John Anderson

Title

John Anderson

Aliases

Jack Anderson

Date

16 September 1902-25 February 1929

Description

Regiment: 40th United States Colored Infantry
Company: H
Rank: Private; Corporal; Sergeant
Mustered-in date and place: 26 April 1865 in Greenville, Tennessee, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 25 April 1866 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Greenville, Tennessee, United States; Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States; Huntsville, Alabama, United States; Bridgeport, Alabama, United States
Comrades mentioned: Preston Cogar; Rufus Cogar; Julius Osborn; Harrison Terry; Joe Bogus; Ofello Fraction; Thomas James; William Hackett; Allen Pierson; Adam Pierson; Thomas Avery; Manso Robinson; Henry Conrad; Colonel Luster; Major Wade; Captain Barrett; Lieutenant Blake; Orderly Sergeant Berry Smith; Long Miller; Thomas James

Name(s) of spouse(s): Emily Sanders; Martha Batter [Battle] Counts Anderson
Children: James Anderson (2 April 1867); Frank Anderson (6 March 1869); William Anderson (18 January 1871); Susan Anderson (7 December 1873; Anna Anderson (21 April 1895); Jackson Anderson (12 February 1876); Nash Anderson (25 April 1878); Arban B. Anderson (28 August 1880); Bessie Anderson (30 August 1882); Clarence Anderson(30 July 1883); Roy Anderson (21 February 1886); Lelia Anderson (27 January 1889)

Veteran’s birth date and place: ~1843 in Henry County, Virginia, United States
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): Mrs. Lucy Preston

Parents of veterans: Anderson Adams; Alisa Adams
Other listed family members: Not listed

Wife's date and place of birth: 1859 in Patrick County, Virginia, United States
Wife’s plantation: Not listed
Wife’s enslaver: Not listed
Wife’s parents: Not listed
Other listed family members: Alex “Bud” Counts (1st husband)

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Record Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.