Description
William Fields: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company A., Private.
✦ Widow Pension: #121,789, Certificate #154,177
(Researcher's note: William Fields enlisted at Fort Smith, Kansas, on May 21, 1864, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company A.
On January 10, 1867, Susan B. McFarland (nee' Susan Herndon) of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #266 for enlisted slave William Fields and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt. McFarland claimed she had acquired title to William by “…inheritance from her brother's estate in the year 1855 in the County of Platte, State of Missouri.” Susan Herndon married Huston McFarland in 1863 and her brother Edward B. Herndon died in May 1853.
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
2/23/1866