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Spencer Anderson
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Unmarked Adult Grave
Buried here per affidavit of Eli Barnes (member, Georgia Assembly), which was included in Charity Anderson's widow’s pension application.
Military Service: Federal Soldier-Civil War
U.S. Colored Troops
Spencer Anderson
Spencer served in the United States Colored Troops. He applied for his pension and his application was approved. His wife, Charity Anderson, applied for a widow's pension, which was also approved. His pension is in the name of Spencer Beasley, with Beasley being the last name of his enslaver, Charles or C.A. Beasley. However, in freedom, he took the name Spencer Anderson, as his father's last name was Anderson.
See the pension application of Charity Anderson, Spencer's wife on Fold3.com.
It is also interesting to note that Spencer Beasley participated in an unsuccessful slave insurrection in 1863. Governor Joseph Brown issued a $500 reward for his capture, as he and one of his co-conspirators escaped from the jail after being tried and convicted. He was reportedly sentenced to death but had his sentence commuted to 100 lashes.