Henry County
GAGenWeb
In McDonough, Henry Co. on the 2nd inst. William Ragland, Esq. in his 71st year.
He was born in Northampton Co., NC and moved thence to Chatham Co. NC. In 1814 he
moved to Jasper Co. Ga. then to Henry Co. Ga. Toward the close of the Revolution,
though only a youth he was in the service and was taken prisoner with others by the
Tories at Col. Alston's house on Deep River. He was a highly esteemed and respected
citizen and member of the Methodist Church. Mar. 22 1836. --Christian Index page 39
Contributed by Gerry Hill
Pension File of Cynthia (Morgan) Eberhart-Ford, widow of Daniel Ford
War
of 1812
Henry Co. and Clayton Co., Georgia
WO 41548
WC 32753
Soldier: Ford, Daniel
Widow: Cynthia Ford
Service: Pvt - Capt Powel's Co -
S C Mil
Enlisted: 1 March 1814
Discharged: 31 March 1814
Bounty Land:
49294 40 50 & 33063 120 55
Residence of Soldier: 1850 - 1855 Henry Co., GA
Residence of Widow: 1881 Clayton Co (P.O. - Morrow), GA
Maiden Name of Widow:
Soldier's First Wife Agatha --- ?
Cynthia Morgan 1st Mar Eberhart
Marriage
of Soldier and Widow: March 10, 1856 Henry Co., GA
Death of Soldier: Dec 31
1868 Henry Co., GA
Death of Widow: (blank)
Remarks: A copy of marriage
record file in the brief
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No.
41548
33062 - 120 - 55
Service Pension
War of 1812
Act of March
9, 1878
Cynthia Ford
Morrow's Station, Clayton Co., Ga
Widow of Daniel
Ford
Received Sept 17, 1881
R. McAllister, Jr.
Present
Oct
26 /81 N
Nov. 14/81 Proof of death of former consorts, of soldier & ___ (?)
remarry.
P. M. no good
1881 Jan 26. Testimony not satis, affiants do
not appear to have knowledge of facts, death of former consorts should be shown
by certified copy record, physician or two witnesses stating means of knowing-
Clmt & state how long lived present place when & where her husband died - his
sig - 1851-5.
Apr of Clmt state where lived when off B. L., whether
locate & where , or Ived to whom State name of Capt or Cms ___ ____ that served
or gov B.L. name of Capt or Coms.
Proof of death of former wife.
Application for
Widow's Pension
War of 1812
For widow of Cynthia Ford
Filed by
R. McAllister, Jr.
P. O. Box 493
Washington, D.C.
War
of 1812
Claim of Widow for Pension, under the Provisions of Sections 4736 to
4740 inclusive revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878
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State of Georgia}ss
County of Fulton
On this 27th
day of August, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 81, Personally appeared
before me, W. L. Calhoun, Ordinary, the same being a Court of Record within and
for the county and State aforesaid (1) Cynthia Ford aged 77 years, a resident of
Clayton County, in the State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn according to law,
declares that she is a widow of (2) Daniel Ford deceased, who was the identical
(3) Daniel Ford, who served under the name of (4) Daniel Ford as a Private in
the company commanded by Captain -------, in the regiment of ------, commanded
by ------ in the war of 1812; that her said husband (6) ---- at _____ on or
about the ---- day of ----- A. D. --- for the term of ----, and continued in
actual service in said war for the term of (7) --------, and whose services
terminated, by reason of (8) Discharge at -----, on the ---- day of ------, A.
D. ----. She further states that the following is a full description of her said
husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: (9) Dark hair, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
high Black eyes. She further states that she was married to the said Daniel
Ford, at the city (or town): of at her own home, in the county of Henry, and in
the State of Georgia, on the 10 day of March A.D. 1856, by one (10) E. Morris,
who was a (11) Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage
was Cynthia Eberhart, and that she has not remarried since the death of said
soldier; and she further states that (12) the Claimant and Daniel Ford had boath
(sic) been married previously Eberhart Died in Tennessee and Ford's wife died in
Henry Co., Ga. and that her said husband (13) Daniel Ford, died at his home, in
the State of Georgia, on the ____ day of ________, A. D. _______; and she
further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself
and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: (14)
Oglethorpe and Henry County in the State of Georgia.
She makes this
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be
entitled under the provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740 inclusive Revised
Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878, and hereby constitutes and appoints with
full power of substitution and revocation, R. McAllister, JR., of Washington,
D.C. and H. D. Stevens of Atlanta, Ga, her true and lawful attorneys, to
prosecute her claim and she further declares that she has heretofore made no
application for (15) Daniel Ford Made _____ (?) ______ (?) Applicant His Bounty
Land and gov 1 or 2 ____ (?) and that her residence is No. ______,
____________Street, city (or town) of _______________ county of Clayton, State
of Georgia, and that her post-office address is Morrow's Station, Clayton Co,
Ga.
Attest: Wm G. Berry Cynthia X Ford (her mark)
J. B. Tanner
Claimant's Signature
- - - - - -
Also personally appeared Wm. G. Berry,
aged 71 years, residing at No. ----------
Street, in Atlanta, and J. B.
Tanner, age 71 years, residing at No. 93, Fort street, in Atlanta, Ga, persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me
duly sworn, say they have known the said Cynthia Ford for 35 years and for (ink
blot) years, respectively; that they were present and saw her sign her name (or
make her mark) to the foregoing section; that they have every reason to believe,
from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she
is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further say that
they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical
(16) Daniel Ford, who rendered the service alleged in the above application (in
the company of Captain -----, in the regiment of ----, in the war of 1812) by
the following-named facts and circumstances, viz: (17) that they lived together
and were recognized as husband and wife and that they have no interest in the
prosecution of this claim.
Wm G. Berry
J. B. Tanner
(Signatures of
Witnesses)
- - - - - -
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day
of August, A. D. 1881; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above
declaration, &c., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and
witnesses before swearing, including the words ---------, erased, and the words
---------, added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the
prosecution of this claim.
(signature) W. L. Calhoun
(official character.)
Ordinary and
Judge of the Court of the Ordinary
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45148
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
In the
claim for
Cynthia Ford
Widow of Dan'l
Affidavit of
J. B. Tanner
T. J. Ragland
Filed by
R. McAllister, Jr.
Attorney-at-Law
P. O.
Box 493, Washington, D. C.
