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Joshua E. Brassfield Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 13,168
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME J. E. Brassfield
Co. 9 Ark Inf Rgt.

Filed Sept. 1, 1911
Allowed _______

FILE IS STAMPED RejectedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Joshua E. Brassfield a native of the State of North Carolina and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Chestnut Bluff in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Arkansas in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of 9th Ark Reg, Capt. Hix and in Col. Gleens regiment in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Wake Co. North Carolina

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: June 1862, Capt. Hix, Col. Glenn. I was born Oct 28 1832

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Cotton Plant, Little Rock, Cane Hill, Brownsville

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: _________________________

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: _________________________

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: _________________________

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: _________________________

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: _________________________

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I was parolled at Duvals Bluff Ark

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: No

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Not until the end of the war

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Yes at my surrender

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If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: After the war was over and all surrendered

Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
Answer: No

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife, self and two children

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 57 – 14 and 18 years of age – of my Children

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: One girl – one boy

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming – that is I have it done for me

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: A little home worth between $400.00 and $500.00

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Farming as well as I could

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: 46 years

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ____________________________

Witness my hand, this 8 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) Josh. E. (X) Brassfield

WITNESSES:
(Signed) Wm. B. York, Physician, Postoffice Address: Chestnut Bluff, Tenn
(Signed) Tom Braden, Witness, Postoffice Address: Chestnut Bluff, Tenn
(Signed) T. N. Dunn, Witness, Postoffice Address: Chestnut Bluff, Tenn

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, Jno. F. Peal, Trustee of said County, certify that Josh E. Brassfield and his wife _____________ are assessed with 35 acres, valued at $ $300.00 and with $ No of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 29 day of Aug 1911
Signed Jno. F. Peal, Trustee

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.

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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, Sam Young, Notary Public of said County, the above named Joshua E. Brassfield, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 8 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) Sam Young, Notary Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, Sam Young, Notary Public of said County, the above named Dr. W. B. Work one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined J. E. Brassfield, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Almost blind – cannot see his way clearly, nearly deaf so that it is difficult for him to understand anything. He is also very feeble and never again will be able to do any kind of work.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 8 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) Sam Young, N.P.

STATE OF Arkansas,
White County

Personally appeared before me, C. J. Edwards, J. P. of Gravil Hill Township of said County, the above named W. L. Stracener and ________________, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And he further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:

I do certify that I did serve in the Confederate army with Joshua E. Brassfield under Cap. Hicks Company and Colonel Glenns Rigment west of the Mississipi River. W. L. (his X mark) Stracener. Robert Summers i do certify that i did serve with the same Joushua Brassfield.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 17 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) C. J. Edwards, J. P.
C. C. Gray J. P. of Marshal Co?

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.
Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 2, 1911

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: J. E. Brassfield who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company 9 Ark Regiment Inf C.S.A., and to have been paroled at Duvall’s Bluff, Ark, at close of war.

Nov 7/11

Perhaps he is mistaken in the number of regiment. His Colonel was Glenn, his Captain Hicks or Hix.

July 16, 14

This soldier now claims he belonged to Dandridge McRalls? 28 Ark (Emersons?) Inf. Please examine and report.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
W. H. Coley
Vice President

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War Department,
The Military Secretary’s Office,
Washington, July 22, 1914.

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

There are no rolls on file in this office of the 28th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.

The 36th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A, was also known as the 28th Regiment Arkansas Infantry. Colonel Dandridge McRae commanded this regiment when first organized. No record has been found of the capture or parole of a man bearing the name J. E. Brassfield as a member of any such organization.

Geo. Andrews
The Adjutant General.

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Nov. 16, 1911

J. E. Brassfield, 13168

Mr. J. F. Brassfield,
Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.,

Dear Sir:

The last record I can find of you from the rolls of your Company is dated August 31, 1863. You claim in your application that you were paroled at Duvalls Bluff at the end of the War in 1865. What command were you with at that time? Give me the post office address of your witnesses W. L. Stracener and Robert Summers.

Very truly yours,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner

Handwritten at bottom:

I was under General Price

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Chestnut Bluff Tenn
Dec. 12 – 11

My dear Sir –

The address of my witness is first – Louis Stracener, Evert White Co. Ark, Gravel Hill township
2d Robert Summers, Romance, White Co. Ark, Marcel Township

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1911.

J. E. Brassfield, No 13168

Mr. Robert Summers,
Romance, Ark.,

Dear Sir:

I see you are a witness in the application for a pension of Mr. Brassfield. Can you tell me how long he served in the army and when and how he got out?

Very truly yours,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner.

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Jan. 3, 1912

J. E. Brassfield, 13168

Mr. J. E. Brassfield,
Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.,

Dear Sir:

I wrote Mr. Summers, one of your witnesses, asking him how long you served in the army and how you got out. I have his reply in which he says he served in Company B. of Clements? regiment but I do not know how long he served or how he was discharged. It will be necessary to have proof on this point.

Very truly yours,
[Not signed]
Special Examiner.

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Feb. 3, 1912
Chestnut Bluff, 10

Mr. Frank A. Moses
Nashville, 10

Mr. J. E. Brassfield Served in the war three years, and he was discharged at Little Rock, Ark, by Col. Crabtree, he says boys the war is all over go home and be good law abiding citizens.

A. F. Oliver
Hickman, Ky

The above statement was made and sworn to before me this Feb. 3, 1912
H. W. Agee, Notary Public

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn.
Feb. 10, 1912

J. E. Brassfield, No. 13168

Mr. A. F. Oliver,
Hickman, Ky.,

Dear Sir:

Your affidavit in this case has been received. You say Brassfield was discharged at Little Rock by Co. Crabtree. Who is Col. Crabtree? Col. J. E. Glenn was the colonel of the regiment to which Brassfield belonged.

Very truly yours,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner.

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State of Kentucky
County of Fulton

The affiant, J. F. Oliver, states that Col. Crabtree was Lieutenant in Col. J. E. Glenn’s Regiment, and was afterwards elected Colonel of another Regiment and went with Price on his raid through Missouri, and Col. Crabtree discharged part of his Regiment at Little Rock, Arkansas. And that J. E. Brassfield was a member of Col. Crabtree’s Regiment.

A. F. Oliver

Subscribed and sworn to before me by A. F. Oliver, this 14th, day of February, 1912.
H. C. Helen
Notary Public
My commission expires January 17 1914

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Chestnut Bluff Tenn R. 2.
June 13, 1912

Mr. Frank A. Moses
Nashville Tenn.

Dear Sir:

As have not heard from you since Jan. 3, concerning my pension Thought I would write you to know if you had gotten any further proof on the points you wrote me

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on. Viz. As to how boys served and how I was discharged I wrote Mr. Isham Greer, Wesley Williams, Leuis (Lewis?) Stracener and Add Umbles (Umbler?) all of Ark. to write you statements as to my service duration of time and how I was discharged. Having not heard from either one or

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you. I write you this inquiry that I may know how to proceed further, If you have not sufficient evidence.

I am very anxious to get this matter before you in a satisfactory way. As I am entitled to a pension and stand in so great a need

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thereof. I am now eighty years old and unable to work. This matter means meat and bread to me.

Hoping you have sufficient proof to help me through I remain yours.

Awaiting.
J. E. Brasfield, 13168
Chestnut Bluff Tenn
R. 2.

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Chestnut Bluff Tenn
June 18 – 12

Col. Crabtree was my Colonel and to the best to my recolection, I have become so that I cannot remember names or crents?.

I was never parolled, I was sick at the time of the surrender, and I staid at home and never went anywhere to be parolled.

I was in the army all the time, but unfortunately our officers told us that the war was over that we could go home, So I went home & never was parolled, I am blind or nearly so and I am nearly deaf.

My witnesses have reported long ago.

Resp.
J. E. Brassfield

My witness P. O. is
Add Humbles Romance Ark
Ice? Greer, Everett Ark
Louis Stracer, Evert Ark

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June 22, 1912

J. F. Brassfield, 13168

Mr. Add. —–
Romance, Ark.

Dear Sir:

What can you tell me about the service of J. E. Brassfield and how, when and where he got out of the army. Did you serve with him? He claims that he was sick at the time of the surrender and was not paroled. What do you know about this?

Very truly yours,
[Not signed]
Special Examiner.

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Dec. 3, 1912
Chestnut Bluff Tenn

Mr. John P. Hickman
Nashville Tenn

You ask the question, who was Crabtree? Crabtree was first Liuetenant then he was Captain, under Colonel Glenn at Prairie Grove Ark, Colonel Glenn run or was killed I dont know which then Captain Crabtree was mad Colonel, at the Close of the war Col. Coleman and Col. Crabtree, taken their men to gether to Little rock, When we arrived at Little rock, They went in to see the Federal Authorities, when they came back to us, the said boys, You may go home the war is all over. We were all in Gen. Price and Smiths army;

I am unleared, I have to get someone to write for me, I am verry needy:

Please let me hear from you:

What is lacking?

