| Name |
Simeon Castleberry Foster |
| Birth |
ca 1845 |
Talbotton, Talbot Co, Georgia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1850 |
Muskogee Co, Georgia, USA |
| McNorton twp, p 408B, dwelling/family 229/235, enumerated on 28 Oct 1850 by A. S. Rutherford. |
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1850 Census for Muscogee County, Georgia, McNortons Township, Sheet 408B
Foster, Willis.........49....head...farmer
______, Mary Ann.......39....wife
______, Jefferson P....17....son....farmer
______, William W......15....son
______, Rebecca F......14....dau
______, Martha J.......12....dau
______, James M........10....son
______, Simeon C....... 6....son
______, Leander........ 4....son
______, Sarah P........ 2....dau |
| Census |
1860 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Beech Creek twp, p 24, dwelling/family 163/163, taken July 1860, value of property $400/ worth of personal property $330 |
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1860 Census for Ashley Co, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 24
162/162 Stone, William B...30...head
_____, Artimesa J...26...wife
_____, John B....... 4...son
_____, David S...... 1...son
163/163 Foster, Willis......60...head
______, Mary A......50...wife
______, William.....25...male
______, Simeon......16...male
______, Leander.....14...female
______, Sarah.......11...female
______, Mary........ 8...female
______, Marion...... 6...male
______, Mathison.... 6...male |
| Religion |
1860 |
Mount Pleasant community, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church from 1860 until death. |
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Bible of Simeon Castleberry Foster
My great-grandfather Simeon's bible was left to his son, Jesse Harrison Foster. My father, the youngest son of Jesse told me that the Bible was kept in the family chest in the front room of their home. When Jesse died the bible was passed to his son, Guy Foster who passed the bible on to his niece, Rita Foster Wallace in the 1980s. |
| Military |
1862–1864 |
Civil War: Arkansas, Mississippi |
| Private, 1st [later 8th] Arkansas Infantry Battalion, Co F, "Ashley Light Infantry, captured July 9, 1863, and paroled on July 10, 1863 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. This company completed its organization on March 7, 1862, at Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas, and enlisted in the Confederate service on March 15, 1862. It was assigned to Lieutenant-Colonel Batt L. Jones’ 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion as Company G on April 9. As a result of the battalion’s reorganization a month later, the Ashley Light Infantry was re-designated as Company F on May 10, 1862, and retained this designation until the battalion was consolidated in 1864. The first captain of the company was Micajah R. Wilson. Upon his promotion to major, he was succeeded as captain by William G. Rolfe. |
- Foster, Simeon C. Private—Enlisted at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 15, 1862; captured July 9, 1863, and paroled on July 10, 1863 at Port Hudson, Louisiana; born in Georgia, c 1844; died in Arkansas, July 26, 1881; widow S. R. [Sintha Arilla (Dillon)] Foster filed Arkansas pension application #14561 from Ashley county, August 7, 1914; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation farmer. [Source: (1) Desmond Walls Allen. Index to Arkansas Confederate Soldiers, Vol I, A-G (Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, Inc., 1990), 182. (2) Kin Kollecting Vol II, No 2 (Hamburg, AR: Ashley County Genealogical Society, Fall 1987), 57.
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Battle and Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, May 22 – July 9, 1863.
Description of the battle and siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana, which was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi in the Civil War. |
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Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana
Confederate batteries fire down onto Union gunboats on the Mississippi. |
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Ravine Earthworks at the Battle & Seige of Port Hudson, Louisiana
Photograph of the earthworks and one of the deep, forested ravines that defended Port Hudson, 1863–1864, Library of Congress collection. |
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Earthworks built by the Confederates at Battle & Seige of Port Hudson, Louisiana
Barbette position at Port Hudson mounting a 10-inch (254 mm) Columbiad. This type of cannon would use a 102 pounds (46 kg) shell, projected from a smooth bore. The cylindrical object on a pole leaning against the breech of the gun is the sponge used to extinguish any remaining embers and clean the bore after every shot. The smaller wooden poles leaning against the parapet and gun carriage are the trailspikes used to train the gun and reposition it forward on the carriage after every shot. The scattered ammunition behind the gun in the communication trench consists of 9.9-inch (250 mm) roundshot or shell held with strap iron to a wooden wad or sabot. The image was probably made after the fall of Port Hudson. |
| Tax Records |
1866 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll tax: 1. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1866. Roll 37/38, p 24/25. Real Estate included in the same microfilm roll. Accessed on 18 May 2017 at Arkansas State Archives.
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| Tax Records |
1867 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1867. Roll 37/38, p 31/32. Real Estate included in the same microfilm roll. Accessed on 18 May 2017 at Arkansas State Archives.
