SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO - MILITARY: Civil War, 53 OVI - Company C, BROOKHART/OWENS/REDMON
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Christine (and History Buffs), 

I have cc'd the Ohio list in answer to your question and maybe it will reach
someone who can help - I'm having difficulty locating direct connection with
my ggg grandparents.  I have a (poor) copy of a legal document drawn up and
signed in Scioto County, 16 March 1867.......it is very difficult to read:

"On this 16th of March, A.D., 1867, before me the Clerk of the Common Pleas
Court a C.... of Record in and for the County and State above named,
personally appeared Frederick J. Griffith, a resident of Portsmouth, in the
County of Scioto and State of Ohio, aged 47 years, who being first duly sworn
according to him doth on oath make the following declaration as guardian of
the minor child of Simon G. REDMON, deceased, in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862, granting
pensions to minor children under sixteen years of age of deceased officers and
soldiers:

That he is the guardian of Minerva Eleanor Redmon whose father was a Corporal
in Company "C", commanded by Captain Jacob Davis, in the 53rd Regiment of Ohio
Vol. Inf. Volunteers, in the war of 1861, and that the said Simon G. REDMON
died at Altoona, Georgia on or about the 13th day of July 1864, by reason of
wounds received in battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

That the mother of the aforesaid child, Catherine M. Redmon was remarried to
one James R. BROOKHART, by one Beard, a Minister of the Gospel, upon the 13th
day of September, A. D., 1866 in Columbiana Co., Ohio, that the date of birth
of his said ward is as follows:  Born in Scioto County, Ohio on the 22nd day
of May 1861.  That mother of said child was in receipt of Pension Certificate
No.---467, but which she has surrendered.  That his Post Office Address is
Portsmouth, Ohio.

He further declares that the parents of his said ward were married at Scioto
County, Ohio on the 28th day of August 1860, by Rev. -- Taft, a Minister of
the Gospel, and he also declares that he has not in any manner been engaged
in, or aided or abetted the Rebellion in the United States.

                         (signature) F. J. Griffith

Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above
written  and on the same day personally appeared Philip W. Sort , a resident
of Portsmouth, Ohio and Henry OWENS, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, who being duly sworn
according to law, declare that the child named in the foregoing declaration is
the only child under sixteen years of age of Simon G. REDMON, who died or was
killed in the service of the United States as stated in the said declaration
which has been made and signed in their presence, that the mother of said
child, Catherine M. Redmon has remarried with one James R. BROOKHART and that
they believe that the date and place of marriage of the parents of said child,
and the date of birth, are correctly stated in said declaration.  That their
knowledge of the marriage of the said parents of the date of birth of said
child and of the remarriage of the mother is derived from their own personal
knowledge.

...........................................disinterested in the claim for a
Pension.
(first part of statement is covered by a photocopy of photo of "Capt. F. J.
Griffith, Chaplain, 53rd O.V.I.I.")
                                   (signature)  P. W. Sort       
                                            "         Henry Owens

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of March, 1867, and I certify
that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official
seal.

(signature)     S. B. Drousillard, Clerk"   (I'm guessing on the spelling of
last
name)

Now, history buffs out there - I can understand why the widow would have to
surrender her pension benefit upon remarriage but why would the minor child
need a guardian to collect?  This piece of paper (location of original
unknown) has floated around the family for some time - no one knew what to
make of it or understood it.  Henry OWENS was Catherine's father - her
mother's name is unknown at this point.

There is also a handwritten note on this paper by a cousin, now deceased,
written at a much later date, that states "that Simon and James R. knew each
other since they were in the 53rd and 55th Regiments".

Sorry this is so long, but it is all here, in answer to questions that I can't
even answer!  I've looked at everything that is online re Scioto Co - if
someone has access to the census for 1860 and 1870, I might be able to get
more information re Henry OWENS and wife.  They don't appear to be buried in
that county.


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