BAILEY, WILLIAM B (P), Co A,
farrier, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 and
mustered on 8/28/62 at Jackson, TN at age 44.
He was in the military only about a month and a half when
he died from an accident in camp at Clayton Station, TN. Bailey was a native of Alabama. James T Bailey (above) seems to be his
son. MR #93
BAIRD, MILES
C, Co B. His mother and father both tried for
dependent parent pensions but were denied. Baird has no
records in the 7th Tennessee muster rolls. He was also in
the 13th/14th TN Cavalry and probably was only stationed with the
7th Tennessee in the summer of 1864.
BAKER, JAMES W, Co B, private,
enlisted for 3 years at Columbus, KY by L. D. Crockett on 6/28/62
and mustered the next day. He was
5’8” tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a farmer, born
in Madison Co, TN. Baker was due a
$100 bounty for enlistment. He
seems to have been one of the men not captured with the regiment
at Union City, TN on 3/24/1864. This group
spent time in Columbus and Paducah, KY in the summer and fall of
1864. Baker mustered out with the regiment at
Nashville on 8/9/65. His widow, Nancy
Baker, lived in Madison Co, TN near the Medina Post Office in the
1890 veterans’ census. She reported
that he had not been wounded in the war but he had suffered from
white swelling from his youth until his death.
His leg was amputated some months before his death. Nancy and her sons were quite poor. She still had doctor’s fees to pay from
before her husband’s death. Nancy Baker
applied for and received a widow’s pension in February 1890.
MR #96
BAKER, WILLIAM (E), Companies E
& C, private, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon on 6/28/62 by
Capt. Parsons and mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62 at age 26/33. He was 5’8” tall, dark complexion, grey
eyes, black hair, a farmer, residence Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN. Captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, he
most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH awaiting
exchange. Captured again with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Baker spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged Jan/Feb 1864. He was in Annapolis, MD and then at the
hospital in Jeffersonville, IN. Baker
mustered out on a disability discharge through Louisville, KY on
6/1/65. He married Nancy J Hall in
1870. He
applied for and received an invalid pension in 1880 and died
before Nancy. Buried in the Palestine
Cemetery in Benton Co, TN, he has a military marker on his grave. After Baker’s death the children lived
with others at times because their mother was "not too clear of
mind" (pension). Nancy J Baker applied for
a widow’s pension, while in Pennsylvania (very strange). A minor child received a pension in
Tennessee in the 1890s. Joseph Allen
was appointed guardian. MR #97
BALEY (BAILEY), ELISHA, Co I,
private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on 9/15/63 and mustered at
Union City, TN on 12/15/63. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent
time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 10/20/64. He seems to be the Elijah Bailey
mentioned in the 1860 census of Carroll Co, TN living next to A J
Bonds of Company B. A letter from Bonds, written to his wife
from Camp Jackson, TN in February 1863, refers to an Elisha
Baley who Bonds hopes will help his family. A minor's
pension was filed in 1871 with John B Hill as guardian. MR
#99
BALEY, (BAILEY), JOHN T, Co I,
private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on 9/15/63 and mustered on
12/15/63 at Union City, TN at the same times as Elisha Baley. He has no further record.
When his mother, Lucinda Baley, tried for a mother’s
pension in 1891 she was denied, which means he most likely
deserted or his mother had other living children. MR #100
BALINGER, JOHN, was conscripted
into the “rebel army” but deserted. Since
his life was being threatened and he was labeled a “gariler,” he
then enlisted for 3 years as a private in Co B of the 7th in
Paducah, KY on 8/8/64. He was 28/29
years old, 5’ll” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a
farmer, born in Decatur Co, TN. He
transferred from Co B to Co C on 8/19/64.
While in the hospital at Paducah, KY, he deserted. Balinger returned to duty only to end up
in the hospital at Jeffersonville, IN with anemia.
He was discharged from there on 6/1/65 on disability. At some point during his service, his
wife, Mary Pettigrew Balinger, lived in Ballard County, KY. By the 1890 veterans’ census he was
living near Ripley in Lauderdale Co, TN. A
John Balinger is on the roll at Shiloh Baptist Church in 1860 but
was excluded in 1863. Most likely he
was the son of Aaron and Martha Ballinger. He
received an invalid pension in 1889 and died on 10/14/1892. Mary (Polly) received a widow’s pension
in December 1892. MR #101
BALL, A J,
Co E. This man applied for an invalid pension in 1904 but it
was denied. He has no records in the 7th Tennessee muster
rolls.