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| Tax Records |
1868 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1868, p 26.
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| Tax Records |
1869 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1; Horses, value: 1, $50; Hogs, value: 20, $60, Watches value: $10. Total Value of taxable property: $120; School district: 7. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1869, p 13.
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| Census |
1870 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Breech Creek twp, Hamburg PO, p 8 [stamped 123]dwelling/family 19/19, value of property $400/ worth of personal property $125; enumerated 17 Aug 1870 by J. C. White. |
![1870 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 8 [stamped 123]](documents/thumb_1870census_simeon_foster.jpg "1870 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 8 [stamped 123]") |
1870 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 8 [stamped 123]
Foster, Simeon.....25.....head...farmer
______, Synthia....20.....wife...keeping house
______, Virginia...4/12...daughter...at home |
| Tax Records |
1870 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: $1; Cattle, value: 9, $90; Hogs, value: 4, $8, Total Value of taxable property: $98; School district: 2. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1870, p 13.
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| Tax Records |
1871 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1; Horses, 1,value: $50; Hogs, 20, value: $60, Gold Watch, 1, value: 10; Total Value of taxable property: $120. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1871.
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| Tax Records |
1872 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1; Cattle, 9, value: $90; Hogs,4, value: $8, Total Value of taxable property: $98; School district: 2. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1872.
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| Tax Records |
1873 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1; Horses, 2, value: $60; Cattle, 8, value: $80; Other property: $75, Total Value of taxable property: $115; School district: 2. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Personal Property Tax Records for 1873.
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| Tax Records |
1876 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
LAND: 80 acres, Section 15, Township 17, Range 5, [parts of section, E 1/2 - SW], Valuation $20, State-general expenses $0.10; State-public debt $0.06; School Tax $0.04; County Taxes $0.10.
LAND: 80 acres, Section 27, Township 17, Range 5, [parts of section, W 1/2 - NE], Valuation $20, State-general expenses $0.10; State-public debt $0.16; School Tax $0.04; County Taxes $0.10.
LAND: 40 acres, Section 27, Township 17, Range 5, [parts of section, NE - NW], Valuation $40. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County, Personal Property Tax Books, 1876 - 1881, p 33, 56. Filmed by Family History Library, roll #978037. NOTE: ASA roll #41 states that this is Personal Property Tax Books but in front of the personal property taxes for 1876 is the real estate property tax records of which this sheet is the result. Accessed at Arkansas State Archives, 1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, 12 Jun 2017 by Rita Foster Wallace.
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| Tax Records |
1876 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll Tax: 1; Horses, 1, value: $25; Cattle, 2, value: $96; Hogs, 6, value: $12, Dogs: 1; Other property: $50; Total Value of taxable property: $183; School district: 2. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County, Personal Property Tax Books, 1876 (1876-1881) p 13. Filmed by Family History Library, roll #978037. Accessed at Arkansas State Archives, 1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, 12 Jun 2017 by Rita Foster Wallace.
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| Tax Records |
1877 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll tax: 1, Horse: 1, value $25; Cattle: 16, value $115; Hogs: 5, value $10; Other property value: $40; Total property value: $190. School Dist: 2. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County, Personal Property Tax Books, 1877 (1876-1881), 18. Filmed by Family History Library, roll #978037. Accessed at Arkansas State Archives, 1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201. NOTE: ASA roll #41 states that this is Personal Property Tax Books but in front of the personal property taxes for 1876 is the real estate property tax records of which this sheet is the result. Accessed 12 Jun 2017 by Rita Foster Wallace.
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| Tax Records |
1878 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Poll tax: 1, Horse: 1, value $15; Cattle: 18, value $131; Hogs: 15, value $30; Other property value: $75; Total property value: $251. School Dist: 2. State taxes: $1.65; County taxes: $0.05. |
- Arkansas. Ashley County, Personal Property Tax Books, 1878 (1876-1881), 18. Filmed by Family History Library, roll #978037. Accessed at Arkansas State Archives, 1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201. NOTE: ASA roll #41 states that this is Personal Property Tax Books but in front of the personal property taxes for 1876 is the real estate property tax records of which this sheet is the result. Accessed 12 Jun 2017 by Rita Foster Wallace.
