This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------09619C1925D6CABD3ACF2450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a letter from his granddaughter, Mrs. H. B. Nelms, to the pension department, August 15, 1955, she states: " My grandfather, Harvey Deskins Meadows of Elgood, West Virginia was born on December 7, 1837. He fought the entire four years of the civil war, and as a result of being wounded in the war, he lost sight in one eye. He drew a pension for a short while. Then suddenly the pension stopped in 1885 without any explanation at all. After this he drew no more of it. I would like to know if there was a reason his pension was stopped. Shouldn't he have drawn it until his death, June 26, 1900? Since he did not receive this money that was entitled to him, shouldn't his two remaining daughters, Mrs. Mollie Meadows Shepherd and Mrs Cora Meadows Falls (?) receive this amount that should have been paid from the time it was stopped until his death? I would appreciate your checking on this matter and letting me know. Thank you very much, Yours Truly, Mrs. H. B. Nelms" This Harvey Deskins Meadows has affadavits explaining his being in the Mercer County Militia, and in the summer of 1861, was called to Princeton to take the oath of allegiance to the confederacy. He refused and has an interesting account of hiding in the backwoods with other union sympathizers, where he was pursued by the 17th Virginia Cavalry C.S.A. He was in hiding for 9 months.He met with the Union General Cox, whereby he was told to gather all loyal Virginians. When Harvey returned to his home, Cox was forced to retire back toward Charleston.He was eventually captured with W. H. Meadows and L.D. Bucklin and was to be sent to Richmond prison. He was offered enlistment into the confederate army vs. prison and chose the former. His first opportunity to escape was at the Battle of Greencastle, PA in July 1863 (Gettysburg Campaign), where he deserted the confederate ranks. He was sent to Fort Delaware (Union Prison) where he asked General Schaeffer to take the Oath of Allegiance, which he did. He was awaiting a letter from his uncle Jacob Meadows from St. Joseph, Missouri to vouch for his loyalty. He eventually joined Company B, 1st U.S. Volunteers and remained in the US Army from 1/25/1864 to 12/5/1865 where he was discharged at Leavenworth Kansas. There is also an affadavit from W. Henderson Meadows (the one in hiding with Harvey) who substantiated the above statement. Apparently Bucklin, the other person, was never seen again. He too, deserted the southern lines. No mention of Harvey's wife however. John C. Dawson SandraG627@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/24/00 3:54:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > backjudge1@centuryinter.net writes: > > > This is Harvey Deskins Meadows. I have his pension records, and he was > > conscripted into the confederate service unwantedly, deserted at or near > > Gettysburg, paroled, and enlisted into the U.S. Army, and moved to the > > western theatre. He is not the Harvey Meadows married to Sarah Jane > Boon(e), > > and resided in Mercer County after the war. > > Is he the one married to Victoria Welks? > > Thanks for writing. > Sandy in Florida > [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith] > <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag">All My Mama's</A> > Maybe I will catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010, <grin> --------------09619C1925D6CABD3ACF2450 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="backjudge1.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for John C. Dawson Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="backjudge1.vcf" begin:vcard n:Dawson;John x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.geocities.com/cok11wv adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:backjudge1@centuryinter.net title:11th West Virginia Infantry x-mozilla-cpt:;-21696 fn:11th West Virginia Infantry end:vcard --------------09619C1925D6CABD3ACF2450--