Description
James Brown: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company K, Sergeant.
✦ Widow Pension: #245,548, no Certificate indicated
✦ Minor Pension: #164,384, Certificate #130,013
(Researcher's note: James Brown enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas on April 1, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company K.
On November 10, 1866, James Stultz of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #21 for enlisted slave James Brown and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum.
Stultz claimed he had acquired title to James by “…purchase from George P. Dorris (Dorriss) of Platte County, Missouri - the Bill of Sale showing such purchase having been lost.”
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
5/16/1872