Henry H. Covert
Henry H. Covert was born on March 22, 1839, in New Jersey to Minna and Catherine Covert. His father was a shoemaker who owned $1,000 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Montgomery, New Jersey. He married Lucinda Van Pelt on December 28, 1861, and they had at least five children: Minna, born around 1863; Mary, born around 1867; Katherine, born around 1875; Llewellyn, born around 1877; and Everard, born around 1882. By the early 1860s, he was working as a shoemaker in Montgomery.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on February 24, 1864, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 1st New Jersey Cavalry. The regiment took part in the Overland Campaign and the Appomattox campaign. He was promoted to sergeant in December 1864. He supported President Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864. He was wounded in the thigh sometime during the war, and he mustered out on July 24, 1865.
 
He settled in South Brunswick, New Jersey, after the war and resumed his work as a shoemaker. He applied for a federal pension in September 1866 and eventually received one. By 1870, he owned $2,950 of real estate and $500 of personal property. He returned to Montgomery in the 1870s, and by 1900, he was serving as a justice of the peace. He died on January 20, 1907.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2720)Covert, Henry H.1839-03-221907-01-20
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 60

  • (1586) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 24 February 1865
  • (7698) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 24 April 1864
  • (7701) [recipient] ~ Henry J. Smith to Henry H. Covert, 12 October 1863
  • (7702) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 7 March 1864
  • (7703) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 24 September 1864
  • (7704) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 10 March 1864
  • (7716) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 18 March 1864
  • (7717) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 24 March 1864
  • (7718) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 3 April 1864
  • (7719) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 12 April 1864
  • (7726) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 13 April 1864
  • (7727) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 17 April 1864
  • (7728) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 26 April 1864
  • (7729) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 30 April 1864
  • (7730) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 16 May 1864
  • (7748) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 4 June 1864
  • (7749) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 28 June 1864
  • (7750) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 22 July 1864
  • (7751) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 23 July 1864
  • (7752) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 26 July 1864
  • (7753) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 3 July 1864
  • (7754) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 12 August 1864
  • (7757) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 20 August 1864
  • (7758) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 7 September 1864
  • (7760) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 18 September 1864
  • (7761) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 25 September 1864
  • (7764) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 7 October 1864
  • (7765) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 11 October 1864
  • (7769) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 18 October 1864
  • (7770) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 30 October 1864
  • (7771) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 26 November 1864
  • (7775) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 17 December 1864
  • (7776) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 19 December 1864
  • (7778) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 22 December 1864
  • (7779) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 25 December 1864
  • (7780) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 29 December 1864
  • (7781) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 5 January 1865
  • (7782) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 14 January 1865
  • (7785) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 21 January 1865
  • (7786) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 8 February 1865
  • (7787) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 12 February 1865
  • (7788) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 5 April 1865
  • (7789) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 15 April 1865
  • (7796) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 23 April 1865
  • (7797) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 28 April 1865
  • (7798) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 6 May 1865
  • (7799) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 14 May 1865
  • (7800) [recipient] ~ Charles H. Covert to Henry H. Covert, 22 January 1882
  • (7802) [recipient] ~ Mary B. Covert and Katherine S. Covert to Henry H. Covert, 5 September 1886
  • (7834) [recipient] ~ Mary B. Covert to Henry H. Covert, 29 January 1890
  • (7838) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 26 May 186X
  • (7840) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 18 July 186X
  • (7841) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 1 August 186X
  • (7842) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 27 August 186X
  • (7843) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 11 November 186X
  • (7844) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, 1864
  • (7845) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, undated
  • (7846) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, undated
  • (7847) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt, undated
  • (15349) [writer] ~ Henry H. Covert to Lucinda Van Pelt and Minna F. Covert, 9 April 1865

People - Records: 8

  • (2721) Van Pelt, Lucinda is the [wife of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (2753) Covert, Minna F. is the [child of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (2767) Covert, Mary B. is the [child of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (2768) Covert, Katherine S. is the [child of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (2769) Covert, Llewellyn is the [child of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (5368) Smith, Henry J. is the [friend of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
  • (5369) Covert, Charles H. is the [sibling of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.

Places - Records: 1

  • (415) [birth] ~ New Jersey

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (819) [enlisted] [I] ~ 1st New Jersey Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com