11 USCHA

Summit County Sources

Akron Negro Directory, A. Kingsberry, 1940
Absalom Brooks, 5 USCI
John W. Brooks, 5 USCI
Frank Hailstock, 32 USCI
Owen Hailstock, 5 USCI
James Morrison, 27 USCI
James Robinson, 5 USCI

Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County, Samuel A. Lane, 1892
Absalom H. Brooks, 5 USCI
John W. Brooks, 5 USCI
Gustavus Edwinton, 5 USCI
Frank Hailstock, 32 USCI
Owen Hailstock, 5 USCI
Moses Jones, 27 USCI
James Morris, 27 USCI

The Military History of Ohio…, “Roll of Honor of Ohio’s Rank and File from Summit County in the War of the Rebellion,” 1886.

“Roll of Honor”
Samuel Bell, 30 USCI
Charles W.… Read more

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Summit County – Akron

1890 Census
Frank Hailstock, 32 USCI
Owen Hailstock, 5 USCI
Charles Jenkins, 13 USCHA
Sidney W. Johnson, 11 USCHA
James Morrison, 27 USCI
Peter Perry, 9 USCHA and 88 USCI
Henry Pickett, 27 USCI
William Strange, 17 USCI

Glendale Cemetery
Absolom H. Brooks, 5 USCI, died January 30, 1874
Gustavus Edwinton, 5 USCI, died May 20, 1866
Frank M. Hailstock, 32 USCI, died December 22, 1927
Sidney W. Johnson, 11 USCHA, died February 4, 1894
Moses M.A. Jones, 27 USCI, died April 22, 1880
Richard N. Jones, 27 USCI, died September 24, 1894
Henry Picket, 27 USCI
Robert Smith, 11 USCHA, died 1895

Mount Peace Cemetery
Alvin Smith, 27 USCI, died October 10, 1948

Alvin Smith, 27 USCI, last Civil War veteran in Summit County, Ohio
Alvin Smith, 27 USCI, last Civil War veteran in Summit County, Ohio

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Summit County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
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Delaware County – Other Sources

Born in Delaware County
Charles W. A. Henderson, 27 USCI
George W. Whyte, 55 Massachusetts

The Military History of Ohio…, “Roll of Honor of Ohio’s Rank and File from Delaware County in the War of the Rebellion,” 1886.
David Alston, 9 USCHA
Nelson Anderson, 55 Massachusetts
Jerry Austin, 5 USCI
George W. Curry, 5 USCI
John W. Day, 5 USCI
Richard Herrell, 14 RIHA, 11 USCHA
Shadric Highwarden, 5 USCI, died at Baltimore, February 14, 1870
Benjamin Jones, 28 USCI and 23 USCI
John Wesley Mayo, 27 USCI, died at City Point, VA
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You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Delaware County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
who served from or lived in the state.… Read more

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Delaware County – Delaware

Enlisted in Delaware
Westley Alston, 27 USCI, August 29, 1864
Isaac Breckenridge, 27 USCI, April 2, 1864
William Dimery, 27 USCI, July 23, 1864
Thomas H. Evans, 27 USCI, February 27, 1864
William H. Grimes, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
Benjamin Hamilton, 27 USCI, April 2, 1864
James M. Hart, 27 USCI, July 22, 1864
Walker Lewis, 27 USCI, February 16, 1864
Emanuel Ringer, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
Henry Self, 5 USCI, September 9, 1864
Charles E. Taylor, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
William Turney, 27 USCI, July 22, 1864
William Underwood, 27 USCI, April 2, 1864
Robert Wilson, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864

1890 Census
David Alstin, 100 USCI
Robert N.… Read more

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Black Veterans at the Ohio Soldier’s and Sailors’ Home

After the Civil War, African Americans who served in the United States Colored Troops and the United States Navy could apply to reside in both federal and state soldiers’ and sailors’ homes. Below is the list of Black veterans who were admitted to the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Sandusky, Ohio, between November 1888 and August 1919.

Cottage I, from Souvenir Book of Views: Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Sandusky, O.
Sandusky Star-Journal,
July 13, 1901

You can view the admission records on Family Search, “Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919.” This collection of images comes from 20 volumes that include the records of the first 10,000 residents of the Home.… Read more

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