Description
Manuel Dobson: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company F, Private. Enlisted August 27, 1862, discharged May 29, 1865. Died May 18, 1916, at Leavenworth, Kansas.
✦ Invalid Pension: #127,197, Certificate #87,668
✦ Widow Pension: #1,069,315, Certificate #922,218
(Researcher's note: Manuel Dobson enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on August 27, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company F.
On November 3, 1866, Edward M. Dobson of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #54 for enlisted slave Manuel Dobson and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Edward Dobson claimed he had acquired title by “…the mother of said Manuel Dobson belonged to the claimant and the said Manuel Dobson, for whom compensation is claimed, was born the property of said Edward M. Dobson.”
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
7/10/1867