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Index By Owners: Bas – Be
Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863
1865 (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls)

This index was created by Saint Louis University history major, John R. Harris III, volunteers Rohini Sankaran and  Anthony F. Kardis, and by staff of the Special Collections Department. The 5,500+ entries can be browsed either by recruits’ names or by slave owners’ names. There is more information about this source here on this site.

Indexed Source: Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865. Washington, D.C.: Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection St. Louis County Library and National Archives and Records Administration, 2002.

Photocopies of material listed in this index are available from Special Collections.

Index by Owners: Bas – Be
Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops
for the State of Missouri, 1863
1865 (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894)

Main Descriptive Recruitment Lists Index page  |  About the Source

Slave Owner

County of Residence

State of Resid.

Recruit's Last Name

Recruit's First Name

Age

Birth State

County of  Birth

Roll

Frame

Basket, Robert

Howard

MO

Basket

Green

45

KY

Jessamine

2

771

Basket, Robert

Howard

MO

Basket

James

45

VA

Louisa

2

769

Baskett, Robert

Howard

MO

Henry

General

30

MO

Howard

5

812

Baskett, William J

Howard

MO

Baskett

John

23

VA

[blank]

5

819

Bass, Andrew

Greene

MO

Bass

Samuel

25

TN

Wright

5

509

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Bass

Albert

40

MO

Boone

3

521

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Bass

Edward

28

MO

Boone

3

520

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Bass

Henry

29

MO

Boone

3

519

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Bass

Jackson

25

MO

Boone

3

523

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Bass

Noah

21

MO

Boone

3

522

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Henson

Jack

40

KY

Harison

3

559

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Moore

Jarett

40

VA

Westmoreland

3

561

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Perry

Commodore

51

TN

[blank]

3

853

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Prior

James

18

MO

Boone

3

560

Bass, Eli

Boone

MO

Williams

David

18

MO

Boone

3

534

Bass, J P; dec'd

Howard

MO

Bass

Abraham

20

MO

Howard

2

711

Bass, William H

Montgomery

MO

Elliott

Wilson

45

VA

Campbell

6

587

Bass, Wm

Boone

MO

May

William

22

MO

Boone

3

657

Bass, Wm

Boone

MO

True

Henry

22

KY

Bourbon

3

660

Bassett, George

Montgomery

MO

Bassett

Anderson

21

MO

Montgomery

6

448

Bassett, George

Monroe

MO

Bassett

Milton

22

MO

Monroe

4

1062

Bassett, William

Monroe

MO

Bassett

Reuben

30

MO

Monroe

3

1172

Bastin, John V

Howard

MO

Bastin

Martin

35

MO

Saline

2

994

Bastin, John V

Howard

MO

Batin

Martin

35

MO

Saline

2

994

Bates, William

Saline

MO

Smith

Stephen

36

MO

Maine

2

221

Batey, Wm

Boone

MO

Emerson

Miner

24

MO

Boone

3

887

Batey, Wm F

Boone

MO

Batey

Rice

36

MO

Boone

3

472

Batts, Joshua

Boone

MO

Batts

Joe

22

KY

Nicholas

4

972

Bauer, Aaron F

Saline

MO

Johnson

George Wesley

18

MO

Saline

3

937

Baxter, Hugh

Cooper

MO

Baxter

Anderson

25

MO

Howard

5

908

Baxter, Hugh

Cooper

MO

Baxter

Henry

18

MO

Cooper

5

909

Baxter, Hugh

Cooper

MO

Owen

Nelson

18

MO

Cooper

5

656

Baxter, Hugh

Cooper

MO

Owens

Nelson

18

MO

Cooper

5

656

Baylip, Thomas

Ray

MO

Baylip

Nelson

19

MO

Lafayette

1

549

Bayne, E A; Mrs

Chariton

MO

Bayne

Tony

50

VA

Lunenburg

1

670

Bayne, Elizabeth A; Mrs

Chariton

MO

Bayne

Joseph

20

VA

[blank]

1

589

Bayne, Elizabeth A; Mrs

Chariton

MO

Bayne

Miles

45

VA

Louisberg

1

576

Beard, Alexander

Morgan

MO

Beard

Samuel

22

KY

Warren

5

158

Beard, Clinton

Saline

MO

Howard

Charles

22

KY

Jessamine

4

689

Beasley, A

Franklin

MO

Beasley

Sam

20

MO

Franklin

6

500

Beasley, James M

Clay

MO

Beasley

Henson

56

VA

Fairfax

4

317

Beasley, James M

Clay

MO

Beasley

Joseph

38

KY

Madison

4

318

Beasley, Patrick

Franklin

MO

Beasley

Richard

23

MO

Franklin

6

501

Beasley, William

Franklin

MO

Beasley

Martin

20

MO

Franklin

6

508

Beasley, William

Franklin

MO

Beasley

Spencer

28

MO

Franklin

6

505

Beasley, William

Franklin

MO

Beasley

Zenno

16

MO

Franklin

6

517

Beasly, Ephraim

Boone

MO

Beasley

Phillip

35

VA

Spotsylvania

3

693

Beasly, Henry L

Boone

MO

Beasly

Chas

18

MO

Boone

3

558

Beaty, Harvey

Carroll

MO

Bonaparte

Napoleon B

26

VA

Carroll

2

197

Beaty, William

Lafayette

MO

Sanity

Stephen Match

23

VA

[blank]

