Soldier Information

Name: Stephen Snowden
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1837
Occupation: Farm hand
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7.5
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Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: June 29, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY

Compiled Military Service Record

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Congressional District: 5th
Company: I
Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 16, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

The CMSR states that Snowden originally enlisted with the 108th USCI but transferred to the 5th USCC on August 2, 1864 (page 5). On December 30, 1864, he was reported as sick and in the hospital at Bowling Green, Kentucky (page 7). In Jan/Feb 1865, he was still sick in the hospital at Bowling Green (page 8). By March/April 1865, he was out of the hospital and back with his regiment (page 10). He was sent back to his regiment on April 16, 1865 at Bowling Green (page 11). His illness was chronic rheumatism (page 11).

Soldier Death Information

Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information

No pension card found

Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: July 23, 1883 Application No.: 307011
Certificate No.:

Other Family Pension Information

No other family pension card found

Pension File Information

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Pension Notes:

Emma Snowden applied for a widow’s pension but no certificate was issued. The reason for no issuance of a certificate is unknown. No other pension records were located.

Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information

No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:

A “Memoranda of the Result of Special Examination,” was found for this soldier. It appears that the document was created to confirm Stephen Snowden’s identity because he was called as a witness to verify the identities of other soldiers who served with him in Co. I, 5th USCC. Source: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2527002:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=58290546af74d24bcf333b6c22adad19&_phsrc=gal26970&_phstart=successSource.

Family Information

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Father First Name:   Father Last Name:
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Wife #1 First Name: Emma Maiden Name:
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Children: Willie Snowden 1868
Stephen Snowden 1874

Family Notes:

No death records for Stephen Snowden were found. Based on Emma Snowden’s widow’s pension application date, Stephen Snowden died no later than July 23, 1883. His son, Willie Snowden, died of scrofula on May 4, 1874, at age four. His son Stephen Snowden was just two months old when he died of convulsions on November 8, 1874. After Emma Snowden filed for a widow’s pension, she vanished from the record.

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1870 Census

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1870 Profession: Janitor
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
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1880 Census

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1890 Census

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1900 Census

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1910 Census

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1920 Census

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Enslaver Information

Name: Thomas Prather Lewis
Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:

Thomas Prather Lewis died at his home in Bardstown on December 22, 1893, at age 78. He was buried in the Bardstown City Cemetery with his wife Priscilla Beckwith Bealmear Lewis (1818-1891).

1850 Enslaver Census

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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 15

1860 Enslaver Census

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1860 Real Estate Value: $7,650
1860 Personal Estate Value: $13,000
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1860 Number of Enslaved: 13

1870 Enslaver Census

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1870 Real Estate Value: $12,230 1870 Personal Estate Value: $4,000

1880 Enslaver Census

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Compensation Information

Compensation Application not found