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GENERAL AFFIDAVIT
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Note.-The affiants should state how they gain a knowledge
of the facts to which they testify.
State of Georgia}ss
County of
Fulton}
In the matter of Cynthia Ford
On this the 20th day of December
A. D. 1881; personally appeared before me, an Ordinary in and for the aforesaid
County, duly authorized to administer oaths J. B. Tanner aged 71 years, a
resident of Atlanta in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, whose Post
Office address is Atlanta, Geo and Thom. J. Ragland aged 49 years, a resident of
Atlanta in the County of Fulton, and State of Georgia, and whose His Post Office
address is Atlanta, Geo, well known to me to be reputable and entitled to
credit, and who being duly sworn, declares in relation to the aforesaid case, as
follows: The said Tanner declares that he knows Cynthia Ford well. That she was
formally Cynthia Eberhart and known as the Widow Eberhart and generally
understood that her husband Eberhart was dead.
She afterwards married Daniel
Ford he is now dead & she is his widow and since his death has not remarried.
The said Ragland declares that he knows Cynthia Ford well. That she was formerly
Cynthia Eberhart, a widow and it was generally understood that her husband
Eberhart was dead - she, after Eberhart's death, married Daniel Ford & he died
leaving her his widow & she has not since his death remarried.
They
further declare that they have no interest in said case and are not concerned to
its prosecution.
(signed) J. B. Tanner
(signed) T. J. Ragland
State of Georgia, County of Fulton, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this day be the above-named affiants, and I certify that I read said affidavit
to said affiants, and acquainted them with its contents before they executed the
same. I further certify that I am in nowise interested in said case, nor am I
concerned in its prosecution; and that said affiants are personally known to me,
and that they are credible person.
(signed) W. L. Calhoun
Ordinary of
Fulton
County, Georgia
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Department of Interior
Pension Office
Washington, DC
Jan. 26, 1882
Sir:
In the service pension claim No 41548, of Cynthia, as widow of
Daniel Ford, a soldier in the war of 1812, the testimony furnished in response
to the accompanying letter is not satisfactory, as it does not appear that the
affiants have any knowledge of the fact. The death of the former consorts, and
the soldier, should be shown by certified copies of public record, affidavit of
attending physician, or of witnesses , who state their means of knowing
(underlined) the date (underlined) of death, especially of the soldier, should
be shown. Claimant should give her correct post office address, state how long
she has lived at her present place, and when, and where her husband, the alleged
soldier died; also furnish his signature written about 1851-55,
returning
this letter. Very respectfully,
R. McAllister, Jr. Wm W. Dudley
Present Commissioner
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45148
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
In the claim for
Cynthia Ford
Affidavit of
____________
____________
Filed by
R. McAllister, Jr.
Attorney-at-Law
P. O. Box 493, Washington, D. C.
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GENERAL AFFIDAVIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note.-The affiants should state how
they gain a knowledge of the facts to which they testify.
State of
Georgia}ss
County of Fulton}
In the matter of Cynthia Ford,
Application for Pension
On this the 18th day of March A. D. 1822;
personally appeared before me, and Ordinary in and for the aforesaid County,
duly authorized to administer oaths Thomas J. Ragland aged 49 years, a resident
of Atlanta in the County of Fulton and State of Georgia whose Post Office
address is Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia and George H. Garner, aged 59 years,
a resident of near rural Block in the County of Clayton, and State of Georgia,
and whose His Post Office address is Rural Block, Clayton County, Ga well known
to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn, declares
in relation to the aforesaid case, as follows: Thos. J. Ragland says he knew
Daniel Ford, lived about 1/2 mile from him - he was the husband of Cynthia Ford,
they lived together and were recognized as man and wife - hew is dead. I did not
see him die or buried, but it was the general talk in the neighborhood and I
know and state positively that his widow- the said Cynthia Ford got Dower in his
Estate. He died about the last of Jan 1868.
George H. Garner says he knew
Daniel Ford for about 14 years. He was the husband of Cynthia Ford - he died the
last of 1868, and I saw him buried on the 1st day of January 1869 - said Cynthia
Ford was his wife & I know that she inherited a part of his estate after his
death. I lived about three mile from them and was well acquainted with the
parties and have seen the old lady Cynthia Ford, off and on ever since her said
husband's death - she still lives in the same neighborhood - they both say she
has not remarried.
They each further declare that they have no interest
in said case and are not concerned in its prosecution.
H. J. Stevens
(signed) T. J. Ragland
P. H. Calhoun (his mark) George H. X Garner
(If
affiants sign by mark two persons who can write sign here)
State of
Georgia, County of Fulton, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day
by the named affiants, and I certify that I read said affidavit to said
affiants, and acquainted them with its contents before they executed the same. I
further certify that I am nowise interested in said case, nor am I concerned in
its prosecution; and that said affiants were personally known to me, and they
are credible persons.
W. L. Calhoun (signed)
[Magistrate's Signature]
Ordinary of Fulton
County, Georgia
[Official Character]
Note. -
This should be sworn to before a CLERK OF THE COURT, NOTARY PUBLIC, or JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE. If before a JUSTICE or NOTARY, then CLERK OF COUNTY COURT, must
add his certificate of Official character hereon, and not on a separate slip of
paper.
I certify that W. L. Calhoun, Esq., who hath signed his name to
the foregoing affidavit was at the time of so doing was Judge of the Court of
Ordinary in and for said county and State, duly commissioned and sworn; that all
his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature
thereunto is genuine.
P. H. Calhoun (signed)
Clerk of the Court of the
Ordinary
Fulton Co., Georgia
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GENERAL AFFIDAVIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note.-The
affiants should state how they gain a knowledge of the facts to which they
testify.
State of Georgia}ss
County of Fulton}
In the matter of
Cynthia Ford, Application for Pension
On this the 25th day of March A.D.
