Notes for Charles K. Smith
1850 Missouri Township, Clark Co, Arkansas 27 & 28 December 1850, p226a&b:
#502/502 John Minnick 45 m farmer Va
Lavinia 35 f IL
Louisa 10 f Ar
p226b: James H. Minnick 16 m laborer Ar
George Smith 35 m laborer Tn
Cecila 25 f Ky
Nancy 9 f Tn
Amos L. 7 m Mo
Charles K. 5 m Mo
James ?. 4? m Mo
Catharine 1 f Ar
1860 Ozan Township, Hempstead Co, Arkansas, no date, p729a:
#295/295 John A. Osteen 51 m w farmer $1280/420 Ms
Celey 58 f w Tn [Celia Boyett Smith, wid of George]
Amos Smith 19 m w Ar
Thomas Osteen 16 m w Ar
Charles Smith 16 m w Ar
Carroll Smith 10 m w Ar
John Osteen 7 m w Ar
Elijah 5 m w Ar
Samuel 4 m w Ar
Catharine 12 f w Ar
Martha 6 f w Ar
Lucinda 1 f w Ar
1870 - unable to locate
1880 Garland Township, Hempstead Co, Arkansas 07 June 1880, ed107, p389a:
#4/5 Smith Chas. w m 26 md laborer, can't write Ar Tn Tn
Laura w f 18 wife md keeping house, can't write Ar Tn Tn
Mary J. w f 3 dau single Ar Ar Ar
Wm. C. w m 3/12 son single Ar Ar Ar
1900 Garland Township, Hempstead Co, Arkansas 07 June 1900, ed45, p18b:
#106/112 Smith Charles K. head w m Oct 1844 55 md 25yrs farmer Ar Tn Tn
Laura A. wife w f Apr 1861 39 md 25 yrs 8 born/5 living Ar Tn Tn
Wm. C. son w m Jan 1880 20 single farm laborer Ar Ar Ar
John W. son w m July 1883 16 single farm laborer Ar Ar Ar
Eli F. son w m Nov 1893 6 single Ar Ar Ar
Lee G. dau w f Jul 1896 4 single Ar Ar Ar
Annie C. dau w f Dec 1898 1 single Ar Ar Ar
Military:
Volunteered at age 17 for CSA Company K of the 12th Regiment of Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. He was injured while building breastworks at Port Hudson, Louisiana in June 1863. Twice taken prisoner. [see Other Documents: Charles K. Smith Civil War Pension File]
Charles date of death appears in the pension file of his widow, Laura Smith. [see Other Documents: Laura Ann Bittick Smith Civil War Widow's Pension File]
Charles K. Smith
Civil War Pension File
APPLICATION FOR PENSION.
State of Arkansas, }
County of Hempstead }
I, C. K. Smith do solemnly swear that I
served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, being a mem-
ber of the 12th Ark Regiment of Infantry
from the State of Arkansas or a member of the crew of the ship
called _____; that I was honorably discharged (paroled or released)
from such service on or about the 15th day of June 1865
and did not desert the same; that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona
fide resident of this State; that I do not myself, nor does my wife, nor do we both together,
own property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action in excess of the value of
$400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), no has wither of us conveyed
title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that neither I nor my wife is in
receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for services, emoluments of an office,
in excess of $150.00 per year; that I am incapacitated to perform manual labor in any of the
ordinary avocations of life (or am totally blind), and that such incapacity (or disability) is the
result of wounds received in the service, being hurt at Post Huts
wile [sic] building breast works .
Here Describe same generally.
Or of age, accident or disease, and that such disability is not the result of my own vicious
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State of Arkansas, }
County of Hempstead } SS.
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for _[blank]____ County,
do certify that we have examined the application of the within name
C. K. Smith for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of
the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find
that said applicant C. K. Smith a wounded Confederate soldier,
is in indigent circumstances, and wholly or partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that
his claim is _[blank]_ just, and that he should _[blank]_ be allowed
$ 50.00 pension.
W. P. Stewart [Seal]
F. T. Wright [Seal]
R. H. Prince [Seal]
_APPLICATION OF
C. K. Smith
DeAnn P.O.
Hempstead County.
Examined and Approved
and $ 50.00 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
Filed June 7th 1901
C. H. Goodbelt Chs?
By E. B. Black, DC
This 20th day of Aug 1901
J. V. Crockett Sec’y of State.
T. C. Monroe Auditor.
PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades If Possible)
State of Arkansas }
County of Hempstead } On this day personally came before me the undersigned a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hempstead
and State of Arkansas W. J. Clark & J. H.
Clark
citizens of Hempstead County Ark , whom I certify to be credible
persons and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well ac-
quainted with the applicant C. K. Smith and have known him
about 35 years.
That the material facts set forth in his application for pension are true. That he was a Con-
federate solider. Belonged to Company K Regiment of 12 Arkansas (Infantry)
That he was wounded in said service at Post Hudson Louisiana
in the following manner, was ruptured in bowels
building brest works
That this information we derive from the following sources 1. W. J. Clark from
statement of him + other Comrades;
2. J. H. Clark was a Comrad [sic] was with
the said applicant at the time specified
That he is wholly or partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that we have no interest in this claim.
W. J. Clark
J. H. Clark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17 day of July
1893 P. J. Ahnand? JP
EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN.
State of Arkansas, }
County of __[blank]__ } SS.
I, H. W. Whipple , a duly registered
and practicing Physician in Hempstead County, Arkansas, do certify
that I am personally acquainted with C. K. Smith , an
applicant for pension under the Statutes of Arkansas, and that he is incapacitated for manual labor by
reason of a wound in the Double Inguinal Hernia , and
by reason of said wound disability he is in indigent circumstances.
H. W. Whipple M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of
July 1893. J. F. Johnson Co Clk
PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)
State of Arkansas, }
County of Hempstead }
On this day personally came before me the undersigned, a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hempstead
and State of Arkansas J. W. Clay & J. M. Prince
citizens of De Ann whom I certify to be creditable persons
and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well
acquainted with applicant C. K. Smith and have
known him 40 years, respectively.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company K Regiment
of 12th Arkansas That as such soldier he served from December 18
to June 1865 That he was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from
such service, and did not desert the same. That he is now and has been for the past twelve
months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason
of Rupture and that such incapacity (or
disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our
knowledge, all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $400
(exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That neither he nor his wife is in receipt
of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, or the emoluments of an office,
in excess of $150 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.
W. J. Clay
J. M. Prince
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of June 1901.
J. F. Willis J.P.
EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN.
State of Arkansas, }
County of Hempstead }
I, H. W. Whipple a duly registered and practicing physician
in Hempstead County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally
well acquainted with C. K. Smith of De Ann
Arkansas, who is an applicant for a pension under the Statutes of Arkansas.
That at his request I have made an examination of his physical condition and find:
State description and character of wound result of accident
while at work on defines of Port Hudson
resulting in Double femoral hernia
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable
Femoral hernia of both side
also scrotal hernia .
and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in
Extent of disability nearly total
H. W. Whipple
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