Lovick Pierce Jepson was the son of Lemuel and Emeline Jepson. [1] He was born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia on May 12, 1841. [2]
In the 1850 U. S. Census (8 November 1850) [1] Lemuel's family was living in Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia. The family included his wife Emeline, age 36, and two sons Lovick age nine and Alonzo age seven.
In the 1860 U. S. Census (25 July 1860) [3] the family was in Columbus. Emeline is missing from the family, so perhaps she had died. Lemuel was a carpenter and had a personal estate value of $100. The children were Sarah age 24, Lovie age 19 and Alonzo age 17. A baby, James, age 8 months was in the family. Maybe he was a grandchild.
Lovick joined the confederate army in May 1861 in Company I, 5th Georgia Regiment. He was there a short time and honorably discharged and re-enlisted in the Washington Artillary in November of 1861. A statement by Joseph A. Cumming says " He was detailed from that battery on special service in the Spring of 1862 and was present and participated in the Battle of Shiloh. Soon after that he was detailed by orders from headquarters of the army for service in the R R Department of the Confederate States. He was so engaged, to my personal knowledge, on the Mobile & Ohio in the summer of 1862. " Lovick was taken prisoner and escaped. He offered the following explanation of his activities after his escape, "when he made his escape he went to Memphis, Tenn. and was there about a month, then he went to St. Louis Mo and stayed there about one week and went to the lower part of Missouri and tried to join Price's army and was met by the Federals and was not allowed to cross their lines then came back to Memphis, St. Louis and Nashville and tried again to join my company, but failed to get through the Federal lines which were at Knoxville, Tenn. I then went back to Nashville, Memphis & St. Louis & worked in machine shops. I never again tried to get back to my company after going to St. Louis the last time. I was in St. Louis at the surrender and did not come back to Georgia until 1867." [2]
In the 1870 U. S. Census (18 June 1870) [4] Lovick was living and working for a brick maker in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.
On June 11, 1881 Lovick P. Jepson married Kate Anderson in Richmond County, Georgia. His name looked like Leavit L. and was a bit unclear in the marriage record. [5]
In the 1888 Augusta City Directory Loveck was listed as working in Riverside Mill and Kate was working in Check mill [6] Later Augusta directories list him variously as a brick mason or brick layer.[7]
On 16 September 1908 applied for an Indigent Pension stating that he was a brick mason by occupation and was no longer able to work due to heart problems and age. He states that he had made no more the $75 per year by working when he was able and that his wife had been supporting them by working in the mill. He states they have no property or other income. Included was an affidavit Of physicians Wm F Rosborough & O. B. Salley stating that he had " organic heart disease & is incapacitated for manual labor." (14 September 1908)
Witnesses on his application included Joseph A. Cumming who had known Lovick since the summer of 1861. He verified Lovick's CSA service through the summer of 1862 and stated that his word was trustworthy.
The notes indicated that his application was denied on October 5, 1908 On November 18, 1908, the following note was typed on the application, "When applicant escaped from prison where did he go and what did he do? What effort did he make to get back to his service in the confederate states, or did he take an oath of allegience and remain out of the country from 63 till the end of the war. J. W. Lindsey , Com of Pen" They apparently did not agree that he made sufficent efforts to rejoin the Confederate Army. [2]
Lovick and Kate are listed in the 1909-1910 Augusta Directories. In the U. S. Census (16 April 1910) [8] shows Lovick (Lorvie)and Kate (Katie) had been married nineteen years. They had one child who had not survived until 1910. He still listed his occupation as brick mason and it indicates he had been out of work for twelve weeks during the year. It indicates Kate was a weaver in the mill.
Lovick died in 1913 and was buried at West View Cemetery in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. [9]
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