Description
Joshua Bankhead alias Joshua Clay: 65th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company D. Additional service: 9th U. S. Cavalry, Company B, 3rd Missouri Colored Infantry, Company E, and 67th U. S. C. T. Infantry Company E.
✦ Invalid Pension: #890,039; Certificate #954,283
✦ Widow Pension: #805,398; Certificate #606,048
(Researcher's note: On 01/01/1864 Joshua Bankhead enlisted as a United States Colored Troop soldier. Joshua Bankhead was a 22 year old Black male 5 foot 11 1/2 inches tall born ~1842 in Platte County, Missouri. He enlisted for 3 years at Liberty, Missouri, as a farmer. John W. Bankhead of Pike County, Missouri, claimed Joshua Bankhead was his slave.
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
8/3/1890