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Name: Moses Yancey
Alias: Yancy
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY
Year of Birth: 1832
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8.5
Enlistment Date: October 1, 1864
Enlistment Place: Quincy
Enlistment State: IL
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: G
Regiment(s): 108th Regt. USCI
Mustered Where: Quincy, IL
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
There is a letter at the back of his CMSR granting him a 20 day furlough in January 1866 to visit his family in Louisville,KY.
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: June 1, 1876
Cause of Death: Unknown; please note that death date is approximate as only a burial record could be found for this soldier, dated 6/4/1876 which can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FySvYehipYfeao-rcOYYxHQ6S5LD_O-F/view?usp=sharing
No pension card found
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 14, 1890 Application No.: 419915
Certificate No.: 445007
No other family pension card found
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State: (Choose One)
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
There is a Freedman’s Bank record for Moses Yancy, dated Feb 6, 1874 which lists the following facts:
*It says he is born in Virginia, although his military records say he was born in Kentucky, as does the 1870 census.
*He is listed as 42 years old, which matches all other records, which appear to indicate his birth year as 1832
*He is listed as the treasurer for the Green Street Baptist Sabbath School, which presumably was associated with Green Street Baptist Church, one of the oldest African American churches in Louisville (still in existence). Their archival records are at the U of L archives and have been microfilmed https://archivescatalog.library.louisville.edu/repositories/2/resources/181
*Father is David Yancy (“dead 37 yrs” is the note next to his name; unclear if that means died 37 years previous to the date of the bank record, which would mean 1837, when Moses was approximately 5 years old, or died when he was 37 years old)
*Mother is Susan Yancy (with ditto mark under the place where it said “dead 37 yrs” for his father, which could mean they died in the same year of 1837, or she died when she was also 37 years old)
*There are two brothers and two sisters mentioned for Moses (David Yancy possibly is possibly one of his brothers, as they registered their slave marriages on the same day, and clearly the name David is used often in this family (Moses’ father and Moses’ son are both named David)
*I note that in the margin next to his record it says “1012 Marguaritte Hawkins 2932” which might indicate that is the name of one of his sisters, who has a Freedman’s Bank account number either 1012 or 2932, or perhaps two accounts. I found a listing that a Marguarette Hawkins had an account, however, I have not been able to find an actual bank record for her
*His wife is listed as Maria
*He is employed as a brick maker and the employer appears to be Chris Ghent (who could conceivably be his former enslaver)
*He is listed as having 4 children, which matches what we know from the 1870 census and the 1880 census (David, Moses Jr., Susan, and Joseph)
*He is listed as living in an alley between 9th and 10th Streets, Madison and Chestnut Streets (which matches precisely the address in the 1872 city directory found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kY5Il_9HwM0ZJSu_PpK3uv0KGp6Kmcu_/view?usp=sharing)
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Mother First Name: Susan Mother Maiden Name: Unknown
Father First Name: David Father Last Name: Yancey
Siblings: David Yancey
Charles Yancey
Nancy Yancey
Marguaritte Yancey
Wife #1 First Name: Maria Maiden Name: Gray
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: David Yancey 1864
Moses N. Yancey 1865
Susan Yancey 1870
Joseph M. Yancey 1873
Family Notes:
The parent’s names of Moses are listed on his Freedman’s Bank record. The names of his siblings are inferred, not known for a fact. In the bank record, he says he has two brothers and two sisters. There is a man named David Yancey who registers his slave marriage on the same date that Moses does, which leads me to believe they were brothers. There is also another man named Charles Yancey who also registers his slave marriage around the same time–he could be the third Yancey brother, but this is a rough guess, not a fact.
According to Jefferson County Slave Marriage book, Moses Yancey and Maria Gray were originally married in 1858, but then legally married in 1872. The book of slave marriages was found and scanned at the Filson Historical Society, which can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B1TW83myhTtJsI_IrsTTFIMMy8_cBpq1/view?usp=sharing
I note that there are two other men named Yancey also listed in the same marriage book, David and Charles, and that David registered his marriage on the same day as Moses, leading me to believe that they are brothers (or possibly cousins). David married Betsy Bundley.
We also found that Mose and Maria had a civil wedding ceremony on April 9, 1866 and a marriage bond was found on FamilySearch, which can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/102v4xjHOH3TMJka5sYkiLHtqG3FXt3ZL/view?usp=sharing
I believe Moses had a sister named Nancy Yancey Barbour, who shows up living with her brother David Yancey in the 1880 census, and a possible other sister named Marguaritte Yancey Hawkins, who is mentioned in Moses’ 1874 Freedman’s Bank record in the margin next to his record, as also having a Freedman’s Bank record. I have seen this before with other soldiers, where there is a mention in the margin of a relative who also have an account in the bank.
A death record has not yet been found for Moses Yancey, we could find a burial record for his internment at Eastern Cemetery in Louisville on FamilySearch which can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FySvYehipYfeao-rcOYYxHQ6S5LD_O-F/view?usp=sharing
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Buck Man Factory
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value: 650
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Widow Maria listed as Keeping House, son David is a porter in a store, and son Moses Jr. works in a tobacco facory
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Son Moses N. Yancey Jr’s occupation is Janitor at the Court House (presumably Jefferson County)
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Son Moses N. Yancey Jr.’s occupation was Wagon Driver for Plumber
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Son Moses N. Yancey Jr. occupation is Night Watchman in Library
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Unknown 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
1920 Census Notes:
In the 1870 census, there is, for Moses, a mark next to the question “Cannot read” but not for “Cannot write”. I am guessing this is a typo, so I have listed him as not able to either read or write, and I note his wife Maria cannot either. Also, the birth order seems to switch between the 1870 and 1880 census for David (called “Dan” in the 1870) and Moses Jr. (Mose in the 1870). But from other documents, it appears David was the eldest son, Moses Jr. the second eldest.
Name: John O. Cochran(e)
Location: Jefferson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
There are four 1850 slave schedules for the enslaver. In addition to the one listed above, there is also https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F26AbKCVsvA4-xefc-YR1MFY7Y805y8C/view?usp=sharing
and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BG5FeF1b5QHFx6wQbvulSUsTLUALawl7/view?usp=sharing and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K3d04uyJ4W6kYa4UnCOMf2-uLh_riuON/view?usp=sharing
In total, the four schedules show that the Cochran family enslaved 75 people. We assume one location was his Louisville 8th Ward brickyard (with 26 enslaved people), one might have been his city residence (with 7 people), and the other two were farms out in Jefferson County.
I can’t find any census schedules for widow Mary Cochran(e) for 1860 or 1870 (and she died in 1874). Though I could find an 1860 slave schedule in the name of Mrs. John O Cochrane, and another under the name of J. Cochran.
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 68
1860 Census information not found
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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