Ruling Out 1812 John M. Smith?

I was able to spend a couple of hours yesterday at the library and I was able to look at a book called Record of abstracts, pension records; soldiers of the revolutionary war and 1812 war, who settled in Mercer County, Kentucky, Harrodsburg (the county seat) by Annie Walker Burns. In that book, there was a [...]

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War of 1812 John M. Smith

The book snippet that I posted yesterday mentioned John M. Smith followed by Nancy Smith.  I think this pension card from the was of 1812 is certainly them, I just don’t know if they’re mine! I found this on the Fold3 web site, but the file itself has not yet been scanned. I know NOTHING [...]

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William Smith Revolutionary Pension pg 6-8

I have begun the process of transcribing the pension file for William Smith of Russell County, Kentucky to see if I can find a connection with my family: my grandfather Herman Smith > Oliver Houston Smith > Elias Smith > George A Smith > John M. Smith.  My plan is to make a timeline of [...]

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William Smith – Revolutionary Soldier

(I had originally posted this blog on February 7 and within hours, received a packet of information in the mail that changed the ancestor I was going to research.  So I removed the post to take some time with the new information.  I now feel confident that the information I received was wrong, so I’m [...]

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Andrew J. Stephens Military Mix-Up

I recently decided to re-examine a military pension file that I have for Andrew J. Stephens.  His pension packet is relatively small – only 8 pages.  When I ordered it, I was hoping to find that this was my GGG-grandfather, but instead found that this was another Andrew who had married my GG-Grandmother, Victoria Coffey. [...]

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1890 Census – Jamestown – Final

This concludes the 1890 Census of Veterans and Widows for Russell County, Kentucky! Kean, William R – 5 Ky. Cav. Kearnes, Job – 3 Ky. Inft. Lalli, Ovidas  - 13 Ky. Lawless, William J – 5 Ky. Cav. McFarland, David C – 3 Ky. Inft. McKiney, Benj – 13 Ky. Cav. Meadows, Andrew C – [...]

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1890 Census – Jamestown – Part 1

Barger, Alonzo – 13 Ky. Cav. Blakey, John W – 13 Ky. Cav. Brockman, Willis W – 12 Ky. Inf. Bunch, Ralph – 12 Ky. Inf. Bunch, Saloman – 12 Ky. Inf. Burris, Henry – 3 Ky. Inft. Cannadas, William D – 12 Ky. Inf. Chapman, James K – 13 Ky. Cav. Chort, Granville – [...]

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1890 Census – Jamestown #1 Precinct – Final

Woolridge, John – 5 Ky. Cav. Martha M widow of Smith, William * – 3 Ky. Inft. Dunbar, Lafayette – 5 Ky. Cav. Ellender S widow of Stephens, Welcome – 12 Ky. Inft. Emily widow of Dunbar, Reuben P. – 3 Ky. Inft. Coffey, John W – blank Wilson, Wesley – 13 Ky. Cav. Holder, [...]

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1890 Census – Jamestown #1 Precinct – Part 3

Vina widow of Polston, Joseph – 8 Ky. Cav. Sarah widow of McFall, George W. – 5 Ky. Cav. Bernard, Silas R. – blank Sarah E. widow of Absher, Austin – 3 Ky. Inft. Martha A. widow of Hopper, William – blank Eliza J widow of Russel George S. – 8 Ky. Cav. Wilson, Benjamin [...]

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1890 Census – Jamestown #1 Precinct – Part 2

Darnil, John M. – 13 Ky Inft. Burton, Charles – 13 Ky. Inft. Reau, Joseph C – 13 Ky. Cav. McElroy, John F. – 13 Ky. Cav. Calicott, Wade – 5 Ky. Cav. Shaw, James T. – 7 Tenn ?? Grider, Wesley – 5 Ky. Cav. Grider, Cyrus – 13 Ky. Cav. Elizabeth widow of [...]

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