Soldier Information
Name: Silas Bodine
Alias: Syrus Burdine
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1840
Occupation: Farm hand
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 10
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 5, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: A Regiment(s): 123rd USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: October 16, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
There were 2 CMSR – one under Cyrus Berdine and one under Cyrus Burdine, which directed you to the other name. Both were combined in Drive.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 29, 1903
Cause of Death: Unknown
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 30, 1890
Application No.: 844403 Certificate No.: 603190
Alternate First Name: Cyrus Alternate Last Name: Bodine
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: November 20, 1903
Application No.: 795071 Certificate No.: 571394
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Freedmen’s Bureau records include witness statements that Cyrus Burdine was in the army
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2522844:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=178ae03f4646f726f0985585be8bdf4c&_phsrc=Bqb4&_phstart=successSource
Also a military register that includes Cyrus Burdine, who is owed $88.20.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2545453:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=178ae03f4646f726f0985585be8bdf4c&_phsrc=Bqb7&_phstart=successSource
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Jane Maiden Name: Barnett
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: William Bodine 1866
Louisa Bodine 1869
John Thomas Bodine 1872
Anna Elizabeth Bodine 1875
Charles Bodine 1877
James Wesley 1879 Bodine
Arthur Bodine 1884
Edward Bodine 1886
Family Notes:
No death certificate was found – National Cemetery Interment Form listing Cyrus Burdine, used to get date of death.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Works in quarry
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Overseer
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Farm
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1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Morrison Bodine Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: Alfred Bodine
Enslaver Notes:
Morrison Bodine was named as the enslaver on the Descriptive Ledger and on the CMSR, but no Kentucky Slave Schedule could be found in his name. Silas was enslaved by Morrison’s father, Alfred Bodine. Following his death in 1861, ownership was transferred to Morrison Bodine in 1863.
This is the portion of the 1863 probate appraisal for Alfred Bodine that names the people he enslaved.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3H-96ZN?i=120&wc=37RL-RMS%3A173614801%2C174043701&cc=1875188
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 12
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 27000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 30000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 16
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 10000 1870 Personal Estate Value: 1200
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found