1882; personally appeared before me, W. L. Calhoun, Ordinary in and for the
aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths Cynthia Ford aged 79
years, a resident of near Morrow's Station in the County of Clayton and State of
Georgia, whose Post Office address is Morrow's Station, Clayton Co., Geo and
Jane Bond aged 78 years, a resident of Stockbridge in the County of Henry, and
State of Georgia, and whose His Post Office address is Stockbridge, Henry Co.,
Geo well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly
sworn, declares in relation to the aforesaid case, as follows: Cynthia Ford says
that she was married to John Eberhart, about fifty years ago. He went off to
hunt a home and never returned; we heard that he was very sick in Tennessee &
never afterwards heard from him & he was regarded as dead & so recognized by his
own Father, who in dividing his estate gave his share to Defendant. I afterwards
married Daniel Ford, and he died on the 31st December 1868 and was buried on the
1st January 1869 in Henry County Georgia. During Ford's lifetime her Post Office
was Stockbridge, Henry County, Geo and after his death she moved near Morrow's
Station, Clayton County, Georgia & that is now her Post Office.
Jane Bond
says that she was the sister of said John Eberhart, the husband of said Cynthia
Ford at one time - that said John Eberhart came to her house about 100 miles
from his home and stopped awhile on his way next to hunt a new home. He went on
but was never afterwards heard from and was treated as dead and his widow
afterwards married Daniel Ford.
Jane Bond further declares that she has
no interest in said case and is not concerned in its prosecution.
Jethro
W. Manning (signed) Cynthia X Ford (her mark)
P. H. Calhoun (signed) Jane
X Bond (her mark)
(If affiants sign by mark two persons who can write sign
here)
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Prenuptial Agreement between:
Daniel Ford, Cynthia (Morgan) Eberhart, and her son, Jacob Henry Eberhart
Stamped with:
Pension
U. APR 5, 1882 S.
OFFICE
State of
Georgia} This indenture of three parts
Henry County } made and entered into
this The eight day of March in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
fifty-six between Daniel Ford of said State and county of the first part, Sintha
Eberhart of the said State and county of the second part, Henry Eberhart of the
Third part witnesseth that the said Daniel Ford of the first part for and
consideration of Marriage to be had and solemnized between him the said Daniel
Ford of the first part and the said Sintha Eberhart of the Second part does for
himself his heir executors and Administrators covenant, grant and agree that all
that tract of land containing one hundred more or less with all the rights,
members and appurtenances to said hundred acres of land in any way belonging it
being the place where on the said Sintha Eberhart now lives and all other
properties that she has now in her possession or may be given to her Sintha
Eberhart hav't by her mother or other persons will or other wise or be inherited
by any of her relations shall for and remain to be her separate property and
Estate and shall not in law or equity be subject to the payment of the debts of
the said Daniel Ford or be subject to be sold or conveyed or in any manner
controlled by him the said Daniel Ford but the right and title of said property
shall be vested in said Henry Eberhart of the third for the use and benefit of
said Sintha Eberhart and the said Daniel Ford for the covenants and agrees that
said Sintha Eberhart may dispose of said property by will to any person or
persons that she may appoint subject however to be used by Said Daniel Ford with
the approbation and consent of, of said Henry Eberhart during the continuance of
the coveture, for the mutual benefits and advantage of said Daniel Ford and
Sintha Eberhart and the said Daniel Ford and Sintha Eberhart nominate and
appoint said Henry Eberhart, Trustee of said property who is authorized to
possess him self of and control said property in conformity with this indenture
and the said Henry Eberhart consents and agrees to his said nomination and
appointment of Trustee as aforesaid.
In testimony where of the parties of
the First, Second, and Third parts have hereunto set their hands and affixed
their seals the day and year above written
Signed, sealed and Delivered }
Daniel Ford (signed)
In the presence of } Sintha X Eberhart (her mark)
John B. Morris } J. H. Eberhart (signed)
E. Morris, J. P.
Thomas Gardner
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Georgia, Henry County
To any
Judge, Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Inferior Court of Minister of the
Gospel, you are hereby authorized to join Daniel Ford & Sintha Eberhart in the
holy estate of matrimony in accordance to the constitution and laws of this
state and for so doing this should be your sufficient License.
Given
under my hand this 8th day
of March 1856. Quincy R. Nolan
Ordinary
I certify that Daniel Ford & Sintha Eberhart were duly joined in matrimony
by me, this 10th day of March 1856.
E. Morris, J. P.
Georgia, Henry
County
Ordinary's office August 8th, 1881
I, A. A. Lemon, Ordinary
of said county do certify that this above is a true copy of this marriage
license and certificate of Daniel Ford and Cinthia Eberhart as well fully
appears by refference (sic) to the this marriage record on file in my office.
Given under my hand and
Seal of office August 8th, 1881
A. A. Lemon
Ordinary
=============End of Application=========================
Additional Comments:
Descendants of Cynthia Morgan
1 Cynthia Morgan b:
1803 in Georgia d: in (after 1882)
... +John Eberhart b: Abt 1795 in
Georgia d: Abt 1832 in Tennessee (not proved) m: 6 Nov 1822 in Oglethorpe Co.,
Georgia Father: Jacob Eberhart, Jr. Mother: ?_______ ?_________
....... 2
Nancy Jane Eberhart b: 6 Sep 1823 in Georgia
............ +David Joyner
b: 1810 in South Carolina d: 1855
in Henry Co., Georgia m: 24 Sep 1846 in
Henry Co., Georgia Father:
John Joyner Mother:
................ 3 Sarah F.
Joyner b: Mar 1850 in Henry Co.,
Georgia
..................... +John C.
Cates b: 26 Jun 1851 in Georgia
m: 21 Dec 1876 in Clayton Co., Georgia
Father: Romulow Sanders
Cates Mother: Lucinda E. Reeves
................ 3
William Henry Joyner b: 25 May 1852 in Henry
Co., Georgia d: in (aft 1910
census)
..................... +Lucinda Catie Cates b: 21 Jul 1853 in Henry
Co., Georgia d: Bef 1910 m: 20 Dec 1874 in Clayton Co., Georgia
Father:
Romulow Sanders Cates Mother: Lucinda E. Reeves
................ 3 Mary
Joyner b: Abt 1855 in Henry Co.,
Georgia
....... 2 Jacob Henry Eberhart b:
8 Sep 1825 in Georgia d: 22
Feb 1906 in Clayton Co., Georgia
............
