Description
Scott McKinney: 60th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company I, Private.
✦ Invalid Pension: #628,305, 03/08/1907 Certificate #912,514
✦ Widow Pension: #908,060, no Certificate #.
(Researcher's note: Scott McKinney enlisted at Plattsburg, Missouri, on October 2, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 60th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company J. On December 3, 1866, Nancy McKinney of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #2533 for enlisted slave Scott McKinney and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County notary public John Wilson in Platte City, Missouri.
Nancy McKinney claimed she had acquired title to Scott by “…inheritance from John Hill; said John Hill (now deceased) being or having been the father of Nancy McKinney, the claimant herein.”
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
11/8/1887