Soldier Information
Name: Moses Lilley
Alias: Lilly
Place of Birth: Shelby KY Year of Birth: 1832
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 2
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 5, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5
Company: G Regiment(s): 108th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
Some of Moses Lilly’s CMSR information was in conflict with his Ledger. The Ledger stated that he was 5 feet 2 inches tall, but the CMSR described him as 5 feet 5 inches tall. The Ledger credited Moses Lilly to Congressional District 7 (which was incorrect), but the CMSR credited him to Congressional District 5 (which was correct). On July 15, 1865, about a week after Moses Lilly enlisted, he was promoted from the rank of Private to the rank Corporal. He was mustered out as a Corporal in Vicksburg, Mississippi on March 21, 1866. After he was mustered out, he returned to Kentucky and settled in Louisville as early as 1868.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: April 22, 1895
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 19, 1889
Application No.: 717312 Certificate No.: 554540
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: June 19, 1895
Application No.: 616319 Certificate No.: 414048
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
On July 19, 1889, Moses Lilly applied for, and was granted, an invalid pension. His widow, Laura Lilly, applied for (and later granted), a widow’s pension on June 19, 1895, approximately two months after Moses Lilly’s death on April 23, 1895.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
A Freedmen’s Bureau “Memoranda of the Result of Special Examination,” dated March 19, 1874, for Moses Lilly (spelled in the document as “Lilley”), included the testimony of several fellow soldiers testified to confirm Moses Lilley’s service in the 108th USCI. Benjamin Allen and Snowden Lilley testified that Moses Lilley served as a Corporal in Co. G 108th USCI, and that Moses Lilley was enslaved by “Dr. Lilly” of Spencer County. This is very important because the Ledger states that Moses Lilly’s enslaver was Spencer Long. No enslaver named “Spencer Long” was found in the available records. Dr. Thomas Lilly (1795-1874), of Spencer and Nelson counties, was indeed Moses Lilly’s enslaver. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2528682:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=cbb0c1dde9937feefb1fa6858dbb9100&_phsrc=ucT10922&_phstart=successSource
and: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2546104:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=cbb0c1dde9937feefb1fa6858dbb9100&_phsrc=ucT10945&_phstart=successSource)
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Amanda Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Laura Maiden Name: Hazelwood
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Milly Lilly 1858
Family Notes:
Moses Lilly was married at least twice. With his first wife Amanda, he had one daughter, Milly Lilly (1858-1904). Milly Lilly never married had had no known children. No other children fathered by Moses Lilly were identified. Two other soldiers in the 108th USCI shared the Lilly (or Lilley) surname: James Lilly and Snowden Lilly. Further research is needed to determine if either of these soldiers was related to Moses Lilly. Of the two, Snowden Lilly is a strong candidate for a family connection. Snowden Lilly lived with Moses Lilly in Louisville in 1869.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Worker at the J. S. Hubbard & Co. flour mill
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
In 1870, Moses Lilly, described as 39 and mulatto, was employed at a flour mill owned by John S. Hubbard (1812-1876). Hubbard, who, formerly lived in Nelson Furnace, KY (Nelson County), operated his flour mill at 67-69 East Market Street in Louisville. The approximate location of this flour mill today would be across the street from the White Castle fast food restaurant on East Market Street in downtown Louisville. Moses Lilly, his wife Amanda, and daughter Milly, lived on South Floyd Street, just a few blocks from the flour mill. Two other African American persons lived in the Lilly household in 1870: James Buchannon 31, who drove a coal cart, and his wife, Nancy Buchannon, 22. It is uncertain if the Buchannons were any relation to the Lilly family members.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Works in a flour mill
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
In 1880, Moses Lilly, age 48, worked at the nearby J. S. Hubbard & Co. flour mill. He lived in the alley between Main and Market streets in Louisville with his second wife (married in 1875), Laura Hazelwood Lilly, age 37, who had no occupation. Also in the household was Laura Lilly’s sister, Frances Carter, age 27, a widow, who worked as a washerwoman. No one in the household could read and/or write.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: None
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:
Moses Lilly’s widow Laura Lilly, age 57, no occupation, lived with her sister Frances Carter 64, who worked in a “wool store.” In 1900, there were several woolens mills and wool retailers on Main Street in Louisville. They lived in a rented house in the alley behind Main Street, between Floyd and Brook streets.
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
The soldier’s widow, Laura Lilly, 68, widow, no children, lived with her sister, Frances Carter 74, widow, who worked as a seamstress in a wholesale house. The two widowed sisters lived at the same address as they did in 1900—229 Main Street alley, between Floyd and Brook streets. Frances Carter, died in 1911, and her sister, Laura Lilly died in 1912. Laura Lilly was the last known survivor of Moses Lilly.
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Dr. Thomas Lilly Location: Spencer County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Dr. Thomas Lilly was born in Maryland. He and his family were Roman Catholic. Dr. Lilly lived near Taylorsville in Spencer County, but also had connections to the Fairfield community of Nelson County, Kentucky. Dr. Lilly’s spouse, Nancy Smith Lilly (1804-1883) was born in Shelby County, Kentucky.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 15
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $16,880 1860 Personal Estate Value: $19,980
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 24
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $24,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $5,000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found