Soldier Information
Name: Louis Hamilton
Alias: Lewis
Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1840
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 10.5
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 3, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: I Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Page 10 of the second CMSR file represented a descriptive ledger listing for Lewis Hamilton, born and enlisted in Missouri. This page was included in our soldier’s CMSR in error, as personal information including birth and enlistment locations, enlistment date, age and height conflict with the soldier being researched in this profile.
Hamilton was appointed Sgt 09-27-1864 but reduced to ranks 12-4-1865 but eventually restored to Sgt 01-05-1866. Residence prior to enlistment was Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: March 17, 1866
Military Death Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Date: March 17, 1866
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: September 24, 1867
Application No.: 152725 Certificate No.: 108123
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Mary Adams
Pensioner County: Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:164
Pension Notes:
Mary’s maiden name was Osborne and her first husband was William Adams whom she married in 1844. Both Mary and William were subsequently married to other partners i.e. Louis Hamilton and Martha Duncan respectively. Mary and William eventually reconnect and live as employer-employee in Nelson Co, Ky. One child: Mary Catherine Hamilton.
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: Mary Maiden Name: Osborne
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Mary Catherine Hamilton 1864
Family Notes:
Mary Osborne was married once before to William Adams and had four children by him. She only had the one child, Mary Catherine, by Lewis Hamilton.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Keeping House
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 350 1870 Personal Estate Value: 200
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
The census has her listed as Mary Adams instead of Mary Hamilton; she actually owned the property and took in boarders; William Adams, though her first husband, is really the hired hand.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Housekeeper
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Mary Hamilton is correctly identified as head of household and William Adams as servant.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link:
1900 Profession: Housekeeper
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
Mary Hamilton had migrated to Indianapolis, IN by the 1900 federal census enumeration.
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Mary Hamilton Location: Hardin County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 12
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $6300 1860 Personal Estate Value: $14,900
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 23
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found