Sincerely,
J. E. Brassfield

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J. E. Brassfield, No. 13168
Chestnut Bluff

Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1913

Dear Sir:

The Board of Pension Examiners have considered your application, and it stands disallowed, with these endorsements by the Board on the specifications following:

Service in the army.
Endorsed Proven

Present physical disability. If wounded, state extent.
Endorsed Proven

Indigency.
Endorsed Proven

How applicant got out of the army. Not satisfactory.
Endorsed. War Records report, “Enlisted in Co. B, 36 Ark Inf. roll dated Aug. 31. 63, last on which your name appears, reports, deserted Augt. 28 on the March”. All evidence in this case fully considered, and disallowed

Character as a soldier and citizen.
Endorsed Proven

The specifications not satisfactory to the Board may be corrected by proof, but no proof will be considered unless taken before an officer using a seal. Board meets second Tuesdays in January, April, July and October.

Respectfully,
John P. Hickman,
Secretary

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Chestnut Bluff Tenn

Feb. 19, 1913

Mr. John P. Hickman
Nashville Tenn

Kind Sir I filed an application for a pension. Some time ago, I received some in couregement at first, Though I have failed to hear from you for some time.

I wrote you some time last year to let me know if you wanted any more proof, and if do what kind.

I received no answer.

I would be verry glad to hear from you.

Give me any information you may have a bout my case.

Obedintly yours,
J. E. Brassfield
Chestnut Bluff Tenn

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Proof of Service?
State of Ark
County of White

On this day personally came before the undersigned a Notary Public within and for the Co. of White and the State of Ark. W. L. Stracener Citizen of White Co. whome I certify to be credible person and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that he were personally well aquanted with applicant J. E. Brassfield, and knew him for 54 years. That he was a confederate Soldier belonging to Company H. Regiment Col. Querry of Dandrige McCrays Brigade. Co. Capton Thompson first Lieu Heath. Secon Lieu. Bob Black.

As such soldier he served for the year 1861 to about Nov the 15 1864 he was Honorably discharged from such servis and did not desert the same

Attest, — I. Goodman

W. L. (his X mark) Stracener

Subscribed and sworn to before me This 28 day of April 1913

R. H. Goodman, N. P.

My comision expires Feb. 12 1916

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Personally appeared before me S. J. Roper, Clerk of Fulton County Court in and for County of Fulton and State of Kentucky, Allen Oliver whom I personally know and who is worthy of belief on his oath in any Court and makes this statement That J. E. Brassfield never deserted the army at anytime, in August – 63 he was left sick on the road and when we camped for the night that he, Allen Oliver, was detailed to go see after him but when night came on he had left the road and went in a near by house, and we did not find him we went back to camp and reported not found.

Now after the said J. E. Brassfield was under the Dr. for 60 or 90 days he returned to the Army and joined with me and others the Cavalry and served until the end of the war, and was honorably discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas. Our officer told us the war was all over we could go in, take the oath and be paroled, or be peacable and go home without taking the oath, we chose the latter and to the echo of the rebel yell we turned homeward.

Sworn to and subscribed before me This May 29, 1913.

S. T. Roper, Clark
By Blanche Helm, Deputy Clerk.

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Office of
D. B. Dodson
Circuit Court Clerk
Crockett County

Alamo, Tenn. May 13, 1914

Honal? Jno. P. Hickman
Nashville Tenn

Dear Sir & Comrad

How? about the application of Josh E. Brassfield for pension? Please advise me as to the State of this Cau? and advise

Yours —–?
C. A. Goodloe

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Application # 13,168. J. E. Brasfield.

State of Tennessee
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, W. C. James, Notary Public in and for said County and State, J. E. Brasfield, with whom I am personally acquainted and made oath in due form of law that he enlisted in Co. B. 36 Ar. Inft. Sept. 14th. 62 under Col. Glenn. On the march he was taken sick and was left off sick at a Mr. Robbin’s Aug. 28th., 63, and did not desert the army at any time and was there sick about 60 days before able to go home, after which time Mr. Robbins carried him home and he relapsed and was sick at home about two months or more, during which time Dr. Hicks, who was the army physician during 61 and was also Cap. of Co. B. 36 Ark. Inft. during 61, attended on him.

Deponent also states that Allen Olliver and Henry Smith were sent back to look after him when he was sick at Mr. Robbins’ but they didn’t find where he was and also that Dr. Hicks told him that he would report back to the army as to how he was getting along, but he don’t know whether he did or not Also that after his recovery from illness he went to the Cavalry – enlisted near Jacksonport, Ark. in about Dec. 63 and that he doesn’t remember the Reg. but Dandridge McCray was the head boss of his Reg. and that his Col’s. name was McQuary; and that he served there until the close of the war. In 65 his Reg. was carried to Little Rock to take the oath and all the soldiers stopped on the East side of the river and officers Coleman, Crabtree (or Coleman and Black, or Crabtree and Black) went over into town to make preparations for them to take the oath and when the two officers came back to where the soldiers were they said to them “Boys, there is no use to take the oath, the war is all over, you may go home.”

J. E. (his X mark) Brasfield

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 18th day of June, 1914.

W. C. James
Notary Public.

My Commission expires July 1915

Handwritten: Deponent is so nervous he can’t write his name,
W. C. James, N. P.

M. D. Brasfield, Witness

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Quality Drug Co.
(Incorporated)
Drugs, Sundries,
Jewelry, Toilet Articles, Etc.

Friendship, Tenn., June 18th 1914

To whom it may concern:

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with J. E. Brasfield and have been his family physician for the past 15 years. He is now very old and in his dotage. He is physically and mentally very weak. His memory is very defective.

John L. Powell, M.D.

State of Tennessee
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, W. C. James, Notary Public in and for said County and State, Dr. J. L. Powell, with whom I am personally acquainted, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing affidavit for the purposes therein expressed.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 18th day of June 1914.

W. C. James
Notary Public

H. B. Baxter Civil War Pension

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

Pension File # 9743
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME H. B. Baxter
Filed Dec. 16, 1907
Allowed _______

FILE ISN’T STAMPED Accepted or Rejected

[View Pension Application for wife, Lutitia (Woodard) Baxter]SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Hugh B. Baxter a native of the State of Irland and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Crockett Mills in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tenn in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of Co. G. 2nd Tenn Infantry in the service of the Confederate States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: County Derry & State Irland about 1827

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: Apr 1861 Col Walkers Regement Co. G. Pillows Brigade then Cheathams

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Belt Mount MO. and was wounded in the foot

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Wounded in the foot and still so lame I cannot walk without a stick

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No I was put in the hospital as nurse & cook

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I said at the hospital stout? in Georgia

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr. Yandle

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I surrendered at Dawson Georgia & parole at Millegeville

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: No

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Yes at Millegeville Georgi

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Yes when I had to

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: When we all surrendered

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Five wife three children

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife about 50 children one boy 16 & one 11 & one Girl 14 years

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: One Girl and two Boys

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: No

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: I am a renter & farm a little

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: One cow & calf worth $20.00 & two hogs

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: What little I had was raised on the farm

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Came to Tenn 2 years before the war in 1857

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: None

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: __________________

Witness my hand, this 13th day of December 1907
(Signed) Hugh B. (his X mark) Baxter

WITNESSES:
(Signed) W. T. Redmond, Physician
(Signed) J. F. Robertson, Witness
(Signed) __________________, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, _____________, Trustee of said County, certify that _____________ and his wife _____________ are assessed with _____ acres, valued at $ ___________ and with $ _________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this ___ day of ___ 19__
Signed ______________________

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, E. G. Swanson, Notary Public of said County, the above named Hugh B. Baxter, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand, this 13 day of Dec 1907
(Signed) E. G. Swanson

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, E. G. Swanson, Notary Public of said County, the above named W. T. Redmond one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined Hugh B. Baxter, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

The applicant is greatly disabled by the wound which he received at the Battle of Belmont, which wound is in the nature of a crooked leg, due to fractured bones in the right leg. He is affected with arterial degeneration and senility. Also with Chonic Intershitial Nephritis, though not to a marked extent. In other respects applicant is in fairly good condition as to general health, considering his age.

Witness my hand, this 13th day of Dec. 1907
(Signed) W. T. Redmond MD

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, E. G. Swanson, Notary Public of said County, the above named Witnesses,W. T. Redmond and J. F. Robertson, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the _____________ army:

Witness my hand, this 13 day of Dec. 1907
(Signed) E. G. Swanson

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No. 9743A

Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. Dec 17, 1907

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

H. B. Baxter who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company G. Second (Walker’s) Regiment Tenn Infantry C.S.A., and to have been paroled at Milledgeville Ga at the close of the war.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,

George B. Guild
President.

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Nashville, Tenn.,
Dec. 17, 1907

George B. Guild, President,
Tenn. Board Pension Examiners.

Your record of H. B. Baxter, “G”,
2nd (Walker’s) Tenn. Inf., C.S.A.

War Department,
The Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, December 20, 1907

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners
Nashville.

The records show that one Hugh Baxter was enlisted June 1, 1861, as a private, Company G, 2d (Walker’s) Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. This organization was merged into the 5th Tennessee Infantry, and on the muster roll of Company F of that regiment, dated February 29, 1864, the last on file, this man is reported as absent, sent to hospital May 21, 1863. No later record of him has been found.

[Signed] T. C.?—-k
The Adjutant General

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. April 4 1908

Hugh B. Baxter No. 9743
Trustee Crockett County
Alamo Tenn.

Dear Sir –

Please certify on the bottom of this sheet whether or not Hugh B. Baxter, who gives his address as Crockett Mills, owns any real estate in your county and if any the acerage and assessed valuation of it.

