William Black, Unknown

[ScotWarner]

Thank you to all who helped me find info on William McKeough, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, Company E. I have a friend I grew up with in Wisconsin who after I told him about William McKeough, asked me if I could find some info on a man who lived in the house he grew up in in Manitowoc County Wisconsin. He told me the mans name was William Black and the house was given to him for serving in the Civil war. From what I can find on the 1872 plat map, a man named Denis Judge owned the land the house was on. Mr. Judge is on the 1860 census, and evidently owned 3 - 80 acre farms by 1872 and this William Black may very well have perhaps taken care of the farm the house occupied. Who knows. I can't find a William Black from Wisconsin who served in the Civil war so if he existed he may have come from another state and settled in Manitowoc county after the war. By 1878, Mr. Judge no longer owned any of the land and I have yet to discover what happened to him. Anyhow, my friend told me not to spend too much time on it so if anyone runs across a William Black give me a holler if you would. Thank you too.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Thank you to all who helped me find info on William McKeough, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, Company E. I have a friend I grew up with in Wisconsin who after I told him about William McKeough, asked me if I could find some info on a man who lived in the house he grew up in in Manitowoc County Wisconsin. He told me the mans name was William Black and the house was given to him for serving in the Civil war. From what I can find on the 1872 plat map, a man named Denis Judge owned the land the house was on. Mr. Judge is on the 1860 census, and evidently owned 3 - 80 acre farms by 1872 and this William Black may very well have perhaps taken care of the farm the house occupied. Who knows. I can't find a William Black from Wisconsin who served in the Civil war so if he existed he may have come from another state and settled in Manitowoc county after the war. By 1878, Mr. Judge no longer owned any of the land and I have yet to discover what happened to him. Anyhow, my friend told me not to spend too much time on it so if anyone runs across a William Black give me a holler if you would. Thank you too.

There were actually 6 men named William Black that served in units from Wisconsin. 3 of them survived the war but none were from Manitowoc County.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Manitowoc county

Bet this is him. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37783499/william-w_-black

I count 8 Union Veterans named William W. Black. None of them from Wisconsin.

 

[Rutherford Co NC CSA]

Thank you to all who helped me find info on William McKeough, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, Company E. I have a friend I grew up with in Wisconsin who after I told him about William McKeough, asked me if I could find some info on a man who lived in the house he grew up in in Manitowoc County Wisconsin. He told me the mans name was William Black and the house was given to him for serving in the Civil war. From what I can find on the 1872 plat map, a man named Denis Judge owned the land the house was on. Mr. Judge is on the 1860 census, and evidently owned 3 - 80 acre farms by 1872 and this William Black may very well have perhaps taken care of the farm the house occupied. Who knows. I can't find a William Black from Wisconsin who served in the Civil war so if he existed he may have come from another state and settled in Manitowoc county after the war. By 1878, Mr. Judge no longer owned any of the land and I have yet to discover what happened to him. Anyhow, my friend told me not to spend too much time on it so if anyone runs across a William Black give me a holler if you would. Thank you too.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/manitowoc/land/blm/mani-h-k.txt

PATENT_L_N PATENT_F_N PATENT_M_I SECTION_NR TOWNSHIP RANGE TOTAL_ACRE L_O_CODE DOCUMENT_N SIGN_DATE REMARKS
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JUDGE DENNIS 8 20 N 22 E 80 08 19863 1858/02/22

 

[ScotWarner]

I found 6 or so of them also. I haven't got ant regiment info on any of them. I will keep looking. Thank you too!

 

[Zella]

Bet this is him. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37783499/william-w_-black

I count 8 Union Veterans named William W. Black. None of them from Wisconsin.

Glenn, do you think that might be the son of the William Black in question? The write-up gives him as 49, which places him as being born in the 1870s. I cannot think the name and the location is coincidental, though. It's a shame his history seems lost.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Anyhow, my friend told me not to spend too much time on it so if anyone runs across a William Black give me a holler if you would. Thank you too.

Considering there are so many William Blacks, this is a wild card. The thing is, communities had quite a few vets in their midst. For a vet to have been given a house could mean this William had some claim to fame? Remember the youngest soldier ever wounded, William Black? Who knows if he was, it was a huge war- cabinet cards were sold of Black.Does this soldier have to be Wisconsin? I'm not sure where this one originated.

From Miller's

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Glenn, do you think that might be the son of the William Black in question? The write-up gives him as 49, which places him as being born in the 1870s. I cannot think the name and the location is coincidental, though. It's a shame his history seems lost.

Very possible!