GORDON, PLEASANT W, Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age 18.  He was 5’10” tall, light complexion, black eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Perry Co, TN on 9/12/1844.  He furnished his own horse and equipment worth $100.00.  He lost his horse when he was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN.  After spending time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH, he was sent to Nashville, TN then on to Saulsbury, TN where he mustered out on 10/25/63.  In 1866 he married Nancy J Smith and in 1885 he joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #56 in Huntingdon, TN.  In 1890 he applied for an invalid pension.  By the 1910 census he was divorced.  Gordon died at Westport, TN on 8/9/1925 and is buried in the Barr Springs Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker.  There is a Pleasant W Gordon in Co F 7th Kentucky Infantry, USA so he might have re-enlisted from that unit.  MR #678, 679, 680

GOWERS, GEORGE W, companies K, B, & C, private, enlisted for 3 years by Captain Beatty at Saulsbury, TN on 10/19/63 and mustered at Saulsbury on 10/26/63 at age 29.  He was 5’10” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Lawrence Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  He does not appear to have been captured with the regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64.  Though he enlisted in Co K at some point he changed to Co B and then transferred to Co C by August 1864.  On 11/12/64 Gowers was in the hospital in Mound City, IL.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  He married Corintha Preslar and by 1880 had 46 acres of land in Henderson Co, TN worth $150.  He applied for an invalid pension in the 1880s. On 10/26/1889 he joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #81 in Lexington, TN and in 1890 was a resident of Lexington.  Buried in the Carraway Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN, he has a military marker but it has no dates.  MR #681-682

GRAHAM, JOHN D, Co D.  The mother of this man applied for a dependent pension in 1868 but it was denied.  Graham appears to have died in Andersonville Prison in June of 1864.  He has no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee, however.

GRAVES, JOSEPH (S), Co A, private, enlisted by Lieutenant A T Hart for 3 years at Saulsbury, TN on 8/1/63 at age 24.  He was 5’9” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN to Azariah and Penelope Graves.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Graves died of scrobutus (scurvy) in Mobile, AL on the way to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  The muster rolls have date of death as 4/25/64 while the “Mobile Daily News” reported it as on the 26th.  He is buried in the Mobile National Cemetery in either Section 1, Grave 26 or Section C-570.  MR #685

GRAY, ROBERT, Co B, private, enlisted on 3/2/65 and mustered on 3/9/65 at Paducah, KY at age 18/19.  At the time of enlistment Gray was a refugee resident of Granville, IL.  He was 5’4” tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henry Co, TN.  Gray was AWOL at Paducah by 3/14/65 which gave him a 12 day military career.  MR #686

GRAY, THOMAS P, Co C, lieutenant and/or captain.  This man has no information in the muster rolls but figures prominently in other sources.  He said in one source that he had never been mustered into the 7th Tennessee but was holding the place of captain in Co C.  Gray had previously been in Co G, 12th Illinois Infantry.  He joined that unit in August of 1861 as a musician, listed himself as a resident of Princeton, IL and mustered out of that regiment on 8/13/64.  (See longer bio in Appendix A of “Hawkins’ Tories.”)

GREEN (GREER), B(ENJAMIN) F, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Obion Co, TN and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  There is no further information in this file. See Benjamin Greer below at MR #697.  MR #688

GREEN, JAMES C, Co F, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/12/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 26/27.  He had a dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment worth $105.00.  He mustered out on 10/25/63 at Saulsbury, TN at the end of his 1 year enlistment.  After marrying Sarah Neely in Carroll Co, TN in 1860, Green had moved near the Townsend Mill, Texas Post Office by 1890.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1897.  Green died at Grant, TX in September 1925.  His wife, Martha T Green, applied for a widow’s pension in Texas in 1925.  MR #689

GREEN, J(AMES) D R, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 9/20/63 and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  There is little information in his files and what is there is confusing.  It says “AWOL denied,” and “no record after 2/28/64.”  But there is a discharge date of 6/16/65.  He might have been at Andersonville Prison in Georgia, which would explain the early discharge date.  This is probably the record of James, son of David and Elizabeth Green of Hollow Rock, TN.  If so, he married Elizabeth Liles in Carroll Co in 1864 and went by James D Green.  Other members of this family sometimes used three initials.  MR #690

GREEN, JAMES H, Co B, private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at about 22 years of age (born 10/18/40).  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Present in January and February 1864, he was captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through Jacksonville, FL on 4/28/65, he was discharged early on 6/16/65.  He married Agnes Lorrance in 1866.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1880.  In the 1890 veterans’ census Green lived near the Profitt, TN Post Office and complained of having scurvy in prison.  He died at Hollow Rock, TN on 12/27/1915 and is buried in the Marlboro Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker.  His mother, Purity Green, applied for a dependent pension in 1887 on the record of his deceased brother, Joshua G Green of Co I, while living in Illinois.  MR #691

GREEN, JOHN C, Co I, mustered on 12/20/63 for 3 years at about 38 years of age.  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 8/29/64 of scrobutus (scurvy).  He was buried in grave #7221 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  Green’s wife, Mary E Taylor Green (m. 1850), applied for a widow’s pension in 1869.  In the 1890 veterans’ census Mary Green lived near the Profitt, TN Post Office.  She thought her husband had died of scurvy and exemer.  MR #692

