Soldier Information
Name: John Hunter
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1825
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 31, 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:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Owed $100 bounty payment at the time of his death.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: October 2, 1864
Military Death Location: Saltsville, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Killed in action
Death Date: October 2, 1864
Cause of Death: Died in battle
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 9, 1866
Application No.: 124661 Certificate No.: 81928
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: December 2, 1875
Application No.: 223704 Certificate No.: 177845
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Alzarena Vaughn Hunter
John T. Hunter
Sarah C. Hunter
Pensioner County: Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:4
Pension Notes:
Montgomery Greathouse was listed as the guardian on the minor pension application card. He was likely the brother of Alzarena Vaughn Hunter. Alzarena and John Hunter had two children: John F. (1863) and Sarah C. Hunter (1865). They were residents of Louisville, Kentucky. Enslaver was named John Hunter. No depositions in this file.
This is not the original file but just a notification that the pension benefit for Alzarena Hunter will be increased by $2.00/month per each minor child until they reach the age of 16. The children are named in this notification but not on the widow’s pension card.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
In the signature card record it is noted that Hunter’s widow Alzarena was born free. Located subsequent bank signature card records where ‘Alzarene’ Hunter is listed as the sister of Celia Vaughn.
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: Alzarena Maiden Name: Vaughn
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: John Thomas Hunter about 1863
Sarah C. Hunter about 1865
Family Notes:
Alzarena Vaughn was born a free black in Nelson County about 1841. Her family lived in District 1 of Nelson County in 1850; this is the same census location for John Hunter’s enslaver in the 1860 Census. The Vaughn family were farmers; farm valued at $340.
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: John Hunter Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
John Hunter died in 1868 so no further census records for him after 1860.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 8
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $8000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $100,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 22
1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found