William Brown
Name: William Brown
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 39th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: James S. Davis
Place of Birth/Residence: Buckeystown, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 03/24/1864
Company: C
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Frederick, MD; Manumission recorded 4/1/1864; On detached service for U.S. Navy 4/1864 - returned to assigned service 4/1865; According to service records, name appear also as "William Bremen"
Source(s):
Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury, "Bounty Rolls, 1864-1880," S629, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD, microfilm copy at Maryland Room, Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, MD, 224, left); Adjutant General, "Civil War Muster Rolls, 1864-1867," MSA-S-936-51, Folder No. 27, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD; Frederick County Land Records [on-line at MDLandRec.net], Liber JWLC 1, pages 316, 317.