BALL, DAVID J, Co F, private,
enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN on 10/20/62 and mustered there
on 11/1/62 at age 26. He was 5’7”
tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Rutherford Co, TN. Captured by
Forrest at Trenton on 12/20/62 and paroled, he reported to Benton
Barracks, MO on 2/3/63 on the way to parole camp at Camp Wallace
then Camp Chase, Columbus, OH. Bell
was discharged at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63 at the expiration of
his one year enlistment. A mention of
a Thomas J Bell is also in David Bell's file. MR #102
BALLARD (BOLLARD, BULLARD), DAVID
C, Companies C & K, private, no other information in the
file except that he was paroled on 12/20/62 which would place him
at the battle of Trenton, TN. He also
served in the 12th Indiana. His name is marked through as
though its inclusion was a mistake. He did receive an
invalid pension in 1893. He died on 9/14/1924. He has
no muster roll records in the 7th Tennessee.
BANE (BAIN, BAYN, BOIN), HENRY,
Companies H & B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co,
TN on 9/1/62 and mustered the same day at Humboldt, TN at age 33. He was 5’11” tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Benton Co, TN and a resident
thereof in the 1860 census. Bane was
captured by Forrest in December 1862 and spent time in parole camp
in Columbus, OH. (Camp Chase) He was
exchanged but was recaptured with the regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64 and spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Moved out of Andersonville to a smaller
prison in Millen, GA, he died sometime in late 1864.
Bane was moved from the Millen Cemetery to the Beaufort, SC
National Cemetery, Section 23, #2059. His wife
Mary E Pomeroy Bane received a widow’s pension in 1867. A minor child received pension in
1876. MR #109
BANE, ROBERT, Co B, private,
enlisted and mustered same time and places as Henry Bane, above. He was 6’1” tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Benton Co, TN.
He was captured by Forrest in December 1862 and spent time
in parole camp in Columbus, OH. (Camp Chase), remaining there
until September 1863. No further
information exists in the muster rolls. He
might be the Robert Bane in Co B 55th CSA along with
his brother George T Bane. MR #110
BARKER, RUFUS G, Companies H, I
& C, private/1st sergeant, enlisted in Lexington, TN on
9/24/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/28/62 at age 32. He brought his own horse and equipment. Barker was 5’7” tall, fair complexion,
blue eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN. He was AWOL from Camp Jackson at Jackson, TN
by 3/10/63. Captured in Henderson Co, TN on 4/5/63 and taken
to Richmond, VA to prison by 4/20/63, he was paroled through City
Point, VA on 5/6/63 and taken to Camp Parole, MD by 5/8/63 then
sent on to Camp Chase, OH by 6/9/63 where he joined the men
captured at Lexington and Trenton, TN in late December 1862. Exchanged on 6/9/63, Barker was captured again with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, spending time in Andersonville Prison
in Georgia. He commanded a detachment there
and signed a petition to the US government on July 20, 1864
asking for the re-enstatement of exchanges. When this
failed, he volunteered to join the rebel army on
2/28/65 in order to leave prison. He managed to escape the
rebels and returned to Union lines on 5/16/65.
Barker applied for and received an invalid pension in
1880. He joined the Grand Army of the
Republic (GAR) in Lexington, TN in 1890 and lived in Madison Co,
TN near the Jackson Post Office by the 1890 veterans’ census. The census taker reported him “out of
humor with rheumatism and scurvy” and said he could not give much
information. His wife, Ellender E
Barker, applied for a widow’s pension in 1899. Thought to be
the son of Kendrick and Mary Barker, Rufus and his brother,
Samuel A Barker, lived with their mother and stepfather, Asberry M
Hodgin, in Henderson Co, TN in 1850. Hodgin
joined Co K and died at Andersonville Prison. MR
#111
BARKER, SAMUEL A, Companies H,
I & C, private/corporal, enlisted and mustered same time and
places as his brother, Rufus G Barker, above.
He was 27 years old and furnished his own horse and
equipment. Apparently not captured at
Trenton, TN, he was stationed with the detachment at La Grange, TN
but went AWOL on 6/21/63 along with several other men. He returned to the regiment and was
promoted to corporal on 2/29/64, just in time to be captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64. He
spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia, along with his
brother and stepfather, and was one of the last men to be
exchanged. Paroled through Lake City,
FL on 4/22/65, Barker arrived at Camp Chase, OH on 5/15/65 and was
discharged on 6/16/65, most likely due to disability. He applied for and received an invalid
pension in 1889. Barker joined the
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #81 in Lexington, TN on
10/26/1889 and that organization lists his death as 11/23/1891 at
Middlefork, Henderson Co, TN. His
wife, Lettie A, however, applied for and received a widow’s
pension in January 1891. MR #112
BARNES, FREDRICK B, Companies D
& I, private, little information in muster rolls. Barnes would have been about 18 years old at
enlistment. He died at Andersonville Prison
in Georgia on 2/16/65 of chronic diarrhea and is buried in the
Andersonville National Cemetery in grave #12662 under the name F B
Barnes. His dependent mother, Nancy
Barnes, applied for pension in 1865 but it was denied. Barnes was living with his widowed
mother in Benton Co, TN in the 1860 census and was 16 years old at
the time. MR #113
BARNES, JAMES H(ENDERSON),
Companies E & C, private, enlisted and mustered at Paducah, KY
on 1/6/65 at age 19. A refugee resident of
Snachwine, IL at the time of enlistment, Barnes was 5’5”
tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Carroll Co, TN in 1845. He was in the
military only 8 months and did not participate in any major
engagements. He mustered out with the
regiment at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65 and retained one pistol worth
$8. He lost a saddler blanket worth
$3 and a poncho worth $3. He married
Angeline Lewis in 1866 and was a Mason after the war. He was awarded an invalid pension in
1890. In the 1890 veterans' census Barnes was a
resident of Holladay, TN and reported his time of service as 7
months and 8 days. He died at Holladay, TN in
1931 and is buried in Liberty Cemetery in Benton County, TN.
