Description
Robert Bland: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company A. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Companies A and B.
✦ Invalid Pension: #510,766, no Certificate indicated
✦ Widow Pension 07/24/1890: #454,573, Certificate #313,457
✦ Minor Pension: #600,882, Certificate #418,724
(Researcher's note: Robert Bland enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 7, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company A.
On November 16, 1866, M. M. (Martin M.) Bland of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #19 for enlisted slave Robert Bland and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt. Bland claimed he had acquired title by “…the mother of said Robert Bland was owned by claimant, and said Robert Bland, for whom compensation is claimed, was born the property of said M. M. Bland, the claimant aforesaid.”
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
7/24/1890