Description
Robert Young: 18th U. S. C. T. Infantry Company B, Private.
✦ Invalid Pension: #539,116, Certificate #640,974
✦ Widow Pension: #854,632, Certificate #621,014
(Researcher's note: Robert Young had enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas, on January 27, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 18th U. S. C. T. Infantry Infantry, Company B.
On November 22, 1866, Alexander L. Calhoun of Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #176 for an enlisted slave named Robert Young and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County notary public James E. Lincoln. Alexander Calhoun claimed he had acquired title to Robert Young "...by inheritance from his father who died in the State of Tennessee."
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
5/2/1885