Officers during the Civil War engaged servants to cook, clean and otherwise serve them. These functions were sometimes fulfilled by slaves in the case of southern officers, and by freed slaves and colored troops in the northern armies. Soldiers might be hired in this way to be the man-servant of an officer. Hope this helps. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nena Smothers" <smothersnena@hotmail.com> To: <KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:29 AM Subject: [KY] George Grass-servant > Can anyone tell me what the connotation of the word "servant" refers too in > this? > > > > The document is paying persons in the regiment for the period of April 30, > 1862 to August 31, 1862. > > did not during any part of the time employ a soldier as servant. **** > > The names of our servants are below > - that we are not indebted to the United States in any way whatever. > > We also certify that we witnessed the payment to the whole company. > B.F. Prentis Capt. > > > *Servt. George Grass** > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > > > ==== KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > The Registry -- NEW -- > http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/ > Help defeat spam > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >