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Name: Parker Thurman
Alias:
Place of Birth: Taylor KY
Year of Birth: 1837
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 6 Inches: 2
Enlistment Date: July 1, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: D
Regiment(s): 108th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Lebanon, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
CMSR stated soldier enlisted without consent
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: January 7, 1865
Military Death Location: Rock Island Barracks Hospital, Illinois
Military Cause of Death: Typho-malarial fever
Death Date: January 7, 1865
Cause of Death: Typho-malarial fever
Death Certificate
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
Pension Card Link: View Application Date: May 6, 1869 Application No.: 174974 Certificate No.: 135305
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Letty Thurman
Pensioner County: Green Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:22
Pension Notes:
Pensioner is the soldier’s mother, Letty Thurman, who lived in Green/Taylor County, Kentucky, at the time of filing. Parker died at Rock Island, Illinois during January of 1865 from typhomalarial fever. Affidavit from Maria Satterwhite on page 11. Deposition from Letty Thurman on page 12. Affidavits from Philip Durrett and Larry Roberts on pages 13-14. Affidavits from Maria and Thornton Thurman on pages 15-18. Pg 4 of 22 of the file (Declaration) states that Letty Thurman was a former slave of Lloyd Thurman, as was her son (Parker). Her husband, Samuel Mitchell, was enslaved by John Mitchell “hence their names.” Letty Thurman also designated pension payments to be sent to Samuel A. Spencer. Pgs 15-22: Affidavits mention that Samuel Mitchell (Parker’s father) was old and unable to labor years before his death in 1865. Letter also states that Letty was living in a tenement home in Greensburg owned by an Eliza Carter. Hard to make out the handwriting but the monthly rent was apprx $25 monthly.
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Mother First Name: Letty Mother Maiden Name: Unknown
Father First Name: Samuel Father Last Name: Mitchell
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children:
Family Notes:
Pension documents state that Parker Thurman did not have a wife or children at the time of his death.
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: “Lives in [with] this family”
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Based on the census information, Letty Thurman was born approx in 1786, and was 84 years old in 1870. Her home in 1870 was precinct 3, Taylor County, KY, post office, Campbellsville; dwelling #: 71, household of Isaac Thurman (listed on previous census page). There were a total of 14 people living in this household, including Letty; all had the surname Thurman, and their race was reported as Black. Of note: there were two household dwellings nearby, dwelling #56 and #58, all household members had Thurman as their surname and their race was reported as Black. Unsure of a biological connection but this information could be helpful.
1880 Census information not found
1890 Census information not found
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1920 Census information not found
Name: Lloyd Thurman
Location: District 1, Green County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
In 1850, Parker Thurman would have been apprx 13 yo, and his mother Letty would have been apprx 64 yo. Of the 33 enslaved, there were two males, both age 14, and the oldest female was reported as 50 yo. In 1860, Parker Thurman would have been apprx 23 yo, and his mother Letty would have been apprx 74 yo. Of the 40 enslaved, there is one male, age 23, and the oldest female was reported as 60 yo. Also on the same page of the slave schedule includes enslaver named Jo Mitchell — in the pension file, Parker Thurman’s father and Letty’s husband/widow was Samuel Mitchell and his enslaver was John Mitchell. The enslaver died Jan 21, 1866 but checking the 1870 census, Green County Precinct 1 (to align with the 1860 enslaver census/slave schedule) as well as Greensburg for any Thurmans — I did not find any Thurmans. Yet, in 1860 Lloyd owned 40 slaves — perhaps the 1870 household with Lettie Thurman (1870 census for Taylor County, KY – post office Campbellsville), which consisted of 14 Thurmans (including Lettie), in addition to nearby dwellings with another 11 household members with the surname ‘Thurman’ and their race was reported as Black (see notes for Lettie Thurman, 1870 census) in the area – may have been enslaved individuals previously owned by Lloyd Thurman.
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 33
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 6300
1860 Personal Estate Value: 33000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 40
1870 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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