This year for my 5th A to Z Challenge, I used my 2Xs great uncle, Thomas (Ray) Allen’s pension file as the basis for my blog posts. Thomas served in the United States Colored Calvary during the Civil War. In his 115 page pension file, I was able to find family members, friends and veterans who served with him during the war, plus the name of the man who had enslaved him.
- The Life, Times and People of Thomas Ray Allen A to Z Theme Reveal
- A – Thomas Ray Allen 1847 – 1907
- B – Bluford Hubbard – Served with Thomas in the U.S.C.T.
- C – Clara Hoskins Green – Thomas’ Mother
- D – Doctor’s Medical Testimony
- E – Major Edmundson Gave Testimony
- F – Foster Ray – Slaveholder
- G – Georgie McDougal Ray – Divorce Testimony
- H – Henry Johnson – Member Co. D, 5th United State Colored Calvary
- I – Insufficiency, Aortic – Cause of Death
- J – Jacob Roger Raynor – Pastor
- K – Katherine Wiley – Thomas Allen’s Wife
- L – Lottie Withers Sullivan – Introduced Thomas and Kate
- M – Thomas McDougal – Witness and Former Brother-in-law
- N – No Longer Enslaved
- O – The Other N is Nelson Cantrell – Witness for Thomas Allen
- P – Lewis Pierson – Witness
- Q – William M Quinn – Witness
- R – Richard Clay – Witness
- S – Sarah Ann Wiley – Sister and Witness for Kate Wiley Allen
- T – Twenty-seven-fifteen N. Capital Street
- U – United States Colored Troops At Camp Nelson
- V – Veteran’s Civil War Pensions
- W – Henry Wiley – Brother and Witness
- X – Signed With His “X”
- Y – Joseph Sharp Yowell – Anatomy of an Investigation
- Z – Zachariah’s Grandson Addison Taylor