This certificate? is wanted as proof in a pension case.

Yours truly,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner

I certify that Hugh B. Baxter is assessed with no property either real or personal on? —-? books in Crockett County this Apr 7th 1908. Jno. H. Perry, Trustee

This Apr. 7th 1908. J. W. Emison Clerk

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The Bank of Alamo
Capital Paid $25,000.00

Alamo, Tenn

July 24th. 1933

To the Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville, Tenn.

Gentlemen:

About ten days ago while I was visiting in the home of my son, M. B. Baxter, at Jackson, Tenn. he had me to sign and acknowledge an instrument of writing which he said was an application to have my pension increased. Trusting my son, I did not read the paper nor was it read to me. Subsequently I learned that the paper was a power of attorney empowering y said son to take charge of my business, take possession of any notes or money in bank, and to act for me in every matter of business. I have not seen the paper but understand it has been put to record in Jackson by my son. As soon as I learned that I had been deceived I at once notified my son to return certain notes that he had gotten possession of under said power of attorney but he refused to do so, and moreover threatened to go before this Honorable Board and have my pension stopped. I have been advised that he cannot carry out his threat, but I am writing you so that you may know the facts in the event he trys to interfere with my pension. I have, in writing duly recorded, revoked said power of attorney and in said revocation show that it was obtained by false and fradulent statements.

Respectfully, [Signed] Mrs. H. B. Baxter

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The Bank of Alamo
Capital Paid $25,000.00

Alamo, Tenn

Gentlemen:

With reference to the enclosed letter I desire to say that Mrs. Baxter is a lady of splendid character and is entitled to full credit on any statement she makes. I know personally, that her son M. B. Baxter, presented to my bank the power of attorney referred to in her letter and called for and was given certain notes belonging to his mother; that when she learned of the fraud she sent? her son a note requesting the return of the notes but he not only refused to return the notes but threatened to have her pension stopped. I talked to the lawyer who wrote the paper and also to the notary pubic who took the acknowledgment and they both state that the paper was not read to Mrs. Baxter in their presence nor was its contents explained to her. I also talked to the son and from all that I learned I am confident Mrs. Baxter signed the paper just as she states, believing it was an application to have her pension increased to the amount formerly paid her. I know Mrs. Baxter has executed a formal revocation of the power of attorney and had the revocation registered.

Very truly,
[Signed] Herbert Perry
Cashier

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August 3, 1933.

Mrs. H. B. Baxter
Alamo, Tenn.

Dear Mrs. Baxter:

I was sorry that you were not in Alamo when I called on last Tuesday, but I had quite an interesting talk with Mr. Perry, at the Bank, and I assure you that your check will come forward to you as it has been coming.

Hoping that you will continue to enjoy this gift from the State, with no interruption from your relatives, I am,

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Mary B. Gamble,
Special Examiner.

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Jackson, Tenn
March 24th 1938

Mrs. Mary Barrow/Barron Gamble
Special examiner
Nashville

Dear Mrs. Gamble,

I am writing you to know why my pension was changed from Federal pension to an old age pension.

If there is any way to do it I want to go back where I feel like I belong, since my husband was wounded during the civil war. I was told that for that reason, I would draw my pension through the Federal Goverment the rest of my life.

You told me if I wanted any advise or information to write you and that is why I am writing you this letter.

Hoping to hear from you soon and thanking you in advance for this favor.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Lutitia Baxter
261 Boliver Street.
Jackson, Tenn

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Mrs. L—- Baxter
261 Boliver Street,
Jackson, Tennessee

My dear Mrs. Baxter:-

Your letter of March 26th received and carefully noted?

In 19– the Legislature enacted a law requiring all Confederate pensioners to? make application for Old Age Assistance. All of those who were eligible for Old Age Assistance were subsequently transferred. This was done in order to have the Government assist the State in paying Confederate pensions and thus relieved Tennessee taxpayers of many thousands of dollars.

Since then the law has been repealed and pensioners are not required to make application, but may do so if they desire. Due to the —ession Tennessee is finding it hard, (just as we individuals are) to live within its —– income. Therefore, in order to prevent a possible cut in pensions I ask you to allow yours to remain as it is for the present. This will enable the State to live within its income, as provided by the Legislature of 1937?

With kindest regards and best wishes, I am

Yours very truly,

Mrs. Mary B. Gamble
DIRECTOR
DIVISION CONFEDERATE PENSIONS

J. P. Baldridge Civil War Pension

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

Pension File # 11,779
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME J. P. Baldridge
Co. B. 9th Tenn Reg Inft Rgt.

Filed Jan. 29, 1910
Allowed _______

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, J. P. Baldridge a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Alamo in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of Co. B. 9. Tenn Inf Regiment, Confederate States Army in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Rutherford County Tenn

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: At Jackson Tenn. May 3rd 1861. 9th Tenn Inft Co. B. H. L. Douglas first Co. Capt. R. S. Russell Robt. Thomas 1st Liut. I. M. Johnson Jr. 2nd Liut. Val Sevien? 3rd Liut. 9th Tenn Inft. Reg. Co. B.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Shilo, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge. 2 Battles. All the battles from Dalton Ga commensing on the 7th day of April 1864 & ending the 7th or 8th of Sept. at Jonesboro Ga Franklin, Nashville, All the battles engaged in by Gen. Hoods move? to —-? in 1864

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: At Franklin my right eye was injured by gunshot while on the Fedderal brest works.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: only for short time

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: _________________________

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: I do not remember

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I surrendered with Gen. Joe E. Johnsons army at Greensboro N. C.

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: No

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Yes, at High Point N. C.

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I dont think I did

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: If I took the oath it was after I got home at the close of the war

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: I have been married

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: I have 3 sons

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: 35, 32 & 29 years of age

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Male

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: I am doing nothing in consequence of my defective eye site

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: I have 66 acres of land and it is assessed at $750.00

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Renting & having my land farmed

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since my bearth 71 years

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: Yes

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: C. A. Goodloe

Witness my hand, this 22 day of Jan 1910
(Signed) J. P. Baldridge

WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. H. Cooke, Physician
(Signed) G. W. Boling, Witness
(Signed) D. W. Harris, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, J. H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that J. P. Baldridge and his wife _____________ are assessed with 66 acres, valued at $ 750 and with $ _________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 22 day of Jany 1910
Signed Jno. H. Perry

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk County of said County, the above named J. P. Baldridge, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand, this 22 day of January 1910
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison Clerk County of said County, the above named H. W. Cook, MD one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined J. P. Baldridge, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

I have all my life know Mr. J. P. Baldridge and have this day ex him further and find him with a defective eye, the musles of his right eye are paralyzed to the extent that he has but little or no control of them and this he say was caused while in actual service.

(Signed) H. W. Cook MD

Witness my hand, this 22 day of Jan 1910
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison Clerk County of said County, the above named G. W. Boling and D. W. Harris, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And D. W. Harris further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the (see below) army:

I as a subscribing witness to the application of Mr. Baldridge take pleasure in stating that, from every point of view whether from physical disability or honorable service in the war I regard his application for a pension most deserving. Signed D. W. Harris

Witness my hand, this 22 day of January 1910
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk

