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Note: ved in Brown County from 1877 to 1879. Occupation, farming. Weak and feeble. Never recovered from an attack of small pox he suffered during the War. Served in Co. H. of the Louisiana Regiment from July 1, 1861 to the end of the war. J. A. Norrid claimed to have known Johu all of his life and confirmed his service record. In 1861, Norrid was residing in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
Lousiana Confederate Pension Application:
Reel: CP1.85 -- Microdex 1 -- Sequence 19 Target card: LEMONS, ? JOSHUA Applicant Information & Name Variations: LEMMON, JOSHUA A. LEMONS, JOSHUA A. Parish: BIENVILLE -- Pages: 7 Soldier Information & Variations: LEMMON, JOSHUA A. LEMONS, JOSHUA A. Unit: AMBULANCE TRAIN Company: PRESTON'S CO. State: LA Branch: INFANTRY Unit: 9TH REGIMENT Company: CO. H State: LA Branch: INFANTRY Unit: 9TH REGIMENT Company: WALKER'S CO.
An oath of allegiance to the United States of America signed by Joshua Leamons (spelled this way MWL) on June 28, 1865 was included in the file. He enlisted in Dick Taylor's Brigade. Originally servied under Col Hodg, Lieutenant Col Stafford, Capt Walker; then, Lieutenant Fred Gray, I W Melton, B C Shively; after the spirg of 63 was with Ambulance train, Capt Preston, Orderly Brannon. He contracted small pox in the fall of 62 which settled in his left leg and ruptured some of the veins which had ulcertated to such an extent that he was not to bo work but very little. (from pension application)
Lemmons, Joshua, Pvt. Co. H, 9th La. Inf. En. July 7, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on all Rolls to Oct., 1861. Roll for Nov. and Dec., 1861, Absent, sick, in Richmond. Re-mustered for the War at Camp Carondelet, Va., Feb. 10, 1862. Present on Rolls to May 1, 1862. Roll for May 1 to Oct. 31, 1862, Absent, sick, in Hospl., Winchester. Rolls from Nov., 1862, to April, 1863, Absent, sick, in Hospl. at Danville, Va. Rolls from May, 1863, to Dec., 1863, Detailed as teamster in Reserve Ambulance Train, Feb. 27, 1864. Roll for May 1 to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent, sick. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1864, Detailed at the Corps Hospl. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured at Farmville, Va., April 6, 1865. Recd. at Pt. Lookout, Md., from City Pt., Va., April 17, 1865, Released on Oath of Allegiance to U. S., June 25, 1865. Complexion florid, hair black, eyes light hazel, height 5 ft. 5 3/4 in., born Louisiana, occupation farmer, Res. Brush Valley, La., age when enlisted 26, single.
Source: Andrew B. Booth's Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands [New Orleans, 1920]
The Louisiana 9th Infantry among those referred to as "Jackson's Foot Cavalry" and "Lee's Tigers". Joshua belonged to Company H, Brush Valley Guards, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. An excellent history of the Confederate soldiers of northern Louisiana can be found in: Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia by Terry Jones (Louisana State University Press) An on-line tribute can be found at: http://tcc230.tripod.com/9thlainf/
??? Series: M593 Roll: 1598 Page: 298 LEMMENS JOSHUA 32 M W born LA TX MILAM DAVILLA P O 1870
1880; Census Place: Precinct 1, Brown, Texas; Roll: T9_1292; Family History Film: 1255292; Page: 365.2000; Enumeration District: 23; .
Lemon Joshua 40 W M Boarder Single Farming Louisiana Arkansas Louisiana
Staying with Isaac Melton family whose youngest child, age 3, was born in Louisiana.
1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Bienville, Louisiana; Roll: T623 558; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 10. West of Liberty Hill. June 1, 1900
Smith John W. Head WM Nov 1849 50 marr 21yrs Ger Ger Ger Farming Can rd & wrt
Sedine Wife WF Mar 1845 55 marr 21 yrs La La La 3child, 1lvng Can rd & wrt
Elizabeth Dau WF Aug 1885 14 sing La Ger La Can rd & wrt
Lemons Josuwy W's bro WM Jan 1839 61 sing La La La Farming Can rd & wrt
Note: According to his Texas Confederate Pension Application made July, 1899, Joshua Leamons had li
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