MR #114
BARNES, JAMES T, Co M, 4th
sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on 7/6/63 and
mustered in at Union City on 12/21/63 at age 26.
He was 6’ 2 ½”, fair complexion, grey eyes, dark
hair, a farmer, born in Hardin Co, TN and a resident thereof in
1860. His records have little detail
except that he was an escaped POW in August 1864, lost a poncho
worth $3, lost his sergeant rank on 4/1/65 and deserted shortly
thereafter in May 1865 from Paducah, KY. He
has no discharge date so most likely never returned. Barnes
may have been the son of James and Rebecca Barnes. MR #115
BARNES, WILLIAM B, Co M,
private, enlisted and mustered at same time and places as James T
Barnes, above. He was 18 years old,
5’6” tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born
in Hardin Co, TN. No further
information in the muster rolls except that he died in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia of Ictus Solis and is buried in
the National Cemetery at Andersonville in grave #6569. He is presumed to have been captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64. His mother
received a dependent parent pension in 1882. MR #116
BARNES, WILLIAM C(ARROLL),
private, Co C, enlisted and mustered on same dates and places as
James Henderson Barnes, above. Like
James Barnes, William was a refugee resident of Snachwine, IL at
the time of enlistment. He was 25 years old, 5’7” tall,
light complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, a farmer, born in Carroll
Co, TN on 2/10/1839 to Henry and Susan Barnes.
He became a company cook. At
time of the discharge of the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65 he
had lost a poncho worth $3 and retained a pistol worth $8. He applied for and received an invalid
pension in 1890 while living in Arkansas. He
died at Holladay, TN on 11/25/1919 and is buried in Benton Co, TN
in Liberty Cemetery, a Northern Methodist Church cemetery. He has a military marker.
His widow, Mary Ann Smothers Barnes, received a pension in
1919 while living in Tennessee. MR #117
BARNHART, DOCTOR F, Co B,
farrier, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and
mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62. He
brought his own horse and equipment. Barnhart
was AWOL from the regiment, most likely leaving from La Grange,
TN, from June 1863 through August 1863. He
returned in time to be captured with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64. Barnhart spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia and died there of chronic diarrhea
on 8/11/64. He is buried in grave
#8456. Pension gives his name as
Benjamin Doctor F Barnhart. He might be Franklin, son of
Jacob and Rhoda Barnhart and cousin to Jacob C and George W
Barnhart. MR #118.
BARNHART, GEORGE W, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/25/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/24/62. He
brought his own horse and equipment. He
was AWOL from February thru April 1863 but had returned at least
by Nov. 1, 1863 when he took a group of sick men to Union City,
TN. Presumed captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was taken to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 2/8/65 at age 20. He is buried in the National Cemetery at
Andersonville in grave #12613. His
parents were John and Nancy Barnhart. His
widowed mother received a mother’s pension in 1890. MR #119
BARNHART, JACOB C, Co I,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Buena Vista, TN on 9/15/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at age 22.
He brought his own horse and equipment.
He was 5’10 ½” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes,
black hair, born in Carroll Co (3/10/41). Captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia and the Florence Prison in SC. George Huffman mentioned him in a memoir
about prison life at Florence. Barnhart
sold his cousin Boze Hutchinson’s coat to Huffman for $5 after
Hutchinson died. Barnhart was
exchanged through Charleston, SC on 12/11/64.
On 1/24/65 he received a 30 day furlough and mustered out
with the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65. He
kept a screw and wrench worth $26, and a saddler blanket worth
$4.50. He resided in Vienna, IL soon
after the war and married Margaret Rowland in 1867 in Carroll Co,
TN. Barnhart received an invalid
pension. He joined the Grand Army of
the Republic (GAR) Post #56 in 1887. In the 1890 veteran’s
census he was living near the Hollow Rock TN Post Office and
reported that he had scurvy while in service.
