Donated by: Alvin Messenger, February 2000 Manuscript Number: MS 016
Series Arrangement: Series 1: Civil War Records Series 2: Pension Records
This collection contains eight files which provide the photocopies of the Civil War records for the following Messenger family members: Horace, Harlow, Francis, Lorenzo, Eldridge, Emory and Watson Hayes. The proof of pension for Marietta Hayes, Watson Hayes’ mother is included as well.
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Series 1. Civil War Records
Horace Henry Messenger (43 yrs.)
1863
Horace Henry Messenger: 7th Connecticut Infantry, Company I, He was 43 years old when he began his service. He was a prisoner, captured May 16 1864, at Drury's Bluff, Died at Camp Sumpter, date of death: Sep 24 1864, of Scorbutus, Grave #9713.
A. Pension file includes photocopies of his Prisoner of War record, casualty sheet, company descriptive book and company muster roll sheets. Civil War Records. (All photocopies are from Andersonville NHS Civil War Resource File, Georgia.)
B. Article: Horace Henry Messenger of Ratlum Mountain, by Nettie Wright Adams in The Lure of the Litchfield Hills, 4 pages. No date.
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Harlow Messenger (35 yrs.)
1862
1907
Harlow Messenger: Private, 25 Connecticut Infantry, Company E. He was 35 years old when he began his service.
File includes photocopies of his: Company Muster Rolls; Company Muster-In Roll; Company Muster-Out Roll & Returns; Declaration for Pension (1907); Department of Interior Bureau of Pension Papers, Certificate No. 360636, on Jan 15, 1898; War Department Paper (400792); [Pension] Reissue and approval $20 Month (1907) Duplicate Certificate Papers (1904); Application for New Certificate (May 1904); Surgeon General Office Hospital treatment (Jan 1883); Declaration for Original Invalid Pension; Declaration for Restoration to the Rolls (1887); Declaration for the increase of an invalid pension (1891); Handwritten Personal Statement, May 19, 1884; Affidavit of Claimant Jan, 29, 1886; General Affidavits (7); Affidavit of Physician.
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Francis I Messenger (29 years)
1863
France I Messenger: Private, Company E, 25th Regiment. He was 29 years old when he began his service.
File includes photocopies of Company Muster Roll; Hospital Muster Roll; U.S. Pension Agency - Dropped (1890); Declaration for an original invalid pension; Declaration for children under 16 years of age; Death Certificate, Birth Certificates for Children, General Affidavits (5), Proof of disability.
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Lorenzo Messenger (25 yrs.)
1863
1909
Lorenzo Messenger: Private, Company E, 25th Regiment. He was wounded in the arm during the battle of Irish Bend, St. Mary's Parish, April 14, 1863.
File includes: Prisoner of War Record; Wounded record; Casualty sheet; Muster Roll; Examining Surgeon Certificate; Invalid Pension Form; Bureau of Pension Certificate No. 233881; Marriage certificate; Declaration for Widows Pension; Death Certificate (1909); General affidavits (5).
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Eldridge Messenger ( 24 yrs.)
1863
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Emory F. Messenger (22 yrs.)
1863
Emory F. Messenger, Private, Company K, 25th Regiment Connecticut.
File includes company muster roll, declaration for pension, declaration of increase in pension, general affidavit (3), declaration for invalid pension.
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Watson Hayes (19 yrs.)
1862
1898
Watson Hayes, Private, Company E, 16th Connecticut Infantry. Taken prisoner on Apr 20, 1864 at Plymouth, N.E. Released, Mar 1865.
File includes company descriptive book, company muster rolls, memorandum from prisoner of war records, parole letter record dated March 1, 1865 due to poor health noted as disease of lungs, declaration of recruit, volunteer enlistment document and more.
Son of Marietta Messenger, pensioner dropped form, Jun 21, 1911, due to her death on May 1, 1911. Original certificate from the Bureau of Pensions certifying a rate of 12 dollars a month, March 3, 1898 as a special act.
Documents in this file may be mixed with documents in Marietta Hayes' file. Harris F. Messenger is married to Alice Hayes and guardian for Watson Hayes.
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Series 2. Pension Records, Civil War
Marietta Hayes
1862
1911
Marietta Hayes, Mother of Watson Hayes
File includes: Application for reimbursement, Certificate 461,005; Marriage License; Certificate of Death; Return of a Birth [Certificate of Birth]; Declaration of Guardian for Pension of Children of a Deceased Soldier, Declaration for original pension of a widow - child or children under 16 year of age, surviving [Act written above title] and more.
Documents in this file may be mixed with documents in Watson Hayes' file. Harris F. Messenger is married to Alice Hayes and guardian for Watson Hayes.
Language: English The collection is open for research. The collection is in good condition.
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