Description
Lewis Todd: Douglass' Independent Battery U. S. C. T. Infantry Enlisted July 27, 1864, discharged July 22, 1865. Died December 19, 1922, at Leavenworth, Kansas. "See I.O. #371,960, Adolphus Randolph, 10th U. S. Cavalry, Company E."
✦ Invalid Pension 01/03/1891: #994,166, Certificate #816,482
✦ Widow Pension 12/30/1922: #1,198,642, Certificate #946,631
(Researcher's note: Lewis Todd enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 27, 1864, and was mustered into the Independent Battery, USCT Light Artillery as a Private.
On October 31, 1866, George W. Crobarger signed claim for compensation #42 for enlisted slave Todd Lewis and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt. Crobarger claimed he had acquired title to Lewis Todd because "...the mother of said Lewis Todd belonged to and was the property of the claimant and said Lewis Todd was born the property of George W. Crobarger, the claimant."
As of July 1, 2026, Civil War U. S. C. T. Pension Record case files are not currently available on the Internet and would need to be ordered from the National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.)Date(s) of Creation
1/3/1891