Description
William Allen: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company D, Private. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Company D.
✦ Invalid Pension: #390,280; Certificate #251,979
(Researcher's note: William Allen enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 8, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company D.
On December 29, 1866, James Steele of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #268 for enlisted slave William Allen and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt. Steele claimed he had acquired title to William by “…purchase from Alfred Allen in the Fall of 1846 in Platte County, Missouri. Never received Bill of Sale.”
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
6/30/1880