30 USCI

Gallia County – Gallipolis

Enlisted in Gallipolis
Lindsey Alexander, 44 USCI, February 27, 1865
Elijah Bunch, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
James Chapman, 27 USCI, March 6, 1864
John Clark, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
Jessie Collier, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
George Cordell, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
William Deed, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864, transferred to 23 USCI
Henry Early, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
William H. James, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
Leonard Johnson, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
Lewis Norris, 27 USCI, March 5, 1864
Franklin Phillips, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
Jerry Simmons, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
Rufus Squires, 27 USCI, February 5, 1864
John Stevens, 27 USCI, March 7, 1864
Thomas Stevens, 27 USCI, March 7, 1864
Gabriel Watkins, 5 USCI, August 23, 1863
Isaiah Watkins, 27 USCI, February 19, 1864
John Wilson, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864

1890 Census
Jacob Bennett, 5 USCI
Thomas Bird, widow Cecelia, 27 USCI
Sonnie Brown, 5 USCI
Abraham Dabney, widow Adeline, 17 USCI
Cornelius Davis, 5 USCI
Henry Givens, 5 USCHA
William Goines, 5 USCI
Henry Holmes, 5 Massachusetts Cavalry
Thomas Howell, 27 USCI
James A.… Read more

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Summit County Sources

Akron Negro Directory, A. Kingsberry, 1940
Absalom Brooks, 5 USCI
John W. Brooks, 5 USCI
Frank Hailstock, 32 USCI
Owen Hailstock, 5 USCI
James Morrison, 27 USCI
James Robinson, 5 USCI

Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County, Samuel A. Lane, 1892
Absalom H. Brooks, 5 USCI
John W. Brooks, 5 USCI
Gustavus Edwinton, 5 USCI
Frank Hailstock, 32 USCI
Owen Hailstock, 5 USCI
Moses Jones, 27 USCI
James Morris, 27 USCI

The Military History of Ohio…, “Roll of Honor of Ohio’s Rank and File from Summit County in the War of the Rebellion,” 1886.

“Roll of Honor”
Samuel Bell, 30 USCI
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Erie County – Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home

1890 Census
Jordon Coleman, 123 USCI
David Darthart, 12 USCI
George Fields, 114 USCI
William Grayson,27 USCI
Daniel Green, 100 USCI
William Hedges , 100 USCI
Emanuel P. Jackson, 55 Massachusetts
William Johnson, 38 USCI
James Malone, U.S. Navy  
Moses Monday, 27 USCI
Wesley Morris, 23 USCI
Jacob W. Reid, 55 Mass
Thomas H. Rhodes, 5 USCHA
Alvin Smith, 27 USCI
Robert Smith, 54 Massachusetts
William Steele , 26 USCI
James H. Taylor, 27 USCI
Gilbert White, 27 USCI
Arthur Williams, 44 USCI

Died at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, but buried elsewhere
John Simms, 54 Massachusetts, died September 26, 1916 (buried in Cleveland, Ohio)

Buried at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Cemetery
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Black Veterans at the Ohio Soldier’s and Sailors’ Home

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After the Civil War, African Americans who served in the United States Colored Troops and the United States Navy could apply to reside in both federal and state soldiers’ and sailors’ homes. Below is the list of Black veterans who were admitted to the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Sandusky, Ohio, between November 1888 and August 1919.

Cottage I, from Souvenir Book of Views: Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Sandusky, O.
Sandusky Star-Journal,
July 13, 1901

You can view the admission records on Family Search, “Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919.” This collection of images comes from 20 volumes that include the records of the first 10,000 residents of the Home.… Read more

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Rest in Peace Private Lewis Powell, 30th US Colored Infantry

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In July 2019 after a week researching USCT pensions at the National Archives, I spent a Saturday morning at the Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia. The heat was unbearable even at 7:30 a.m., and the sunscreen in my eyes had me frustrated. But I reminded myself to remember where I was and just how much the men there had suffered and sacrificed for our nation.

Headstone of Lewis Powell, 30th US Colored Troops, at Hampton National Cemetery
Photograph by author

Men like Lewis Powell, buried in Hampton Section E. In the spring of 1864, the 30-year-old laborer enrolled in Frederick, Maryland, as a drafted soldier.  On June 14, Powell mustered into Company A, 30th United States Colored Infantry, for a three-year term.… Read more

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