Soldier Information
Name: Nelson Dotson
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1839
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 4.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 23, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4
Company: G Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville KY
Mustered Out Date: November 23, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Attached to the CMSR was a letter from Nelson Dotson to a General Howard asking for help to receive the bounty that was due to him
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Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: December 23, 1889
Application No.: 411.312 Certificate No.:
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Widow, Elizabeth D. Green, applied for a pension in 1889, but did not receive the pension.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
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Wife #1 First Name: Elizabeth Maiden Name:
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Children: Eliza Dotson 1869
James Dotson 1870
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
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1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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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: Savila Dotson Location:
Previous Enslaver: Jonathan Dobson
Enslaver Notes:
Date of death for enslaver Jonathan Dodson: 12/13/1862. His wife Savila Dodson was the enslaver in 1864 when Nelson enlisted.
1870 Census is for the son of the enslaver, Jonathan Preston Dodson.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 16
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 21000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 30000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 24
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 8769 1870 Personal Estate Value: 2500
1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
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