Military: CWR: Colborn, George W. of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Colborn, George W.

* From Somerfield, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private Co. H 85th Pa. 
* Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861 at age 41 in Somerfield, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Mustered in Nov. 12, 1861 at Uniontown, Pa. 
* Discharged Sept. 16, 1864 on Surgeon's Certificate of Disability 
* Height - 5'11"; Hair - Light; Complexion - Fair; Eyes - Blue 
* Occupation - Farmer 
* Residence at enlistment - Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Died of disease while in army, at New Berne, North Carolina 
* Widow Pension: Applied Nov. 8, 1865, Application #114754, Certificate #148438

SOURCE:
* Census 1890 Veterans, Confluence & Lower Turkeyfoot Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
[Lists Co. as K and rank as Corporal] 
* Youghiogheny River Towns 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Veterans Card File 
* 1884 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Muster Roster Co. H 
* Footnote.com

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Colborn, George W.

* Two dollars fifty cents per Commissioners' note dated Apr. 8, 1864 
* Note endorsed by Harriet? Collom.

SOURCE:
* Somerset Past Vol. 10 No. 2, Board of Relief Vouchers