Other Events:

• Military Service (Specific): Civil War (Confederacy) Captain A.C. Cope Company D 5th Kentucky Regiment Lewis's Brigade Enlisted at Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky September 20, 1862
• Residence: 17 Jul 1860, Breathitt County, Kentucky; *** Note *** There remains a degree of speculation on the validity of this record. It is possible that this is not the same individual although, confidence is high that it is.
• Military Service: 20 Sep 1862, Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky; Enlisted in the army of the Confederacy during the Civil War in the 5th Regiment of Kentucky Mounted Infantry for the duration of the war.
• Military Service: 20 Sep 1863, Battle of Chickamauga, Chickamauga, Georgia; A year to the day from his enlistment, William received a debilitating wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia. He was shot through the left shoulder and clavicle bone and suffered some paralysis from the wound. He was left and remained at one or more hospitals, including Forsyth, Georgia until going before a disability review board in Augusta, Georgia on March 11, 1865 where he was recommended by his examiners for discharge and placement on the Retired list of Soldiers of the Invalid Corps.
• Military Service: 11 Mar 1865, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia; Before Medical Examining Board for disability status.
• Military Service: May 1865; Discharged from Confederate Army
• Residence: 30 Aug 1870, Blackwater, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Residence: 2 Jun 1880, Blackwater, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1890, Ezel, Morgan County, Kentucky; 1890 Census, Special Veterans Schedule Blackwater Precinct
• Residence: 8 Jun 1900, River Precinct, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Public Service: 11 Jul 1907, Morgan County, Kentucky; Commissioned Postmaster for the community of Wilcox, KY which does not appear to exist any longer. This would have been near Ezel, Kentucky.
• Residence: 27 Apr 1910, Tom's Branch, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Military Pension: 20 Jul 1912, Ezel, Morgan County, Kentucky; Application for a Confederate Veteran's Pension.
• Residence: 7 Jan 1920, Tom's Branch, Morgan County, Kentucky

Notes:

Birth:
**** Note ****
William was NOT born in Wise County, Virginia unless he was referring to the place after it was created in 1856 from Lee, Russell, and Scott Counties. William stated in his pension application that he came to Kentucky in 1850. So, he either came to Kentucky later than he stated or perhaps he kept in contact with family who ended up in Wise County after its formation. Wise County did not exist at the time of his birth in 1842. If the 1860 Census record (see below) is indeed an enumeration of William Harrison Smith then, it is probable that William Harrison Smith was born in Russell County, Virginia where his probable brother's marriage took place (see the marriage record of B.F. Smith - probably Benjamin Franklin Smith who I believe to be the older brother of William Harrison Smith).

Residence:
William H Smith
Corporal, 5th Ky, M Inf
Enlisted July 1862
Discharged May 1865
Served 3 years, 3 months

Injuries: Gunshot wound in left shoulder, Partially disabled.

William Permelia Combs about 1866. Permelia (daughter of Richard Combs and Mary Back) 24 Oct 1843 Breathitt County, Kentucky; 29 Jun 1918Menifee County, Kentucky; 30 Jun 1918Higgins Cemetery, Morgan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Wesley Smith 22 Mar 1867 Morgan County, Kentucky; 11 Jan 1928Menifee County, Kentucky; 12 Jan 1928Back Cemetery, Korea, Menifee County, Kentucky.
2. Eliza Jane Smith about 1869 Kentucky.
3. Richard Lee Smith Feb 1872 Kentucky; 13 Apr 1964Oldham County, Kentucky; 1964Lovely Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Montgomery County, Kentucky.
4. Lillie Ann Smith 28 Aug 1874 Kentucky; 3 Jul 1956Menifee County, Kentucky; Jul 1956Johnson Cemetery, Menifee County, Kentucky.
5. Aaron Ezra Smith 2 May 1877 Morgan County, Kentucky; 17 Sep 1944Middletown, Butler County, Ohio; 19 Sep 1944Middletown, Butler County, Ohio.

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

1860_CENSUS: Checked 1860 Census, Kentucky, Morgan County - NOT Located.

Thomas Anna about 1833. Anna about 1802 Virginia; after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 17 Jul 1860, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 22 Jun 1870, Magoffin County, Kentucky; Living with her daughter, Mary Smith-Back