Description
Pendleton Thomas alias Pendleton Waldron: 79th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company F, Private. Additional service: 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, Company F.
✦ Widow Pension: #179,509, Certificate #137,990
✦ Minor Pension 02/23/1871: #194,292, Certificate #175,025
✦ Cont. Minor Pension 05/05/1874: #215,256, no Certificate indicated
(Researcher's note: Pendleton Thomas enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on August 17, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company F.
On January 23, 1867, Michael Gabbert of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #285 for enlisted slave Pendleton Thomas and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public James J. Hitt. Gabbert claimed he had acquired title to Pendleton by “…purchase from Jacob Cox of Platte County, Missouri, in the year 1856. No Bill of Sale received.”
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
9/10/1869