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Name: John Willett
Alias: Willet
Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1846
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 3
Enlistment Date: September 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: L
Regiment(s): 13th USCHA
Mustered Where: Lebanon, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: October 16, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
John Willett served as a substitute soldier for William Wilson; no enslaver documented.
The 72nd Regiment U. S. Colored Infantry was discontinued on July 3, 1865, and soldiers were transferred to the 13th Regiment, U. S. Colored Heavey Artillery, and other regiments.
Died in war? No
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Death Date: April 10, 1911
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemmorhage
Death Certificate
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: June 7, 1900
Application No.: 1249818 Certificate No.: 1088916
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 25, 1917 Application No.: 1092177
Certificate No.: 854626
No other family pension card found
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Pension Notes:
John Willett applied for a pension on June 7, 1900. Kate Willett, his widow, applied for a pension on Jan. 15, 1917.
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
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Wife #1 First Name: Kate Maiden Name:
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Children: John Willett 1868
Family Notes:
John Willett died on April 10, 1911, in Louisville. His wife Kate, the informant on his death certificate, did not identify the names of his parents.
Kate Willett died on March 21, 1939, in Louisville. The informant, Mary House, did not identify the names of Kate’s parents. The 1910 census reported that Kate was the mother of 5 children, two of whom were living in 1910. The names of the Willett children have not been determined.
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
In 1870 John Willett resided in Nelson County with a two-year-old John Willett.
1880 Census information not found
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census information not found
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Laborer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
The soldier was next found in the 1910 census in Louisville with his wife who was the mother of 5 children, 2 of whom were living in 1910.
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession:
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
1920 Census Notes:
In 1920 Kate Willett was a lodger in the household of Lee Richey and his wife Dora in Louisville.
1850 Census information not found
1860 Census information not found
1870 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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