Soldier Information
Name: Owen Mackie
Alias: Jones
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1839
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 10.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 26, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: H Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Soldier noted as “absent” on Muster Roll Mch & Apr 1865. Remarks: “sick in hospital 10 A.C. since Mch 15/65″. ” “Apr 1865 Absent sick in hosp Pt of Rocks, Va”; “May 1865 Absent sick in hosp Ft Monroe, Va”; “June 1865 Loss: May 17/65 Goldsboro, N.C. Died in hosp”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: May 17, 1865
Military Death Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina
Military Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Date: May 17, 1865
Cause of Death: Chronic Diarrhea
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 11, 1866
Application No.: 124.853 Certificate No.: 81932
Other Family Pension Information
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Application Date:
Application No.: 225043 Certificate No.:
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Nancy Mackie
Samuel Mackie
Pensioner County: Nelson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:39
Pension Notes:
Owen Mackie died on May 17, 1865 of chronic diarrhea in Goldsboro, NC. Owen and Nancy Mackie were married on July 8, 1860 and had one child, Samuel Mackie, born on May 21, 1861. The two were married in a Catholic church in Fairfield, KY. When asked why she went by the name of Jones, Nancy replied that Jones was her husband’s last name before he went into the army. When Owen enlisted, he took the name of “Mackie.” Nancy remarried to James Booker on April 7, 1869. Nancy possibly also had the surname of Cowley. The enslaver of the soldier was John Mackee. Deposition from Elizabeth Tucker and Martha Allen on pages 37-38.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
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Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Possible record found for this soldier’s widow. Nancy Mackie. record states she is widow of A [Owen or Wm?] Mackie. of Ky 108. Subject soldier was in the Ky 107. Further research needed to determine if this is the correct soldier. All other demographic info correlates with the known Nancy Mackie: Place of birth Nelson Co Ky, Residence Bardstown Ky. Signed with her mark. Per census records soldier’s widow Nancy Mackie Booker could not read or write.
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: Nancy Maiden Name: unknown
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Samuel Mackie 1861
Family Notes:
Child known from Widow Nancy Mackie pension application. Per widow’s pension application Samuel was the only issue of the widow and the soldier. In March of 1876 Samuel’s guardian was noted as James Booker per the widow’s pension file. Soldier’s wife Nancy Mackie married James Booker 20 Apr 1869 Jefferson Co Ky.
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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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1900 Profession:
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
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1910 Census
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1910 Profession: Cook private family
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: John Mackee Location: District 1, Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
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1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 14
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: 17000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 15500
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 19
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: 22000 1870 Personal Estate Value: 1800
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found