Indian War Pensions on Fold3?

[Barnesville Blues]

If they are, would someone please do a lookup for me. I am currently researching a man who enlisted en a Georgia Company during the civil war. He was originally voted 1st Sergeant and later 1st Lieutenant and even commanded a company before his health forced him to resign. I have been trying to trace him. He appears to have moved to Tennessee briefly after the war as I lose track of him after 1870. I just found on familysearch.org that his widow filed for Pension in Georgia for his Indian War service in 1892. She apparently did this instead of filing for a Confederate Widows Pension. Anyway, if anyone can look this up. The index listing on familysearch doesn't even tell me which county his wife filed from.

Her name is listed as Catherine Jackson, her husbands name was Samuel M. Jackson. She claims he was a member of Urguhart's Company, Georgia Volunteers in the "Florida" War. I am hoping the pension reviews when and where this man died or at the very least, where his wife was living when she filed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[18thVirginia]

 

[Barnesville Blues]

I appreciate you looking but I don't think this is him. He was born in Georgia according to all Census information. In his sons death certificate, it is claimed he was born in Burke County Georgia. His wife Catherine also claimed in her pension that he was in a Georgia Volunteers unit. Again thanks for looking.

 

[18thVirginia]

 

[18thVirginia]

 

[18thVirginia]

 

[Barnesville Blues]

His wife claims he was in "Urguhart's Company, Georgia Volunteers" The problem is I can't find mention of this company anywhere.

 

[18thVirginia]

It's Urquhart.

 

[Barnesville Blues]

Ah...so maybe his wife was wrong about which Indian war it was. In the little bit of information that it shows on familysearch.org, it claims "war in Florida" but it could be the creek war I guess. According to the 1850 and 1860 Census, Samuel M. Jackson was born in 1811 so he could have participated in the Creek War of 1836...certainly not the first one though.

 

[18thVirginia]

He doesn't show up in Urquhart's Co., although it keeps reloading, so I assume he's not showing up.

 

[Barnesville Blues]

Can you tell if this Urquhart's Company was active during the first Creek war or the war of 1836? I just found something that seems to indicate that some Georgia troops were sent to Florida during the Creek war of 1836....maybe I am just getting two Indian Wars confused....I know next to nothing about any of them.

Does fold 3 at least have a pension index? I would love to know which county Catherine Jackson (Samuel's widow) was living in when she filed for the pension as I lose them after 1870. The index I found on familysearch, doesn't list a county...just Georgia

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

 

[Barnesville Blues]

In Samuel's only son's death certificate, it claims that he (Samuel) was born in Burke County Georgia. It also turn out that the Urquhart's were from Burke County as well..

Ah, I see you found him. Thank you very much. Now that I know that this was a Columbus Georgia Unit, I am going to try to contact the historical society there and see if I can learn a bit about it. They might even have his wife's pension.

 

[Barnesville Blues]

Sorry 7th Mississippi Infantry, I was typing my last message when I got a new alert so I looked it but didn't notice that it wasn't 18th Virginia Replying. I appreciate your input as well. Now if I can just find out when he died and where he is buried.

 

[18thVirginia]

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Good going--for some reason I couldn't get all the names to load, no matter what I tried.

Barnesville, a pension application didn't come up immediately for Catherine Jackson.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Good going--for some reason I couldn't get all the names to load, no matter what I tried.

Barnesville, a pension application didn't come up immediately for Catherine Jackson.

Thanks.
Fold3 is a tremendous asset, but it still takes a little "digging" to find some records.

 

[Barnesville Blues]

Yes, I agree. I would still have a subscription to fold3 if I had decent internet now... I am trying to get back into the good internet game so I can subscribe again. (I am on pay as you go internet right now)

His wife did file for pension. With the help of another researcher I did find them again. In 1880 they are living in Richmond County Georgia. Samuel Jackson, wife Catherine, and Daughter Georgia all appear in the household. Georgia is 26 and not married. I found a Catherine, Georgia, and Sam Jackson all buried in the same cemetery in Augusta, Richmond County Georgia but none had birth dates so it is hard to verify. Evidently, Jackson is of some relation to the Urquhart Family. I found a will abstract from Richmond county Georgia from a widow Urquhart where Samuel M. Jackson is referred to as her Grand Nephew and is left an inheritance of $500. I am not sure how this woman is related to Captain J. A. Urquhart but she almost certainly is.

Catherine appears to be Samuel's second wife at least. They were not married until the 1840's in Columbia County Georgia and in the 1850 Census Samuel has children in his household born in the 1830's. I THINK his first wife was Caroline A. Williamson. They were married in Bibb County Georgia or Macon for those not familiar with Georgia Geography. She died in the 1830's and is buried in Columbus where Samuel enlisted in Urquharts Company.

Her grave is here:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...ty=488&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=34084087&df=all&

From the picture, you can see that she is buried in a plot with other people. This is the plot of David Brydie Mitchell IV and his family. As the name suggests, David was the Great Grandson of David Brydie Mitchell the first who at one time was Governor of the State of Georgia....

I am not sure why she is buried in the Mitchell plot. I have contacted the cemetery to see if they have any further information. This is turning out to be quit an interesting case.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

That's a very interesting story you're working on Barnesville_Blues.

Look's like you're making allot of progress.

If I found a widow's pension from 1892 based on service in the "Indian Wars", I would have naturally assumed it was for service in the post Civil War Indian Wars.

Although the Creek War of 1813 is relatively easy to research, the 1836 Creek War is virtually unknown.

Let us know what you find.