Robert Price Soldier Details and Documents

Soldier Information

Name: Robert Price
Alias: Bob
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1834
Occupation:
Farm hand
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet:
5 Inches: 7.5
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Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: June 28, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY


Compiled Military Service Record

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Congressional District: 5th
Company: F Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

Bob Price had two CMSRs. The first was more comprehensive and detailed his service in Co. F 108th USCI and stated that he was credited to Congressional District 5 (Jefferson County). The second CMSR was very brief, described Bob Price as “unassigned,” and mainly included his enlistment papers which noted that he “owed service to John Price” of Nelson County.


Soldier Death Information

Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 1, 1875
Cause of Death: Consumption
Death Certificate


Soldier Pension Information

No pension card found


Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: February 11, 1888
Application No.: 364498 Certificate No.: 336941


No other family pension card found


Pension File Information

Pension File:
Pensioners:   

Pensioner County:  Nelson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:

Pension Notes:

Bob Price’s widow, Frances Wickliffe Price (1833-not before 1900) filed for a widow’s pension in 1888, nine years after Bob Price died. She disappeared from the record after she was enumerated in Bardstown for the 1900 Census.


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:  Gibson Father Last Name: Price
Siblings:

Wife #1 First Name: Frances Maiden Name: Wickliffe
Wife #2 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: William Price 1860


Family Notes:

Bob Price’s father, Gibson Price (Abt. 1812-1877), served in Co. A 123rd USCI. Bob Price’s death record stated that “Gyp” (nickname for Gibson) Price was his father. According to St. Joseph Church baptismal records (Bardstown, Kentucky), a man named Gibson Price was the father of at least four other children, however, further research is needed to determine if the Gibson Price named in the baptismal records was the same Gibson Price who served in Co. A 123rd USCI.

Based on Census documents, Bob Price and Frances Wickliffe Price had only one child as of 1870–William Price, who was born in Nelson County around 1860. William Price was included in his parents’ household in the 1870 Census, but does not appear in subsequent Census years in Nelson County. It is possible that he moved to Louisville after the death of his father in 1875. There was a 18-year-old African American man named William Price who died in Louisville on January 28, 1876, but it is difficult to verify that he was the same William Price, the son of Bob Price.

William’s mother, Frances Price, appeared in the 1880 Census as “single,” and working a servant in a Bardstown white household. By 1900, Frances Price appeared in the Census for the last time, as a 66-year old widow with no occupation, living in a rented house in Bardstown. No death records were located for Frances Price, but it is reasonable to assume that she was deceased by the time the 1910 Census was enumerated.

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1870 Census

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1870 Profession: Farm laborer
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:


1880 Census

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1880 Profession:  Servant
1880 Live with/near former enslaver?  No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write?  Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:


1890 Census

1890 Census information not found


1900 Census

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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:


1910 Census

1910 Census information not found


1920 Census

1920 Census information not found


Enslaver Information

Name: John Price Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:

John Price’s name was not found in the 1850 Slave Schedule. It is possible that his enslaved persons were, at the time, included with those of his mother’s (Elizabeth O’Neal Price 1783-1865). She enslaved six persons in 1850, one of whom could be a match for Bob Price and another could be a possible match for his father, Gibson Price. In 1860, John Price was double counted: he appeared in his mother’s household in Nelson County, Kentucky; and as the head of his own household in Ralls County, Missouri. John Price married Mary E. Spalding (1821-1887) in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1847. He moved his family to Missouri in the early 1850s. According to the 1860 Slave Schedule, John Price enslaved three persons in Nelson County, one of whom matched the description of Bob Price. John Price’s name does not appear in the 1860 Slave Schedules for Ralls County, Missouri. John Price died on January 29, 1891, in Ralls County, Missouri.


1850 Enslaver Census

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1850 Number of Enslaved:


1860 Enslaver Census

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1860 Real Estate Value: 0 1860 Personal Estate Value: $4,046
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 3


1870 Enslaver Census

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1870 Real Estate Value: $750 1870 Personal Estate Value: $300


1880 Enslaver Census


Compensation Information

Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No

Note: The Lincoln Administration offered compensation of $300 to enslavers in Kentucky and other Union states where slavery was still legal for each of their enslaved men that joined the Union Army. However to be eligible, they had to prove ownership of the soldier and have sworn testimony from others that they were loyal to the Union. Many applied, but were not approved for compensation payments.

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