+Martha E. ?_________ b: 1830 in Georgia
Father: Mother:
....... *2nd Wife
of Jacob Henry Eberhart:
............ +Allie S. Mitchell m: 17 Apr 1851
in Henry Co., Georgia Father: Mother:
....... 2 S. Eberhart b: Abt 1828 in
Georgia
....... 2 J. W. Eberhart b: Abt 1829 in Georgia
*2nd
Husband of Cynthia Morgan:
... +Daniel Ford b: 1790 in Georgia d: 31 Dec
1868 in Henry
Co., Georgia m: 10 Mar 1856 in Henry Co., Georgia Burial: 1 Jan
1869 Ford
Cemetery - Stockbridge, Henry Co,. Georgia Father: Mother:
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Notes for Cynthia (Morgan) Eberhart-Ford
1840 Census - 41st Dist, Newton Co., Georgia, pg. 26. Head of Household.
Children: 2 sons--10/15 (Jacob & J.W.);
1 daughter--15/20 (Nancy Jane
[Eberhart] Joyner); 1 daughter--10/15 (L.
Eberhart)
*
1850 Census -
42nd Dist, Henry Co., Georgia, pgs. 290B-291A, #1493-1493, line
41;
Enumerated on the 13th day of Nov. 1850 Wm. Moseley
Averhart, C., 47, F ,
400, GA
Averhart, J. H., 24, M, Farmer, GA
con't on pg. 291A
Enumerated
by me on the 14th day of Nov. 1850 Wm. Moseley
REMARKS: Handwritten page
number is #583
Averhart, S., 22, F, GA
Averhart, J. W., 21, M, Farmer, GA,
cannot read/write
*
1860 Census - not located; would expect her to be with
2nd husband, Daniel Ford.
*
1870 Census - Clayton Co., GA???
*
1880
Census - District 1189, Clayton Co., GA; pg. 481B
Sinthy FORD Self S Female W
77 GA Keeps House GA GA
Mary MIRGIN Cousin S Female W 75 GA Boarding GA GA
Fanny MIRGIN Niece S Female W 8 GA GA GA
*
"Ford" family biography by Mimi
Jo Hill Butler in "First Families of Heard Co.,
Georgia," compiled by The
Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties,
Georgia, Inc.; pg.
270-271:
"His 2nd wife later moved to Clayton Co., GA, with her dau.
Nancy Eberhardt
Joyner, who m. David Joyner 9-24-1846 in Henry Co."
"Also, in 1856, a prenuptial agreement between Cynthia Morgan Eberhardt and
Daniel Ford was signed and witnessed by her two children, J. H. Eberhardt, and
Nancy Eberhardt (later Joyner). This established hew own property in trust for
her children and provided the agreement under which she and Daniel would marry."
*
Filed for widow's pension on 17 Sept 1881. She was living at Morrow's
Station, Clayton Co., GA.
File contributed for use by: Valerie Freeman and Jimmie Nell Meadors
Henry County, Georgia
McMullan, John S, Captain [Born 1816, died 1877 Butler County AL]
Wallace, William M, Lieutenant
Albert, Joseph T, Ensign [Joseph Tapley Albert born 1817, died 1862 Captain of the 22nd Georgia Company K CSA]
Alexander, James, Sergeant
Turner, Memory, Sergeant
Copeland, Eli, Corporal [Born 1818, died 1895 Henry County GA]
Henry, William, Corporal [Born 1815, died 1899 Carroll County GA]
Joiner, Isaac, Corporal
Privates:
Ashley, Jackson
Bluford, Thomas
Brown, Mathew
Brown, William
Cagle, David M [Born 1806, died 1892 Clayton County GA]
Camp, John L
Carter, Andrew
Carter, Shadrick
Cates, William
Chapman, Nathan
Cleveland, Alexander [Died in Henry County GA]
Cobb, William
Connelly, James
Conglar, Jesse
Copeland, Joseph
Crawford, Milton N
Crawford, William
Davis, Chesley [Born 1805, died after 1800 Randolph County AL]
Dingler, John T [Died in Randolph County AL]
Downing, Charles
Dye, Elijah
Easter, David
Fletcher, James M
Gaines, William
Garrett, Charles M
Garrett, Wesley
Goldman, Thomas S
Hill, James M
Holdridge, John H
Holland, Mathew
Johnson, Jeremiah F
Johnson, John
Lackey, Early
Lambert, Seth H
Lowe, James P
McCormick, Hugh
McDaniel, William
Millions, Leonard
Miller, James [Thought to have died in Coosa County AL]
Mills, John
Mitchell, William
Morgan, Eldridge
Pickett, Bright
Pool, Hiram
Rape, Peter
Ray, S.B [Solomon]
Reeves, Anderson
Reynolds, Berry
Simonton, Thomas H
Sims, Hiram
Sims, Sterling T
Smith, Joshua B
Smith, Parnell L
Stephens, Merriman
Stephens, William D
Toller, Joel
Wallace, Richard
Warren, James D
Wells, Hezekiah
West, John W
Whitley, William
Wright, William F
Wright, Wilson
Yarbrough, Silas [Born 1802, died 1884 Tallapoosa County AL]
Contributed by Linda Ayres
A Brief Sketch of Its Valiant Record Fighting All
Through The War
Haralson, Ga., June 9 - Some time since I noticed In the
Weekly News a call to the survivor[s] of 53rd Regiment for a reunion. A sketch
of that regiment might not come up amiss in this connection.
The 53d. Ga.
Vols. was organized in the manufacturing city of Griffin, June 1862, with one of
Griffin's noble sons, Leonard T. Doyal, as Colonel, Thomas Sloan of McDonough,
as Lt. Colonel, and J.P. Sims of Covington, as Major. Ten companies composed the
regiment, with Capt. Nutt, Co. A, Spalding county; Capt. Chestnutt, Co. B,
Newton county; Capt. Marchman, Co. C, Fayette county; Capt. Moses, Co. D, Coweta
county; Capt. Glass, Co. E, Covington, Newton county; Capt. Brown, Co. F, Henry
County; Capt. R.P. Taylor, Co. G, Coweta county; Capt. Bill Baker, Co. H, Pike
county; Capt. Bond, Co. I, Butts county; and Capt. J.M. Ponder, Co. K, Monroe
county; with Capt. Rich Hogan, of Forsyth, Quartermaster; Lt. Hanson, of
Griffin, Adjutant; Dr. Simon Sanders and Dr. J.J. Nott, of Griffin, Surgeon;
Capt Bill Glass, of Fayette, Commissary; Rev. J.T. Bowles, of Haralson,
Chaplain; and with one thousand (1000) as good soldiers as ever left Georgia.
