Black Person Information
First Name:
Tower
Last Name:
Griffith
Family Code:
36745
Color:
Black
Gender:
Male
County:
Harrison
State Born in:
KY
Birth Year:
1837.0
Occupation:
Farmer
Height:
67
Skin Color:
Black
Enslaver Information
First Owner Name:
Enslavement status unknown
First Owner Code:
W0000
First Owner State:
KY
First Owner County:
Harrison
First Owner Year Transferred:
1864
Second Owner Name:
Freed upon joining U.S. Army
Second Owner Code:
Z1000
Military Service
Military Unit:
100th Infantry USCT Company I
Enlisted Year:
1864.0
Additional Information
Notes:
Corporal. Sent to military prison for a sentence of 5 years, was originally sentenced to be hanged by the neck till dead for shooting and murder of PVT Greenberry Ross of I Co. 100th USCT 8/13/1864