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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
Images and index to descriptive recruitment lists of free and enslaved African Americans in Missouri. Lists name, age, color of eyes and hair, height, place of birth, occupation, date and place of enlistment, name of slave owner and remarks.
This collection contains images and index to descriptive recruitment lists of free and enslaved African Americans in Missouri. Lists name, age, color of eyes and hair, height, place of birth, occupation, date and place of enlistment, name of slave owner and remarks.
*See also Ruth Ann Hager. " Slaves, Soldiers, and Citizens: Special Civil War Recruitment Lists" National Genealogical Society Quarterly 91 (June, 2003): 139-143.
 
''' Related Collections- National Archives'''
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1226169 Register of U.S. Colored Troop Deaths During the Civil War, 1861 - 1865]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2775111 Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Office of the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal for Missouri. 6th District. Lists of Colored Recruits Enlisted, ca. 1864–ca. 1864]


''' Related Collections'''
{{HR Add}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1932431 United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865.]
=== Index and Image Visibility ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2432941 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872.]
{{Image Visibility}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919699 United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.]


== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
The following information may be found in these records:
The following information may be found in these records:
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*Name of recruit
*Name of recruit
*Name of slave owner
*Name of slave owner
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*Physical description  
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*Where born
*Where born
*Occupation
*Occupation
*Enlistment-when, where, by whom and how long
*Enlistment-when, where, by whom and how long
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== Collection Content ==  
== Collection Content ==  
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
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=== Coverage Table ===
=== Coverage Table ===
Coverage table for this collection are available in the wiki article [[United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops, 1863-1865 Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
This table shows the number of records in this collection by birthplace. Records where the birthplace could not be determined are listed as ''Other locality''.
 
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| California ||  style="text-align:right" | 538
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| District of Columbia ||  style="text-align:right" | 171
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| Florida ||  style="text-align:right" | 1
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| Georgia ||  style="text-align:right" | 1
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| Idaho ||  style="text-align:right" | 2
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| Iowa ||  style="text-align:right" | 12
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| Kansas ||  style="text-align:right" | 12
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| Kentucky ||  style="text-align:right" | 129
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| Louisiana ||  style="text-align:right" | 674
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| Maine ||  style="text-align:right" | 1
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| Maryland ||  style="text-align:right" | 5
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| Michigan ||  style="text-align:right" | 7
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| Mississippi ||  style="text-align:right" | 4
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| Missouri ||  style="text-align:right" | 16,098
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| Nebraska Territory ||  style="text-align:right" | 1
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| New Hampshire ||  style="text-align:right" | 14
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| New Jersey ||  style="text-align:right" | 31
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| New York ||  style="text-align:right" | 33
|-
| North Carolina ||  style="text-align:right" | 5
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| Ohio ||  style="text-align:right" | 8
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| Oklahoma ||  style="text-align:right" | 5
|-
| Other locality ||  style="text-align:right" | 68
|-
| Pennsylvania ||  style="text-align:right" | 11
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| South Dakota ||  style="text-align:right" | 4
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| Texas ||  style="text-align:right" | 21
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| Virginia ||  style="text-align:right" | 23
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| Washington ||  style="text-align:right" | 1
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| Wisconsin ||  style="text-align:right" | 1
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[[Category:FamilySearch Historical Records Coverage Tables]]
=== Inventory ===
For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see [[United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops - Inventory]].
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
=== Search the Index ===
=== Search the Index ===
{{Search Collection Link | CID=CID3459909 }}
{{Search Collection Link | CID=CID3459909 }}
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===  
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===  
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
*Add any new information to your records
*Use the estimated age to calculate a birth date
*Use the estimated age to calculate a birth date
*Use the age and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church, and land records
*Use the age and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church, and land records
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*You may need to compare the information of more than one family or person to make this determination
*You may need to compare the information of more than one family or person to make this determination
*Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur
*Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names
*Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor
*Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor
=== Research Helps ===
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]].
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]].
* [[GuidedResearch:Missouri|Missouri Guided Research]]
* [[GuidedResearch:Missouri|Missouri Guided Research]]
* [[Missouri Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Missouri Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Step-by-Step Missouri Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]]
* [[Step-by-Step Missouri Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]]
* [[African American Genealogy]]
* [[African American Genealogy]]
* [[Researching African American Genealogy]]
* [[Researching African American Genealogy]]
* [[Quick Guide to African American Records]]
* [[Quick Guide to African American Records]]
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1123499 Descriptive recruitment lists of volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri,1863-1865 : NARA, pub M1894]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1851343 Slave Claims Commission Records, Delaware, Kentucky]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3744251? Sandra K. Gorin. ''Kentucky Civil War slave compensation claims.''Glasgow, Kentucky : Gorin Genealogical Publishing, 2017. FS Library 976.9 M2gss]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2158561  Kenneth E. Weant, ''Civil War records : United States Colored troops from Missouri.'' Arlington, Texas : K.E. Weant, 2013. FS Library 977.8 M2wct v. 10]
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*{{RecordSearch|1932431|United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865}}
*{{RecordSearch|3459909|United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops, 1863-1865}}
*{{RecordSearch|1919699|United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934}}
*{{RecordSearch|2333780|Freedmen's Bureau Branch Records}}
*{{RecordSearch|2432941|Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records}}
*{{RecordSearch|2333775|Missouri, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}}
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/225207-freedom-by-the-sword-the-u-s-colored-troops-1862-1867?offset=1 William A. Dobak. ''Freedom by the sword :the U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867.'' Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History. United States Army, 2011]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/123097 Joseph B. Ross, comp., ''Tabular analysis of the records of the U.S. colored troops and their predecessor units in the National Archives of the United States'' Washington, D.C. : NARS, 1973]