During the seven days fighting around Richmond, Va., this gallant regiment was
ordered from Griffin to the front to join the Army of Northern Virginia.
Many of the regiment never saw a musket till they drew guns in camps beyond
Richmond. In the fight on Sunday evening of the Seven Days, this regiment was
thrown in reserve line. The regiment the 53d was supporting being pressed, an
artillery company was ordered up into a gap on the 53d's left, and the Captain
of the company gave orders to "fire and fall back" until the order reached the
color company, when the gallant Tom Sloan, Lieutenant Colonel, can dashing down
the line from the right and rallied the regiment, returned them to their
original position under heavy fire and they held their position till night put a
stop to further hostilities for that day.
For that misguided step the
regiment of many "raw recruits" was stigmatized by some of the older soldiers.
"The Bloody 53rd, the Twentieth Georgia Army Corps, etc." At last the crowning
victory of the seven days fight around Richmond where Gen. R.E. Lee showed
beyond all doubt his superiority of generalship over the best general the
Federals ever had. Gen. George B. McClellan, the Malvern Hill victory, this
regiment did gallant service. The 53rd Ga. Regiment never drilled three weeks in
preparation for military service til after engaging in several hotly contested
engagements. At the battle of Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17th, 1862, where Lieut.
Colonel Tom Sloan was shot down, and Major Sims and nearly every officer had
received wounds, that grand old military chieftain, Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet
forever removed the uncalled for stigma by complimenting the gallant 53d on the
battlefield; and from then on till the lamented General Lee, surrendered a small
remnant of the 53rd with his shattered and broken down army at Appomattox
Courthouse, did the gallant regiment do valiant service: Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Culpepper Courthouse, Gettysburg; the to the Army of the West,
with her brave and gallant chieftain Longstreet, through to Knoxville, back to
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and down to Richmond;
and in the last
regular engagement of the Army of Northern Virginia, at Ameliar C.H., nine
tenths of the regiment was captured with General Ewell's command three days
before the surrender, and spent three months in Northern prisons. On detach
service under the gallant, dashing Maj. Gen'l. Kershaw, with Gen'l. Early's army
in the Valley, October 19th, 1864, the regiment scored a splendid record. The
regiment had the misfortune to lose, killed on the battlefield, five lieutenant
colonels, as follows: Lieut. Col. Tom Sloan at Sharpsburg; Lieut. Col. Hanee, at
Gettysburg; Lieut. Col. R.P. Taylor, at Knoxville; Lieut. Col. Glass, at
Spottsylvania; and Lieut. Col. Wiley Hartsfield, at Ameliar C.H. With twelve
hundred (1200) in her first fight and not over two hundred (200) in her last,
she made a record that history may never recount - a record that will live as
long as kith or kin of her survivors lives.
Fellow soldiers and officers,
let us reunite, somewhere. I will suggest the city of organization, Griffin. She
is no longer the town of Griffin of 1862, but the manufacturing city of the New
South. Why Griffin? you say. Because, she gave us our first colonel - a camping
ground - she shared her hospitality with us. It was freely shared without cost
to us. (I know whereof I speak.) She is nearest in the center of the regiment,
with railroad facilities sufficient. Many of us are old men now and soon we will
pass away. I assure you, Griffin will share her hospitality again with her
regiment the 53rd Ga. Volunteers. I would like to tramp upon the same old
camping ground with all the survivors of our gallant old regiment. One day spent
in reunion would dispel the gloom of twenty two years separation. I have
received several letters from gentlemen from Newton, Pike, Carroll, Henry, Butts
and Spalding counties, saying "old age and decrepitude are crawling upon us, and
we would like so much to visit a reunion before we go hence to be no more." So
would I, dear brethren of the Lost Cause.
I felt constrained to give this
sketch not a full history. I rejoice in my old age that I was a member of the
53d Georgia Regt., Seeme's, Bryant's, and then J.P. Sims Brigade. McClaws and
then Kershaw's division, Longstreet's corps, and the Army of Northern Virginia.
Newton, Henry, Monroe, Pike, Coweta, Fayette and Carroll papers, if friendly
to reunions, please give of your valuable space the sketch and you will very
much oblige.
Through the Griffin News I presume the subject of reunion
can be discussed or you can address me at Haralson, Ga. - W.L. Taylor
--The Griffin Daily News. Griffin, Georgia, 10 June 1888
Transcribed 2003 Jan
2 by Lynn Cunningham
Muster Roll for William J. Nixon
Nixon, William J.
Co. A, 44
Georgia Infantry
(Confederate)
Sergeant Sergeant
Card Numbers
1 -
46120184
2 - 46120253
3 - 46320089
4 - 46338883
5 - 43364854
6 -
52571245
7 - 52592117
Number of medical cards herein: 2
Number of
personal papers herein: 0
*********
William J. Nixon
5 Sgt, Co. A, 44
Reg't Georgia Infantry
Appears on
Company Muster Roll
of the
organization named above,
For: Dated Apl. 1, 1864
Enlisted:
When: May 18, 1862
Where: Henry Cty, Ga
By whom: Capt. W. H. Peebles
Period: 3 yrs.or War
Last Paid:
By whom: W. J. Neary
To what time:
Dec 31, 1863
Present or absent: Present
Remarks: (none)
(signed) J. T. Hensley
*********
William J. Nixon
4 Sgt, Co. A, 44
Reg't Georgia Infantry
Appears on
Company Muster Roll
of the
organization named above,
For: July & Aug, 1864
Enlisted:
When:
May 15, 1862
Where: Goldsboro, N. C.
By whom: Capt. Peebles
Period: 3
yrs.or War
Last Paid:
By whom: W. J. Neary
To what time: Dec 31,
1863
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Prisoner of War
(signed) J.
T. Hensley
*********
W. J. Nixon
Sergt Co. A 44 Regt Ga
Appears on a
register of
Prisoners of War
at Fort Delaware, Del.
Where and
when captured: Spottsylvania, Ga (this should say Va)
May 10, 1864
When
received: May 20, 1864
Exchanged: March 7, 1865
Fort Delaware,
Del., Register No. 2; page 186
(signed) J. Jacobson
*********
W. J.
Nixon
Sergt Co. A 44 Reg't Georgia
Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of
War
Received at Fort Delaware, Del., from Belle
Plain, Va., May 21,
1864.
