HARDIN CO. TN
MILITARY RECORDS
 

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, George W., widow Duncan, Louisa; F 6 Tenn. Cav., I H & R 2 Tenn. Mtd. Inf.; 1884 May 12, Invalid Appl. #513071, Cert. #629776, Tenn.; 1914 Jan. 3, Widow Appl. #1020031, Cert. #774395, Texas. (MAD: B 2 TN Mtd. Inf.= Wayne Co. TN; ? see Lawrence Co. TN; 1890 Hardin Co. TN pensioner)
 

TN Confederate Pension Applications from index
      #12,174: Joseph Duncan, Co.9, TN Cav., filed Oct. 3, 1910, accepted, died Jan. 1929, Wid. #9292 (MAD: widow Ann Eliza Duncan, Hardin Co. TN, widow of Joseph Kelly Duncan); applicant Joseph Duncan, native of AL, res. Savannah, Hardin Co. TN; Co.F and later G, 9th TN Cav.; born Lauderdale Co. AL in 1844; enlisted 1862, 9th TN Cav., Co.F afterwards consolidated with Co.G, Capt. John W. Johnston; wounded not seriously; paroled at Gainesville, AL, May 11, 1865; family consists of myself and wife, wife age 68, no children with us; children are male, they both have families, one in State of Washington, one a tinner in Savannah, TN; applicant an undertaker, have a home moderately furnished; res. of TN over 50 perhaps 60 years; /s/ 20 Aug. 1910; wit. J.W. Irwin, H.E. Williams. (FHL film 969,686)
      #14,652: James K.P. Duncan; resident of Adamsville, McNairy Co. TN; born Hardin Co. TN Nov. 1846; enlisted in 1862, Co. B, 45th TN Vol. Infantry. Application 2 April 1915, wife is dead, only had one child, she is married. Statement in file by W.F. Powers, Capt. Co. B, 45th Reg. TN Vol., 14 June 1915: J.K.P. Duncan made a good soldier as did also his brother Joseph Duncan. (FHL film 969,801)
 