In the 1910 census he had been married to Margaret for 43
years and could not read or write. Barnhart
died at McKenzie, TN on 4/19/1922 and is buried in the
Chapel Hill Cemetery in Carroll Co, he has a military marker. Barnhart is mentioned briefly and
unfavorably in Williamson Younger’s Diary as one of the men of the 7th Tennessee
who took provisions from Younger about 1862. MR #120
BARROW, JOHN J(ACKSON), Co M,
private, enlisted for 3 years at Corinth, MS on 8/17/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/21/63 at age 32.
Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, he would have spent time in Andersonville Prison in
Georgia. He died from an amputation of his arm in Columbia,
SC on 10/5/64 (information from Roll
of Honor). Barrow is buried
in the Columbia Cemetery. His muster
roll says he died at Charleston SC on 12/31/63 but the Columbia
explanation seems more likely. Barrow’s
widow Nancy, whom he married on 2/5/52 in Henderson Co, TN,
applied for a widow’s pension in 1866 and was receiving $8 per
month in April 1871. She lived in Lexington, TN. MR
#122
BARTHOLOMEW, EDWARD (A),
Companies K & A, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3
years in Henderson Co, TN on 5/1/63 and mustered on 6/27/63 at age
25. He was 5’9” tall, light
complexion, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN to
Thomas and Permelia Bartholomew. He
brought his own horse and equipment. Bartholomew
moved to Co A from K on 8/1/63. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he would
have spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia before being
moved to prison in Florence, SC where he died on 12/25/64. His father, Thomas P, and his brother,
Milton B were also in Company A and were at Andersonville Prison. The father died soon after exchange but
his brother survived. MR #123
BARTHOLOMEW, JAMES O(LIVER),
Companies H, I, & A, private/lieutenant, enlisted for 3 years
in Lexington, TN on 8/18/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 8/28/62
at age 26. He transferred from Co H
to Co I on 10/1/62. He was in the
battle at Lexington,TN, was captured and paroled by Forrest on
12/18/62. He most likely spent time
in parole camp at Camp Chase in Ohio. The
AWOL of 2/28/63 was removed at some point. He
was with the regiment when it was captured at Union City, TN on
3/24/64. He died of scrobutus in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia on 10/12/64 or 10/13/64 and was
buried in Andersonville National Cemetery, grave #10820. There is some evidence he may have been
a 1st Lieutenant at some point, perhaps in Co H but he was a
private when he died. Bartholomew may be the "officer" who
was with his men in Andersonville Prison rather than with the
officers in officer's prison at Macon, GA. This story is
generally connected to Captain Asa Hayes but Hayes was definitely
in officer's prison in Macon. Bartholomew's widow applied
for a pension in 1867 and there is a minor's application
also. MR #124
BARTHOLOMEW, THOMAS P, Co A,
corporal/commissary sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington,
TN on 8/4/62 and mustered in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 at age 46. He was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, brown hair, a carpenter (1850 census), born in NC. He brought his own horse and equipment. Presumed captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison
in Georgia but was exchanged through Charleston, SC on 12/11/64. Taken to Annapolis, MD, then to the
hospital at Camp Chase, OH, he died of scurvy on 1/22/65. He was buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery,
Section M, #221 in Columbus, OH and has a military marker. His wife, Permelia A Bartholomew, was
appointed administrator of his estate which had a balance of
$69.50 in February 1868. Permelia
applied for and received a widow’s pension ($8 per month) in 1870.
Thomas P and Permelia were the parents of Edward A and Milton B
Bartholomew, also of Company A. MR #125
BARTHOLOMEW, MILTON B, Co A,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Saulsbury, TN on 8/1/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at age 19.
At some point he was charged for 1 saddle blanket ($4.50)
and 1 halter ($2.40), perhaps he lost them. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64,
Bartholomew spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Exchanged through North East Ferry, NC
on 2/27/65, he was taken to Camp Chase, OH. No
discharge date is given. Most
released prisoners received early disability discharges. Bartholomew returned to Henderson Co, TN
and married Eliza W Smith soon after the war.
He joined the Lexington Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Post #81 in 1889 and applied for/received an invalid pension the
same year. In the 1890 veterans' census
Bartholomew lived near the Lexington, TN Post Office and
was still living in Henderson Co in the 1910 census. He was
able to read and write. Bartholomew died at Lexington, TN on
1/29/1929. MR #126
BASS, JAMES T, Companies B
& C, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in either
Clarksburg or Lexington TN on 7/7/63 at age 25 and mustered at
Paducah, KY on 10/10/64. He was 5’7”
tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, a farmer, born in
either Marshall Co or Henderson Co, TN (both given).
Bass was taken prisoner at Como, TN on 10/7/63. There were six men on the 7th
Tennessee records who were captured at Como that day. They appear, however, to belong to the
3rd TN Cavalry, not the 7th. Imprisoned in
Danville, VA with chronic rheumatism by 4/22/64, Bass was removed
to a prison in Richmond, VA on 4/23/64 where he was said to have
chronic diarrhea.
