DARNELL, NATHANIEL, Co F,
private, enlisted by Captain Hawkins for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN
on 9/12/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 10/20/62 at age 41 (b.
12/7/20). He was 6’3 ¾” tall,
dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Calloway
Co, KY but residing in Carroll Co, TN in 1860. He
furnished his own horse, worth $100, and equipment.
Discharged on 10/25/63 at Saulsbury, TN at the end of his
one year enlistment, he re-enlisted but changed to Co M 12th
Tennessee Cavalry US led by John Alexander Miller, former Captain
of Co D of the 7th Tennessee. Darnell
was discharged from this regiment on 7/29/65 at Leavenworth, KS. He
died on 12/20/82 and is buried in Liberty All Cemetery in Carroll
Co, TN with a military marker. His
wife, Kessiah Clemons Darnell, applied for a widow’s pension in
1890 while living in Tennessee. Darnell appears to have been
the son of Benjamin and Mary Cannon Darnell. MR #443
DARNELL, THOMAS H, Co I,
private, enlisted by Lieutenant W W Murray for 1 year and mustered
at Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 at age 24. At the
time of his enlistment he was a refugee resident of Snachwine,
IL. Darnell was 6’ tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN and still a
resident in 1860. He appears to be
the son of Benjamin and Mary Cannon Darnell of Carroll Co, TN. His military marker in Liberty All
Cemetery in Carroll Co TN says he was in Co F, which means he had
enlisted for one year in 1862-63 before re-enlisting in Co
I. Darnell was a cousin to Joseph Cannon, also of Co
F. MR #444
DAVENPORT, ISAAC N(OAH), Co C,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/28/62 and
mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 21 (b. 11/21/40). A letter in his file mentions being with
Major Funk of the 11th Illinois on 1/2/63, shortly
after the battle of Lexington, when several things are mentioned
as having been captured, including 75 lbs of salted pork and four
geese. Later, Davenport was one of
the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the
Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863. He
left Grand Junction on 6/13/63 and was captured by the 10th
Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/19/63.
Arriving at Richmond, VA on 7/10/63, he was paroled very
quickly on 7/14/63 through City Point, VA. Captured
again on 3/24/64 at Union City TN and taken to Andersonville
Prison in Georgia, Davenport
survived
the Andersonville,
Blackshere, GA and Thomasville, GA prisons before being released
through Vicksburg, MS on 4/29/65. He
boarded the ill-fated “Sultana” steamship headed north on the
Mississippi but was one of the two 7th Tennessee
members, out of eight, to survive the explosion of the steamship
on 4/17/65. Davenport mustered out on
individual disability due to his prison experiences on either
5/17/65 or 6/29/65 (both given). In
1890 Davenport told the census that he had “chronic paralysis of
the right side contracted from the effects of war.”
He applied for disability pension in 1890.
Joining the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #65 in
1895, he listed his residence as Scott’s Hill, TN.
Davenport died in Scott's Hill on 9/16/1922 and is buried
in the Grandsire Holmes Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN. His first wife was Eliza Ann Holmes and
his second, Mary Austin Maness. Mary
Davenport applied for a widow's pension in 1923. A
memoir of Davenport's experiences, “Andersonville Prison and the
Steamboat Sultana’s Explosion,” is published in The
History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee by Gordon H.
Turner, Sr., Carter Printing Co:, Southhaven, MS, 1977,
194-8. MR #447
DAVENPORT, J. P.,
Co C, private. This is probably an
error in transcription by the clerk of one of Isaac N Davenport’s
muster rolls. The muster roll has no
information except an AWOL on 9/15/63. MR #448
DAVIS, JAMES, Co C, private,
enlisted by Captain Hayes in Lexington, TN on 8/28/62 and mustered
at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 33. He furnished
his own horse and equipment. Davis was one of the
100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the
Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863. He
was captured by the 10th Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on
6/19/63. Arriving at Richmond, VA on
7/10/63, he was paroled very quickly on 7/14/63 through City
Point, VA and arrived at Camp Chase, OH on 7/17/63.
There is also information that he was captured at
Rogersville, TN on 11/6/63 but this may be someone else. If it is Davis then he would have been
taken to Richmond again and moved later to Andersonville Prison in
Georgia. Most likely he was captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville where he died
on 8/30/64 of debilitus. His widow
applied for a pension in 1867. Davis appears to be the son
of John and Jane Davis of Henderson Co, TN and brother to Samuel
Davis, also of Company C. MR #451
DAVIS, JOHN D, Co K, private,
enlisted by Lieutenant Allender for 3 years at Saulsbury, TN on
8/4/63 at age 29. He was 5’7” tall,
dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Richmond,
NC. Davis became ill by November 1863
and was sent to the hospital in Memphis, TN.