Roll dated: not dated
Where captured: Spottsylvania CH
When captured May 10 1864
Number of roll:
186; sheet 11
(signed) L L Barton
*********
W. J. Nixon
Pvt Co A 44 Georgia Regt Inf
Appears on a Register of
Medical Director's Office
Richmond, VA
Admitted March 28, 1863
Hospital: Lynchburg No. 4
Complaint: Chro.
Diarrhea
Confed. Arch., Chap. 6, File No. 153, page 228
(signed) O. T.
Taylor
*********
W. J. Nixon
Pvt Co A 44 Regt Ga.
Appears on
a Register of
Medical Director's Office
Richmond, VA
Hospital:
Winder Div. 3
Furloughed 30 days Oct 7 1862
Confed. Arch., Chap.
6, File No. 156, page 4
(signed) G. M. Nowe
*********
The
Confederate States, Dr.
To: W. J. Nixon
C. S. Army.
Co. A 44 Ga
======================================================
Dollars Cts.
For
Monthly Pay, from 15 May 1862 to Aug 31 1862
Being 3 months 16 days at
13. Per month 45.50
Clothing 25.
Bounty 50.
Deduct, due (blank)
Amount paid 120.50
I certify that I have endorsed this Payment on W. J.
Nixon's
Descriptive Roll
John Acably
Received, Richmond,
this 7 day of Oct 1862
From Maj. John Amblen Quartermaster C. S. Army, the
sum of
One hundred & twenty 50/100Dollars,
Being the amount, and in full
of the above account.
Witmess
[Signed Duplicates] W. J. Nixon
*********
Richmond, _____________________----- 1862
Personally
appeared before me a (blank)
Co. ( ), Regt. Vols., and made oath
That he
is without a descriptive roll or final statement, which is impossible to
Obtain from his commanding officer, for the reason that his company is now _____
____________ that the within account, amounting to dollars,
os correct; that
he is not in debt to the Confederacy and that he will present a
statement of
this payment to his Commanding Officer.
John B. Proctor
Major ?????
Notes: I believe William J. Nixon is the same as the one who was previously
enlisted in Co. B & D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry (AKA: Spalding Greys),
which he was discharged from on May 14, 1862 -- 4 days before he enlisted in
Co., A, 44th Georgia Infantry ~ vjf
Source:
National Archives
Microfilm Publications
Microcopy No. 266
Compiled Service Records of
Confederate Soldiers who Served in
Organizations from the State of
Georgia
Roll 469
Forty-fourth Infantry, Mu - Sm
The National
ArchivesNational Archives and Records Service
General Services Administration
Washington: 1959
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
by:
Valerie (Johnson) Freeman vcjfreeman@aol.com
Xeroxed from the original
microfilms for me by the:
Genealogical & Historical Room
Washington
Memorial Library
1180 Washington Avenue
Macon, GA 31201-1790
on 14
January 2003
Dear Sybil:
You once said you wished there was
some way in which our family history could be pieced-out to make clear some
things which occurred before your birth and recollection, so I will help all I
can.
The first thing of which I have any distinct recollection was when
a large wagon was driven into our Yard to collect the baggage of our three half
brothers (Jimmie, Francis and Joseph handwritten in margin) who with other young
men in our locality were to start for the Civil War in 1861. I was too young at
the time to realize what it all meant but learned later that these men were a
part of General John B. Gordon's army collected in Atlanta, Georgia, who formed
a part of the men who joined General Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia. And from
time to time father or mother would get letters from the front to let us know
how our brothers fared. Once I recall Jimmie being at home on furlough and his
wife and little son Sidney visited us at the same time. Lizzie, Jimmie's wife,
lived at Forsyth, Ga. north of Macon, while he was in the army. Toward the close
of the war there was a skirmish at Jonesboro, Ga. fourteen miles distant and we
could hear the rumble of the cannonading between the armies. And that was the
nearest that McDonough citizens got who remained at home to any of the fighting.
Perhaps you remember being told that father was a member of the Georgia
legislature for a part of the time during the Civil War; and during his absence
from home mother conducted family worship each day. She wouldn't have felt it
right to neglect asking God's help and care, especially in troublous times like
that.
One night when father was away at the Legislature and Zack was the
oldest boy at home a drunken man came to one of our doors and demanded to have
the door opened, but mother did not pay any attention to him and finally he got
tired and went away without molesting us further.
In May of 1864 mother
and Nellie [Ellen], George who was the baby, and myself went to Rose Hill in
Newton County to visit our sister Elizabeth (Mrs. V A Tommy - ed note Mrs V R
Tommey is correct). Sister had given the name of Rose Hill to the place because
of the fine roses which she delighted to have in profusion. At the rear of the
house was the vegetable garden, remarkable to me from the fact that it was laid
out in terraces divided by a broad walk. The upper terrace was planted in
strawberries, and below that grape vines and vegetables of various kinds. And at
the foot of the garden was a brook with white pebbles in it. This brook fed a
fish pond near by, and that also belonged to the estate. Rose Hill was very near
Covington, Ga., and during our visit there we went to Covington, and I saw a
steam train for the first time. One thing I recall of our trip by carriage from
McDonough to Covington was the crossing of South River over a wooden bridge with
a low railing, and I was glad when we got over as it was rather a frightful
experience as the water was high.
The summer of 1864 Gen. Hood, who was
in command of the Confederate army in Georgia, was for a short time in Henry
County and while there had his headquarters under an immense oak tree in our
yard. I do not reca11 Gen. Hood's looks at all, but remember that two of his
young officers, Capt. Albert and Mr. Jordan, both fell in love with sister Sue
and were around the house a good deal. Capt. Albert rode a gray horse and Mr.
Jordan a black horse, and when they went away each of them said if they were
killed in battle they wanted Sue to have their horse. We heard later that one of
them was killed but do not remember about the other. Sue had many admirers, and
when she was eighteen years old she had had sixteen offers of marriage. About
that time mother gave Sue the task of cutting out some shirts for father or one
of our brothers, and I remember she cut either all backs or all fronts, and some
more cloth had to be bought before the shirts could be made, and Sue was told
that she must have been thinking of her many beaux to make such a mistake, and
they teased her about it for some time after.
In the fall of 1864 Sue
and Julia went to Alabama for a while to be with some relative living there.