Released from captivity on 5/8/64, he was sent to Camp
Chase, OH on 6/20/64 and promoted to corporal in November, 1864. He deserted, however, on 12/25/64 from
Camp Chase and no discharge is recorded. A
minor child, George Bass, applied for a pension while living in
Illinois in February 1908 but it seems to have been denied. MR
#127
BASSETT, W D,
Co C. Bassett has no muster roll records but has a military
marker in the Beaufort, SC National Cemetery in section 23, grave
#139. He was most likely captured at Union City, TN on
3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison. He would have
died in one of the smaller prisons. MR No #
BATEMAN, GREEN, Co. D, private,
enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN on 10/1/62 and mustered the
next day at age 25. He supplied his own horse
and equipment. His muster roll contains no other
information and there are several Green Batemans in the area. He married Lucinda Haywood in 1847.
Lucinda Crews, et al, applied for a pension in December
1897 on Green Bateman's service. MR #128
BATEMAN, J(OHN) J, Co. I,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Buena Vista, TN on 10/1/63, but
never mustered. He was born on
11/25/45 so the government may have discovered he was not yet 18. Nothing else is in his 7th Tennessee muster roll
records. He enlisted again in Co. K 2nd TN Mounted
Infantry, a company that had many Carroll Co, TN men, some from
the one year re-enlistments from the 7th Tennessee. His younger brother, Wm Riley Bateman,
was also in the same regiment. Riley
gave his age as 19 when he was not yet 17. Their
parents were William and Mary Haywood of Carroll Co, TN. John Bateman married Matilda Jane
Robinson in 1867. He applied for and
received an invalid pension in 1898. Bateman
died in 1925 and is buried in Mt. Comfort Cemetery, Carroll
Co, TN. His grave has a military
marker for the 2nd TN Mounted Infantry. His
wife, Tilda Jane Bateman, applied for a widow’s pension in
February 1930. MR #129
BATEY, JOHN H, Companies E
& C, private, enlisted for 3 years on 6/25/62 at Shiloh, TN by
Captain Parsons, mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 24. He was 5’5” tall, dark complexion, grey
eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Switzerland, IN but his
residence was Brooklyn, Johnson Co, IL. Captured
at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62 and paroled by Forrest,
he may not have spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH with
the other captives since he was AWOL by April 1863.
He returned to the regiment at some point but was captured
again, this time at Union City, TN on 3/24/64.
After that he made his escape at some unknown time. The next comment on the record is a
mention of his return on 1/1/65. In
the military hospital at Jeffersonville, IN by May 1865 with
scrobutus, Batey was discharged due to disability on
6/26/65. Given travel funds from
Louisville, KY to Huntingdon, TN, Batey is not, however, on the
Carroll Co 1870 census.. In 1897, someone
in Missouri filed a claim for a pension for a minor child, Sarah
Sutton, on the basis of Batey’s service. MR #130
BATTEN (BATTON), DANIEL, Co. E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/23/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 50.
He was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a
blacksmith, born in Montgomery Co, NC, and a resident of Carroll
Co, TN in 1860. He contracted cholera
in October, 1862 at Huntingdon, TN after only a “few days
duty.” Captured at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62,
Batten was paroled by Forrest. He may
have spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH with the
other captives from Trenton. Stationed
in the fall of 1863 on the Tennessee/Mississippi line, he
was sent with the sick to Union City, TN on 11/1/63.
The surgeon reported Batten as suffering from “old age” and
with partial dementia affecting his brain, which he had even
previous to entering the service. He
was ill in Jan/Feb 1864 and was unfit even for the invalid corps. Batten was discharged at Mound City, IL
on 4/11/64 on disability. His wife,
Matilda E Batton, applied for and received a widow’s pension in
1878. MR #131
BEARD, MILES C, Co. B, private,
enlisted for 3 years and mustered in at Columbus, KY on 7/27/64 at
age 18. He was 5’8” tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Wilson Co,
TN. He was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.
Beard was in the hospital at Paducah, KY by September of
1864 and died of spinal meningitis at the Paducah, KY Post
Hospital on 11/10/64. He is buried in
the National Cemetery at Mound City, IL in grave # K-4794.
