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Name: Wilson Weir
Alias:
Place of Birth: Muhlenburg KY
Year of Birth: 1843
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7.5
Enlistment Date: June 22, 1864
Enlistment Place: Owensboro
Enlistment State: KY
Document: View
Congressional District: 2nd
Company: F
Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Owensboro, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: January 1, 1877
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea/Smallpox
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
Pension Card Link: View Application Date: April 21, 1892 Application No.: 548243 Certificate No.:
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Lucinda Weir
Pensioner County: Muhlenberg Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:19
Pension Notes:
Pensioner is the soldier’s mother. Pension file provided to Reckoning Inc. by Ron Coddington.
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Mother First Name: Lucinda Mother Maiden Name: Weir
Father First Name: Jubiter Father Last Name: Weir
Siblings: Tobitha Weir
Luther Weir
Johanna Weir
Wilson Weir
Jubiter Weir Jr.
Wife #1 First Name: Francis Maiden Name: Martin
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Susannah Weir 1862
Family Notes:
Additional Siblings: Lucinda “Lucy” Weir
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Yes
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
1880 Census information not found
1890 Census information not found
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1920 Census information not found
Name: Col. Edward R. Weir
Location: Greenville, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 29
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $75,000
1860 Personal Estate Value: $75,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 41
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $14,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $66,000
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