Among the units mentioned, only some companies of the 146th were
recruited in Decatur County, according to Harding (there's a list of
these on the History page of the Decatur Co GenWeb site). That
doesn't mean too much, however, since pensions were based on
residence long after the Civil War, not on the county of recruitment.
Ancestry.com lists 54 James M. Adams in the Civil War (North &
South). Four of them from Indiana. One each in Company B & D of the
53rd Indiana Infantry, 1 in Company D, 145th Indiana Infantry, and 1
no company, 146th Indiana Infantry with a note 145th Ind. Inf.
There is a 1915 book by Samuel Harding, History of Decatur County,
Indiana, which contains unit rosters. The Decatur County Library
indicates they have it. The Anderson Indiana Public Library has a
paper copy of it in the Indiana Room. I have rented it on microfilm.
Your librarian should be able to find it. If not, contact me and
I'll look it up.
Ancestry's Civil War Pension Index lists 31 Union names, but most of
the entries pertain to pensions for widows and minors. Ruling those
out leaves 8 or 10. See if you can narrow it down to the
Company/Regiment. If you can determine where he enlisted and his
rank at enlistment or discharge that may help, too. (Although all
the Hoosiers listed were discharged as privates; one of them
enlisted as a Corporal!)
Hope this helps.
Myron E. Williams
(Looking for parents of Sarah Catherine Burns, 1835 -- 1912, Decatur
County, IN, married James Franklin Wheeldon, 1852, Decatur County.)
chrispet(a)flash.net wrote:
> I located James M. Adams in the 1900 Census, Decatur Co IN,
>Washington Township. He said that he was a "pensioner". Does
>anyone know where I could locate pension records from the Civil
>War? Would the local library have that info? Or are there any
>books, etc. pertaining to Decatur Co that are out there? I know
>that I can check with NARA but, I don't know in what Unit, State,
>etc. he served. Any help would certainly be appreciated.
>
> Chris
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