Greene County, NC Civil War Pension Files

Military Information

• Regiment: CO H 14th HA USCT Corpal
• Enlistment: March 8, 1865 Morehead City, NC
• Discharged: December 11, 1865 Ft Macon, NC
• Physical Description:  6ft 180 lbs Black complexion, eyes, kniky hair, no scars

Pension File Information

• Pension Status: Approved Aug 2, 1890
•  Invalid Pension File: Aug 1890
• Depositions By: Missouri McKinney, Lafayette Edwards, CD Sauls, Woodward Harper, Isaac Britt, Richard Wilson, Charles Best, Jacob Horn, Frances Williams, John Harvey, Frank Edwards
• Residences Post War: Bull Head township, Near Snow Hill, NC, Shine township

Family Information

• Parents: Martin Edwards + Rosa Edwards
• Siblings: Unk
• Wife- Lucinda McKinney / Suggs died  1900
• Marriage: 1857/58 by Redding Speight (slave preacher) on wifes owner farm
• Children: 
  • Pennie Edwards Oct 10, 1863
  • Joseph Edwards July 28, 1867
  • Jasper Edwards Oct 5, 1870
  • Missouri McKinney Oct 9, 1873
  • Winnie Edwards   August 1, 1876
  • Isaac Edwards   August 17, 1882

Enslavement Information

• Slave Owner : 1st Mrs Elizabeth Edwards 2nd Theophilus Edwards’ son- at time of enlistment

Their Story

Resources

Invalid Certificate No. 1086931 Application No 693129.,  Edwards, Isaac, Private, Company H 14th Heavy Artillery US Color Troop; Case Files of Approved Pension Application of Veteran Who Served in the Army and Navy  in the Civil War, 1861-1934; Record Group 15; National Archives Building, Washington, DC Retrieved 13 Oct 2022

US Colored Troops Service Records https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1107/images/m1818_267-0702?pId=44045