Description
George Mack alias George McDavid: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company F, Private. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Company F.
✦ Widow Pension: #439,153, Certificate #502,984
(Researcher's note: George Mack enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas on April 4, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company K.
On December 3, 1866, Sarah A. Pullins of Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #118 for enlisted slave George Mack and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux.
Pullins claimed she had acquired title to George by “…bought the said slave of Milton Moberly; the Bill of Sale has been lost or mis-laid. Would respectfully refer the Commission to the following statement: "I, Fountain Maupin and A. J. (Andrew J.) Elder were present and saw the above mentioned slave bought by the said Sarah A. Pullin and saw the Bill of Sale given and know that she continued to own said slave until he volunteered in the U. S. Army.' Signed Fountain Maupin and A. J. Elder." Numerous Pullins, Maupins, and Shortridges were Platte County enslavers.
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
7/17/1890