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Edward Jackson

Name: Edward Jackson

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 39th USCT Inf.

Race: African American

Owner's Name: William M. Blackford

Place of Birth/Residence: Frederick [(6) Washington] County, MD

Enlistment Date: 03/31/1864

Company: A

Slave at Enlistment?: Yes


Source(s):

Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury, "Bounty Rolls, 1864-1880," S629, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD, microfilm copy at Maryland Room, Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, MD, 217, right; U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 2174, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678).

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