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Jacob Lyth [?]

Name: Jacob Lyth [?]

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 4th USCT Inf.

Race: African American

Owner's Name: Harriet & Ann Dorsey & Gish

Place of Birth/Residence: Carroll County, MD

Enlistment Date: 08/11/1863

Company: H

Slave at Enlistment?: Yes

Notes:

Slave for over 5 years


Source(s):

U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 1164, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678).

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