Mitsawokett: A 17th Century Native American Community in Central Delaware

CIVIL WAR PENSION EXTRACT

Extracted by Paul Johnson

William Murray

Private
Company C
45th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 45th U.S. Colored Infantry

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Photo taken of tombstone at Gouldtown Memorial Park near Bridgeton, New Jersey 19 Aug 2002
by John C. Carter

ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE PENSION RECORDS:

Pension #472,488
Widow's pension #505,284

Enlisted: June 15, 1864, at Millville, New Jersey
Honorably Discharged: November 4, 1865, at Brownsville, Texas

Born: Around 1837 (per various affidavits)
Died: June 10, 1900

Married: Sarah Murray in Millville, New Jersey on July 31, 1869
Sarah Murray died 1910

Children (per affidavit dated February 1898) :

Annie J. Murray, Born March 18, 1866

Oliver Murray, Born August 12, 1870

Clara Murray, Born August 1, 1873

Alice Murray, Born May 13, 1870

Description: 5'9"
Occupation: Laborer

Affidavits:

John H. Pierce

David Pierce

Jediah Pierce

Fredrick Gould

Zachariah Murray (Brother)

Hiram Murray (Brother)

Moses Pierce

Disability:
Measles treated in Washington DC, which left him with a cough, chronic diarrhea and chills;
Disease of the Chest; and
Distress on the right side

Pension:
Post Office: City of Millville, County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey
Age 46, 5'9 ½", Complexion Dark, Hair Dark, Eyes Blue
February 1883

Post Office: City of Millville, County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey
Age About 44, Weight 160, Complexion Light
April 1883

Post Office: City of Millville, County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey
Age 48
October 1885

Post Office: City of Millville, County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey
Age 60
February 1897

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For those who may be new to the list, a few of these Civil War pension extractions have been posted previously, extracted by either John Carter, Paul Johnson or Joseph Romeo. To view some of the others, as well as an explanatory note, please see the following page of the Mitsawokett site:

http://www.mitsawokett.com/MilitaryService/DelmarvaAreaCivilWarPensions.htm

(Once on the page, scroll down below the Index to see the Overview).

Please e-mail Paul Johnson if anyone has any questions or corrections to this extraction of William Murray's pension file.

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