4

255

Beazely, James

Boone

MO

Palmer

Henry

32

MO

Boone

2

504

Beazely, John; estate

Boone

MO

Brooks

Robert

20

MO

Boone

2

532

Beazely, Robert

Boone

MO

Morgan

Ben

17

MO

Boone

2

531

Beazely, William

Boone

MO

Woolfolk

Peter

26

MO

Boone

2

524

Beck, James P

Howard

MO

Hill

Robert

22

MO

Howard

2

636

Bedford, Susan Mrs

Boone

MO

Buckner

John

18

MO

Boone

2

484

Beesley, Jas

Boone

MO

Beesley

Ambrose

22

MO

Boone

3

476

Beesly, Julia; Mrs

Boone

MO

Beesly

James

35

KY

Lancaster

5

780

Belcher, William

Wayne

MO

Belcher

Wilson

48

MO

Wayne

3

377

Belden, Joshua

Randolph

MO

Belden

Charles

20

MO

Chariton

2

1025

Bell, F M

Linn

MO

Chesser

Jackson

42

VA

Amelia

4

19

Bell, George

Cooper

MO

Bell

John

25

TN

[blank]

5

757

Bell, James

Cooper

MO

Lawson

James

40

VA

Lancaster

1

459

Bell, James S

Cooper

MO

Hubbard

George

20

MO

Cooper

1

564

Bell, James S

Cooper

MO

Waters

Ransom

24

MO

Cooper

1

565

Bell, Jas L

Cooper

MO

Jackson

Armstead

38

VA

/

1

545

Bell, John

Franklin

MO

Bell

Charles

17

MO

Franklin

6

511

Bell, John

Stewart

MO

West

Silas

39

TN

Stewart

4

1047

Bell, Larkin G

Randolph

MO

Bell

Abram

41

KY

/

3

1094

Bell, Larkin G

Randolph

MO

Bell

Samuel

19

MO

Monroe

3

1089

Bell, Mitchell

Saline

MO

Bell

Washington

27

VA

Northumberland

5

375

Bell, Thomas

Lafayette

MO

Smith

Quincy

35

KY

[blank]

4

117

Bell, Wm G

Cooper

MO

Smith

Henry

23

MO

Cooper

1

544

Bellows, Caleb

Lafayette

MO

Elmore

Sam

30

VA

[blank]

4

121

Benn, Thomas

Pike

MO

Robinson

John

22

MO

Pike

3

208

Bennet, John R

Lafayette

MO

Washington

Jack

27

VA

Buckingham

4

73

Bennet, Lucin[?]y; Mrs

Callaway

MO

Bennet

Hiram

25

MO

Callaway

2

911

Bennett, Joel

Callaway

MO

Bennett

Logan

21

MO

Callaway

3

775

Benninger, I

Johnson

MO

Robinson

Franklin

19

MO

Johnson

3

968

Bentley, Anne; Mrs

Montgomery

MO

Bentley

Charles

18

MO

Montgomery

6

599

Bentley, Jordan

Chariton

MO

Bentley

Abraham

23

MO

Chariton

1

744

Bently, Ann; Mrs

Montgomery

MO

Bently

John

19

NC

[blank]

6

591

Bently, Jordon

Chariton

MO

Bently

George

20

MO

Chariton

1

633

Bently, Jordon

[blank]

MO

Bently

Jack

20

MO

Chariton

1

667

Benton, Thornton

Macon

MO

Johnson

Jacob

19

VA

Clark

6

760

Bernier, Dudley

Lincoln

MO

Bernier

Lewis

16

MO

Lincoln

6

254

Berry, Allen

Gentry

MO

Whitton

Field

25

VA

Tazewell

1

349

Berry, Caleb

Callaway

MO

Berry

John

21

MO

Callaway

6

603

Berry, Edward

Callaway

MO

Hunter

Elias

27

VA

Warren

6

463

Berry, Edward G

Callaway

MO

Berry

Richard

22

MO

Callaway

2

852

Berry, Edward G

Callaway

MO

Brown

Jerry

18

MO

Callaway

2

850

Berry, G C [???]

Cole

MO

Mason

William

19

MO

Cole

3

571

Berry, Green

Cole

MO

Berry

Kennedy

33

MO

Cole

3

800

Berry, Greene

Cole

MO

Starke

Phillip

16

MO

Cole

3

850

Berry, Harrison

Pike

MO

Berry

George

19

KY

Bourbon

6

67

Berry, Henry

Boone

MO

Berry

Aaron

18

MO

Boone

4

1100

Berry, Henry

Boone

MO

Berry

Benj

18

MO