MR #135
BEATEN (BEATON), CHRISTOPHER C,
Companies D & A, private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered in
on 1/13/64 at age 33, along with his brother William (below). Christopher was born 11/24/1832 to
McComb and Mary Beaton of Benton Co, TN. His
record mentions a lost revolver worth $8. Two
months
after Christopher’s enlistment he was captured at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64 by Forrest’s troops and taken to Andersonville prison
in Georgia. Exchanged through
Savannah, GA on 11/19/64 he most likely received a disability
discharge but his muster roll has no date. After
the war he married Elizabeth Van Manning in Benton Co, TN on
12/26/65. Beaten applied for and
received an invalid pension in 1887. He
died on 12/12/1907 and is buried in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in
Benton Co, TN. His wife received a
widow’s pension in February 1908. MR #136
BEATON, WILLIAM (D), Companies
D & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Paris, TN on 1/14/64
and mustered in at Columbus, KY on 6/14/64 at age 24. He was the son of McComb and Mary Beaton
of Benton Co, TN. Beaton escaped
capture at Union City and spent time in Columbus and Paducah, KY
with a detachment of the 7th in the spring and summer of 1864. His records show charges for an $8 (
revolver?), a $2.45 (something) and a $1 horse brush. In February and March of 1865 he was on
guard duty at the corral at Paducah, KY. Although
no discharge date is given he most likely mustered out with the
regiment on 8/9/65 at Nashville, TN. He
married
Caroline H Clement of Benton County. Beaton
appears to be the W. D. Beaton who died in March 1876 and is
buried in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Benton Co, TN. John M Beaton, et al, applied for a
minors' pension in August of 1889. MR #137
BEATTY,
GEORGE, Co C. This man's widow was denied a
pension in 1871. He has no records in the muster rolls of
the 7th Tennessee.
BEATTY, JOHN H, Co C & E. In 1897 a minor applied for a pension but it was denied. Beatty has no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
BEATTY, JOHN W,
Companies K & C, captain. Beatty
began his military career in the 3rd MI Mounted Infantry. His descriptive roll indicates that he
was 28 years old, 5’11” tall, light complexion, grey eyes, brown
hair, a native of Ireland and a sailor by profession when he
enlisted in Detroit, MI as a sergeant on 9/8/61. He transferred to
the 7th Tennessee on 7/6/63 to become
captain of the newly mustered Co K,
for whose recruitment he had been primarily responsible. Captured at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 with
the regiment, Beatty escaped near Humboldt, TN, violating parole.
On
4/12/64, he wrote a damaging report and gave testimony before a
joint committee of Congress about the surrender at Union City. Later at Columbus, Kentucky he faced court
martial proceedings due to having brought a woman into camp,
introducing her as his wife while he remained married to another. Declared
guilty on 9/1/64, he deserted. Beatty
returned to Michigan. Denied an invalid pension in 1895, he
managed by some means to gain admission to the Old Soldier’s Home
in Grand Rapids, Michigan in June 1896. In
January 1898 he left the home, checked himself into a local hotel
and overdosed on morphine. He died in
a few hours after being taken back to the home. Buried
in the Old Soldier’s Home Cemetery, Beatty's military marker and
obituary fail to take into account his service in the 7th
Tennessee, his court-martial or desertion, only his
early service in the 3rd Michigan. There is more
information in the officers' biographies in the appendix of
"Hawkins' Tories." MR #141
BELEW, JOHN G, Co G, private,
enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 and mustered on
11/9/62 at age 32. He was 5’11
½” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, auburn hair, a
carpenter, born in Carroll Co, TN (6/5/1830).
Belew was the regimental clerk by December
of 1862. Captured in December 1862 he
spent time in parole camp in Columbus, OH (Camp Chase). He mustered out of the service on
10/25/63 at the end of his one year enlistment. Belew lost his first wife, Adaline Parker, by
the time of his enlistment. He remarried after the war to M.
Mitchell. A Whig before the war,
Belew became a Republican afterward and joined the Masons. He applied and received an invalid
pension in the 1890s. In the
veterans' census of 1890, Belew lived near the post office at
Clarksburg, TN. He filed a Loyalist Claim for losses during
the war but it was barred.
Dying on 3/28/1899, he is buried in New Hope Cemetery east
of Yuma in Carroll Co, TN. He appears to have been the son
of Jacob Belew of Carroll Co, TN. MR #147
BELEW, THOMAS, Co G,
captain, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 and
mustered on 11/9/62 at age 39. Born
in Giles County, Alabama, Belew moved to Clarksburg, Carroll
County, TN with his family when a child. He raised Company G
mainly from among his neighbors in the Clarksburg area.
Belew was 6’1” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes and dark hair, a
farmer. Captured at Trenton, TN with
the regiment in December 1862, he spent time in parole camp at
Camp Chase, OH. While there he
resigned his commission and received an honorable discharge on
4/10/63 after only nine months service. After the war he returned
to farming and may have owned a saloon for a time in the
Clarksburg, TN area. He applied for,
and received, restitution from the Southern Claims Commission for
losses during the war. Belew has a military marker with no
dates in the Bennett-Belew Cemetery near Clarksburg, TN. He
died about 1875. A photo of Belew in uniform and more
information can be found in Appendix A of "Hawkins' Tories."
