Soldier Information
Name: Josiah Ledan
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1833
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Yellow
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: April 28, 1864
Enlistment Place: Hannibal
Enlistment State: MO
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: C Regiment(s): 18th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Benton Barracks, MO
Mustered Out Date: February 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
Ledan claimed to have been the slave of Fielder Hagan, a citizen of Ralls County, Missouri. (Census records show that Hagan actually resided nearby Monroe County, Missouri.)
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: January 15, 1921
Cause of Death: Senile Debility
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: February 25, 1887
Application No.: 599586 Certificate No.: 615132
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:
The earliest application date noted on Ledan’s pension card was 2/25/1887 with 3/27/1907 listed as a later application date. leaden’s date of death listed on his pension (January 16, 1921) contradicts the date listed on his death certificate ( January 15, 1921).
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Freedmen’s Bureau, FamilySearch [image 1127], Josiah Ledan was listed in a register of bounty claims (dollar amount listed, no details in the register, Feb. 25, 1870, volume 23 ½, Roll 24, target 10, FHL microfilm 2,427,005, NARA M1908, roll 24.
Image 803 in the same film also mentioned Ledan. FamilySearch indicates that these two records are pension related.
URLS: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62309/images/007636479_00803?pId=2988578
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62309/images/007636479_01127?pId=2995033
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Eliza Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Mary Maiden Name: Harris
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Josiah Ledan 1861
Sarah E Ledan 1865
Susan Ledan 1865
William H Ledan 1869
Margaret Ledan 1871
Martha 1873 Ledan
Charles H Ledan 1877
Family Notes:
Josiah Ledan’s son William married Clara Luckett who had two children from a previous relationship.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farmer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
1890 Census
1890 Vet/Widow Census: View
1890 Census Notes:
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Farm Laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: None
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Enslaver Information
Name: Fielder Hagan Location: Monroe County, Missouri
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 7
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $2,400 1860 Personal Estate Value: $3,100
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 7
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $4,500 1870 Personal Estate Value: $1,380
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found