John Countee
Name: John Countee
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 19th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: James Goings[?]
Place of Birth/Residence: Urbana, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 01/10/1864
Company: K
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Transferred to U.S. Navy on 5/16/1864.
Source(s):
U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 3636, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); United States Census Bureau, “1870 Federal Census of Frederick Co., MD,” [database on-line], Ancestry.com; Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC, as scanned on Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line].