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| Census |
1880 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Beech Creek twp, ED 14, p 7 [stamped 189A], dwelling/family 7/9, farmer; enumerated on 1 Jun 1880. |
![1880 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 7 [stamped 189A]](documents/thumb_1880census_simeon_castleberry_foster.jpg "1880 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 7 [stamped 189A]") |
1880 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Beech Creek Township, Sheet 7 [stamped 189A]
7/9 Foster, Simeon C.......36...head...farmer
______, Sintha A.......29...wife...housekeeper
______, Virginia E.....10...dau
______, James H........ 6...son
______, Willie T....... 4...son
______, Samuel E....... 1...son
8/10 Shipley, Martha J......58...Head...housekeeper
Dillon, Partick........35...[step] son...farming
McCauley, James M......20...nephew...farming |
| Property, Real |
8 Oct 1880 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
- Arkansas. Ashley County. Deed Book R, p 390. Transfer of deed for delinquent taxes to S. C. Foster, 8 Oct 1880.
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Deed Transfer to S. C. Foster
This deed of conveyance made this 8th day of October AD 1880 between E. L. Thomson, Clerk of the County of Ashley in the State of Arkansas of the first part & S. C. Foster the Second part. Witnesseth that when as on the 3rd Monday of September 1876, J.W.J.Taylor assessor in and for the County of Ashley did file in the Clerks office of said County an assessment of all the lands and town lots in said County in manner and form as provided by law and when as on the 15 day of December 1876 E. L. Thomson, Clerk of said County did deliver to the Collector of said County the tax books for the year 1876 embracing all of said lands and town lots with the amount of taxes as levied duly extended thereon together with the warrant for the collection of said taxes as prescribed by law and whereas the following tract of land viz: NE NW 1/4 of Section 27 township 17S Range 5 West containing Forty (40) acres lying in said County were entered listed and assessed for taxation in the name of unknown for the year of 1876 and whether the said owner or any person or persons for the said owner having paid the taxes levied as aforesaid amounting to the sum of Two and 95/100 dollars therefore M H Dean as such collector did on the 10th day of April 1877 return said tract of land as delinquent. Said, delinquent lands were duly advertised and notice given by publication by law that the collector would sell at public auction at the Court House down in said County on the 11th day of June 1877 the said tract of land for the taxes together with 25 percent penalty & the costs thereon and said Collector did on the date last mentioned proceed to sell said lands Whereupon S. C. Foster bid & offered for the said lands the sum of Tso & 95/100 Dollars having paid to the Collector the sum of Two & 95/100 dollars and the term of two years having expired and since the day of Sale and the said land being unredeemed and the certificate of purchase being now produced which said certificate has been duly assigned to S. C. Foster who now demands a deed. for said lands. Now know ye that I, E. L. Thomson, Clerk as aforesaid pursuant to the provisions of Section 129 of an Act regulating the Collection of the Revenue of the State of Arkansas...do hereby grant bargain & sell unto the said S. C. Foster his heirs & assigns...forever as fully & absolutely as I as such Clerk can covey the same. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 8th day of October 1880. E. L. Thomson Clerk County Court...Witness my hand as Justice of the Peace of the State of Arkansas and the Seal of Said Court, this 8th day of October 1880. W. S. Lawson, JP. Filed for Record 8th day of October 1880. Duly Recorded. E. L. Thomason, Clerk. |
| Death |
28 Jul 1881 |
Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
- (1) Simeon Castleberry Foster Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1876). NOTE: The provenance of the bible: after Simeon's death the bible was given to his youngest son, Jesse Harrison Foster. It was kept in a chest along with Jesse's bible and other family records. When Jesse died his son Guy Foster owned it. In 1980, Guy gave the bible to his niece, Rita Foster Wallace, the daughter of his youngest brother, Harold Edward Foster, Sr. who still owns the bible today, 2020. (2) Frances T. Ingmire, Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Application (St. Louis: n. p., 1985), 134.
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Simeon Castleberry Foster Bible, page 4
Deaths.
Asa Bruen Foster, 30 Jul 1874
Simeon C. Foster, 28 Jul 1881
Virginia Emilyn Foster, 23 Apr 1942
William T. Foster, 23 May 1935
James Henry Foster, 5 Mar 1931
Jesse H. Foster, 24 Mar 1942
Grandma Allen, 15 Jul 1849-22 Feb 1923 [Sintha Arrilla (Dillon) Foster] |
| Burial |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA |
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Simeon Castleberry Foster
Simeon is not buried in Mount Plesant Cemetery. He is buried in an unknown family cemetery in Ashley County along with other family members. His grandsons's Harold and Morrell Foster placed this memorial stone in 1992.
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Simeon Castleberry Foster Memorial
Application for Standard Government Monument, VA Form 40-1330, was requested by Simeon's grandson, Harold E. Foster, on July 11, 1992. The stone was delivered to Mabelvale, Arkansas. Harold drove the stone down to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Ashley County, Arkansas, and met his brother, Morrell Fred Foster, the sexton of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. They placed their grandfather's memorial tombstone in the Foster family section of the cemetery. |
| Person ID |
I516 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
24 Jul 2022 |
1845 - 1881 (36 years)
