Description
Henry Bird: 67th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company C, Private. Enlisted January 1, 1864 and transferred. Additional service: 65th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company H. Died August 8, 1924, at Leavenworth, Kansas.
✦ Invalid Pension: #858,066, Certificate #775,111
✦ Widow Pension 03/12/1928: #1,607,565, no Certificate indicated.
(Researcher's note: Henry Bird enlisted at Liberty, Missouri, on January 1, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 67th USCT Infantry, Company C.
On November 23, 1866, Greenup Bird of Chillicothe, Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #2210 for an enlisted slave Henry Bird and swore an oath of allegiance before Livingston County notary public Thomas Mead in Chillicothe, Missouri. Greenup Bird claimed he had acquired title to Henry by "...belonging to said Greenup Bird from his birth in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri." Lorenzo D. Bird was a Platte County enslaver and Greenup Bird is referenced in Paxton's Annals.
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
8/7/1890