On 1/20/64 he was sent from the hospital to the “pest
house” where he died of small pox on 2/12/64.
Davis is buried in the Memphis National Cemetery in grave
#1215. He was most likely J D Davis,
age 28, in the 1860 census of Henderson Co, TN. MR #452
DAVIS, LEROY, Co K, private,
enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3 years in
Henderson Co, TN on 5/30/63 at age 19. He
was 5’11” tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer,
born in Henderson Co, TN. Presumably
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Davis was
taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He
died there on 5/5/64 of pneumonia and was buried in grave #894 in
the Andersonville National Cemetery. Davis
is listed in the 1860 Henderson Co, TN census as Lowry Davis. His father, Goodwin Davis, filed for
dependent pension on Leroy’s service in 1883 and his mother Martha
filed in 1884. MR #453
DAVIS, LEVI, Co K, private,
enlisted by Lieutenant Wallace for 3 years on 5/10/63 in either
Henderson or Decatur Counties, TN at age 37.
He was 5’10” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a
farmer, born in Decatur Co, TN. Presumably
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Davis
spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on
9/10/64 of scrobutus. He was buried
in grave #8423 in the Andersonville National Cemetery. MR
#454
DAVIS, M(EREDITH) L, joined Co C as a private. He furnished his own horse and equipment. Presumably captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He contracted scrobutus but survived to be exchanged on 3/24/65 through Vicksburg, MS. In 1895 the War Department ruled that he had perished on the steamboat “Sultana” when it exploded upstream from Memphis on the Mississippi River on 4/17/65. His mother, Rosanna Davis, applied for a dependent pension on his service record in 1890. MR #455
DAVIS, SAMUEL, Co C, private,
enlisted for 3 years by Captain Hayes at Lexington, TN on 8/28/62
and mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 24.
He furnished his own horse and equipment.
One of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on
the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863, he was captured by
the 10th Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/19/63. Arriving at Richmond, VA on 7/10/63,
Davis was paroled very quickly on 7/14/63 and was at Camp Parole,
MD on 7/17/63. Presumably captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He died on 9/12/64 of
scrobutus and was buried in grave #8605 in the Andersonville
National Cemetery. Davis, a resident
of Henderson Co, TN in 1860, was married to Sydney Fossett
Stephens. He was most likely the son
of John and Jane Davis of Henderson Co, TN and brother to James
Davis, also of Co C. MR #456
DAVIS, WILLIAM T, Co B,
private, enlisted in Columbus, KY on 7/3/64 and mustered at
Columbus, KY on 7/8/64 at age 22. He
was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer,
born in Obion Co, TN. Davis was AWOL
by 10/1/64 while stationed at Paducah, KY. There
is no record of discharge. MR #457
DAVIDSON (DAVERSON), WILLIAM,
Co K, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3 years in Henderson
Co, TN on 5/27/63 and mustered in at Grand Junction, TN on 6/27/63
at age 42. He was 5’6” tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co,
TN. Davidson received a medical
discharge at Union City, TN on 1/7/64 due to chronic
diarrhea. MR #458
DEAR (DEER), HARVEY, Co M,
private, has very little in his muster roll.
He was in the military by December 63, was about 17, and a
resident of Henderson Co, TN in 1860. He
appears to be the son of James and Nancy Deer and brother to
Richard Deer, also of Co M. Presumably
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Deer
spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died in
quarters on 7/18/64 of scrobutus. The New York Times of
11/28/64 listed the death of “H Deer” as taking place in the
Charnel House. His grave in Andersonville Prison is most
likely among the unknowns. MR #459
DEAR (DEER), MILTON B,
Companies K & C, private, enlisted by Lieutenant Wallace for 3
years in Henderson Co, TN on 5/20/63 and mustered at Grand
Junction, TN on 6/27/63 at age 18. He
was 5’5” tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer,
born in Henderson Co, TN and a resident thereof in 1860. Deer was hospitalized in Memphis, TN by
11/12/63 and does not appear to have been captured with the
regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64. At
some point he was hospitalized at the Jeffersonville, IN soldiers’
hospital and was discharged there due to disability on
6/1/65. MR # 460
DEER, RICHARD, Co M, private,
enlisted for 3 years in Henderson Co, TN on 8/1/63 and mustered at
Union City, TN on 12/21/63 at age 18 (appears more like 15 from
the census). Presumably captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Deer was taken to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 9/15/64 of
scrobutus. He was buried in grave
#8887 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.
