Soldier Information
Name: John Carneal
Alias:
Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1835
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8.5
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 5, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5th
Company: I Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Name also recorded as John Cornell.
Was present for duty from the time of enlistment until between 27 July 1864 and August 1864 due to sick at New Albany, Indiana in general hospital.
The enslaver’s name was documented as Chas. Y. Boggess.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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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: Claracy Maiden Name: Bibb
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: James Carneal 1862
Stephen Carneal 1866
Edward Carneal 1869
Cynthia Carneal 1871
John William Carneal 1872
Sanders 1875 Carneal
Charles Carneal 1877
Jane Carneal 1856
Peter Carneal 1857
Family Notes:
Names of wife and children were listed in the 1870 Logan County, KY census.
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: Works in pipe
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 140 1870 Personal Estate Value: 100
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
The family lived in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. Jane Carneal (14), Peter Carneal (13), James Carneal (8), Stephen Carneal (6), Edwin Carneal (2), and “Cinthia” Carneal (1 month) were likely John and Claracy’s children.
1880 Census
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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 family lived in Gordonsville, Logan County, Kentucky. Granddaughter Maggie Carneal 3 was also in the household; no information regarding her parents was located. John and Claracy were not located after 1880.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Charles Young Boggess Location: Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
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Enslaver Notes:
It appears the accurate name of enslaver was Charles Y Boggess, as noted in the CMSR. The Ledger incorrectly listed enslaver’s surname as Borghus.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 3
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $1,200 1860 Personal Estate Value: $3,000
1860 Number of Enslaved:
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value: $10,000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found