Confederate War Pension #W09367; Widow's Pension, Annie M. Duncan, October 26, 1932, widow of W.D.L. Duncan. (copy from Pam Williams 8/31/2004)
      Cover page: Married September 26, 1867 (marriage proof inside), wrote Washington October 26, 1932, war record inside; (stamped) REJECTED; wrote Washington again Dec. 16, 1932, war record inside, #10657. Wrote Washington again June 22, 1933. Widow's Pension, Annie M. Duncan, October 26, 1932, widow of W.D.L. Duncan. Passed Oct. 28, 1932. Passed Jan. 31, 1933. Passed July 19, 1933. Friendship, Tennessee, Route #4, Dyer County.
      Marriage certificate, Dyer Co. TN: W.D.L. Duncan and Anna M. Lovelace, mar. by B.F. Farmer, M.G., on 26 Sept. 1867, recorded in Marriage Record Book 1860, pg.85, /s/ J.C. Prichard.
      Questions for Applicant. State of Tennessee, Dyer County. (stamped) Received Oct. 26, 1932, Confederate Pension Office, Marshall, Tennessee. Anna M. Dunkin, of said State and County, ... [applies for a pension]: Annie M. K. Duncan, res. Dyer Co. Tenn, P.O. Friendship, Tenn., resident of this state "all my life", born Aug. 10, 1851, at Bells Station, now in Crockett Co. Tenn., maiden name Annie M. K. Lovelace. Husband Wm. D.L. Duncan born in Hardin Co. Tenn. in Feb. 1847, married Sept. 26th 1867 in Dyer Co. Tenn by B.F. Farmer M.G. Husband enlisted at Clifton, Hardin Co. Tenn, about 1861 in Bufords Regiment and served under General Bedford Forrest, about 3 years. When and where did your husband's company and regiment surrender? "I don't know." Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered? "Yes" "He told me he was present at the surrender. I had his discharge for a long time but it got misplaced about 20 or 25 years ago." He was not a prisoner of war, no previous application for a pension. Husband died in Dyer Co. Tenn. July 22nd 1893. [MAD: handwritten note at bottom of copy: This is wrong, he died in Kedren, AK. MAD: Kedron, Cleveland Co. AR] Lawful wife, not married since the death of soldier husband. What property? "None at all" Name some friend: L.J. Lasant?, Friendship, Tenn, or Tom Redhin?, Friendship, Tenn. /s/ Anna M. Duncan, 15 October, 1832, notarized in Lauderdale Co.
      Questions for Witnesses: Dyer Co. TN, I, Fannie S. Nash of said State and County, witness in support of the application of Annie M. Duncan for a pension: Fannie S. Nash, Friendship, Tenn., R.2?: Acquainted with Annie M. Duncan all her life: applicant has resided in Tenn. all her life, born Bells Station, Tenn., Crocket, witness was acquainted with her husband; they were married Sept. 26, 1867 by B.F. Farmer, witness was present at the marriage; don't remember how long they knew him, don't know when Wm. D.L. Duncan enlisted, he served "all told was about 3 years", "I don't know" about his service; Wm. D.L. Duncan died in Dyer Co. Tenn in 1893 [MAD: handwritten note at bottom of copy: Kedran, AK, he was shot.]; resided in Tenn, Dyer Co., at time of his death; (MAD: omitted a few questions here), signed 15 Oct. 1932, Fannie S. Nash, witness T. H?. Redding. Certification of the County Trustee of Dyer Co., that the property of Mrs. Annie M. Duncan, widow of Wm. D.L. Duncan, no property at all of any kind assessed to her on my books. (added note at bottom of form) I have known said applicant all my life and know Wm. D.L. Duncan untill he died and heard him speak on several occasions about his war record. Don't know anything about his war record while he was in the army as to where he enlisted or was "dischard" but did know him personally after the war untill he died. and can concur in all questions answered by other witness. /s/ T.H?/W?. Redding.
      Letter October 26, 1932, from Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners to the War Department: William D.L. Duncan, born in Hardin County, Tennessee, in February, 1847, enlisted at Clifton, Hardin County, Tennessee, about 1861 in Buford's Regiment, and served under General Forrest. He is said to have been discharged at the close of the war. Will you please give me all the Confederate War service you have of this Veteran.
      Letter March 13, 1933, from the War Department: John W. Buford was Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army. The name William Daniel Lafayette Duncan has not been found on the muster rolls on file in this office of Company G, above named regiment, which cover in part the period from January 1, 1862, to February, 1864, nor has any record been found of his service, capture or parole as a member of that organization. The services of Will Clark, George Smith and Chestham have not been identified.
      Letter June 26, 1933, from the War Department: The name William Duncan, private, Company G, 5th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, residence Roane County, Tennessee, appears on a muster roll of officers and was paroled May 3, 1865? (1863?), at Charlotte, North Carolina, in accordance with the terms of a Military Convention entered into on April 26, 1865. No other record has been found. More than one organization was designated the 5th Tennessee Cavalry and the particular one to which this man belonged has not been identified. (MAD: both letters of this date have the same signature and initials)
      Letter June 26, 1933, from the War Department: The records show that William Duncan, private, Company D, 33rd Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted September 9, 1861, at Union City, age 24 years. He died at Columbia, Mississippi, May 12, 1862. The records also show that one William H. Duncan, private, Company E, 33rd? (MAD: thick print) Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted December 10, 1861, place not shown. Muster roll for December 13, 1861, to September 24, 186? (thick print), last roll on file, show him present, "Left sick at Dover when Donelson surrendered, now present." Union records show that a man of that name and organization subscribed to an oath of allegiance to the United States, January 21? (31?), 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. This record shows the following: Residence Marshall County, Tennessee, fair complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, height 6? feet, volunteered December 18, 1862, deserted August 28, 1863, and has family.
 

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