Description
Austin Clark: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company H, Private. Died December 23, 1916, at Chicago, Illinois.
✦ Invalid Pension: #998,310, Certificate #713,455
✦ Widow Pension 01/10/1917: #1,090,764, Certificate #869,529
(Researcher's note: Austin Clark enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas, on March 13, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company H.
On December 1, 1866, John D. Pepper of Marshall Township, Platte County, Missouri signed claim for compensation #157 for enlisted slave Austin Clark and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt in Weston, Missouri.
Pepper claimed he had acquired title to Austin Clark by "...purchase from the Administrator of the Estate of Notley Duvall at Platte City, Missouri, at the November term of Platte City, Missouri, public sale, in the month aforesaid, in the year 1855." Note: Notley Duvall died in April 1852 and John D. Pepper was the Administrator.
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
1/5/1891