Description
James Johnson alias James Forty: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company B, Private. Died May 19, 1916, Port Allen, Mississippi.
✦ Invalid Pension: #1,051,294, Certificate #1,132,552
(Researcher's note: James Johnson enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on September 15, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company D.
On December 27, 1866, O. M. Spencer of Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #122 for enlisted slave James Johnson and swore an oath of allegiance before Buchanan County Notary Public J. C. Robidoux. Spencer claimed he had acquired title to Franklin by being “…born and raised in the family." O. M. Spencer and numerous other Spencers 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
8/20/1891