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Name: Peter Tutt
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1841
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Copper
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8 1/2
Enlistment Date: August 29, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: D
Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Lebanon, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Enlisted Aug. 29, 1864, Lebanon, by Capt. Fidler, 3 yr. term
Remarks: missing in action Oct. 2, 1864, Saltville, VA
Page 4: muster and descriptive roll, dated Lebanon, Aug. 31, 1864
Mustered in on August 29, 1864, in Lebanon.
Remarks: owner William Tutt, Nelson Co., without consent.
Page 5: roll, Camp Nelson, KY, Oct. 24, 1864
Enlisted Aug. 29, 1864, in Lebanon
Page 6: roll, Oct. 31, 1864
Remarks: Killed in the battle of Saltville, Va, Oct. 2, 1864
Page 7: roll, Jan. & Feb. 1865
Does not say present or absent.
Remarks: First installment of the bounty due $100. Reported as having been killed in action erroneously on the muster roll of Oct. 31, 1864. This man was missing in action at Saltville, VA.
Page 8: Oct. 2, 1864, as there is no reliable evidence as to his death. (only information on the card which has a stamped date of Jan. 9, 1891).
Page 9: Tutt appears on returns as follows:
October 1, 1864 – Loss Oct. 2, 1864, Saltville, VA, missing in action.
Page 10: Muster out roll, Helena, Arkansas, March 16, 1864;
Remarks Missing after the battle, Saltville, VA, Oct. 2, 1864; No muster out date listed.
Page 13 Casualty sheet – lists his name, rank company, and regiment and signed by the clerk. No details are listed.
Here is a link to information about the first Battle of Saltville that may help to explain the uncertainty surrounding the missing soldier::
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/saltville
Additional information about the battle and massacre may be found on this site::
https://www.nps.gov/cane/battle-of-saltville-and-massacre.htm.
Died in war? Unknown
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No pension card found
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: October 26, 1888 Application No.: 382711
Certificate No.:
No other family pension card found
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No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Lydia Maiden Name: Bell
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: George Tutt 1861
Family Notes:
Peter’s widow Lydia had two children, one of whom was named George Tutt. The name of the other child has not yet been determined. George and his family have been traced in the census and death records.
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1870 Census information not found
1880 Census information not found
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Day Laborer
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:
Peter Tutt’s widow -Lydia Marratta, was located in 1900 with her husband Henry Marratta.
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: kalsomine
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:
in 1910 Lydia lived with her son George Tutt in Louisville. Lydia had one other child outside of George. Both children were living in 1900 and 1910. George’s family has been traced in some census and death records beyond 1910.
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Plasterer
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Name: William Tutt
Location: Nelson County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
In 1850 and 1860 William Tutt resided in Nelson County, Kentucky. He was 52 in 1850 with real estate valued at $4,200. That value increased to $5,000 in 1860. He owned 6 slaves in 1850 and 7 in 1860. In his will, William Tutt named three slaves; 3 slaves were named in his inventory. Peter was not one of the slaves named in his probate records.
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 6
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $5,000
1860 Personal Estate Value: $6,200
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 7
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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