Just before Sue and Julia left for Alabama Gen. Kilpatrick, whom Gen. Sherman
had sent to reconnoitre before the latter started on the famous march "from
Atlanta to the sea" camped on our grounds over night. Father was home from the
Georgia Legislature at that time also; and I can recall father sitting on our
front porch talking to General Kilpatrick and some of his officers. Another
thing that I remember was that I was afraid of those men and that we had some
fresh buttermilk and that mother made me take a pitcher of the buttermilk to
them to convince me that they would not harm me. I was less than six and one
half years of age at the time, so it was not strange that I did not want to go
near them; specially as the negroes had teased us little folks, saying the
Yankees would get us when they came.
Father had returned to
Milledgeville (then the Capitol) before General Sherman started from Atlanta for
Savannah. We had word that the army was coming, and father had some of the
negroes build a corn crib in a swamp in the plantation about a mile from the
house, and it was back from the road, too, so, when the Yankees came, they did
not find the corn, and we had that to fall back on after they had passed through
Henry County. A large dry goods box was filled with hams and bacon taken from
our supply usually kept in the smoke house, and put in a hole in the garden, the
earth packed so hard above it that no one would think of looking for anything
eatable there. Our house was on the top of a high hill, and we could see a long
distance toward the west and the road from Atlanta. The day Sherman came the
soldiers could be seen sometime before they reached the house. Mother, Jennie
Beck (who was father's oldest granddaughter - ed note Elizabeth's oldest
daughter Virginia from first husband), Parish, Ellen and I were eating dinner
when we were startled by a man on a gray horse looking in the window at us. And
to this day (1927) I remember that he had a florid complexion and a long beard.
Naturally we did not eat any more dinner, but it did not take the soldiers long
to finish the sweet potatoes, mutton, etc. which I remember was cooked for our
dinner that day. And before officers could station men at the outside doors,
some of the stragglers always with an army entered and began to take things;
some new shirts had been made for father and one of the men took a pillow case
from one of the beds and put the shirts in it, and by the time he reached the
bottom of the stairs an officer met him and ordered him to take it back and put
it where he got it.
Before the army came I had a hand in hiding some of
our valuable clothing. Between the ceiling in the dining room and the roof was
quite a large space and mother had the base boards removed from the room
upstairs nearest the dining room and I was small enough to crawl through, and
they handed me the articles to be stored away and the soldiers little dreamed of
anything of value being over their heads when they were in the dining room. The
base board was put back in place and no intruder was any the wiser that it had
even been moved. The soldiers helped themselves to the many bushels of sweet
potatoes which had been put under a shed in the garden for winter use, and they
also shot down all the poultry they could find. Fortunately for us an old hen
and a few young chicks hid in some weeds, and after the soldiers had gone to
their camps to the south and east of us Parrish found the hen and took her and
the chicks to one of the upstairs rooms where they remained until after the army
had gone on.
In our smoke house there were several barrels of molasses
fresh made on the place, and the army must have been well sweetened for awhile.
I remember they took anything that would hold molasses to carry it to their
camps. They made such a sticky mess when they in some cases left it running.
When father knew the army was to come through Henry County he made arrangements
with a friend Mr. Findley, who owned land a few miles from our home, to have our
live stock driven there where there was a dense swamp in which to hide them.
Brother Zack with some of the older negroes undertook to carry out father's
orders - so they were away from home when the army arrived. Zack and the boys
had driven the live stock into one swamp when Zack decided that another swamp
across the road would make a better place in which to hide them. He had no means
of knowing how far away the army was, so made the mistake of being met by the
army in the road, so they captured all the livestock. They also induced some of
the young negroes men to go along with them. One of them went as far as
Washington with the army and afterward found his way home to Georgia again. So
we lost all of our stock except a young colt and an old horse which the army did
not consider worth taking with them.
That first day the army encamped
around our home we did not have any supper. The men who helped themselves to the
sweet potatoes left some small ones (which we called strings). So the following
morning mother sent us children to get these small potatoes, and they were
cooked in the fireplace in mother's room and we expected to breakfast on them.
But one of the men (the day before one of the officers had placed a man as guard
at each of our outside doors) and we were supposed to be safe from any
molestation after that so long as the army was around). . . But the smell of the
sweet potatoes was too much for the guard stationed near that door, so he walked
in and took them for his own breakfast. So mother and the rest of us had to do
without. And mother was so indignant over the occurrence that she immediately
reported the man to the army headquarters, and the result was that another
soldier was put on as guard and the potato thief was punished for the offense by
being hung up by his thumbs for a certain length of time. The three days while
the army was near us was the only time I can recall that we went hungry, as we
did not dare touch the hidden supply of food until we were sure they had gone
on.
It seems that the army left one barrel of molasses with the idea of
taking it along with them. And the day they were making ready to move on two of
the soldiers took that barrel with the idea of loading it on one of their
commissary wagons. For some reason they must have been called away just as they
got the barrel near their camp in a low place near which was a gulley. So it
happened that brother Zack had got back from the job of trying to hide the live
stock and no doubt was chagrined at losing them all. So when he saw the soldiers
had left the barrel of molasses he, with the help of some of the negro boys,
rolled it down in the gully out of sight. So, by Zack's quick action we had one
barrel of molasses after all. I have often wondered what the men thought who
made a failure of carrying off that barrel of molasses.
A neighbor of
ours had a pig in a pen, hoping to get the benefit of it when fattened. But the
Yankees wanted it too, and killed it. It was a black pig, and in their haste
they did not try to remove the hair from the carcass before cutting it up to
carry away with them. A daughter of the family who was indignant about the loss
of the pig was watching, and when the man who was on the job, turned his back
for a moment she grabbed a ham and thrust it - black hide up - in a large iron
pot near by, and the butcher did not discover what she had done as the room was
rather qloomy at the time and he probably thought one of his companions had
taken it to their camp. So, by the quick action of Miss Amanda her people had
some of the pig after all. She also came to our home and brought a part of that
ham to mother and the rest of us, as she knew we had lost so much in the way of
food by the invasion of the army.
Contributed by Karl Plenge, transcribed
by Walter Vail Watson
Note: This letter was written by Sallie Manson White
to Sybil Manson Ayre Watson, both daughters of F E Manson, a resident of
McDonough during the Civil War.
