Description
George Washington: 60th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company I, Private. Died August 23, 1920, at National Military Home, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
✦ Invalid Certificate: #590,122, Certificate #1,047,993
✦ Widow Certificate: #1,179,132, Certificate #915,708
(Researcher's note: George Washington enlisted at Chillicothe, Missouri on November 18, 1863, for 3 years and was mustered as a Private in the 60th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company I.
On January 16, 1867, William J. Herndon of Carroll County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #2757 for an enlisted slave George Washington and also swore an oath of allegiance before Carroll County Circuit Court Clerk Charles Moeller. William Herndon claimed he had acquired title to George Washington "...by inheritance from his father James Herndon, deceased, many years ago."
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
11/23/1886