Soldier Information
Name: Wilson Dickerson
Alias: Porter, Whiteman
Place of Birth: Breckenridge KY Year of Birth: 1847
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Grey Hair: Black Complexion: Copper
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 3
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: February 28, 1865
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5th – Jefferson County, KY
Company: B Regiment(s): 125 Regt, USCT
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: December 20, 1867
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Wilson Porter was listed Present on muster roll pages, from time of enlistment through August 1866. From September through January 1866, he was absent on muster rolls, serving detached duty in Fort Craig, NM. He, again, was absent on detached duty in Fort Craig, NM from March through August 1867. Wilson Porter mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, KS on 20 December 1867. He was paid a $200 bounty.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: December 12, 1921
Cause of Death: Angina pectoris
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: April 28, 1881
Application No.: 419959 Certificate No.: 1041136
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name: Dickerson
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 22, 1922
Application No.: 1187192 Certificate No.: 927238
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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
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Family Information
Mother First Name: America Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: James Andrew Father Last Name: Porter
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Pinkie Maiden Name: Dickerson
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
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Children: Ida Dickerson 1883
Annie Dickerson 1885
Alice Dickerson 1885
James W Dickerson 1887
Charles Albert Dickerson 1889
Arthur 1891 Dickerson
Lillie A Dickerson 1898
Mamie Dickerson 1899
Lucy Dickerson 1901
Minton Dickerson 1905
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Farm Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Yes
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1900 Profession: Farm 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
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1910 Census
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1910 Profession: Farmer
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
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1920 Profession: Farmer
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:
Wilson and wife, Pinkie resided close to Ben Porter, his former enslaver in 1880, Middletown Precinct (about two pages away), and also resided in the Middletown Precinct in later census years.
Enslaver Information
Name: Ben R Porter Location: Jefferson Co., KY
Previous Enslaver: James Porter
Enslaver Notes:
In 1850, Wilson’s enslaver was James Porter, who died about 1854. He was the presumed father of Ben R. Porter. J. A. Porter, born about 1832 may have been the individual noted, on Wilson Porter’s 1921 death certificate as the white father of this soldier (James A.). He was a presumed son of the elder James Porter who was born about 1779. James A. Porter, the son died in 1860, and bequeathed the soldier’s mother, America, to Naomi, his mother. By 1860 Ben R Porter was the documented enslaver of Wilson Porter and living in Naomi Porter’s household. By 1870 and 1880, Ben (Benjamin Rush) Porter was enumerated with his wife and children in Middletown, Jefferson County, KY. This was the same precinct where Wilson and his family were enumerated in census schedules for years.
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: $1,600 1860 Personal Estate Value: $1,000
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1860 Number of Enslaved: 1
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value: $800
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
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