Age 65 - Civil War soldier. Mustered in as a Private for 3 years on 16 Dec 1863. 22nd United States Colored Troops (USCT) Co C.
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate 26 May 1865 (Bates 5-996)
Occupation farm laborer. Son-in law of Isaac Tillison.
In 1850, he lived with and/or worked for the white David Cully family in Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census. A brick maker by trade, he stood 5' 8" tall and had black hair, brown eyes, a mulatto or yellow complexion (both reported), and a "deep pit on right cheek" from an apparent infection.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster December 16, 1863, as a private with Co. C, 22nd U.S. Colored Troops. Promoted to corporal February 22, 1864, he was reduced to ranks May 4, 1864, and charged $1.85 for lost or damaged camp equipment, although the two incidents likely had nothing to do with one another. On September 17, 1864, he was hospitalized for illness at Newark, New Jersey, transferred to Summit House U.S. Hospital, Philadelphia, and transferred again to White Hall U.S. Hospital in Bucks County where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 26, 1865.
After the war, he married Josephine Tillison. Their only known child is Alabertha Books (b. 07/??/74), an apparent stepchild who married Ira Winfield Thompson. On January 19, 1878, near Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, he attempted to jump aboard a moving train but fell. His left leg slipped under the wheels, crushing his foot and necessitating amputation. On October 18, 1878, he entered the soldiers' home at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Soldiers' home records shown him residing there until his discharge for being AWOL on December 11, 1902, yet censuses show him living in Lancaster County. Contributor 47232334
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate 26 May 1865 (Bates 5-996)
Occupation farm laborer. Son-in law of Isaac Tillison.
In 1850, he lived with and/or worked for the white David Cully family in Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census. A brick maker by trade, he stood 5' 8" tall and had black hair, brown eyes, a mulatto or yellow complexion (both reported), and a "deep pit on right cheek" from an apparent infection.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster December 16, 1863, as a private with Co. C, 22nd U.S. Colored Troops. Promoted to corporal February 22, 1864, he was reduced to ranks May 4, 1864, and charged $1.85 for lost or damaged camp equipment, although the two incidents likely had nothing to do with one another. On September 17, 1864, he was hospitalized for illness at Newark, New Jersey, transferred to Summit House U.S. Hospital, Philadelphia, and transferred again to White Hall U.S. Hospital in Bucks County where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 26, 1865.
After the war, he married Josephine Tillison. Their only known child is Alabertha Books (b. 07/??/74), an apparent stepchild who married Ira Winfield Thompson. On January 19, 1878, near Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, he attempted to jump aboard a moving train but fell. His left leg slipped under the wheels, crushing his foot and necessitating amputation. On October 18, 1878, he entered the soldiers' home at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Soldiers' home records shown him residing there until his discharge for being AWOL on December 11, 1902, yet censuses show him living in Lancaster County. Contributor 47232334
Age 65 - Civil War soldier. Mustered in as a Private for 3 years on 16 Dec 1863. 22nd United States Colored Troops (USCT) Co C.
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate 26 May 1865 (Bates 5-996)
Occupation farm laborer. Son-in law of Isaac Tillison.
In 1850, he lived with and/or worked for the white David Cully family in Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census. A brick maker by trade, he stood 5' 8" tall and had black hair, brown eyes, a mulatto or yellow complexion (both reported), and a "deep pit on right cheek" from an apparent infection.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster December 16, 1863, as a private with Co. C, 22nd U.S. Colored Troops. Promoted to corporal February 22, 1864, he was reduced to ranks May 4, 1864, and charged $1.85 for lost or damaged camp equipment, although the two incidents likely had nothing to do with one another. On September 17, 1864, he was hospitalized for illness at Newark, New Jersey, transferred to Summit House U.S. Hospital, Philadelphia, and transferred again to White Hall U.S. Hospital in Bucks County where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 26, 1865.
After the war, he married Josephine Tillison. Their only known child is Alabertha Books (b. 07/??/74), an apparent stepchild who married Ira Winfield Thompson. On January 19, 1878, near Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, he attempted to jump aboard a moving train but fell. His left leg slipped under the wheels, crushing his foot and necessitating amputation. On October 18, 1878, he entered the soldiers' home at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Soldiers' home records shown him residing there until his discharge for being AWOL on December 11, 1902, yet censuses show him living in Lancaster County. Contributor 47232334
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate 26 May 1865 (Bates 5-996)
Occupation farm laborer. Son-in law of Isaac Tillison.
In 1850, he lived with and/or worked for the white David Cully family in Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census. A brick maker by trade, he stood 5' 8" tall and had black hair, brown eyes, a mulatto or yellow complexion (both reported), and a "deep pit on right cheek" from an apparent infection.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster December 16, 1863, as a private with Co. C, 22nd U.S. Colored Troops. Promoted to corporal February 22, 1864, he was reduced to ranks May 4, 1864, and charged $1.85 for lost or damaged camp equipment, although the two incidents likely had nothing to do with one another. On September 17, 1864, he was hospitalized for illness at Newark, New Jersey, transferred to Summit House U.S. Hospital, Philadelphia, and transferred again to White Hall U.S. Hospital in Bucks County where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 26, 1865.
After the war, he married Josephine Tillison. Their only known child is Alabertha Books (b. 07/??/74), an apparent stepchild who married Ira Winfield Thompson. On January 19, 1878, near Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, he attempted to jump aboard a moving train but fell. His left leg slipped under the wheels, crushing his foot and necessitating amputation. On October 18, 1878, he entered the soldiers' home at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Soldiers' home records shown him residing there until his discharge for being AWOL on December 11, 1902, yet censuses show him living in Lancaster County. Contributor 47232334
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