John Clafford Slafford, I

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• Name	John Clafford Slafford  [1, 2]
  Suffix	I
  Born	1840 Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Regiment: 8th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company: E Rank In: Corporal Rank Out: Corporal Film Number: M589 roll 17 Memorial: Part of the African American Civil War Memorial Plaque Number: A-19 [5]
  Military	12 Oct 1863 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 7]
  Military	1865 [3, 8]  –  Civil War: Co. E 8th Reg USCT
  John Clafford Sentenced	10 Aug 1877 Newport, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [9]  –  John Clafford and Larry Green- 2 smokes from Millerstown Sentenced for Stealing Chickens
  Veteran	Civil War: Corporal Co. E 8th Reg. USCT [3, 8, 10]
  Name	John Elaford
  Name	John S Clafford I [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12]
  Died	5 Aug 1907 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4, 10]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	In 1860, he was a boatman presumably living in or near Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census nor is he found with certainty in any other census for Dauphin County throughout his life. He stood 5' 3" tall and had brown hair, brown eyes, and a brown complexion. Regiment: 8th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company: E Rank In: Corporal Rank Out: Corporal Film Number: M589 roll 17 Memorial: Part of the African American Civil War Memorial Plaque Number: A-19 A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-three as a substitute and mustered into federal service at Philadelphia October 12, 1863, as a corporal with Co. E, 8th U.S. Colored Troops. Wounded in the right ear at the battle of Olustee on February 20, 1864, he was admitted to U.S. Hospital No. 14 at Beaufort, South Carolina, then furloughed to date April 2, 1864. He overstayed his furlough, listed as a deserter to date May 2, and arrested May 21 at Harrisburg. Per the law, the army charged him $30.00 for cost of arrest, then added another $5.38 for transportation to Camp William Penn in Philadelphia where he was held in confinement. Although reduced to ranks to date March 1, 1865, no general court-martial transcript was found. He returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company November 10, 1865, at Brownsville, Texas. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive. Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334
  Person ID	I7055 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family	Lizzie Clafford Slafford
  Children	1. John S. Clafford Slafford, II b. Abt 1875 bur. 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3575 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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