Tennessee WWI Veterans from Crockett County

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

From the Tennessee TSLA website

Last Name	First Name	Agoe or DOB	Birth Place	Notes	Page
Adams	Henry E.	23	Johnson Grove, TN		1
Agee	Rupert D.	28	McBride, TN		1
Agee	Rupert L.	23	Friendship, TN		1
Agee	Victor	22	Friendship, TN		1
Agee	William Wyatt	21		Sailor	61
Aikin	Henry B.	23	Dyer, TN	Officer, USA	59
Alison	James D., Jr.	1891	Brownsville, TN		1
Allen	Neal	1894	Maury City, TN		1
Anderson	Silas	24	Tella Co., MS		1
Ange	Loyd W.	23	Gates, TN		1
Arnette	Ewell V.	22	Bells, TN		2
Arnold	Robert L.	1894	Alamo, TN		2
Austin	Herman E.	22	Alamo, TN		2
Austin	Robert J.	1888	Alamo, TN		2
Avery	Homer	1895	Crockett Mills, TN		2
Avery	Ira	33	Crockett Co., TN		2
Avery	Leonadas	1897	Dyersburg, TN		2
Avery	Nee	23	Alamo, TN		2
Avery	Paul C.	23	Maury City, TN		3
Avery	Will	1892	Karo, TN		3
Bailey	Austin P.	18	Crockett Co., TN	Deserter	68
Bailey	Conrad Oswald	1887	TN	Officer, USA	59
Bailey	John	22	Alamo, TN		3
Baldridge	Benjamin C.	1898	Friendship, TN		3
Barcroft	John D.	27	Friendship, TN		3
Barnett	Clarence	22	Macon, IL		3
Beaver	Fred S.	23	TN		3
Bedwell	Willard W.	1889	McLemoresville, TN		3
Beller	Lowell R.	1893	Burchtree, MO		4
Bills	Robert Franklin	28	Dyer Co., TN		4
Bivens	Cal H.	1891	Hardin Co., TN		4
Blackman	Norton	22	Friendship, TN		4
Blaydes	Ernest	1894	Crockett, TN		4
Blurton	Robert Lee	1896	Gadsden, TN		4
Boling	Lefton	1893	Friendship, TN		4
Boling	Perry McFarland	1900	Friendship, TN		4
Bolton	Walter	1896	Brownsville, TN		5
Boone	Clyde Calvin	23	Palestine, AR		5
Bowen	Ives	1896	Friendship, TN		5
Boyd	Oscar	29	Crockett Co., TN		5
Boykin	Aaron	1895	Gadsden, TN		5
Branch	E. H., Jr.	1899	Alamo, TN		5
Branch	Emmett	24	Alamo, TN		5
Brasfield	Harry Connis		See Brasvield,
Brasfield	Johnie Alfred	1896	Crockett Co., TN		5
Brasfield	Raymond G.	29	Crockett Co., TN		6
Brasfield	Robert T.	25	Crockett Mills, TN		6
Brasvield	Harry Conis	23		Sailor	61
Bridges	Guy C.	21	Camden, TN		6
Browder	Carl B.	1890	Maury City, TN		6
Bryant	William H.	1897	Trenton, TN		6
Buford	Iwin B.	22	Crockett Co., TN		6
Buford	Leonard W.	1889	Johnson Grove, TN		6
Bumphos	George W.	1890	Friendship, TN		7
Bures	Bedford	1892	Friendship, TN		7
Burnett	Albert P.	22	Friendship, TN		7
Burns	Luther A.	26	Chester Co., TN		7
Burrow	Oscar W.	28	Gadsden, TN		7
Burton	Elder	26	Murray City, TN		7
Burton	Jake	23	Morris City, TN		7
Butler	John T.	22	Scotts Hill, TN	Wounded	53
Butner	James P.	22	Murray City, TN		7
Canada	Clarence Leslie	1899	Murray City, TN		8
Candler	Lee H.	22	Haywood Co., TN		9
Carnes	Willie B.	1894	Whiteville, TN		8
Carter	Harvey	26	Huntington, TN		8
Carter	John Bedwell	1897	Crockett Co., TN		8
Carter	Ray J.	23	Alamo, TN		8
Carter	Robert H.	25	Maury City, TN		8
Carter	Tonnie	1894	Maury City, TN		8
Casey	Hinton L.	23	Alamo, TN		8
Castellaw	Roland King	1899	Maury City, TN		9
Cates	Jones L.	26	Alamo, TN		9
Chandler	James C.	1894	Bells, TN		9
Cheatham	Charley E.	1895	Dyersburg, TN		9
Childress	William E.	26	Gates, TN		9
Clark	Alvis A.	1895	Friendship, TN		9
Clark	William Thomas	21		Sailor	61
Cogburn	Horace	23	Brazil, TN		9
Cogburn	John Hollie	1896	Gibson Co., TN		10
Cole	Allie B.	30	Chestnut Bluff, TN		10
Cole	Bolton	1894	Bells, TN		10
Cole	Jack C.	1894	Tells, TN		10
Cole	James A.	1890	Bells, TN		10
Cole	James W.	21	Jackson, TN	Dead	56
Cole	Robert Edward	1897	Crockett Co., TN		10
Cole	Tom C.	1897	Bells, TN		10
Coleman	Oscar	1892	Humboldt, TN		10
Coltrain	Larence C.	22	Dorr(sic) Co., TN		10
Colvett	Dewitt C.	1896	Carroll Co., TN		11
Colvett	Fonnie	26	McLenoresville, TN		11
Compton	Arthur B.	20	Wellwood, TN		11
Compton	Henry A.	25	Maury City, TN		11
Conley	Frank	1894	Alamo, TN		11
Conley	Henry J.	1893	Alamo, TN		11
Conley	Paul B.	1900	Bells, TN		11
Connell	Eldon D.	1899	Alamo, TN		11
Conyers	Herman Lee	27		Sailor	61
Cook	James A.	28	Cairo, TN		11
Cook	Odis	1891	Alamo, TN		11
Cooke	Stephen	22	Cairo, TN		12
Corbett	Almer G.	1900	Alamo, TN		12
Cox	Bud	24	Dyer Co., TN		12
Cox	Mose H.	22	Crockett Co., TN		12
Cozart	Edgar L.	27	Bells, TN		12
Craig	Thomas A.	20	Friendship, TN		12
Craig	William A.	20		Sailor	61
Craiglaw	James F.	26	Bells, TN		12
Craiglew	Oscar Daniel	30	Bells, TN		12
Culp	Guy L.	1895	Flatwoods, TN		13
Culp	Walter H.	1896	Bells, TN		13
Cummings	Jess	19	Friendship, TN	Dead	56
Curtis	Charles C.	21	Friendship, TN		13
Daniel	Charles Albert	20		Sailor	62
Daniel	Hallie J.	1894	Crockett Mills, TN		13
Daniel	Sam Hunter	1896	Providence, TN		13
Daniel	W.	26	Bells, TN		13
David	Robert J.	24	Newborn, TN		13
Davis	Charlie J.	22	McNairy Co., TN		13
Davis	Chestley E.	1888	Friendship, TN		13
Davis	John E.	29	Bells, TN		14
Davis	John E.	31	Bells, TN		14
Davis	Robert L.	26	Maury City, TN		14
Davis	William L.	24	Chestnut Bluff, TN		14
Davis	Willie	1897	Bells, TN		14
Dean	Sam	26	Crockett Mills, TN	Wounded	53
Deaton	William A.	1893	Dyersburg, TN		14
DeBarry	John T.	1895	Bells, TN		14
DeBarry	Will	23	Jackson, TN		14
Dedson	Alexander L.	1894	Jackson, TN		15
Dillahay	Charles W.		Dyersburg, TN		14
Drake	Amans	1896	Nashville, TN		15
Dunkin	Ernest O.	24	Friendship, TN		15
Dunlap	Earl T.	23	Fruitvale, TN		15
Earnheart	Clarence C.	1896	Crockett Co., TN		15
Eason	William Benjamin	1875	Dyer Co., TN	Officer, USA	59
Eaves	Eldee	24	Harrison, AR	Dead	56
Edwards	Ira	24	TN		15
Edwards	Jimmie	1896	Friendship, TN		15
Edwards	John H.	1889	Friendship, TN		15
Edwards	John L.	29	Bells, TN		16
Edwards	Levie	1894	Dyersburg, TN	Dead	56
Edwards	Willie Robert	1899	Friendship, TN		16
Elmore	Willie E.	28	Chestnut Bluff, TN		16
Emerson	James L.	26	Maury City, TN		16
Espey	Eghurt F.	1896	Chestnut Bluff, TN		16
Ester	Samuel R.	23	Madison Co., TN	Wounded	53
Evans	Clarence W.	22	Boliver, TN		16
Evans	Henry C.	23	Boliver, TN		16
Evans	James Henry	1893	Parson, TN	Deserter	68
Evans	Thomas R.	27	Madison Co., TN		16
Eves	John R.	20	Harrison, AR		17
Faircloth	George	26	Bells, TN		17
Faircloth	Lemuel R.	18	Bragadoria, MO		17
Farrow	Elisha	1891	Bells, TN	Officer, USA	59
Fewell	Grover C.	32	Alamo, TN		17
Fewell	Hardy F.	23	Alamo, TN		17
Fisher	John Mason	1892	Bells, TN	Officer, USA	59
Fisher	Marvin	1897	Maury City, TN		17
Fisher	Morris	1894	Johnson Grove, TN		17
Fitzhugh	William H.	1895	Chestnut Bluff, TN		17
