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Joshua Smith

Biography
Born 05/15/1830
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 12/06/1895
Death Location Wise Co., VA
Father James Smith
Mother Sarah Counts
Married 1
07/15/1867
Spouses Sarah Sutherland
Catharine Kelly
Military Units
21st Battalion Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
21st Cavalry
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Widows Pension
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Census Information:

1850: 912, Age 20
1860: 407, Age 30
1870: New Garden 37, Age 40
1880: New Garden 68, 152, Age 49
1900: DEAD
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Widow filed pension: 1917 (Wise County)

Notes: CSR says blacksmith. Divorced first wife in 1867. Mentioned in Pioneer Recollections of Southwest Virginia.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company E, 21st Virginia Cavalry

Statement of Service Reference Slip.

Stmt. made.
Archives Division:
Any later record?
8,1,'17
J. F.
J. R. R.
[...]

10 Street
No later record found.
Williamson
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Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for to Aug. 31, 1863 (Dated Aug. 31, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: June 1
Where: Sand Lick
By whom: Col. Peters
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: No person
To what time: Not at all

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 3

Appears on a
ROLL
of non-commissioned officers and privates employed on extra duty at Camp near Saltville, Va during month of July, 1863.

Nature of service: Blacksmith

TERM OF SERVICE:
From: July 28
To: July 31

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