Description
George Murray: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company F, Private. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Company F. Died January 25, 1918, at Valley Falls, Kansas.
✦ Invalid Pension: #511,094, Certificate #670,504
✦ Widow Pension 02/05/1918: #1,115,026, no Certificate indicated
✦ Minor Pension 10/19/1918: #1,129,185, Certificate #890,451
(Researcher's note: George Murray enlisted at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, on August 20, 1864, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company F.
On November 13, 1866, John D. Murray of Platte City, Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #94 for enlisted slave George Murray and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt. Murray claimed he had acquired title to George by “…purchase from Eliza Morgan of Platte County, Missouri, on the 24th day of July, 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
4/17/1884