MR #148
BELL, WILLIAM H, Co G, 5th
corporal, enlisted for 1 year on 8/5/62 and mustered on 11/9/62 at
age 36. Bell
resided in Carroll Co, TN in the 1860 census. He seems to
have escaped capture at the battles of Lexington and Trenton, TN
but was captured at Ripley, TN on 6/10/63 along with men
reportedly AWOL from La Grange, TN. Taken
to prison in on Belle Island, Richmond, VA, Bell was admitted to
Hospital #21 on 11/22/63 and died of rheumatism and acute diarrhea
on 12/24/63. He was buried in Oakwood
Cemetery but was moved to the Richmond National Cemetery, Section
8A #1517. The son of Charles and
Nancy McArthur Bell, he married Eliza Jane Howell in Montgomery
Co, NC in 1847. His widow applied
for a pension in February 1867 and moved to Gibson Co, TN by
1870. MR #150
BELEW, AARON, Co C, private,
enlisted for 1 year in Paducah, KY on 3/1/65 and mustered at
Nashville on 8/5/65 near the end of the war.
He was recruited by Lieutenant Neely for Company M and was
due a bounty of $33.33. Belew was
5’11”, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Gibson Co, TN to James Monroe and Mary Belew. He lost a poncho worth $3 and a saddle
blanket worth $3, for which he paid, and he kept his pistol at a
cost of $8. He married Nancy
Elizabeth Quinn and died about 1918 in Greenfield, Weakley Co,
TN. MR #151
BENNETT, BENJAMIN F, Co F,
private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age
18. He was the son of William and
Sarah Bennett of Carroll Co, TN, who gave their consent for his
enlistment. Bennett was captured in
Huntingdon, TN on 12/24/62 shortly after the battles of Lexington
and Trenton, TN. Paroled by Forrest
he should have reported to parole camp at Camp Chase, OH but he
deserted on 2/2/63. He married
Elizabeth McCain on 12/4/1872. His
mother, Sarah Bennett, applied for a mother’s pension in June 1895
but it was denied. MR #152
BENNETT, SAMUEL, Co G, private,
enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN on 1/15/63 and mustered at
Trenton on 1/24/63 at age 46. He
brought his own horse and equipment. His muster rolls have little
information except that he was sick in a hospital from 5/12/63. Bennett was discharged at Saulsbury, TN
on 10/25/63 at the expiration of his 1 year enlistment. His
wife appears to have been Amanda Bennett who applied for a pension
in 1887. MR #153
BENNETT, SAMUEL F (H), private,
Co F, enlisted for 1 year on 9/12/62 in Carroll Co, TN by Captain
Hawkins and mustered on 9/24/62 at age 19, with the consent of his
parents, Elijah and Margaret J Horton Bennett.
He was 5’11” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair,
a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Bennett
seems to have been captured and paroled at Trenton, TN in December
1862. He developed tuberculosis of
the right lung, chronic pneumonia and general debility which
resulted in an early discharge on 3/4/63 at the Camp Chase, OH
parole camp. Bennett married Martha A
Williams in 1868. He applied to the Southern Claims
Commission for compensation for the loss of personal property
during the war. MR #154
BENNETT, WILLIAM (WILSON) R, Co I, private, enlisted
for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 9/15/63 and mustered at Union
City, TN on 12/15/63 at about 33 years old. Captured
at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia. Bennett died on
10/20/64 (or 10/8/64) of scurvy in a prison hospital in Savannah,
GA awaiting exchange. He is on the NY Times Savannah death
list as dying on the earlier date that the date in the muster
roll. His wife, Martha Hammett
Bennett, whom he married in 1857, applied for a widow’s pension in
1867. A minor child applied for a
pension in 1871 with A R Givens? as guardian. In the 1883
list of pensioners, Martha A Bennett lived in Hollow Rock, TN and
received $8 per month compensation. MR #155
BENTLEY, FRANKLIN E(VAN), Co M,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on 9/1/73,
mustered on 12/21/63 at age 38. He
brought his own horse and equipment. Bentley
is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64 since he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He was one of the last men released from
the eastern prisons and was exchanged through Jacksonville, FL on
4/28/65. Taken to Camp Chase, OH by
5/18/65, Bentley was diagnosed with scurvy and was discharged due
to disability on 6/23/65. A Hardin Co, TN
resident, he married first Thursa McKinney and then
Caroline Elizabeth Bunnell in 1861. Bently applied and
received an invalid pension in the 1880s, while living in
Tennessee and died on 12/25/1893. His
2nd wife received a widow’s pension in Tennessee in 1894, but she
later moved to Oklahoma. MR #156
BENTON, WILLIAM B, Companies D
& A, 4th corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on
8/4/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 in his mid twenties. He deserted at Saulsbury, TN on 8/15/63
but apparently returned as it was later removed.