REUNION OF THE 30th GA
The Survivors of This Gallant Regiment Meet at
Jackson
And Pass Away a Day Most Pleasantly
During the month of
September 1861, the 30th Georgia Regiment, composed of ten companies, and
comprising an aggregate membership of some 1,000 dauntless and valiant citizens
of Butts and surrounding counties were mustered at Camp Bailey on the Atlanta &
West Point railroad between Fairburn and Palmetto, under command of Col. David
J. Bailey. No regiment of soldiers ever left Georgia more imbued with the spirit
of courage and conviction of the right than did this gallant band on the
memorable occasion above mentioned. Right to the front they went and battled for
principles as dear to them as ever ranked in the hearts of true and chivalrous
soldiers.
Countless numbers of those who marched from Georgia’s soil in
the balmy days of September, ’61, have never returned, but their bodies have
found a resting place on the battlefields of the north, while their names and
daring deeds are written indelibly upon the hearts of those comrades who were
with them in the thickest of the fight, but by the grace of God were spared to
tell the tale of their trials and sufferings.
For the past seven or eight
years it has been the custom of the survivors of the 30th Georgia Regiment to
hold an annual reunion, and at Tanner’s church in Henry County, their lst place
of meeting, it was unanimously decided to meet at Jackson, July 26, 1895, and
perpetuate that feeling of brotherly love which has existed since their
organization. Accordingly on the morning of Friday last, countless numbers of
battle scarred veterans began to arrive in Jackson, and by 10 o’clock a.m., it
seemed as thought the streets were one solid mass of people. The old soldiers
met at the courthouse and after forming into line, headed by the Jackson cornet
band, marched to the Presbyterian grove, whose speeches were made by their
brother comrades Judge J. S. Boynton, Hon. M. V. McKibben and Judge J. L.
Hardeman.
An enormous basket dinner was spread and enjoyed by all
present. There was a sufficient quantity of edibles on hand to feed twice the
number, notwithstanding the fact that at least two thousand people were there
assemble. Hanging on the lib of a tree near the speaker’s stand was the coat
worn by the secretary of the organization, Mr. A. T. Adamson, and though it
presented quite a mutilated appearance, it is dearer to his loving daughter than
any similar article ever made in a finer material.
The day was a most
gala one for the survivors of this noble regiment, and we only wish that they
may live to enjoy numerous others of a like character.
The following
letter was received too late to be read at their reunion, and we publish it for
the benefit of those who were intimately acquainted with the writer, and also to
show the feeling of love which exists in the hearts of those who though unable
to shoulder the gun and march to the front, were with them heart and soul in
their noble undertaking.
--
New Orleans, La, July 24, 1895
Mr. Comrades and Friends;
I noticed in a Georgia paper that you would have a
reunion on the 26th inst. I hope this will reach you in time to add my heartfelt
greeting on that occasion. Know that I am with you in spirit, although my
adopted home is so far away. Often my heart goes back to the place where the
first scenes of my life are pictured on memory’s page. I, see myself a young
girl again delivering the address and presenting the stars and bars to a brave
regiment who were just starting for the scene of carauge(?) and if my Georgia
friends saw fit, nothing would p’ease me more than to posses that same old flag
that I gave so long ago. How well I remember the good byes I gave to those
fearless souls, many of whom never returned but they will never be forgotten. I
hope some at my old home remember me as I do them, with loyal affection. To all
such, give my cordial greetings, and lasting good will.
Very Cordially
yours,
Sallie Bailey Tebault
7 North LaFayette Sq.
--
A
Needy Confederate
Below we print a communication received at this office
in regard to the needy condition of an old soldier. In a letter he states that
he saw an account of the reunion of the 30th Georgia Regiment at Jackson and
hence he writes for aid from some of the vets. The case is a needy one and any
contribution left at this office will be forwarded to the old soldier. The
following is the letter received:
Pontotoc, Miss, May 14, 1895
To All
Whom These Presents May Come – Greeting:
I, the under signed, do hereby
certify that Captain John N. Sloan, an old and respected citizen of Pontotoc,
Miss., was a Confederate soldier, and was desperately wounded in the memorable
battle of Chickamauga, on September 20,1868, by having the most of his under
jaw, all of his upper teeth and part of his tongue shot away, and his face
terribly mutilated by the explosion of a shell from the enemy’s guns; since
which time he has had to lie down when taking his meals and be fed with fluids
altogether as he cannot masticate food of any kind. And in addition to his
unfortunate and irreparable wound, he has an invalid wife and two invalid
daughters, who are dependent upon him for support. He is poor and unable to
perform manual labor.
I, therefore, most earnestly and respectfully
recommend him to his comrades and all charitable disposed persons and friends as
being a man and soldier in every way worthy of their sympathy and charity; and
any amount which may be contributed to their relief will be gratefully
appreciated by your old disabled soldier friend and his invalid family.
Witness my signature this the 14th day of May, 1896
Chas. D. Mitchell –
Family Physician
--
State of Mississippi
Pontotoc County – May
14,’95
I, the undersigned clerk, do hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with Capt. J. N. Sloan and his family, and further certify that the
above statements made by Dr. C. D. Mitchell are true as stated.
R. B.
Patterson – Circuit Clerk
--Jackson Argus, week of August 16, 1895
Transcribed by Don Bankston 27 Jan 2005
Apple, Ravel A. - SGT - Died of Wounds
Black, Wyley L. Jr. - PFC - Killed in Action
Bledsoe, Harold D. - 2 LT - Killed in Action
Brannan, George H. - S SG - Killed in Action
Burdett, Gustie W. - PFC - Died of Wounds
Cox, Jessie B. - T SG - Died non-battle
Davis, Harold - TEC 5 - Died non-battle
Edwards, Edwin E. - TEC 5 - Died non-battle
Elliott, Ernest F. - PFC - Died of Wounds
Ford, Johnnie C. - PFC - Finding of Death
Hatcher, Willie B. - TEC 5 - Died non-battle
Lane, Woodrow - PFC - Died non-battle
Mason, Eros T. - PVT - Finding of Death
Pike, Edward A. - PFC - Killed in Action
Price, John B. - PFC - Killed in Action
Sloan, John J. - TEC 5 - Died of Wounds
Steele, William K. - PFC - Died non-battle
Stewart, Perry A. - PFC - Killed in Action
Talbert, Harry H. - M SG - Died non-battle
Touchstone, William E. - S SG - Died of Wounds
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