Stewart Pemberton
Stewart Pemberton (1820 – after 1861) was a Union soldier from Scott County who died in the Civil War.
See Also: Scott Countians killed in war
Biography
Born about 1820 in Kentucky, Stewart Pemberton was the son of Timothy Pemberton (1799-1888) and Mary Begley (born about 1800). His siblings included Lucinda Pemberton, Richard Pemberton, John Pemberton, Mary A. Pemberton, Jefferson Pemberton, and Richard Pemberton.
Tim Pemberton was from Wayne County, Ky. He was granted 50 acres on Rich Creek on Sept. 28, 1821. He still lived in Wayne County, Ky. when the 1850 census was taken, but had moved to Scott County by 1860. His wife died sometime between 1850 and 1860.
Stewart married Mahala Dolen (1819-1880) in Wayne County on July 14, 1842. It’s not clear who her parents were. Their children included Jane Wallace (born 1841), Anna Pemberton (born 1848), Timothy Pemberton (1851-1930), Malinda Gregory (1852-1952), Polly Carson (1855-1885) and Frances Pemberton (born 1857).
He was granted 60 acres on Rock Creek in Wayne County on Dec. 28, 1846.
Like his father, Stewart moved his family from Wayne County, Ky. to Scott County between 1850 and 1860, settling in the Huntsville area. When the 1860 census was taken, his children included 14-year-old Malinda, 13-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Timothy, 6-year-old Polly, and 3-year-old Frances.
Civil War
Stewart enlisted in the Union army on Oct. 15, 1861 at Camp Hoskins near Somerset, Ky., and was assigned to Co. G, 12th Kentucky Infantry. According to Paul Roy’s Scott County in the Civil War, which cites Scott County, Tennessee and Its Families, Pemberton “was absent on detached service when the company was mustered into service and never returned to his home in Scott County, Tennessee.”
Pemberton’s service record lists him as absent in March 1862, July 1862, November 1862, December 1862, October 1863 and July 1864. Later, a notation was added: “It has this day Feb 11, 1895 been determined by this Department from records on file that this man was not in the military service of the United States as a member of this company and regiment, he having been absent from the company at the date it was accepted into the service and never joined it afterwards.
It’s not clear what happened to Pemberton. His son, Timothy, filed for a pension on behalf of himself and his siblings on May 7, 1870. His fate remains a mystery; it’s not known how he died, when he died, or where he was buried.