Soldier Information
Name: Lafayette Irvine
Alias: Evans
Place of Birth: Madison KY Year of Birth: 1837
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Copper
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8 1/2″
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 10, 1864
Enlistment Place: London
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 8th
Company: B Regiment(s): 114th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: London, Ky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
In the soldier’s CMSR file, Irvine is sometimes listed as Lafayette Evans; however, this is incorrect. He was discharged from the Gen’l Hospital at Ft. Monroe on Aug. 1, 1865 but never returned to his company and was thus listed as a deserter. In fact, Irvine was hospitalized three times at Ft. Monroe: in March 1865, in May 1865, and for the final time Sept. 1865. He was erroneously listed as deserted when he had actually died in the hospital at Ft. Monroe. The CMSR includes the slave compensation claim application for his enslaver, David Irvine, Sr., of Richmond, Ky.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: September 5, 1865
Military Death Location: Ft. Monroe, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Date: September 5, 1865
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: March 15, 1866
Application No.: 123422 Certificate No.: 81645
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: May 13, 1893
Application No.: 576482 Certificate No.:
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Charity Jones
Pensioner County: Madison Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:13
Pension Notes:
Widow, Charity Irvine, was a resident of Madison County, Kentucky. Lafayette and Charity had five children: Henry, Delphy, Ginny (?), Ann, and Lizzie. Affidavit on page 7 for James H. Embry. Charity Irvine Affidavit on page 12-13.
Della Taylor filed a minor pension application in 1893, from the state of Missouri. A certificate number was not assigned, indicating the application was not approved.
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: Charity Maiden Name: Jones
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Jenny/Terry (?) Irvine 1856
Ann Irvine 1857
Delphy/Della Irvine 1858
Lizzie Irvine 1861
Henry Irvine 1863
Family Notes:
The U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers source for Lafayette Irvine listed his name as Llfayette Evans. The company and USCT infantry match the soldier and evidently, from post-death sources, the military listed this soldier’s surname as Evans versus Irvine.
The only record of the children’s names and ages comes from the widow’s pension file; the writing is faint and barely legible. Apparently, all of the children were under the age of 16 when the pension application was submitted.
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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: David Irvine, Sr. Location: Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Maj. David Irvine was a wealthy farmer and came from a long line of military veterans, including his father and brothers. His wife Susan died in 1834, and David never remarried. He died in 1872.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 14
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 15,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 23,100
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 28
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 10,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: 7,000
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No