Description
Albert Moppin: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company C, Private.
✦ Invalid Pension: #987,657, Certificate #704,299
(Researcher's note: Albert Moppin enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas, on September 6, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company C.
On December 22, 1866, F. (Fountain) Maupin of Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #134 for enlisted slave Albert Moppin and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux. Maupin claimed he had acquired title because Albert “…was born and raised in the family from a slave mother.” Numerous Maupins were Platte County enslavers.
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
1/13/1891