Description
Merit / Merrett Withers: 67th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company C, Private.
✦ Invalid Pension: #679,407, Certificate #528,359
(Researcher's note: On 01/01/1864 Merit Withers enlisted as U. S. Colored Troop soldier. He was a 56 year old "brown" male 5 foot 9 inches tall born ~1808. He enlisted for 3 years at Liberty, Missouri, as a farmer. Abijah Withers of Clay County, Missouri, claimed Merit was his slave. William A. Withers was a Platte County 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
11/21/1888