== Citing This Collection ==  
== Citing This Collection ==  
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
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Microfilm Publication M1894. Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865.. 6 rolls.
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What is in This Collection?

This collection contains images and index to descriptive recruitment lists of free and enslaved African Americans in Missouri. Lists name, age, color of eyes and hair, height, place of birth, occupation, date and place of enlistment, name of slave owner and remarks.

  • See also Ruth Ann Hager. " Slaves, Soldiers, and Citizens: Special Civil War Recruitment Lists" National Genealogical Society Quarterly 91 (June, 2003): 139-143.

Related Collections- National Archives

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Index and Image Visibility

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Name of recruit
  • Name of slave owner
  • Age
  • Physical description
  • Where born
  • Occupation
  • Enlistment-when, where, by whom and how long

Collection Content

Sample Images

  • Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

    Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

Coverage Table

This table shows the number of records in this collection by birthplace. Records where the birthplace could not be determined are listed as Other locality.

State or Territory Records
California 538
District of Columbia 171
Florida 1
Georgia 1
Idaho 2
Iowa 12
Kansas 12
Kentucky 129
Louisiana 674
Maine 1
Maryland 5
Michigan 7
Mississippi 4
Missouri 16,098
Nebraska Territory 1
New Hampshire 14
New Jersey 31
New York 33
North Carolina 5
Ohio 8
Oklahoma 5
Other locality 68
Pennsylvania 11
South Dakota 4
Texas 21
Virginia 23
Washington 1
Wisconsin 1

Inventory

For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops - Inventory.

How Do I Search This Collection?

Search the Index

Search by name on the Collection Details Page.
  1. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
  2. Click Search to show possible matches

How Do I Analyze the Results?

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

  • Add any new information to your records
  • Use the estimated age to calculate a birth date
  • Use the age and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church, and land records
  • Continue to search the index and records to identify other relatives
  • When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct
  • You may need to compare the information of more than one family or person to make this determination
  • Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

  • Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names
  • Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor

Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Missouri.

Other FamilySearch Collections

These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

FamilySearch Historical Records

FamilySearch Digital Library

Citing This Collection

Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

Collection Citation:
The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.
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