TIP #530 THE CONFEDERATE HOME AT PEWEE VALLEY - PART 1 Many years after the close of the Civil War, individual states began the operation of Confederate Homes; a retirement facility for the veterans of the war. Kentucky established their Confederate Home for the inform on 17 March 1902. The Daughters of the Confederacy and Confederate veterans bought a home called Villa Ridge which had been a Victorian summer resort in Pewee Valley, Oldham County. The then governor, J. C. W. Beckham was the host at it's opening 23 October that same year. Barely two years later, the Confederate Home had approximately 300 old veterans in residence. It is noted that the most famous gathering was that of 25 of General John Hunt Morgan's Raiders who lived there. The building burned on 25 March 1920 leaving only one wing that was large enough to house a few of the veterans. More than 700 soldiers resided at the Confederate Home during its operation but when it closed totally in 1934, there were only five soldiers left there. Several times during its existence a proposed sale was made as it was extremely costly to operate the home; the Daughters of the Confederacy were successful in stopping all but the last sale. The State Legislature approved the property sale on 17 March 1934 and voted to pay the remaining veterans of the Confederacy $800 a month. Those still residing there were transferred to the Pewee Valley Sanitarium, and in June of the same years, the doors closed on this period of history. I have been unable to obtain a list of all those veterans who resided there, however, the manuscripts, records and listings are held by the Kentucky Historical Society and the Boone National Guard Research Library in Frankfort, one of which has the originals, one on microfilm. Pictures of the Confederate Home can be found at: http://www.littlecolonel.com/ConfederateHome.htm There is a cemetery where many of the old veterans are buried; records indicated there are 313 burials. In 1952, the state restored the cemetery which had become overgrown and in great disrepair and it was re-dedicated in 1957 by Gov. A. B. Chandler. It is now under the operation of the Kentucky State Parks Department. Listed below are the burials that I could find that have been recorded there; I have no further information on any of the names. My thanks to those who have transcribed the cemetery. It might be possible to reconstruct some of the soldiers who resided at the Confederate Home by going through the Oldham County census records for 1910 through it its closing. Shown is the soldier's name, Unit, Birth Date, Death Date ADAMS, John J. 2nd KY Cav, Co A 1839-1920 ADAMS, Peter B. Morgan's Comm, Co A 1831-1909 ANDERSON, H. B. 1st KY Mtd Rifles 1834-1913 ANDREWS, J. W. 2nd KY Cav, Co M 1831-1911 ASHBY, Z. K. 4th KY Cav, Co E 2-15-1830 4-16-1916 ASHFORD, Sandford P. 2nd ARK, Co F 1833-1913 AUBREY, John P. 2nd KY Inf, Co I 1830-1908 BAIN, L. C. 6th KY Inf, Co C 1842-1919 BAIN, W. A. 4th KY Cav, Co E 9-14-1844 2-1918 BAKER, E. F. 8th KY Cav, Co G 