Fly	John H.	23	Medina, TN		18
Fowler	Clyde	1897	Dyersburg, TN		18
Fowlkes	Fred	1896	Rives, TN		18
Frazier	Clarence	31	Waverly, TN		18
Freeman	Bruce G.	18	Godfrey, KY		18
Freeman	Powell C.	21	Alamo, TN		18
Freeman	Richard E.	23	Haywood Co., TN		18
Fuller	George R.	1897	Johnson Grove, TN		18
Gaba	Martin F.	18	Bells, TN		19
Gaines	James Wallace	22	Bells, TN		19
Gibbons	William E.	26	Crockett Co., TN		19
Gipson	Casey Y.	1895	Whitesville, TN		19
Glass	Aaron J.	21	Bells, TN		19
Glen	Iver H.	22	Bells, TN		19
Green	Charley W.	21	Maury City, TN		19
Green	Hairney	1890	Humboldt, TN		19
Green	Homer T.	25	Crockett Co., TN		20
Green	James G.	25	Cocke Co., TN		20
Green	Jimie	1895	Maury City, TN		20
Green	John T.	1897	Alamo, TN		20
Green	Roscoe	1895	Alamo, TN		20
Griffin	James A.	24	Friendship, TN		20
Griffin	John I.	21	Crockett Co., TN		20
Grounds	Aveling C.	21	Friendship, TN		20
Guest	Herbert C.	1893	Gadsden, TN		21
Hall	James C.	1896	Alamo, TN		21
Hamil	Eura	22	Friendship, TN		21
Hamlett	Frank Robertson	26		Sailor	62
Hannah	Bennie F.	18	Chestnut Bluff, TN		21
Hardison	David E.	27	Bonnicord, TN		21
Hardison	Leland	20	Dyer Co., TN		21
Hardison	Noah T.	18	Maury City, TN		21
Hardison	William L.	21	Dyer Co., TN		21
Hardy	Carey Estes	26		Sailor	62
Hardy	Edwin N.
Hardy	Emmett E.	1893	Bells, TN		22
Hardy	James Bunting	21		Sailor	62
Harrell	James A.	22	Humboldt, Tn		22
Harrell	Jonnie Thomas	1897	Crockett Co., TN		22
Harris	Clifton R.	23	Bebee, AR		22
Harris	Hallum G.	22	Crockett Co., TN		22
Harris	James N.	23	Friendship, TN		22
Harris	Roy Miller	1899	Jackson, TN		22
Harry Conis
Hays	Charlie	22	Humboldt, TN		22
Heath	Charlie	21	Rockdale, TX	Wounded	53
Henderson	Herschel Cheatham	20		Sailor	62
Henderson	Raymond L.	1899	Gadsden, TN		23
Hendrick	James M.	25	Crockett Mills, TN		23
Highees	Johnnie	22	Lexington, TN		23
Holt	Felix J.	28	Flat Woods, TN		23
Hopper	Chester	19	Friendship, TN		23
Horton	Hallie	22	Bells, TN		23
Howard	John	26	TN		23
Hudgins	Sam E.	28	Madison Co., TN		23
Hughes	Alvin H.	23	Rutherford, TN		24
Hughes	Jim B.	1892	Rhenthford, TN		24
Hughes	Johnnie D.	1891	Bells, TN		24
Humphreys	James R.	23	Alamo, TN		24
Humphreys	Roy F.	23	Gadsden, TN		24
Hunt	Aubrey	22		Sailor	62
Hunter	Barney C.	22	Brandon, MS		24
Ing	Elbert Duke	21		Sailor	63
Ingram	Isaiah	27	Bells, TN		24
Jackson	Carroll C.	21	Eadsen, TN		24
Jackson	Erbon Otho	1900	Haywood Co., TN		25
Jackson	Ollie	1895	Gadsden, TN		25
James	George S.	18	Melvern, AR		25
Jeffries	Joseph D.	1887	Bells, TN		25
Jennings	Leslie W.	1896	Alamo, TN		25
Johnson	Bennie H.	1891	Chestnut Bluff, TN		25
Johnson	James Hamlett	21		Sailor	63
Jones	George F.	25	Dyer Co., TN		25
Jones	Jesse S.	30	Alamo, TN		25
Jones	Joseph Daniel	1899	Friendship, TN		26
Jones	Richard Claiborne	20		Sailor	63
Jones	Wiley	27	Hickory Valley, TN		26
Jones	Will	1895	Bells, TN	Deserter	68
Jones	Willie	29	Maury City, TN		26
Jordan	Johnnie T.	24	Trenton, TN		26
Kail	Claud	26	Crockett Co., TN		26
Kail	Renner H.	24	Crockett Co., TN		26
Kee	Joseph	21	Dyersburg, TN	Discharged	67
Kimes	Charles H.	22	Hickman, KY	Deserter	67 & 68
Kincaid	Marshall Dewitt	22		Sailor	63
Kincaid	Tom Freamon	1889	Gadsden, TN		26
King	Joe D.	22	Hartsville, AL	Dead	56
Laman	Daniel O.	21	Crockett Co., TN	Wounded	53
Lamon	Jesse A.	25	Alamo, TN		26
Lanier	William C.	19	Alamo, TN		26
Lentz	James W.	30	Iuka, MS		27
Levis	Nathan	1887	Russia		27
Lewis	Merlin H.	21	Bells, TN		27
Lillard	William E.	30	Bells, TN		27
Lilley	Henry C.	23	Crockett Co., TN		27
Longmires	William A.	26	Deiner, TN		27
Love	Charles Thaddeus	29		Sailor	63
Lovett	Walter	23	Bells, TN		27
Manley	Eddie L.	23	Crockett Mills, TN		28
Mansfield	Aubrey	24	Crockett Co., TN		28
Mansfield	Euell Hobson	19		Sailor	63
Margrave	Jessie L.	27	Bells, TN		28
Mason	Richard	1891	Fruitvale, TN	Deserter	68
Mathews	Lonnie	1896	Bells, TN	Wounded	54
Mathis	Alonza	1895	Alamo, TN		28
Mathis	Aninias	23	Gadsden, TN		28
Mathis	Henry	1896	Maury Jct., TN	Dead	56
Mathis	Mance	20	Gladsden, TN		28
Mathis	Pelmer	22	Gadsden, TN		29
Mayfield	Will	1896	Maury City, TN		29
Mayo	Jim D.	30	Maury City, TN		29
Mays	Edward J.	1894	Friendship, TN		29
McDonald	Samuel Egbert	1877		Officer, USA	59
McDougal	George	26	Crockett Co., TN		27
McGee	Herman	20	Alamo, TN	Wounded	53
McLemore	Jum	21	Alamo, TN		28
McLemore	Sunnie	23	Gadsden, TN		28
Middleton	Luther	21	Dyersburg, TN		29
Miller	Charles	31	Madison, TN		29
Miller	William R.	23	Petty, TX		29
Mitchell	Emery	1896	Alamo, TN		29
Mitchell	William B.	1897	Humboldt, TN		30
Mobley	Lennie L.	23
Moore	Irl Asberry	24		Sailor	64
Morphis	James A.	24	Vale, TN		30
Morton	Elijah	21	Alamo, TN		30
Muray	Pressley	1896	Alamo, TN		30
Nance	Willie	1896	Alamo, TN		30
Nash	Ed	26	Crockett Co., TN		30
Nash	Van	22	Dyer Co., TN		30
Naylor	Arthur B.	1896	Bells, TN		31
Naylor	Hall L.	24	Bells, TN		31
Nearn	Alford Lawrence	1888	Chestnut Bluff, TN	Dead	57
Neill	Roy Bruce	1890	Bells, TN	Dead	57
Nolen	Lexie Neal	1896	Bells, TN		31
Norville	Enos J.	20	Fruitvale, TN		31
Norville	Ollie	29	Fruitvale, TN		31
Norville	Ollie E.	26	Dyersburg, TN		31
Nunn	Clayton M.	1894	Bells, TN		31
Nunn	John C., Jr.	1897	Bells, TN		31
Officer, USA	59
Oldham	Greely	21	Friendship, TN		32
Oldham	Henry	1890	Chestnut Bluff, TN		32
Oldham	Robert W.	28	Friendship, TN		32
Olds	Modest H.	1894	Halls, TN		32
Oliver	Leonard H.	21	Gibson Co., TN		32
Overton	James C.	1893	Bells, TN		32
Palmer	Sanford	1891	Gaston, TN		32
Pamplin	Joe W.	22	Stigler, OK		32
Parham	Steve	23	Murray, TN		33
Parsley	Charley E.	20	Friendship, TN		33
Patrick	Warren F.	1900	Dunlap, IA		33
Patterson	Otho	26	Crockett Co., TN		33
Patton	A. C.	21		Sailor	64
Patton	A. C.	1897		Officer, USN	66
Patton	Marion Lafton	1898	Bells, TN		33
Payne	Dewitt	1897	Johnson Grove, TN	Dead	57
Pearson	Robert A.	24	Bells, TN		33
Perkins	Leoni	1893	Bells, TN		33
Perry	Benonie	27	Crockett Mills, TN		33
Perry	George	1896	Jackson, TN	Deserter	68
Perry	Hallie	23	Maury City, TN		34
Perry	Jack	21		Sailor	64
Perry	Noah	28	Crockett Mills, TN		34
Petty	Estis	23	Crockett Co., TN		34
Pittman	James H.	1888	Alamo, TN		34
Pittman	John S.	23	Alamo, TN		34
Pool	Alma Calvin	1895	Alamo, TN		34
Porter	Francis M.	23	Alamo, TN		34
Porter	Garner	22	Alamo, TN		34
Porter	James W.	25	Alamo, TN		35
