Description
Henry Berry: 65th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company F, Private. Additional service: 2nd Missouri Colored Infantry, Company F.
✦ Widow Pension: #134,263, Certificate #118,802
✦ Minor Pension: #668,102, no Certificate indicated.
(Researcher's note: Henry Berry enlisted for 3 years as a farmer at Liberty, Missouri, on January 1, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 67th USCT Infantry, Company C. He was an 18 year old Black male 5 foot 3 inches tall born ~1846.
On November 17, 1866, John Berry of Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #2224 for an enlisted slave Henry Berry and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County notary public James E. Lincoln in Liberty, Missouri. Berry claimed title to Henry by "...was born his property." Multiple Berrys are identified as Platte County enslavers and a John Berry was listed on the 1863 Platte County Tax List as an enslaver.
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
9/22/1866