The son of James and Nancy Deer in Henderson Co, TN, he was
brother to Harvey Deer, also of Co M. MR #465
DELANEY, JOSEPHUS, Co C,
private, enlisted in Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 36 (b.
2/22/1827). He was 5’5 ½”
tall, brown complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co, TN on 2/22/1829. Captured
and paroled at either the battle of Lexington or Trenton in
December 1862, Delaney died of diarrhea in parole camp at Camp
Chase, OH on 7/16/63. He was buried
in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, OH in Section M #41. His wife, Nancy Catherine Evans Delaney,
applied for a widow’s pension in 1868 while living in Henderson
Co, TN. There is also a record of an estate settlement in
Henderson Co, TN in 1878-83. MR #466
DENNISON, LEVY H, Co A,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Corinth, MS on 9/1/63 and
mustered at Memphis, TN on 11/23/63 at about 19 years old (born
10/10/1845 in the Lone Elm Community of Henderson Co, TN). He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Presumably captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was taken to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia , then to prison in Florence, SC
where he died on 11/24/64. There is a
marker in Union Church Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN in his memory. Dennison was the son of Robert Robinson
and Nancy Dickson Walker Dennison of Henderson Co, TN. Both
parents applied for dependent pensions and both were denied. Dennison's brother, Washington Wesley,
is said to have been conscripted into the Confederate army. MR #469
DENNISON, WILLIAM H(ENRY),
Companies C & A, sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington,
TN on 7/4/62 at age 38 or 40. He was
6’2” tall, fair complexion, grey/blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer,
born in Henderson Co, TN on 2/24/1826 to Stephen and Elizabeth
Ingram Dennison. He furnished his own
horse and equipment and received a bounty for enlistment. Dennison
was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the
Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863. He
left Grand Junction, TN on 6/13/63 but returned to duty on 9/5/63. He does not appear to have been captured
with the regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64.
Dennison was in Paducah, KY with the regiment on 4/26/65
but his muster rolls give no discharge date.
Married first Catherine Adams in Tennessee in 1846, he wed
Margaret Sims in 1894 in Lamar Co, Texas.
Dennison received an invalid pension. He died
5/30/1904 and is buried in the Jackson Cemetery just north of
Avery in Red River Co, TX. Dennison,
Texas is said to be named for this Henderson County Dennison
family. MR #470
DERROSSETT (DEROSSETT, DEROSIT),
WILLIAM E, Co C, enlisted by Captain Hayes for 3 years in
Lexington, TN on 8/28/62 and mustered in at Camp Wood, KY on
9/8/62 at age 32. He furnished his
own horse and equipment. W(illiam) E
and S J Derasset lived in Decatur Co, TN in the 1860 census.
DeRossett was one of the 100 or more men who
went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June
1863. He left on 6/19/63 but
evidently returned to duty. Presumed captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he ended up Andersonville
Prison in Georgia where he died on 8/28/64 of disease and
starvation. The son of
Edmond and Mary Derosett, his mother applied for a dependent
pension while living in Decaturville, TN. MR #477
DERRYBERRY, E(LISHA) H(ANDLAY)
T(HOMPSON), Companies C & A, private, enlisted for 3
years in Lexington, TN and mustered in Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at
age 26 (born 4/19/35). He was 5’6”
tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co, TN and a resident thereof in 1860
He furnished his own horse and equipment. Derryberry
was
presumably
captured
with
the
regiment
at
Union
City,
TN
on
3/24/64
since he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He was exchanged through Savannah, GA
and Charleston, SC in November/December 1864 and taken to
Annapolis, MD. After returning home
he went back to Paducah, KY where the regiment was stationed to
turn in equipment and died of scrobutus in the hospital at Paducah
on 5/17/65. Derryberry was the son of
Abraham and Mary Starkey Derryberry, husband of Martha Ann Cruise,
and brother-in-law to Nathan C Wilson of Co G. MR #479 &
480
DERRYBERRY, JOHN C(ALVIN), Co
A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN and mustered at
Jackson on 8/18/62 at age 22/25. He
was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the
Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863, leaving on 6/13/63. He
must have returned as he was presumably captured with the regiment
at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in
Georgia. Exchanged through Vicksburg,
MS on 4/21/65, he boarded the ill-fated steamship "Sultana" along with seven other members of the
7th Tennessee, also recently released from southern prisons.