Poston	Clyde L.	1892	Johnson Grove, TN		35
Poston	Henry W.	1897	Crockett Co., TN		35
Poston	Richard H.	24	Maury City, TN		35
Poston	Walter Fletcher	29		Sailor	64
Poston	Wayne T.	23	Maury City, TN		35
Poston	William C. B.	1895	Maury City, TN		35
Potts	William Abram Edward	30		Sailor	64
Powell	Edgar	1896	Alamo, TN		35
Powell	Willis N.	1891	Karo, TN		35
Pulley	Toy C.	23	Friendship, TN		36
Raines	Byron F.	18	Gadsden, TN		36
Ralph	William E.	27	Dyer Co., TN	Wounded	54
Randolph	Andrew J.	26	Alamo, TN		36
Randolph	Elmer E.	1893	Crockett Co., TN		36
Reddick	Moses	1892	Friendship, TN		36
Reece	Sollie Bryan	1896	Crockettville, TN		36
Reeves	Will D.	1896	Mercer, TN		36
Rhodes	David F.	27	Dyer Co., TN		36
Rice	Algie H.	26	Crockett Co., TN		37
Rice	Reamos E.	1896	Crockett Co., TN		37
Richardson	George E.	23	Greenfield, TN		37
Riddick	Austin D.	31	Maury City, TN		37
Riddick	Carl O.	24	Booths Point, TN		37
Riddick	Charles T.	20	Booth Point, TN		37
Riddick	Dewitt	26	Friendship, TN		37
Riddick	Herley Ivan	1896	Maury City, TN		37
Riddick	Isaac H.	25	Alamo, TN		37
Riddick	James Laurence	22	Crockett Co., TN		38
Riddick	Otis G.	23	Maury City, TN		38
Riddick	Petter T.	25	Maury City, TN		38
Ringny	Orange	29	Jackson, TN		38
Rivers	Thad	22	Alamo, TN		38
Roberts	Eliga	1894	Murray City, TN		38
Roberts	Sylvester	21	Red Bay, AL		38
Roberts	Zelmer Eugene	1895	Attwood, TN		38
Robertson	Earnest Logan	1896	Crockett Co., TN		39
Robertson	Russell A.	26	Chestnut Bluff, TN	Deserter	68
Robertson	Willie	1897	Friendship, TN		39
Ross	James	28	Baldwyn, MS		39
Sain	Elige	1897	Bells, TN		39
Sanders	Bob B.	23	Dyer Co., TN		39
Sandlin	Clarence B.	18	Crockett Co., TN	Wounded	54
Scales	Fattie	29	Crockett Co., TN		39
Scales	Mans	1896	Alamo, TN		39
Scott	Gilbert	23	Murray, TN		39
Searcy	Samuel	24	Bells, TN		40
Sharp	Richard H.	28	Alamo, TN		40
Shaw	Cyril M.	1892	Crockett Co., TN		40
Shelton	Richard O.	1888	Bells, TN		40
Sherron	Ned O.	25	Bells, TN	Deserter	68
Simmons	Charlie E.	24	Gadsden, TN		40
Simmons	Era	27	Newborn, TN		40
Sinclair	Jack	1895	Alamo, TN		40
Smith	Charley	27	Walnut Ridge, AR		40
Smith	Elbert W.	25	Tigrett, TN		41
Smith	James	21	Conway Co., AR		41
Smith	Jim	1895	TN		41
Smith	Lonnie	24	Erin, TN		41
Smith	Prestley F.	21	Friendship, TN		41
Smith	Robert L.		Henderson, TN		41
Smith	Robert M.	22	Bells, TN		41
Speer	William F.	1895	Hohenwald, TN		41
Spencer	Robert James	19		Sailor	65
Spitzer	Allen	25	Madison Co., TN	Dead	57
Springfield	Levy	23	Bells, TX		42
Stallcup	John Charlie	22		Sailor	65
Standley	Preston	29	Cisco, IL		42
Stanley	John W.	1889	Humboldt, TN		42
Stark	Robert O.	18	Medina, TN	Wounded	54
Stephenson	McKinley	1897	Crockett Co., TN		42
Stoutt	Author	21	Forkvale, TN		42
Summers	Samuel Zerrah	22		Sailor	65
Swanner	Marvin B.	1895	Friendship, TN		42
Swift	Herman	1897	Crockett Mills, TN	Dead	57
Swift	Luther	32	Crockett Mills, TN		42
Tate	John	1894	Friendship, TN		43
Tatum	Allie D.	1896	Crockett Mills, TN		43
Tawwater	Claude E.	23	Juno, TN		42
Taylor	Henry	22	Brownsville, TN		43
Taylor	John T.	1896	Bells, TN		43
Taylor	John T.	1895	Jackson, TN		43
Taylor	Lofton I.	1896	Friendship, TN		43
Terry	Henry A.	21	Crockett Mills, TN	Wounded	54
Thomas	Harry A.	18	Brownsville, TN		43
Thomas	John H.	1894	Bells, TN		43
Thomason	Jimmie jack	21	Bells, TN	Dead	57
Thompson	Lucian Henry	1897	Camden, TN		44
Thurmond	Evans G.	18	Halls, TN		44
Tinsley	Elonzo	18	Blytheville, AR		44
Todd	Ernest R.	21	Gibson Co., TN	Dead	58
Tolbert	Frank	20	Tula, KY		44
Tolliver	Rush	23	Brownsville, TN		44
Townsend	George O.	21	Newbern, TN		44
Townsend	Walter	21	Kennett, MO		44
Townsend	Walter Grover	1897	Kennett, MO		44
Tucker	Lonzo	19	Johnson Grove, TN	Wounded	54
Tucker	Ray Motlow	1898	Bells, TN		45
Turner	Ed F.	1891	Grand Junction, TN		45
Twiddy	Jessie	25	Alamo, TN		45
Vandyke	Joe C.	23	Crockett Co., TN	Wounded	55
Vann	Rube M.	21	Caruthersville, MO		45
Vaughn	George R.	1890	Crockett Co., TN		45
Vaughn	Ide	29	Maury City, TN		45
Vernon	Horace	1896	Crockett, TN		45
Vernon	Marvin	1896	Friendship, TN		45
Via	Millard Walter	1890	Dyersburg, TN		46
Via	Raymon	19	Friendship, TN		46
Vincent	Harry R.	26	Dyer, TN		46
Wade	May D.	1897	Alamo, TN		46
Waggoner	Elvin	22	Dyersburg, TN		46
Wallace	Walter	23	Milan, TN		46
Wallace	Willie James	1896	Alamo, TN		46
Walton	Oscar	24	Crockett Co., TN		46
Ward	Dave	1893	Friendship, TN		47
Ward	Henry M.	22	Bells, TN		47
Ward	Jimmie W.	21	Friendship, TN		47
Ward	John H.	1895	Friendship, TN	Dead	58
Ward	Robert E. L.	21	Trenton, TN		47
Ward	Samuel	1895	Crockett Mills, TN		47
Ward	Thomas H.	23	Friendship, TN		47
Ward	Willie O.	19	Friendship, TN		47
Ward	Willie R.	1897	Friendship, TN		47
Wardlaw	Herd Lackey	1893	Ripley, TN		48
Ware	Natt A.	21	Stanton, TN		48
Warren	Fred Pay	1900	Friendship, TN		48
Warren	Joe	1889	Maury City, TN		48
Warren	William B.	22	Friendship, TN		48
Wheeler	Clarence	27	Alamo, TN		48
Whitby	Tollie B.	1898	Eaton, TN		48
White	Thomas Wesley	27		Sailor	65
White	Walter M.	29	Maury City, TN		48
White	William T.	28	Halls, TN		49
Whittemore	Allen Wilburn	21	Fayette Co., TN		49
Williams	Beely	1897	Alamo, TN		49
Williams	Clarence Hubert	1898	Bonaqua, TN		49
Williams	Claude	22	Fruitvale, TN		49
Williams	James A.	25	Gadsden, TN		49
Williams	Joe A.	23	Dyersburg, TN		49
Williams	Joe Ceacel	1895	Brownsville, TN	Officer, USA	60
Williams	John Earl	30	St. Louis, MO		49
Williams	John Henry	23		Sailor	65
Williams	Ledger H.	22	Crockett Co., TN		50
Williams	Leon	23	Fruitvale, TN		50
Williams	Manley V.	1892	Hickman Co., TN		50
Williams	Otis C.	1899	Fruitvale, TN		50
Williams	Reggie	1892	Alamo, TN		50
Williams	Thurman Hawkins	23	Bells, TN		50
Williams	William H.	1897	Alamo, TN		50
Wilson	Harry E.	23	Gadsden, TN		50
Wilson	Jessie	1897	Bells, TN		51
Wilson	John	1896	Brownsville, TN		51
Wilson	John O.	26	Bells, TN	Dead	58
Winston	Jerry A.	1893	Maury City, TN		51
Wisdom	Willis	22	Gaston, TN		51
Woods	Lona M.	24	Friendship, TN		51
Woods	William Elbert	1897	Brownsville, TN		51
Worrell	Rayburn A.	22	Alamo, TN		51
Worrell	Willie F.	1895	Haywood Co., TN		51
Worthington	James Henry	21	Alamo, TN		52
Wylie	Clifford B.	22	Florence, AL		52
Wyse	James C.	1892	Maury City, TN		52
Yancey	Fred	20	Friendship, TN		52
York	Willard	19	Friendship, TN		52
Young	John W.	23	Halls, TN		52

