Lewis Jones Soldier Details and Documents

Soldier Information

Name: Lewis Jones
Alias:
Place of Birth: Daviess County KY Year of Birth: 1845
Occupation:
Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet:
5 Inches: 10


Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: June 3, 1864
Enlistment Place: Owensboro
Enlistment State: KY


Compiled Military Service Record

Document: View
Congressional District: 2nd
Company: A Regiment(s): 100th USCI
Mustered Where: Owensboro, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: December 26, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

In early 1865 Lewis Jone was hospitalized in Nashville, Tennessee.


Soldier Death Information

Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: September 29, 1932
Cause of Death:
Death Certificate


Soldier Pension Information

Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: May 11, 1891
Application No.: 1022115 Certificate No.: 991973
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:

Lewis Jones’s pension application was filed from Kentucky.

A pension payment card for him was also found:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-FSQ6-49?i=431&cc=1832324&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK6H7-Q3R


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: Sallie Maiden Name: Hamilton
Wife #2 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: Emma Jones 1873
Mattie Jones 1880
Abraham Jones 1883
Victor Jones 1893


Family Notes:

A marriage record for Lewis and Sallie Jones has not been found. In June 1916, their son Victor married Lula May Coleman in Spencer County, Indiana; Abraham Jones married Lillian Howard on July 14, 1919, in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. Lewis Jones died in September 1932, in Owensboro. Sallie Jones died in May 1931, in Owensboro. Victor Jones died in March 1935, in Owensboro. Abraham was the informant on his father’s and brother’s death certificates. Any possible grandchildren of Lewis and Sallie have not been identified.

Family Tree: View


1870 Census

1870 Census information not found


1880 Census

1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession:  Farm Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver?  Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write?  Unknown
1880 Census Notes:

In 1880, Lewis Jones and his family were living in Daviess County, Kentucky. He was listed in the household of Louis Howard with members of the Howard family. Sallie Jones is listed as a daughter-in-law of Louis Howard. Perhaps she is the daughter of Louis Howard. Lewis Jones is listed as the son-in-law of Louis Howard.


1890 Census

1890 Census information not found


1900 Census

1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Driver
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:

In 1900, Lewis Jones, his wife Sallie, and their two sons lived together in Owensboro. According to that census, Lewis was born in May 1847; Sallie was born in April 1855 and was the mother of 8 children, two of whom were living. Son Abraham was 17 (born Jan. 1883), and their son was believed to be Victor (his name appears as something other than Victor; the name Victor was identified as the son of Lewis and Sallie in other records) was reportedly born in June 1892


1910 Census

1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Brick Yard Laborer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:

In 1910, Lewis and Sallie Jones and their son (believed to be Victor) continued to reside in Daviess County. Lewis and Sallie had each been married one time for 37 years. Sallie was the mother of 8 children, 2 of whom were living. The census column asking if the person was a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy is blank.


1920 Census

1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Farm Laborer
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:

Lewis and Sallie Jones remained in Daviess County. Abraham Jones, son of Lewis and Sallie, lived in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife Lillian. By the 1920 census, Victor Jones (Abraham’s brother) was divorced from his wife Lula, who, in the 1920 census lived with her parents and sister in Owensboro.


Enslaver Information

Name: Charles Jones Location: Daviess County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:

Charles Jones was not found in Daviess County, Kentucky (The CMSR for Lewis Jones reported that Charles Jones resided in Daviess County.)


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

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