Description
Obediah Summers: 18th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company A, Private
✦ Invalid Pension #264,612, Certificate #165,385
✦ Widow Pension #631,051, Certificate #436,897
✦ Minor Pension #756,829, Certificate #535,149
(Researcher's note: Obediah Summers enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas, on January 18, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 18th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company A.
On November 19, 1866, Sina W. Roberts of Clay County signed claim for compensation #71 for an enlisted slave named Obediah Summers and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County notary public David O. Miller. Roberts claimed he had acquired title to Summers because "...he was born and raised the slave of this affiant."
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
1/6/1879