The widow of Samuel R. Little, Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Dunlap Little, applied for a Confederate pension from Washington County in 1919, citing her late husband's service in William Shannon's Co. H, 2nd (Adair's) Cherokee Cavalry. The application was approved on August 13, 1919 (Pension No. 21764).
Samuel Rector Little is interred in Ganderville Cemetery in Washington County (born 25 Feb 1836; died 10 Jun 1908).