The ship exploded just upstream from Memphis, TN on 4/17/65. Only Derryberry and Isaac Davenport from
the 7th Tennessee survived. Derryberry
floated on a plank back to Memphis, TN. The
government
owed
him
$113.99
back
pay at discharge. A resident of
Henderson Co, TN in 1860, he was the son of Thomas and Sarah
Derryberry. He married Cynthia Ann
Autry about 1866. Derryberry died on
1/2/1873 and is buried in the Autry Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN
with a military marker. His wife
applied for a widow’s pension in 1885. MR #481
DERRYBERRY, M(ICHAEL) WESLEY, Companies H & I, captain/private, enlisted for 1 year in Company H in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/28/62 at age 41 (born 7/20/1821). He was 5’6” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Warren Co, TN. He furnished his own horse and equipment. Derryberry was either elected or became captain of Company H after having raised it. Unfortunately for him it never had very many enlistees and he eventually became a private in Co I. Men in this company often ended up in Co I and sometimes continued to use the H Company designation as well. Presumably captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Derryberry spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He died, however, in prison in Savannah, GA on 11/1/64 of chronic diarrhea and scurvy according to his muster roll but on 10/8/64 according to the Savannah Hospital death list published in the New York Times. He was married to Susan C Wallace who lived near the Chesterfield, TN Post Office in 1890. She said her husband was a captain and had died in Andersonville Prison but Andersonville was an enlisted man’s prison. Derryberry's experience may be the source of a long told story about a captain in the 7th Tennessee who chose to go to Andersonville with his men rather than to officers' prison. Derryberry was a private while in prison, however. Susan Derryberry received a widow’s pension and was receiving $8 per month in 1883. That is the correct amount for the widow of a private. Their son, William H, enlisted in Co A. The son of Daniel and Mary Derryberry, M Wesley Derryberry preached at Union Baptist Church in Henderson Co, TN before the war. MR #482
DERRYBERRY, WILLIAM (WILLIAMSON)
A(BRAHAM), Co G, private, enlisted by Captain Belew for 1
year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on
9/25/62 at age 20 (born 9/8/42). He
was 5’6 ½” tall, light complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a
farmer. Derryberry developed “TB in
both lungs and a persistent acrofulous (scrofulous) eruption
throughout the surface of his body.” He
was discharged on disability on 2/25/63. After
the war he married Savannah Ellen Barger (1870) in Missouri. Derryberry applied for an invalid
pension in the 1880s. He died in
Kennett, Dunklin Co, MO on 8/23/1881. His
wife applied for a widow's pension in 1883. Derryberry
was
the son of Elijah B and Catherine Davis Derryberry. MR #483
DERRYBERRY, WILLIAM H(ENRY), Co
A, private, enlisted for 3 years on 8/9/62 and mustered on 8/18/62
in Lexington, TN at age 17 (b. 12/15/1844). He
was 5’5 ½” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a
farmer, age 17 (born 12/15/1844) and a resident of the Lone Elm
Community in Henderson Co, TN. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Presumably
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64,
Derryberry spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Moved to Florence, SC, he died in the
prison hospital of chronic diarrhea on 1/12/65.
He was the son of Michael Wesley of Company H and Susan
Wallace Derryberry. There is a pension application for
another William H Derryberry of Co A who died in 1892 and a widow,
Elizabeth Derryberry, who applied for a pension in 1914
(denied). MR #484
DILL, S(TEPHEN) F, Co B, 4th
sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/20/62, and
mustered in either Benton Co, TN or Huntingdon, TN on 8/22/62 at
age 28. He was 5’10” tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, light or dark hair, a farmer, born in
Sumner Co, TN or Carroll Co, TN. Dill
was in a prison hospital in Richmond, VA on 11/12/63 and was most
likely taken from there to Andersonville Prison in Georgia when
Richmond was threatened by Union forces. He
died on 9/2/64 of chronic diarrhea in Andersonville Prison. A resident of Carroll Co, TN, he was the
son of James and Laviney Dill. MR
#488