John Weedon
Name: John Weedon
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 39th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Richard Thomas
Place of Birth/Residence: Buckeystown, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Company: G
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Source(s):
Adjutant General, "Civil War Muster Rolls, 1864-1867," MSA-S-936-51, Folder No. 55, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD; Paul and Rita Gordon, Frederick County, Maryland: A Playground of the Civil War (The Heritage Partnership, Frederick, MD: M&B Printing Inc., 1994), 287; U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 3000, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678).
