breckinridge County to his two adult sons, Oscar and Ahmed. It was Harrison’s wish that all enslaved persons on the farm be retained. By 1860, Oscar Board was living on the property with his family and brother, Ahmed. There were 26 enslaved persons on the farm, including three 16-year-old males, who were the right age to have been soldier Jesse Board.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 4
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $10,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $18,725
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 26
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $750 1870 Personal Estate Value: $200
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found