David here is more about the pension record: For anyone who has viewed them, the Civil War pension records can be an exciting find. All sorts of documents could possibly lie within. For me, researching slave ancestors, it is particularly rewarding because sometimes they have information that simply wouldn't exist anywhere else. For example, they often take depositions, and for former slaves this often includes former masters, former wives, all children and birth dates and dates of slave marriages, all difficult things to ever find. So I have been slowly going through them looking for African American Hardin Countians many of whom seem to have joined the 55th US Colored Regiment at Corinth, MS. I located Isaac Harbour's file. He enlisted in June 1863 but died from Smallpox in May 1864. In 1879 his wife, Martha is applying for a pension and she describes how they belonged to Elisha Harbour.There are several witnesses, since many ex-slaves did not have formal "proof" of birth or marriages. John A. Smith , the Postmaster of Economyy in 1879 is vouching for Martha as well as Lee Smith, the popular black barber with a shop in Savannah. The most fascinating thing about this file is that Elisha Harbour's children, 2 sons- James G. and Elisha, as well as their sister Elizabeth all give depositions to support Martha's claim. Elizabeth (Gant) even says she was present at the birth of all of their children. Martha successfully wins her application for claim and is paid at the rate of $10/month, with backpay to day after the death of her husband.

Robyn, You have done well--great material. I found Martha in the 1870 census, 3rd C. D. Hardin Co. She apparently lived up on Turkey Creek. I didn't see her right off in the 1880 census. If you need anything form the confederates, I have a book published by Deanna Bryant that lists the Confederate solders and widows who applied for pensions. The Confederate pensions came from the individual states and were not as easy to get or to get a copy of as a Union pension. Ingleside or Inglewood replaced Old Town as a post office along the way, and Economy replaced Englewood in 1871. All three of these places are virtually one and the same. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Smith" <msualumni33@verizon.net> To: "tennessee list" <TNHARDIN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: [TNHARDIN] Pension record-Economy, TN > David here is more about the pension record: > > For anyone who has viewed them, the Civil War pension records can be an > exciting find. All sorts of documents could possibly lie within. For me, > researching slave ancestors, it is particularly rewarding because > sometimes they have information that simply wouldn't exist anywhere > else. For example, they often take depositions, and for former slaves > this often includes former masters, former wives, all children and birth > dates and dates of slave marriages, all difficult things to ever find. > So I have been slowly going through them looking for African American > Hardin Countians many of whom seem to have joined the 55th US Colored > Regiment at Corinth, MS. I located Isaac Harbour's file. He enlisted in > June 1863 but died from Smallpox in May 1864. In 1879 his wife, Martha > is applying for a pension and she describes how they belonged to Elisha > Harbour.There are several witnesses, since many ex-slaves did not have > formal "proof" of birth or marriages. John A. Smith , the Postmaster of > Economyy in 1879 is vouching for Martha as well as Lee Smith, the > popular black barber with a shop in Savannah. The most fascinating thing > about this file is that Elisha Harbour's children, 2 sons- James G. and > Elisha, as well as their sister Elizabeth all give depositions to > support Martha's claim. Elizabeth (Gant) even says she was present at > the birth of all of their children. Martha successfully wins her > application for claim and is paid at the rate of $10/month, with backpay > to day after the death of her husband. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/814 - Release Date: 5/21/2007 > 2:01 PM > >