Robt. J. Williams Questionnaire

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

1. State your full name and present post office address:
Answer: Robt. J. Williams, Gadsden, Crockett Co., Tenn.

2. State your age now:
Answer: 81 year and 6 month

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: North Carolina Duplin County

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
Answer: Confederate

5. Name of your Company?
Answer: Company I; 6th Tenn. (Inf.), Col. Stephen Regt.

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: Farmer and Stock man

7. Give full name of your father: Joseph Williams; born at Farow?; in the County of Duplin Co.; State of North Carolina; He lived at near Mt. Olive North Carolina.
Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:
Answer: Died before war in 1859

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Nancy Millard; she was the daughter of: (full name) Jesse Millard and his wife: (full name) Saly Millard; who lived at: in Duplin Co., N.C..

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled-county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
Answer: My grandfather Jesse Millard was born in N. C. His parents came from England. I do not know the ancestry of my grandmother Millard but her maiden name was Cherry and of English descent. My grandfather Williams was of Welch descent. I do not know the history of family but I know my grandfather Adam Williams and he lived to be about 100 years old and worked up to the last.

10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
Answer: I was under 21 at beginning of war and owned no land or property

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: My parents owned 10 slaves

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
Answer: They owned 383 acres

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
Answer: About 5000.00 dollars

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
Answer: First house of logs contang 2 room 2nd of timber containg 6 rooms

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: I worked on farm until 17 years old and did all kind of work that the Negros did Hoeing plowing etc and worked with them

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember – that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:
Answer: My worked —- farm attending mostly to stock. My mother cook but she done the weaving and making cloth for the family. She was very industreas and grate weaver.

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: My mother kept only 1 cook and housemaid

18. How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling, and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: All families done part of the work and was considered honorable

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: yes all that were not to lazy

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
Answer: Very few

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did now own slaves?
Answer: Generaly there was but little difference

22. At the churches, at the school, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?
Answer: Yes in my boyhood days

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: No animostity among the respectable class

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?
Answer: Do no know as to above as I was to young to observe if any but think not now.

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: Any respectable young man had as good chance as any who owned slaves

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: Any hones young man —- all the encouragement of all as such as who owned slaves in my recollection

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: Common schools of the county until I was 17 year old

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: About 2 years to common school, counting by month

29. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: 2 miles. My father sent me to N. C. in 1858 and I attend school 2 years at Ft. M—- a Military School, lived with my uncle and aunt Kesson.

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: Just old field schools taught by not very learned teacher

31. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: Both

32. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: 4 to 6 months

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: Not very regular in my school days

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
Answer: _________________

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
Answer: In the month of May 1861 in Confederate army

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?
Answer: Jackson, Tenn. and then to Union City, Tenn.

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?
Answer: Nearly 12 at Corenth

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?
Answer: None was discharged befor battle of Corinth or Shilo

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle – what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there:
Answer: I was taken sick at New Madrid Mo. when our command was located ther and was in hospitle several days with rhumatism.

40. When and where were you discharged?
Answer: New Madrid, Mo.

41. Tell something of your trip home:
Answer: I received transportation from Gr Marten? home with discharge papers.

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:
Answer: I was not able to work for 12 month. Then took up the study of Medacin in fall of 1862

43. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
Answer: I enterd Medicen after I was discharged and graduated in the term of 1865. I followed my professions with sucess until 1870 when my health was —- and I embarked in the drug trade at Gadsden, Tenn. My health most of the time was very bad most the rutism. I give up my practice except office practice. I am affiliated with Christian Church since 1866. I have held no office except Mayor of our town and Postmaster I had a great love for Horticultur and took active interest in our county to develop the industry.

44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men who you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.)
Answer: _________________________

45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.)
Answer: The last members of our Company beside myself was Joe. Wash. Lemond of Gadsden, Tn. who died a few days ago. As far as can remember the names of our Co. now is given below the roster is in Nashville among the record in War department. (Note: most of the names cannot be determined due to his writing)…James M. Collinsworth, Capt.; Lt. McKinney, Lt. R. J. Williams, Lt. E. Smith, John Arnold, Ord. Sgt., J. W. Mathews, C. T. Woodson, R. S. Matthews, John Mathes, Jr., Sam Mathews, I. Mathews, John Patterson, I will have to refer —– roster for names of all Co. I cannot remember given names, but all have now passed over the rive except myself. So far as I know.

Thomas D. Thomasson Questionnaire

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

1. State your full name and present post office address:
Answer: Thomas D. Thomasson, Bells, Tenn. RFD 1, County of Crockett

2. State your age now:
Answer: Seventy eight

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: Georgia Frinklin (Franklin) county

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
Answer: Confederate

5. Name of your Company?
Answer: Co. E, 35th Alabama

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: farmer

7. Give full name of your father: William Turner Thomasson; born at Frinklin (Franklin); in the County of ___; State of Georgia; He lived at Alabama.
Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:
Answer:___________________

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Catherine —-ies; she was the daughter of: (full name) ____ and his wife: (full name) ____; who lived at: ____.

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled-county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
Answer:___________________

10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
Answer: non

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: non

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
Answer: non

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
Answer: non

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
Answer: log house — rooms

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: worked on the farm done worke suitable to carry worke on the farm

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember – that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:
Answer: my father worked on the farm. My mother don her cooking and spinning and weaving

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: no

18. How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling, and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: yes

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: yes

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
Answer: the largest majority don that on worke

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did now own slaves?
Answer: the slave holders put there selves on equality

22. At the churches, at the school, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?
Answer: yes

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: they were no diference

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?
Answer: yes

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: yes

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: they were encouraged

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: mostley free school

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: about twelve months

29. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: about one mile and a half

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: common lettery schools

31. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: both some private and some public

32. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: from three to six month

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: yes

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
Answer: man

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
Answer: In January 1863 I enlisted at Marshal county, Ala. I joined the Confederacy Southern army

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?
Answer: kohaba? Ala.

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?
Answer: about eight months

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?
Answer: Newhope Church Georgia

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle – what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there:
Answer: I stayed in Georgia till hodd A– Johnson peach tree creek Santown Road frinklin Tenn. Columbia Nashville Tennessee 15, 16 of Dec.

40. When and where were you discharged?
Answer: Gunterville, Ala. 1865

41. Tell something of your trip home:
Answer: walked

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:
Answer: farming

43. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
Answer: stayed in Giles county Tenn. 1867 and moved to West Tennessee 1869

44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men who you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.)
Answer:________________

45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.)
Answer: G. R. Thomasson, John Godard, Sam Godard, Jack —agly, John —ckerson, Johnton —it, Richard Ship, Nolie King, —- —oudy, Jim Cray, P. T. —–, W. -. Slatton.

46. Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of your Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other States.
Answer: —-ell-ton, Bells, Tenn.; —– Pollard, Bells, Tenn. (last two names not clear)

Henry Smith Randle Questionnaire

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

1. State your full name and present Post Office address
Answer: Henry Smith Randle, Alamo, Tenn. Crockett

2. State your age now
Answer: 79

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: Henry Co. Tennessee

4. In what State and county were you living when you enlisted in the service of the Confederacy, or of the Federal Government?
Answer: Henry Co. Tennessee

5. What was your occupation before the war?
Answer: Farming

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: Farming

7. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can
Answer: I dident own any thing

8. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: No

9. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres
Answer: none

10. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened
Answer: ____________________

11. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other materials, and state the number of rooms it had
Answer: Log house two rooms

12. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe, and did other kinds of similar work (Certain historians claim that white men wouldn’t do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: I made a regular hand at all kinds of farm work

13. State clearly what kind of work you father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember — that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.
Answer: My father own farm and done some carpenter work

14. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: No

15. How was honest toil — as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class — regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: Yes

16. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: Yes

17. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having other do their work for them?
Answer: None

18. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves?
Answer: all equal

19. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?:
Answer: yes freely

20. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: yes

21. In a political contest in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him in winning the contest?:
Answer: no

22. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man — honest and industrious — to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: it was verry to do

23. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: encoraged

24. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: rural subscription

25. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: about 14 months

26. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: one mile

27. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: privat

28. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: private

29. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: 3 months

30. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: some did and some did not

31. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or a woman?
Answer: man

32. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist the Confederate or of the Federal Government?
Answer: dec. 1861 Henry Co. Tenn.

33. State the name of your regiment, and state the names of as many members of your company as you remember
Answer: 46 Tenn. Volunteer Tom Vaughn, Tom McSwain, Atlas Marton?, David Marton, James Weddon? Sam Smith, Alexander Morgan, Pink Shilcut, Robert Lowerry, Bob Moudy.

34. After enlistment, where was your company sent first?
Answer: Union Citty Tenn.

35. How long after your enlistment before your company engaged in battle?
Answer: the regment was neary all captured near Tiptonville April 7, 1862

36. What was the first battle you engaged in?
Answer: Was one with a few others made my escap at tiptonville

37. State in your own way your experience in the war from this time on until the close. State where you went after the first battle — what you did, what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or in prison, state your experience here
Answer: in September 1863 I enlisted N. B. Forest and was in 8 battles and skirmishes Padducah Oklalona the first part of the war we had plnty to eat and good tents the last part little enogh to eat and slept without cover in April 1864 I transfered back to the 46 Tenn. reg. was with Johnson.

38. When and where were you discharged?
Answer: the first september 1864 I was sent to Augusta Ga. to hospital with chrnic diarrea 27 of Oct. got a 60 day furlogh.

39. Tell something of your trip home:
Answer: I came Augusta to get to mongermery Ala. by rail road from there selma Ala by the river and from there corrinth Miss by rail road from I walked most of the way making 8-10 miles a day

40. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
Answer: farming

41. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held an office or offices state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out in the questions
Answer: I hav farmed all my life never held any office of trust

42. Give the full name of your father: Richard Whitlow Randle born _____________ at ______________ in the county of ___________ state of N. Carlina. He lived at in Henry co. Tenn.

Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by, etc.
Answer: a strict member of the M. E. church south

43. Maiden name in full of your mother: Lydia Almina Canon; She was the daughter of (full name) Martin Canon and his wife (full name) Arminta ______; who lived at ________________.

44. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing, as where they lived, office held, Revolutionary or other war services; what country the family came from to America; where first settled, county and state; always giving full names (if possible) and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss
Answer: I havenet the records of my ancesters.

