Richard Stewart

Title

Richard Stewart

Date

7 January 1889–17 May 1898

Description

Regiment: 34th USCT
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 25 April 1863 in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 at Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Places where veteran fought, camped, or otherwise located: Jacksonville, Florida, United States; Saint Augustine, Florida, United States
Comrades mentioned: William Lawrence; Cain Jenkins; Tony Geddes; Sandy Heyward; Robert Roberson; William Riley

Widow's name: Phoebe Drayton Stewart
Children: Linda Stewart Frazier (born 1856); Laura Stewart (born 1858); James Stewart (born 1861) Samuel Fields; Rebecca Fields; Isaac Fields; William Fields; Moses Fields; Joseph Fields (Phoebe's children with second husband Moses Fields)

Veteran's birth date and place: ~1825, Barnwell Island, Beaufort, South Carolina
Plantation: Barnwell Island
Enslaver: William Henry Trescot (1822-1898)

Parents: Not listed
Family members: Joseph Frazier (son-in-law)

Wife's place of birth: Barnwell Island
Wife's enslaver: William Henry Trescot (1822-1898)
Wife's parents: Not listed
Wife's family members: Saby (Drayton) White (Phoebe's brother)

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Records 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.