Description
Robert Simpson: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company D. Private.
✦ Widow Pension: #260,408, no Certificate indicated
✦ Minor Pension: #259,211, Certificate #221,925
(Researcher's note: Robert Simpson enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 14, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 83rd USCT Infantry, Company A. On November 13, 1866, Hugh Swaney signed claim for compensation #32 for enlisted slave Robert Simpson and swore an oath of allegiance before a George W. Belt, Clerk of the Platte County Circuit Court.
Swaney claimed he had acquired title by "...the mother of said Robert Simpson was owned by claimant and said Robert Simpson, for whom compensation is claimed, was born the property of 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
2/19/1880