Civil War Records of George W. Knights

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E (Davis Guards) 6th MVI
(3 months)		 Sergt.; enl. April 16, 1861; must. April 22, 1861 must. out Aug. 2, 1861 Acton   age 26
E 6th MVI
(9 months)		 enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862 as 1st Sergt.; comm. 2nd Lieut. March 10, 1863 must. out June 3, 1863 Acton wheelwright age 28
E 6th MVI
(100 Days)		 1st Lieut; comm. May 13, 1864; must. July 18, 1864

must. out Oct. 27, 1864

 Acton carpenter age 29
MASSCW, 1:381,413,448

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): 3 Pages (PDF*)
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): pages  26-27, 30-31, 32-22 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
               

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  x

Grand Army of the Republic

Isaac Davis Post No. 138, Acton, Massachusetts (Sargent, Grand Army of the Republic, p. 425.)


Death

Date February 27, 1880
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 46 years, 6 months
Cause consumption
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by  

Additional Information

Born in Marlborough to parents Amos and Lydia (death record, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org).

George Knight, a 21 year old carpenter, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 303/314) (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 38).

George W. Knights, age 26, wheelwright, is recorded in the 1860 federal census for South Acton, in household (dwelling no. 369) with Frances A. Knights, age 24 ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

George Willard Knight, a 30 year old carpenter, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 274/313) with Frances Ann Knight, age 26  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 73.)

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "Men of Acton Who Fought for the Union," as Lieut. "George Willard Knights."

See also: Discharge papers for George W. Knights (AML.87.16, PDF)

 

 

 

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