Benton re-enlisted in the 7th Tennessee on 1/14/64 and
mustered on 6/14/64 into Co A. Not
captured with the regiment at Union City on 3/24/64, he would have
spent the spring and summer of 1864 in Columbus, KY and the rest
of the war in Paducah, KY. The rolls
do not give a discharge date but the regiment disbanded on 8/9/65
at Nashville. Benton married Sarah
McAuley on 1/31/56. He applied for
and received an invalid pension in 1880 and died in Knob Lick, MO
on 9/12/1917. His 2nd
wife, Amanda Benton, received a widow’s pension in 1918 while
living in St Francois, MO. MR #157
BEVEL (BEVIL), DAVID R, Co G,
private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age
17. He was 5’3 ½” tall, light
complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henry Co, TN
to William S and Rebecca Bevill. Captured
at either the battle of Lexington or Trenton, TN in December 1862,
Bevil was paroled and sent to Camp Chase, OH to await exchange. There is no further information in the
muster rolls. Bevil
may have served in Co K 2nd TN Mounted Infantry after
his discharge from the 7th Tennessee. His mother Rebecca
Bevil applied for and received a mother’s pension, in 1884 which
indicates Bevil left the military in good standing.
A Rebecca Bevil lived in Gibson Co, TN near the Humboldt
Post Office in the 1890 veterans' census but she was reported as a
widow, not mother of a US soldier.
MR #160
BIBB,
ALEXANDER, Co D. This man has no muster roll
records but is listed on the Andersonville Prison death list as a
member of the 7th Tennessee who died on 6/27/64. Bibb is
buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery, Section J, #2939.
BIGGS, JAMES T, Companies M
& C, private, enlisted for 3 years by Lieutenant Neely in
Boydsville/Union City, TN on 9/1/63 and mustered on 12/21/63 at
age 20. He was 5’6” tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in Weakley Co,
TN. Biggs is presumed captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 since he spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Exchanged
through Wilmington, NC on 3/1/65, he was taken to the hospital in
Annapolis, MD suffering with chronic diarrhea and typhoid. By June 1865 Biggs was absent, having
been left sick in the country. By
July 1865 he was hospitalized in Paducah, KY.
The muster rolls do not give a discharge date. By 1880s Biggs applied for and received
an invalid pension. His wife, Cynthia
E Biggs, received a widow’s pension in the early 1900s. MR
#162
BINUM (BYNUM), WILLIAM, Co M, enlisted in Boydsville, TN for 3 years at age 18. He has nothing further in his muster roll records. He is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 since he spent time in Andersonville Prison and in Savannah, GA. The NY Times death list names a William Bynum of the 7th Tennessee as dying on 9/19/64 in the hospital at Savannah, GA. His mother, Nancy Bynum, applied for a mother’s pension on his service in August 1894. The pension gives James Neeley Binum and William Benjamin Binum as aliases for this soldier. MR #163
BIRDWELL, ALBERT H, Co D,
private, enlisted for one year in Carroll County, TN on 8/4/62 and
mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 22 (born 7/16/1840 to
Isaac and Susan Page Birdwell of Carroll Co, TN).
He brought his own horse and equipment.
Nothing else is in his muster roll. Birdwell
applied for and received an invalid pension in 1891.
He also filled out a Civil War Questionnaire in the early
1900s. In it he says his parents were
dead when the war began, that they had no slaves, that the battle
of Lexington, TN was his only battle and that he was discharged at
Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. He married
three times. The first two were
Ann Butler and Mary Elizabeth ?. His
3rd wife, Dona Dickerson, applied for a widow’s pension, in
December 1924 after Birdwell died at Buena Vista, TN on 11/20/24. He is buried in the Birdwell Cemetery in
Carroll Co, TN. MR #164
BIRKETT, WILLIAM D, Co K,
corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Decatur Co, TN by Lieutenant
Wallace and mustered in on 4/15/63 at age 20.
He was 5’11” tall, light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair,
a farmer, born in Decatur Co, TN. Birkett
is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64 since he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia,
where he died on 6/12/64 of diarrhea acute. He
is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery in grave #1876. The NY
Times death list and the Andersonville list give his name
as Birkel. MR #165
BURKETT, WILLIAM H,
Co A, private, received a $100 bounty for enlistment and was at
Camp Todd, OH just before his discharge at Louisville, KY on
6/26/65. He was given permission to
travel from Louisville to Saulsbury, TN. Burkett has
very little information in his muster roll. He
might be the W H Burkett, age 16, in the Henderson Co, TN 1860
census. Dead by 1892, his widow,
Rebecca E Burkett, applied for a pension, #543,761, while living
in Texas. MR #165
BISHOP, WILEY, Co H, corporal,
enlisted in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62 and mustered the same day in
Trenton, TN. He would have been about
20 years old. Bishop is presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 since he
spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died of
typhoid on 8/23/64. He was buried in the
Andersonville National Cemetery in grave #6672. Bishop
was a resident of Henderson Co, TN in the 1860 census. In
1867 the mother of Landon W Bishop applied for and received a
dependent parent pension. MR #166