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| Notes for Beverly Dotson Hardy |
| COLUMBIA CO., ARK., FEDERAL LAND RECORDS L Name F Name MI Sec No T R Acres Date Remarks HARDY BEVERLY D 24 18S 22W 40 1859/07/01 HARDY BEVERLY D 24 18S 22W 40 1859/07/01 ............................................................................................................ Found in 1860 Census - Ark., Columbia Co., page 118. His age given as 26, birthplace, Tenn., wife (can't read name), 20, Ala., son James, 3, Ark., dau. Mary, 2, Ark. I have found no further record of James or Mary, so I assume both must have died at an early age. ............................................................................................................. Civil War Record Beverly's Civil War Service Record shows that he enlisted with Company B, 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment on 12 May, 1862 at Palestine, Arkansas. He is last shown as present with this unit for the period ending on June 30, 1863, at Palestine, Arkansas. He is also recorded with Hardy's Arkansas Regiment, which was formed from remnants of the 24th and other units, after part of the 24th Regiment was captured. He was listed as present on the August, 1863 Muster Roll, at Palestine, Arkansas. The last record of him, for the Muster Roll of Jan. and Feb., 1864, shows the remark: "Deserted Sept. 15, 1863". Soldiers were often reported as deserted if they were absent for valid reasons, such as being in the hospital or on leave. On his widow's Confederate Pension Application, filed in 1905, two fellow soldiers stated in a sworn statement that he did not desert. They state that he served in the unit until the end of the war. ............................................................................................................. Beverly and his family moved from Columbia County, AR to Sabine County, TX around 1872, settling in the Rosevine area. Around 1879, they moved to San Augustine Co., TX, and he lived there until his death in 1900. .............................................................................................................. Found in book, San Augustine County Cemeteries: Hardy, B. D.15 May 1835 - 2 Mar 1900Liberty Hill Cemetery Neither birth or death date agrees exactly with previously found dates, but both are close. .............................................................................................................. According to the 1900 Census information for Beverly's wife Melissa, there were 13 children born to the couple, 10 living at that time. I only have the names of 10 of the 13 accounted for. .............................................................................................................. |
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