Description
Charles Roberts: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company G, Corporal.
✦ Invalid Pension: #202,060, Certificate #166,335
✦ Widow Pension: #224,273, Certificate #179,920
✦ Minor Pension: #247,376, no Certificate indicated
(Researcher's note: Charles Roberts enlisted at Lawrence, Kansas, on February 7, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company G.
On November 24, 1866, Jesse Thomas of Jackson County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #269 for enlisted slave Charles Roberts and swore an oath of allegiance before Jackson County Notary Public Emme Case, Jr.
Thomas claimed he had acquired title to Charles by “…purchase(d) him of James Flannery in Platte County, Missouri, more than 20 years ago and has owned him ever since. Received Bill of Sale from said James Flannery but it has been lost or mis-laid since then.” James, James Jr., and John Flannery 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
3/11/1875