Mathew Spalding

Birth Date

1835

Gender

Race Description

Black

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Spalding. Father of William Spalding and Thomas Spalding. Enslaved by Ignatius A. Spalding in Union County. Served in the 13th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from March 14, 1865, to November 18, 1865.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 326A.
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1818, Roll 0259.
KYR-0001-004-3103.

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