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William Anderson

Name: William Anderson

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 4th USCT Inf.

Race: African American

Owner's Name: Richard B. Brown

Place of Birth/Residence: Mt. Pleasant, Frederick County, MD

Enlistment Date: 07/21/1863

Company: B

Slave at Enlistment?: Yes

Notes:

Manumission recorded 9/20/1864


Source(s):

U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 1986, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); Frederick County Land Records, JWLC 2, page 88.