Soldier Information
Name: Rowen Samuels
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1836
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: C Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 16, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
Cpl Samuels was assigned special duty in October of 1865 in which he had to escort a prisoner to Lexington.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
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Family Information
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Children: Bell(e) Samuels about 1855
Katie Samuels about 1860
Thomas Samuels about 1865
Andrew Samuels about 1870
Susie Samuels about 1877
Family Notes:
A Rowan Samuels is named as father in the death certificate of Frank Smith however there are no other records to indicate he was actually another child of the USCT Rowan Samuels.
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
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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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1880 Profession: Whitewasher
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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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: Taylor Samuels Location: Samuels Depot, Nelson Co, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Taylor Samuels was born into a very large and well established family that came to Nelson County in the late 1700’s. His father William was brother to John Samuels, the husband of Rachel Kurtz. The two sons of John and Rachel Samuels i.e. Wilson and Sexton were cousins of Taylor Samuels.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 2
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $6000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $7000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 5
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: $6000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $2300
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? Unknown