Description
John Logan: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company H, Sergeant. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Company H. Died July 7, 1925, at National Military Home, Kansas.
✦ Invalid Pension: #705,208, Certificate #1,011,009
(Researcher's note: John Logan enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas on January 24, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company H.
On November 22, 1866, Darwin J. Adkins of Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #210 for enlisted slave John Logan and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County notary public James E. Lincoln. Adkins claimed he had acquired title to John by “…purchase and delivery of the slave.” Darwin J. Adkins was a Platte County enslaver.
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
5/20/1889