W. L. Hays Questionnaire

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

1. State your full name and present post office address:
Answer: W. L. Hays, Bells, Tenn. R. 2

2. State your age now:
Answer: I am 806 (86?) years – in 6 month(?) I was borned

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: in Case (Cass) county, Georgia

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
Answer: I was a Confederate Co. H. 19 lb (Ala.)

5. Name of your Company?
Answer: Alabama Regt. Co. H, 19 Ala

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: he was a farmer

7. Give full name of your father: Edward L. Hays; born at dont no; in the County of ___; State of Georgia; He lived at ____.
Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:
Answer:

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: dont no any thing about no mother; she was the daughter of: (full name) ____ and his wife: (full name) ____; who lived at: ____.

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled-county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
Answer: ___________________

10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
Answer: never owned any during my stay with ______during my ______

(Original transcribers remarks: This spelling is beyond reading, so what little we have been able to figure will be very brief from here on)

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: nown ____

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
Answer: non at tall

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
Answer: ________

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
Answer: the houss…. log hous….4 roomes with….

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: …. when i was a young man the most I ever did was of on___ a farm… from 6 year old… I did other kind of…. work

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember – that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:
Answer: My father was a s____ and wee boys had to work lik thunder. I was the fin____ one of the boys. Boys tha went in the war a _____ (Original transcribers remarks: The best I can tell, this should read; “I was the first one of the boys that went in the war Richard then Hardy? he came next Marion? L., L. M.? Hays Wm.? my youngest brother. This writing is worse than the spelling)

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: non at tall

18. How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling, and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: yes sir respecble

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: yes ser

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
Answer: _________

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did now own slaves?
Answer: the(y) gelt better of corse

22. At the churches, at the school, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?
Answer: at the church and chools the slaveholder and non lave (slave) holders did not gr____ weal ____ hover? the slave holder was not

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: no

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?
Answer: that the slaveholder the poor man had no chanc _____

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: some tim now? not often the _____ ? _____

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: (cannot read this)

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: I went to a little log cabben

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: walk…. (unreadable)

29. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: 4 miles

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: ….. house in our naberhood the nearest

31. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: Public chool

32. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: it joust run 3 – 4 months… now it runes about nine… attended five from 4 to 9 months

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: man

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
Answer: …. I inlisted __ttsed? center Cherokee county Alabama went from Huntsville muster in service at Huntsville where about the 10 of May

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
Answer: sent Huntsville… few days…

Thomas Jefferson Evans Questionnaire

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

1. State your full name and present post office address:
Answer: Thomas Jefferson Evans, Bells, Tenn. RFD 5

2. State your age now:
Answer: 77 years of age 9th of Dec. 1921

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: Conway County, Arkansas.

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
Answer: Confederate Soldier.

5. Name of your Company?
Answer: Craddocks Company; Bennetts Battalion.

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: Farmer

7. Give full name of your father:William Evans; born at Middle Tennessee; in the County of ___; State of Tennessee; He lived at On White Oak Creek.
Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:
Answer: none

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Sarah Anne Aikins; she was the daughter of: (full name) ____ and his wife: (full name) ____; who lived at: Middle Tennessee.

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled-county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
Answer: My grandfather Thomas Evans was in one of the wars (of 1812 I think).

10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
Answer: ____________

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: My parents did. Three I think.

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
Answer: About 150 acres, I think.

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
Answer: Don’t know

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
Answer: Frame and log house

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: Plowed nearly altogether. Was the only child in the family able to plow and had to do it all.

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember – that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:
Answer: Father did general farm work and Mother did general house work.

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: Yes. Just mentioned three slaves.

18. How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling, and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: Then as now, honest and honorable by honest and respectable people.

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: Yes Sir

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
Answer: About the same as it is now

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did now own slaves?
Answer: Not at that time, did the slave owners consider themselves better than anybody else on account of their property. People were not judged so much by their worth in dollars and cents but more by their character. No difference was made in our community.

22. At the churches, at the school, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?
Answer: (above answer written over this space).

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: Yes Sire. No difference.

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?
Answer: I think not.

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: It was

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: They were encouraged.

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: Both – public and private.

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: Not a great deal.

29. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: About 1/2 mile from our farm.

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: Just a small community country school.

31. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: Both at times.

32. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: About 2 in summer and 2 or 3 in winter.

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: Yes

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
Answer: Both at times.

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
Answer: 1863 – December (just after reaching the age of 18 years). Cageville, —- now in Alamo, Tennessee.

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?
Answer: To Mississippi

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?
Answer: (Skirmishes). The second day we went out.

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?
Answer: At Okolona, Miss.

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle – what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there:
Answer: We went all over Mississippi – was under Forest – and went about a good deal. Was with Forests command all time. We were consolidated with the 12 Tennessee Regiment shortly after we went into Bennetts battalion. Forest nearly always won his battles. If he didnt win, the other side thought so from the men they lost. We had a pretty hard time, things to eat were scarce and not good frequently. We got hungary, cold, and had very few serviceable clothes but always got along some how and were always ready when the time came to give the Yanks a licking.

40. When and where were you discharged?
Answer: (above written in space).

41. Tell something of your trip home:
Answer: Discharged at Gainsville, Ala. (this should be in space #40) rode home on my horse. Things looked pretty bad for the country was in a terrible state of devastation.

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:
Answer: Farming

43. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
Answer: Lived in Crockett Co., Tenn. since war… engaged in farming… have held offices of Magistrate, long time… Deputy Sheriff, Constable.

44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men who you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.)
Answer: __________________

45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.)
Answer: Cant remember them all

46. Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of your Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other States.
Answer: (Some names have been typed in spaces, then blotted out.)

(Extra page)
… I was with Forest on the “Hood raid” – we had a hard battle at Franklin. Then we followed them up to Nashville… they were scared to death and if we had gone on we could have taken the city and they (Yankees) got all of the reinforcements they wanted before we attacked and we were driven back. Went ashore the Tennessee river into Alabama, at the foot of Muscle shoals. We corssed on a pontoon bridge. It didnt look any too safe. We were engaged 26 days and nights… the delay of 9 days cost us the city of Nashville, I think. I think we could have taken it had we pressed on. That wound up my fighting… it wasnt long after that until the war was over.

William Penn Dawson Questionnaire

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by Jim Daniel

1. State your full name and present post office address:
Answer: William Penn Dawson, Bells, Crockett county, Tenn.

2. State your age now:
Answer: 89 years old

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: Stewart county, Tenn.

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
Answer: Confederate

5. Name of your Company?
Answer: Co. H, 50th Tenn.

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: Farmer

7. Give full name of your father: Daniel Dawson; born at: not sure but think in Stewart Co.; in the County of ______; State of: Tenn.; He lived at: lived near Dover, Tenn.
Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:
Answer: was a private citizen

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Mary Randle; she was the daughter of: (full name) Rev. Randle and his wife: (full name) don’t know; who lived at: Indian Mound, Stewart co. fell dead while preaching..

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled-county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
Answer: Grand-father Solomon? Dawson came from England. First settled in Maryland; afterwards moved to Tennessee.

10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
Answer: Three negro women, all having children. Did now own any land.

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: My mother’s people owned slaves

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
Answer: owend land – don’t know how much

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
Answer: land was cheap can’t estimate the value

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
Answer: Log houses

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: The most of my young life was spent in class room. Did not work regularly.

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember – that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:
Answer: Father a farmer. Mother owned negroes who did the most of mother’s work

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: Yes, do no remember the number

18. How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling, and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: Yes, the man who failed to work was considered dishonest.

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: Yes

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
Answer: Small percent

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did now own slaves?
Answer: All men were on a equality if morally sound

22. At the churches, at the school, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?
Answer: Yes

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: There was

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?
Answer: No

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: Yes

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: Encouraged

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: In early life the public community school – Sulphur Mill(?) Academy in Henry Co.

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: most of the time until 18 years of age

29. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: neighborhood school 3 miles the later school boarded

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: ____________

31. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: mostly private

32. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: about 3 months

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: fairly so

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
Answer: man, never to a woman

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
Answer: Enlisted in 1861 just before the close of the summer.

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?
Answer: To Ft. Donaldson

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?
Answer: Some three or four months I think – not real accurate

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?
Answer: Ft. Donaldson, Stewart Co.

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle – what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there:
Answer: Captured in battle, sent to prison to Lake shore, near Chicago, stayed 7 months, was exchanged and sent to Cairo, Ill. by rail and then by boat to Vicksburg. Regiment sent to Jackson, Miss. and reorganized then I was elected Lieutenant without solicitation. Served one year and resigned. Resignation accepted, and then joined Forrest’s command and was a scout until Hood went to Nashvill. Not long until surrender of Lee. Being a scout was not with the Army at time of surrender consequently had no discharge.

40. When and where were you discharged?
Answer: _________

41. Tell something of your trip home:
Answer: Did not go directly home soon accepted a position in dry goods store at Clarksville, Tenn.

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:
Answer: Dry goods as stated above

43. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
Answer: Married in Henry county in 1866 moved to Clarksville. Spent four years then moved to Bells, then Haywood, now Crockett county. Was in dry goods 27 years reared a family of seven children. Have held positions on and have Board and City Municipal Boards.

44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men who you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.)
Answer: Isaac G. Harris, knew Hon. John F. House well, Knew William B. Bate, and many others. No special incident of interest.