I haven't done genealogical research in some time, but, I just went through some information that I had gathered in the past. I had received from a researcher in 2006, Confederate military records and his application to the state of Tennessee for a pension, of Hardy Diggs Chambers. Seems like, Company C of the 12th Kentucky Cavalry was made up of Tennesseans. H.D. had been born in Kentucky, but, seems to have lived most of his life in Tennessee. His application states that he had lived in Tennessee since 1855 (would have made him about 11 years old). His application for pension is 3 pages, in which he answers a lot of questions about his service and his life since the war. At the time of his application (1919), he was living in Hornbeak, west of Troy, which is a few miles southwest of Union City - all in Obion County. Of course, as you pointed out, he died in 1920. According to him, he had had some property until 1917, when according to him and his lawyer, his children took it and withheld it from him. In a letter from his lawyer to the Pension Commissioner, the lawyer says, "He is a highly respectable citizen, and has always been in splendid circumstances, and would now be if he had not placed too much confidence in his sons, who are now in possession of all his property and withholding it from him." I wish that I knew "the rest of the story."

So - I guess that he died in Hornbeak, Tennessee. I do know exactly where his grave is - in Liberty Cemetery in Fulton County, Kentucky. I have been there several times.

I guess that I actually know a quite a bit about the Chambers. If only I knew as much about the Olivers. My great grandfather Oliver was Allen Oliver. There are 2 Allen Olivers in the Liberty Cemetery, Allen H., and Allen T. Neither are my GGF. I would bet that they are my relatives, but, at this point, I am not sure just how they fit in. I believe that both Allen H. and Allen T. were in the 12th Kentucky Cavalry. They were both born in the 1840's. My GGF, Allen Oliver, was born in 1813, died in 1878, and is buried on up the road in the Ebenezer Cemetery.

I have a picture of either Hardy Diggs Chambers, or his brother, Martin Poyner Chambers. It was given to me many, many years ago by an aunt who is long since deceased. I think that the picture (which is printed on a post card and has double exposure) is that of Martin Poyner Chambers. At the time, I wrote to the Tennessee Archives in Nashville and received records of Martin Poyner. I don't think that I even knew of Hardy Diggs at the time.