1842-1905 BARKER, John W. 2nd KY Cav, 12-11-1841 11-13-1906 BARKER, George 20th MS Inf, Co A 5-28-1832 2-21-1915 BARTON, James MO Cav, Co A 1-1-1834 4-28-1907 BATES, John W. 4th KY Cav, Co H 1842-1907 BENSON, J. E. 1st KY Cav, Co H 1841-1905 BERRYMAN, J. A. 12th KY Cav, Co C 1-2-1836 10-17-1917 BLAIR, John C. 8th KY Cav, Co C 1828-1912 BLAZER, John 9th KY Inf, Co C 1827-1905 BOAZ, R. D. 4-1847 12-2-1912 BONE, W. C. Cobb's Legion, Co C 1842-1915 BOWMAN, John W. 1st Bn Inf, Co B 1840-1919 BRABSON, Enoch 1st KY Inf, Co A 1837-1911 BRENT, J. M. 27th VA Reg, Co B 1827-1904 BREWER, James 6th KY, Co H 1838-1918 BRISCOE, John F. 3rd MO Cav, Co K 1-16-1830 9-1-1913 BROMLEY, Abner Bullitts Batt, Co A 1824-1905 BRONSON, Marion 18-- 1923 BROWN, Ed C. 2nd KY Cav, Co E 4-2-1842 9-22-1913 BROWNING, Henry 2nd KY Reg, Co D 1832-1904 BUCKMAN, John 1st KY Cav, Co F 1836-1906 BURBIGE, J. W. 2nd Batt Cav, Co F 1831-1911 BURCH, T. H. 1st KY Inf, Co A 1838-1919 BURDETTE, J. A. 36th Va Inf, Co A 1833-1906 BURGESS, George L. 1st KY Inf, Co D 1838-1907 BURNES, Timothy 10th TN Inf, Co G 7-1835 6-8-1903 BURNETT, J. W. 9th KY Inf, Co G 1839-1908 BURNS, J. Pollard 4th KY Cav, Co A 1842-1922 BUTTERWORTH, W. L. 6th Mo, Co G 4-17-1844 6-9-1812 CALMES, W. T. 8th KY Cav, Co A 12-26-1841 1-27-1908 CAMPBELL, E. C. 2nd KY Inf, Co E 1822-1906 CANNOY, J. C. 37th VA Cav, Co I 1845-1929 CARR, C. W. F. 12th GA Bn, Co F 1848-1922 CENTER, William H. 8th KY Cav, Co K 9-25-1844 6-12-1917 CASSITY, Willis 5th KY, Co E 12-23-1838 2-12-1908 CASTLEBERRY, James 1st KY Cav, Co K 1824 1915 CHESTER, W. F. 6th NC Inf, Co D 1842-1925 CLARK, Zack 4th KY Cav, Co G 1827-1905 CLARKSON, G. N. 1st KY Cav, Co F 1841-1920 CLORE, T. B. 10th KY Cav, Co C 1845-1930 COLLINS, W. L. 1st KY Inf, Co G 1842-1920 COMBS, Walker C. 4th KY Cav, Co G 1832-1906 CONNOR, John 1st KY Inf, Co G 1838-1915 CONOVER, John J. Buckner's Body Guard 1834-1907 COOK, J. W. 8th KY Cav, Co B 1843-1905 COPAL, Abraham Scott's Reg VA, Co I 2-1821 4-9-1914 COTTRELL, George C. 24th VA Reg, Co A 1845-1910 CRABTREE, H. R. 1st KY Cav, Co A 1831-1927 CRAFTON, A. J. 4th KY Cav, Co A 1827-1908 CRAIN, J. P. 40th TN Reg 3-15-1842 8-28-1917 CRAYCROFT, W. E. 2nd KY Inf, Co C 1842-1920 CROCKETT, John W. 4th KY Inf, Co B 1842-1920 CROWE, G. P. 9th KY Cav, Co C 1841-1930 CROZIER, James M. 6th KY Cav, Co A 1833-1907 CRYSTAL, George W. 8th KY Cav, Co A ------ ------ CUMMINGS, Jos. 5th KY Inf, Co C 1839-1915 CUNDIFF, W. H. 13th KY Cav, Co A 1843-1929 DAUGHERTY, M. N. Wilfrey's 5th Inf 1831-1918 DAVIES, W. B. 6th KY Inf, Co B 1834-1906 DAVIS, M. A. 7th NC Inf, Co K 12-14-1840 3-30-1908 DELANEY, C. W. 10th KY Cav, Co F 1843-1924 DICKINSON, Ben 10th KY Cav, Co C 10-5-1827 3-1-1915 DICKINSON, W. P. 1st KY Cav, Co G 7-29-1838 9-25-1904 DILBECK, W. M. 10th KY Cav, Co C 4-5-1932 2-28-1914 DOTSON, Greenberry 9th KY Cav, Co H 1839-1921 DOWNS, Benjamin C. 8th KY Cav, Co G 1841-1926 DULANEY, Leroy 7th KY Inf, Co K 1820-1907 DUNCAN, M. 1st KY Bat Mtn Rifle 6-10-1836 11-28-1914 DYKE, E. J. 64th NC Cav, Co H 1835-1930 EDEN, Paul 