Jesse Lewis Soldier Details and Documents

Soldier Information

Name: Jesse Lewis
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1845
Occupation:
Farm Hand
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet:
5 Inches: 8
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Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: July 11, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY


Compiled Military Service Record

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Congressional District: 5″ Dist. Ky.
Company: I Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

Jesse Lewis enlisted on July 11, 1864, in Louisville. In late 1865 and early 1866, Lewis served as company cook. On March 21, 1866, Lewis mustered out in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His records include his medical history.


Soldier Death Information

Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information

Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: January 12, 1892
Application No.: 1085407 Certificate No.: 805297
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Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: September 19, 1904
Application No.: 813760 Certificate No.: 600845


No other family pension card found


Pension File Information

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Pension Notes:

Jesse Lewis filed a pension application on Jan. 12, 1892, from Kentucky. His widow Maria filed a widow’s application pension on September 19, 1904, from Kentucky.


Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information

No Freedman’s Bank information found

No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found


Family Information

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Siblings:

Wife #1 First Name: Mariah Maiden Name: Mason
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Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: Hettie Lewis 1860
John Lewis 1867
Jessie Lewis Jr 1870
Nancy Lewis 1870
Sallie Lewis 1874
Ella 1876 Lewis
Lilia Lewis 1877
Joseph Lewis 1878
Bettie Lewis 1885
Charley Lewis 1888
Family Notes:

Jesse and Maria Lewis had one additional child, Lulu Lewis, in 1891.

Jesse Lewis and Maria Clark were married on July 14, 1866, in Nelson County, Kentucky. The 1900 census reported that Maria was the mother of 16 children, 13 of whom were living. They had about 30 grandchildren.

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1870 Census

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1870 Profession: Farm Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Yes
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:

In 1870 Jesse Lewis and his family appear in the Nelson County, Kentucky, household of Christopher Ludwick, an 81-year-old white man. Jesse and his wife Maria had 3 children. Ten years later Jesse and his wife and their 7 children were in Nelson County, including their 10-year-old daughter Nannie who was listed as an assistant housekeeper. The parents of Jesse and Maria were born in Kentucky.


1880 Census

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1880 Profession:  Farm Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver?  Yes
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write?  Cannot write
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1890 Census

1890 Census information not found


1900 Census

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1900 Profession: Day 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:

In the 1900 census, Jesse and his wife were living in Louisville with their two children. Maria Lewis was the mother of 16 children, 13 of whom were living.


1910 Census

1910 Census information not found


1920 Census

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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
1920 Census Notes:

In 1920 and 1940 the widow Maria Lewis was living in Louisville with her daughter and son-in-law.


Enslaver Information

Name: Charles Lewis Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:

In 1850 and 1860 Charles Lewis resided in Nelson County, Kentucky, with at least 3 of his children (children were named in his will which was probated in 1869; Will Book 14: 524-525, Nelson County.). No possible wife appeared in either the 1850 or 1860 Lewis household. Lewis married Sarah Ann Wilson in December 1839 in Nelson County. The value of his real estate more than doubled from 1850 to 1860. The number of his slaves increased from 17 to 31 during that same period. One of his slaves in 1860 was a 15-year-old male who could have been Charles Lewis who would have been 15 in 1860.


1850 Enslaver Census

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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 17


1860 Enslaver Census

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1860 Real Estate Value: $9,500 1860 Personal Estate Value: $25,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 31


1870 Enslaver Census

1870 Census information not found


1880 Enslaver Census

1880 Census information not found


Compensation Information

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