Soldier Information
Name: Rogers Brown
Alias: Browning
Place of Birth: Bullitt Year of Birth: 1824
Occupation:
Eyes: Hair: Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6.75
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 31, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: H Regiment(s): 107th Regt USCI
Mustered Where:
Mustered Out Date: June 15, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
The soldier was sick in the hospital from about March-April 1865. He died at the post hospital in Goldsboro, NC on 12 June 1865. A Muster Out roll page was issued, dated 15 June 1865, stating the soldier had not been paid since he enrolled in Company H, 107th USCI in August 1864.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: June 12, 1865
Military Death Location: Goldsboro, NC
Military Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Date: June 12, 1865
Cause of Death: Chronic Diarrhea
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: August 17, 1865
Application No.: 105963 Certificate No.: 75452
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Melinda Witherspoon
Pensioner County: Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:21
Pension Notes:
The widow’s pension filed referenced the soldier as Rogers Brown and Rogers Browning. His correct name is “Rogers Browning” it is found on page 6 in the widow pension and in the muster roll in the CMSR. Melinda’s maiden name was referenced as Witherspoon on page 7 of the pension file. Melinda Brown stated in her application on page 4, that she and Rogers married about 1847.
No children under 16. Page 6 of the pension file notes that the soldier was known as Rogers Browning. No depositions in this file.
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: Melinda Maiden Name: Witherspoon
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Warren Brown 1848
Family Notes:
Soldier’s certification of death document is linked as proof of his death.
No children under 16 by 1865. Melinda Brown’s application (page 4) of widow’s pension file, noted that she and Rogers married about 1847. This date was about a year prior to the birth of Warren Brown, the son who was enumerated with Melinda in the 1870 census.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Keeps House
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1870 Census Notes:
Malinda Brown, age 52 and her son Warren Brown, age 22 were enumerated at Two Mile House in Jefferson County, KY. If Warren was born in 1848, he would have been over 16
(17 yrs. old) at the time of Melinda’s pension application and not eligible as a minor for his father’s pension).
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: John Seabolt Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $17,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $10,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 7
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found