02/14/1882: Pension Index Card for U. S. Colored Troop soldier Biggs, Frank alias Phillips, Henry F.

Entry/Object ID

PEN.0008

Collection

1865-1919 Civil War Pension Index Cards

Archive Items Details

Description

Frank Biggs alias Henry F. Phillips: 67th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company H, Private. Died November 1, 1919, at Homelake, Colorado. ✦ Invalid Pension: #439,932, Certificate #1,006,513 (Researcher's note: Frank Biggs enlisted at St. Joseph, Missouri, on January 26, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private into the 67th USCT Infantry, Company H. On December 1, 1866, Dudley Roach, as Administrator of the Estate of Elijah Robertson, signed claim for compensation #3137 for enlisted slave Frank Biggs and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux in St. Joseph, Missouri. Dudley Roach claimed Robertson had acquired title to Frank by "...being a slave in the family of Elijah Robertson." Numerous Platte County Robertsons and Roachs were 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

2/14/1882

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Enslaved

Other Name

Frank

Name Type

Free Blacks

Other Name

Biggs, Frank

Name Type

Enslaver

Other Name

Robertson, Elijah (Estate of by Dudley Roach, Administrator)

Other Numbers

Number Type

Source Citation

Other Number

NARA, Civil War Pensions Index, 1861-1900, Publication No. T289, Record Group 15

Copyright

Copyright Details

© 2026 BAAC All Rights Reserved

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols

Date

6/30/2026

General Notes

Note

Buchanan County, Missouri

Note

1882.02.14 67th Co. H - Biggs Frank.jpg

Note

BAAC workbook: 1865-1919 Civil War Pension Index Cards CatalogIt version.xlsx [6.28.26 Edited]

Create Date

September 2, 2026

Update Date

September 16, 2026

Name/Title

02/14/1882: Pension Index Card for U. S. Colored Troop soldier Biggs, Frank alias Phillips, Henry F.