Soldier Information
Name: John Graves
Alias:
Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1844
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 13, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: C Regiment(s): 109th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: February 6, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
The Enlistment Document, for the soldier, was not included in the CMSR file. This document verifies soldier’s enrollment in the USCT, listing name, date and other pertinent enlistment information.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: November 20, 1920
Cause of Death: Anasarca – a serious generalized accumulation of fluid.
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: June 24, 1890
Application No.: 783522 Certificate No.: 1004680
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State:
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
A second date, 18 May 1907, was entered on the soldier’s pension index card, suggesting his application was reviewed a second time. The seven digit certificate number on the card indicates the application was submitted and reviewed around the turn of the century in the 1900’s. The Veterans Administration Pension Payment card was retrieved for John Graves, listing monthly increases from 1908 through June 1918.
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: Thomas Father Last Name: Graves
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Amanda Maiden Name: Marshall
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Charles Graves 1867
Jane Graves 1869
Polly Graves 1873
Stephen Graves 1875
Susan Graves 1878
Emma 1880 Graves
Lennie/Linney Graves 1886
Family Notes:
A death record was not retrieved for Amanda Marshall Graves, she likely died between 1900 and 1910. Susan Graves died in 1883. Death years for Jane and Polly were not retrieved during this search. The 1900 census enumeration for Amanda Graves noted she had given birth to sixteen children, with four surviving by 1900; however, research indicates at least five children were living by 1900.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Hand
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
John Graves was enumerated in the household of wealthy farmer Jas. Coleman in Jefferson County, KY. Amanda, John’s presumed wife, Charles and John, presumed sons were in the household with John. The Source in Drive 1870 census file includes the two pages on which Jas. Coleman’s household was listed. John Graves’ family was listed on the second page.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
By 1880, John Graves and his family were enumerated in Oldham County, KY. He and Amanda, his wife, were parents to Charles, Jane, Polly, Steven, Susan.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
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:
John and Amanda Graves were enumerated in Jefferson County, KY with four of their known children, Charles, Stephen, Linny and Emma (married name Briscoe) and Emma’s son Stephen, and two other grandsons, Jesse and Chas. McElroy.
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Laborer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Unknown 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
In 1910, John Graves was enumerated as a widower, residing in the household of his daughter, Emma Briscoe (listed as Divorced). Unfortunately, the census enumerator did not utilize column 30 to identify whether John was a Union Veteran (UA), as instructed. John’s marital status inferred that his wife Amanda died between the 1900 and 1910 census enumerations.
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: None
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
John Graves was enumerated in the 1920 census in the month of January. He subsequently died in November 1920. John resided at 109 10th Street in the family house of George Miller.
Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census information not found
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found