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pensionier September 1, 1930. Mr. Dixon died January 1, 1931 and was buried by JT Hall Undertaking Company at 1906 30th Ave, Gulfport, Mississipi.
Chesterfield Goode was 80 years old when he applied for his pension September
2,	1921 and Living in Pass Christian, Misssissipi. His application was accepted September 10, 1921. He served in the 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Company F (Sheildsboro Rifles) under Captain John Victor Toulme from June 29, 1861 until the end of the War.
Robert Jimerson served in the U. S. Army with Dr Rump 1858 to 1861 and with Dr. Rump in the Confederate Army under General Murray?s 43rd Alabama Infantry from 1861 to 1865. He was in Barbour County, AL at the time of surrender. Robert applied for pension September 30, 1930 and was approved April 6,1931. James was the last man to receive a Confederate Pension in Harrison County. At the Harrison County board of Supervisors meeting on November 1, 1944 there were a total 11 Confederate pensioners listed and approved, 10 widows and one soldier, Robert Jimerson.
Jule Lewis served in the 20th Mississippi Infantry in 1862 and 1863 under Colonel Brown. He applied for a pension at age 77 on August 17, 1916, listed his Post Office as Lorraine, Mississippi and was approved by the Harrison County Pension Board on September 6, 1916. He was the first Black Confederate to apply and receive a pension in Harrison County.
Jerry Rhodes applied for his pension September 2, 1921 and was approved September 6, 1921. His application states that he entered the War in 1861 under Lieutenant Jeff Spencer, in Georgia, who was killed. Jerry then served under Captain McLain and others until the end of the War in 1865.
Ed Thomas was in General Longstreets Corp and served directly under Brigadier General Robert Tombs who commanded a Brigade composed of The 1st Georgia Infantry Regulars, 2nd, 15th, 17th and 20th Infantry Georgia Regiments. Ed Thomas was an educated man who could read and write, which one would expect as he reported directly to a General. He entered service in July 19, 1861 and was with General Tombs in Georgia at time of surrender. Mr. Thomas died February 16, 1932 and was buried by JT Hall Undertaking Company at 1906 30th Ave, Gulfport, Mississippi.
Wes Chapman first applied for a Confederate pension September 1, 1930 showing his age as 79 years old. This would have made him 10 or eleven years old when the War 'started. The application was rejected the same day. His next application was submitted April 14, 1931 with a sworn affidavit dated October 1, 1930 by a Harrison County Justice of the Peace stating that ?Wes was 14 years old when he entered Confederate service in 1861 so he is now 82 years old?. This application was approved April 14, 1931. Wes served in the 24th Alabama Cavalry under Lige Chapman, 1st Lieutenant Elijah M. Chapman and Captain John Y. Kilpatrick until 1865. Wes must have died for he never was on the pension rolls. Attached to the paper work was a letter from a D P Chapman in Grove Hill, Alabama, dated May 10, 1930. It was apparently in answer to Wes? inquiry about the Chapman family and told of those who were still alive, how they were related and those who had died. It was signed, With Respect, DP Chapman.
?It looks to me as though history may need deeper scrutiny. Some historians may have pruned the historical tree to fit their political agenda.? PEP
1 Forest had many Blacks in his regiment. One, Holt Collier, was aquited of murder, by an all white jury at Vicksburg, MS in 1867 after he killed a Union soldier for insulting his former master.