SURVIVING VETERANS AND WIDOWS
FROM THE
TOWN OF FLORIDA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NY

The transcription of the Town of Florida, Montgomery County, 1890 veteran's and widow's census was a joint project by myself and Robert Lorick, Contributing Editor. This segment of the 1890 census is more formally known as the "Eleventh Census of the United States, Special Schedule, Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines and Widows, Etc." The information gathered on surviving veterans was deemed necessary by Congress due to changes in the pension law extending benefits to a wider range of veterans and widows. The veteran or widow was asked to provide the regiment(s) and company served in, dates of service, and current health status of the veteran. Experienced genealogists know that the 1890 census of the United States was destroyed in a fire several decades later, with material from only a few scattered counties throughout the U.S. surviving.

I transcribed the information below from microfilm this past winter, while Bob searched for further information about the men in other sources, primarily early enlistment rosters. We hope you find this information valuable. If your Civil War ancestor is listed his military and pension records can be ordered from the National Archives.

Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, and Widows etc.

Town of Florida, Montgomery County
Enumerated in June 1890

Supervisor's District No. 6, Enumeration District No. 72

House 1, Family 1
VROMAN, John C., Sergeant, Co. G, 70 Ill. Inf., Jan. 6, 1862 - Oct. 23, 1862, 4 mos. 17 days
", Sergeant, Co. H., 143rd Ill. Inc., May 17, 1864 - Sep. 26, 1864, 4 mos. 19 days (math is wrong)
Scotch Bush, N.Y., dharia(?), re-enlisted veteran

House 15, Family 16
SERKWOOD(?) Galusha, Pvt., Co. D., 153rd NY Inf., Oct. 16, 1864 - June 10, 1865, 8 mos. 24 days
Scotch Bush, N.Y., hernia

House 57, Family 59
KISER, John A., Pvt., Co. H., 44th N.Y. Inf., Oct. 15, 1861 - Oct. 15, 1864, 3 years
Minaville, N.Y., shot through left leg
[Ref: from official muster rolls - Kiser, Adam (Kiser John A. ?) Age 26 Joined/enrolled Sept 15, 1861 in Albany, NY by William N. Danks. for 3 years service. Mustered into service in Albany by W.H. Revere Jr.. Company H, 44th NY Infantry.]

House 100, Family 102
VANHEUSEN, George, Pvt., Co. G., 2nd N.Y. Cav., Mar. 31, 1865 - June 27, 1865, 2 mos. 26 days
Pattersonville, N.Y.

House 127, Family 130
SMITH, William D., Pvt., Co. C., 13th N.Y. H.A., Jan. 18, 1864 - Jul. 21, 1865, 1 yr. 6mos. 3 days
Amsterdam, N.Y. Rheumatism

House 139, Family 142
SEARS(?), William D., Pvt., Co. C., 2nd N.Y. Inf., Apr. 3, 1861 - Aug. 20, 1862, 1 yr. 4 mos. 17 days
Minaville, N.Y.

House 177, Family 180
VANHUSEN, Peter, Pvt., Co. G., 8th N.Y. Cav., Mar 31, 1865 - Jun. 27, 1865, 2 mos. 26 days
Minaville, N.Y.

House 187, Family 191
SWART, William, Pvt., Co. C., 13th N.Y. H.A., Jun. 11, 1863 - Aug. 26, 1865, 2 yrs. 2 mos. 15 days
Amsterdam, N.Y., shot in the back

House 229, Family 233
DEGROFF, James H., Pvt., Co. K., 115th N.Y. Inf., Aug. 26, 1862 - July 3, 1865, 2 yrs., 10 mos. 17 days
Kline (?), N.Y., shot in back of head
[Ref. "The History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties" by F.W. Beers, 1878 - James De Graff was a a resident of Palatine at enlistment.]

House 274, Family 280
SARA, John C., Pvt., Co. C., 169th N.Y. Inf., Oct. 3, 1862 - July 1, 1864, 1 yr. 8 mos. 27 days
Scotch Bush, N.Y., Rheumatism

10/4/02 - The correction below was sent in by Bob Farrell, who's researching the 169th Volunteers. Thanks, Bob!

In a search for 169th NYV material I came upon the above. As there was no Sona in the Roster of the 169th I began a search and discovered:

Sara, John C. - Age, 41 years. Enlisted, September 3, 1862, at Brunswick, to serve three years, mustered in as private, Co. C, October 6, 1862; absent, sick in hospital at Portsmouth, VA., since July 27,1863, and at muster out of company.

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