3rd KY Inf, Co D 1840-1910 ERSKINE, Jas. R. 1st KY Cav, Co G 1840-1911 ESKEW, A. F. 33rd VA Inf, Co C 1823-1904 EVANS, Garrett 1st KY Inf, Co C 5-13-1838 7-21-1914 EWING, George B. 11th MS 1-12-1833 7-14-1912 FANT, W. J. 11th MS Inf, Co F 1836-1920 FARMER, B. C. 1st KY, Co C 7-28-1841 4-1-1913 FARRIS, R. C. 3rd KY, Co E 10-9-1838 4-13-1910 FAULKNER, J. D. 1st KY Cav, Co A 2-12-1834 11-22-1910 FEAMSTER, John A. 14th VA Cav, Co E 18-- 1923 FISHER, G. H. 24th TX Cav, Co A 1833-1928 FOSTER, S. O. 3rd KY Cav, Co B 1838-1910 FOUSCHEE, William Forrest Cav 4-25-1833 1-12-1912 FRANKLIN, Henry 37th VA Inf, Co B 1840-1924 FURNISH, John T. 4th KY Inf, Co D 1843-1923 GARR, J. Polk 1st KY Inf, Co E 1844-1927 GASNEY, J. W. 36th GA Reg 7-19-1823 7-8-1909 GIBSON, Allen 10th KY Cav, Co C 7-10-1822 5-19-1911 GILBERT, James B. 3rd KY Inf, Co G 1837-1925 GILLASPIE, William 9th KY Cav, Co D 10-20-1835 6-23-1917 GIVENS, W. A. 10th MO Cav, Co A 1835-1907 GLASSCOCK, Isaac 9th KY Cav, Co B 1841-1923 GOBIN, J. D. 10th KY Cav, Co F 1845-1928 GOUGH, W. H. 4th KY Inf, Co C 1836-1912 GRAY, W. S. 2nd KY Inf, Co H 1844-1919 GREEN, John Henry 4th KY, Co C 1825-1909 GRIFFITH, William 6th KY Inf, Co B 1837-1922 GRIMES, R. W. 2nd KY Cav, Co B 1843-1919 GRUBBS, John W. 2nd KY Cav, Co I 11-22-1844 11-23-1912 GUNSALA, John 7th KY Cav, Co C 1844-1924 HAGERMAN, S. Gilbert 2nd KY Inf, Co C 1840-1921 HALEY, Edward F. 2nd KY Cav, Co A 1844-1925 HALL, Alfred S. 8th KY, Co G 4-20-1838 6-7-1907 HAMILTON, J. H. 7th KY Inf, Co K 1843-1909 HAMMON, G. W. 4th KY Mt Inf 11-9-1830 5-3-1912 HANCOCK, Thomas J. A Faithful Nurse ------ 9-3-1910 HANCOCK, B. F. 4th KY Inf, Co B 1844-1912 HANCOCK, Harry 4th KY Inf, Co E 1844-1921 HARDIN, W. H. 6th KY Inf, Co A 1831-1911 HARRIS, W. H. 3rd KY Cav, Co B 1845-1929 HATCHET, Edwin H. 2nd ARK Cav, Co D 1838-1919 HAUSER, William 4th KY Cav, Co F 1835-1913 HAYNES, F. M. 6th KY Inf, Co F --------- 1904 HEAD, R. F. 1st TN Cav, Co D 2-10-1843 11-1-1914 HEADY, Mike 8th KY Cav, Co C 1836 - HENDERSON, Peter 30th Bn Inf, Co F 1837-1912 HENDREN, J. C. 5th KY Cav, Co A 1840-1928 HENRY, W. F. 9th KY Inf, Co A 8-22-1824 4-24-1906 HENRY, Patrick 5th KY, Co A 11-13-1838 1-12-1906 HERRELL, G. A. Woodard's Reg, Co D 1841-1919 HERNDON, E. L. 4th TN Cav, Co I 1843-1928 HERRING, Jas. A. 4th TN Inf, Co E 1840-1930 HIGHTOWER, John A. Parker's VA Batt 1844-1913 HILL, Sam H. 32nd TN Inf, Co B 1847-1929 HINES, James F. 9th KY Cav, Co D 1841-1916 HODGES, Daniel 3rd KY Cav, Co C 1832-1908 HOGGINS, Jas. H. 5th KY Cav, Co D 1833-1909 HOLLAND, Joe 2nd KY Bn, Co E 11-25-1946 12-25-1914 HOLLOWAY, R. G. 4th TX Inf, Co I 1839-1928 HOPPER, T. J. 8th KY Col, Co A 2-22-1832 11-14-1910 HOPPER, Frank M. 4th KY Inf, Co D 1845-1918 HOURIGAN, John C. 8th KY Cav, Co I 1831-1904 HOWELL, Thomas 8th KY Cav, Co A 4-10-1833 5-18-1908 HUDSON, D. C. 6th KY Cav 1833-1910 HUFF, William 13th KY Cav, Co A --------- 1908 HUNTER, John 7th GA, Co H 1839-1919 To be continued. (c) Copyright 3 Mar 2005, Sandra K. 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