Barry County, MO Civil War Information

Confederate Soldier
Grant, Samuel T.

County Died: unknown
Cemetery: unknown
Deceased: GRANT, Samuel T.
Birth: Jul 6, 1834
Adair Co., KY
Age: unknown
Death: unknown
unknown
Cause: unknown
Married: Almira E.
Married When & Where: unknown
Father: James Grant born abt. 1802 in GA
Mother: Sarah Antle born abt. 1808 in KY
Military Information: Company D 6 MO Cavalry, Private, Confederate
Death Certificate Number: unknown
Resource: census records, Confederate service record, application for Oklahoma State pension.

Research Note: Samuel's mother, Sarah was a sister to Elmira (Antle) Hadley, and Jacob Antle that also lived in Barry Co. Samuel and family came to Barry Co. before 1860 from Adair Co., KY. Samuel and 3 of his brothers (Henry, William Jefferson and James) along with their cousin Oliver Antle - See Oliver's military history at this link below:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/civilwar/civil.war.conf.htm

He enlisted on Sept 12 1862 in Newton Co., MO. Samuel deserted in Nov 1862 at Skully, AR. After this date there is no further military record for Samuel. After the Civil War Samuel lived in Washington Co., AR, Tillman Co., OK and Garvin Co. OK.

Samuel applied for a state pension from Oklahoma State based on his Civil War service, His application was rejected because he had deserted, but he claimed to have been honorably discharged in the spring of 1865 near Waco, TX.

Confederate Soldier history submitted by:
Stan McKay

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