Description
Richard / Richardson Perrin: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company F, Private. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Companies D and F; 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company D.
✦ Mother Pension: #431,959, Certificate #365,567
(Researcher's note: Richardson Perrin enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on August 12, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company F.
On October 29, 1866, William F. Perrin of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #14 for enlisted slave Richardson Perrin and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum.
William Perrin claimed he had acquired title to Richardson by “…the mother of said Richardson Perrin belonged to the father of claimant (note: Achilles Perrin) and was given to claimant (William F. Perrin) in the year 1842; and said Richardson Perrin, for whom compensation is claimed, was born the property of said William F. Perrin, the claimant aforesaid.” Numerous Platte County Perrins were 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
8/29/1890