Soldier Information

Name: James Venable
Alias: Vanible
Place of Birth: Shelby KY
Year of Birth: 1840
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6
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Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: September 8, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY

Compiled Military Service Record

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Congressional District: 4th
Company: K
Regiment(s): 107th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

Shortly after being mustered into Co. C 107th USCI at Louisville, Kentucky, James Venable was in the hospital. He spent time in and out of hospitals during his service and died of an unspecified “disease” in the Point of Rocks field hospital in Chester County, Virginia on January 12, 1865.

Soldier Death Information

Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: January 12, 1865
Military Death Location: Point of Rocks, Virginia, Chester County
Military Cause of Death: Disease
Death Date: January 12, 1865
Cause of Death: Disease

Soldier Pension Information

No pension card found

Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 21, 1869 Application No.: 170728
Certificate No.: 129844

Other Family Pension Information

No other family pension card found

Pension File Information

Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners:    Jane Venable
James Venable
Walter Venable

Pensioner County:  Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:2
Pension Notes:

The pension file from January 15, 1865 shows that James Venable’s widow, Jane Venable, was entitled to receive $8 per month for her pension. In addition to her widow’s pension, Jane Venable was to receive an extra $2 per month for each of her two minor children, James Venable and Walter Venable, until each son turned 16 years old. At the time of the pension award, James Venable was about three-years-old and Walter Venable was about two-years-old. The pension was to commence on January 15, 1866. On January 21, 1869, a widow’s pension card was issued for Jane Venable. No mention of any minor children was made and the pension card was last document issued for Jane Venable and/or her children.

Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information

No Freedman’s Bank information found

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Family Information

Mother First Name:   Mother Maiden Name: 
Father First Name:   Father Last Name:
Siblings:

Wife #1 First Name: Jane Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: James Venable 1862
Walter Venable 1864

Family Notes:

After Jane Venable’s pension card was issued in 1869, there were no further records of either Jane Venable and/or her two sons, James Venable and Walter Venable. It is possible that either Jane Venable died or remarried. It is also possible that both sons either died or, if Jane remarried, that they assumed the surname of their stepfather. Further research is needed to determine if any of the three Venable family members survived past 1869.

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1870 Census

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Enslaver Information

Name: Dr William Joseph Morton
Location: Shelby County, Shelbyville, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:

Dr. William J. Morton (1817-1896) was the son of William Quinn Morton (1794-1850) and Elizabeth McRobert Venable (1795-1863). His parents were enslavers and it is likely that James Venable came to be enslaved by Dr. Morton through his wife’s family. Dr. Morton was educated at Centre College and the Louisville College of Medicine. He married his second wife, Ellen S. Gatewood (1822-1880) in 1867 and relocated to the Racine, Wisconsin area. Dr. Morton increased his wealth after the Civil War by investing in real estate in Louisville, Cincinnati, and Chicago.

1850 Enslaver Census

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1850 Number of Enslaved: 10

1860 Enslaver Census

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1860 Real Estate Value:
1860 Personal Estate Value: $6,260
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1860 Number of Enslaved: 11

1870 Enslaver Census

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1870 Real Estate Value: $100,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $14,000

1880 Enslaver Census

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Compensation Information

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