Henry Lightfoot Civil War Pension Record

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The image is a document titled "Original Invalid Pension" for Henry Lightfoot, a private in Company K of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). It lists Henry Lightfoot as the claimant from Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. The form specifies the attorney as J.C. Ritter, also from Findlay, Ohio. The document details Lightfoot's enlistment on December 3, 1863, and his discharge on July 25, 1865. The basis of the claim is cited as catarrh of the head and disease of the liver, which were contracted around April 1864 in Gaynesville, Georgia. The claim was submitted by J.H. Patrick, the examiner, on March 6, 1883, and reviewed by James Lamb on March 19, 1883.

The image is a document titled "Original Invalid Pension" for Henry Lightfoot, a private in Company K of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). It lists Henry Lightfoot as the claimant from Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. The form specifies the attorney as J.C. Ritter, also from Findlay, Ohio. The document details Lightfoot's enlistment on December 3, 1863, and his discharge on July 25, 1865. The basis of the claim is cited as catarrh of the head and disease of the liver, which were contracted around April 1864 in Gaynesville, Georgia. The claim was submitted by J.H. Patrick, the examiner, on March 6, 1883, and reviewed by James Lamb on March 19, 1883.

Name/Title

Henry Lightfoot Civil War Pension Record

Entry/Object ID

2007.014.016

Scope and Content

Original invalid pension for Henry Lightfoot 21st OVI dated Mar 19, 1883.

Collection

Civil War

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Certificate

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects