Henry Brown was a Civil War veteran buried in Mount Holly Colored Cemetery in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Brown was born in 1844 and lived in South Middleton County, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his family according to the “1860 United States Federal Census.”[
According to his obituary, Richard Jordan was born a slave near Macon, Georgia around 1838.[1] Later Census records would also indicate birth years of 1840 and 1841. His whereabouts are unknown until the Civil War, but it is assumed he remained enslaved in Georgia during that time.
Elias Parker was born into slavery in Jefferson County, Virginia likely around 1828.With research supplied by Rosalind G. Bauchum in her book Elias and Lucinda Parker, The Case for a Civil War Widow’s Pension, we know that Elias’ friends and family, in affidavits given in support of Elias’ wife Lucinda’s War Widow Pension Application, cite various birth years for him, ranging from 1827 to 18491. The only federal document with his information, the U.S.
Jesse Tarlton was born somewhere in Virginia around 1824.[1] Nothing else is known of his life prior to his service in the Union Army. His name is sometimes spelled “Tarlton” and sometimes “Talton.” He was drafted into Company K of the 31st USCT in Washington D.C. on October 31, 1864. He had been working as a Laborer.
According to the “U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s to Current for James H. Tyson,” Tyson was born in 1821 in Carroll County, Maryland[1]. While Tyson does not appear in any official capacity until 1864, he made his way to Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA sometime before 1864. In Carlisle, Tyson enlisted as a private in the 32nd USCT, Company F on February 25, 1864[2]. Upon his enlistment, Tyson was listed as a forty-three-year-old laborer who stood at five feet two inches[3].
Henry Ward was born in Clarke County Virginia on October 11, 1842. Not much is known about his early life, but his obituary states that he was enslaved. On January 20th, 1864, Ward enlisted into Company E of the 25th regiment of the USCT in Carlisle, PA