GREEN, JOSEPH M, Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years on 12/1/63 and mustered on 12/5/63 in Co A, 13th/14th Tennessee Cavalry US.  He was one of the men of the 13th/14th who were not captured with their regiment at Fort Pillow on 4/12/64 who were temporarily assigned to the 7th Tennessee detachment stationed at Columbus, KY in the summer of 1864.  These men left the 7th Tennessee to become part of Co E, 6th Tennessee Cavalry US.  Green applied for an invalid pension in 1885.  MR #692

GREEN, JOSHUA G, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63, same time as J D R Green, at about 25 years of age.  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 8/11/64 of acute diarrhea.  He was buried in grave #894 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  His mother, Purity Green, applied for a dependent pension in 1887 while living in Illinois.  Joshua was brother to James H Green of Co B.  MR #693

GREEN, R(ICHARD) F, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years on 9/15/63 in Carroll Co, TN, same time as James H Green, and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at about 27 years of age.  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.  Moved to a smaller camp in Savannah, GA, he died of scurvy and camp fever on 11/8/64.  His name was on a death list published in the New York Times.  Green’s widow, Nancy A Green, married Nathaniel Rice in 1868 and a minor child applied for a pension with William Green as guardian.  Richard Green seems to have been the son of William M and Minta Green and brother to William Henry Green.  MR #694

GREEN, WILLIAM H(ENRY), Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62.  No further information is in his muster rolls.  He married Lydia Caroline Tennessee Martin, sister to Captain James Martin of Company B.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1870.  He died on 2/17/1890 and is buried in the Martin’s Creek Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN.  Green appears to be the son of William M and Minta Green and brother to Richard F Green.  MR #695

GREENWAY, JAMES, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN on 9/15/62 and mustered at Trenton on 9/24/62 at age 38.  A resident of Decatur Co, TN in the 1860 census, he was able to furnish his own horse and equipment.  He was AWOL in April 1863 and was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.  He left from Grand Junction, TN and the records show no return.  Greenway re-enlisted on 1/15/64 in Co C, 2nd TN Mounted Infantry and mustered on 4/10/64.  In 1875 he married Elizabeth Conley in Decatur Co, TN.  In 1885 he was living near Jennett, Decatur Co, TN when he testified in a pension dispute.  He gave his occupation as farmer.  MR #696

GREER, BENJAMIN F, Companies A & B, pvt/corporal/quartermaster sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 10/1/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN the same day at age 36.  He was 5’10” tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a miller, born in Benton (or Henry) Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  He does not appear to have been captured with the regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64.  Discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65, Greer moved to Illinois after the war.  In 1888 he joined Post #655 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Cottage Home, Williamson Co, IL.  In 1889 he applied for and received an invalid pension certificate which gave him $10 per month income.  In 1902 he applied for admission to the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, IL.  He entered on 2/14/1902 and left on 7/10/1903.  A widower at the time, Greer had four children in their 40s, and had worked as a laborer.  MR #697

GREER, JAMES, Co B, private, enlisted for three years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/20/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/26/62. 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 10/29/64 of scrobutus (scurvy).  He was buried in grave #1632 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  MR #698

GREER, JAMES O, Co B, private/corporal, enlisted for three years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/20/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/26/62.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Greer spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 7/21/64 of unknown causes.  He was buried in grave #3719 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.   In the 1890 veterans' census Mary A Greer was a widow, living near the Paris Post Office in Henry Co, TN.  She reported that her husband had been in Co B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry and had died in prison.   MR #699

GREER, JESSE C, Co I, private, enlisted for three years in Carroll Co, TN on 9/20/63 and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at age 20.  He furnished his own horse.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Paroled through Charleston, SC on 12/16/64, Greer died on 5/26/65 when he reached Paducah, KY where the regiment was stationed.  He seems to have been a resident of Benton Co, TN.  MR #700

GREER, WILLIAM L, Companies B & A, private/corporal/quartermaster sergeant, enlisted for 3 years by Captain Martin in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 and mustered on 8/17/62 at age 24.  He was 5’9” tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Benton Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  AWOL in April 1863 and again from May through October 1863, he was present again by January 1864.  In February 1865 Greer was on guard at the corral in Paducah, KY and on 3/20/65 he was promoted to corporal.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  Greer applied in 1890 for an invalid pension while living in Illinois.  His widow, Laura Greer, applied in 1910.  MR #701

GRICE, WILLIAM R(ILEY), Companies H & E, private, enlisted in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/28/62 at age 25.  He had a fair complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  Grice was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.  He left La Grange, TN on 6/21/63.  Captured either while AWOL or with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through North East Ferry, NC on 2/26/65.  He arrived at Baltimore, MD on 3/10/65 according to the New York Times.  In the 1880 Agricultural Census of Henderson Co, TN he owned 90 acres of land.  In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived near the Long Post Office in Henderson Co, TN.  Grice applied for an invalid pension in 1892.  His widow, Martha E Grice applied in 1914.  MR #704 

GRIFFIN, THOMAS B, Companies C & A, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington TN on 8/28/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 18/20.  He was 5’10” tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Perry Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Griffin was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863, leaving on 6/19/63.  Captured either while AWOL or with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Griffin spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through Charleston, SC on 12/6/64, he was taken to Annapolis, MD and on to Camp Chase, OH.  He remained for a time at Camp Chase, too feeble from typhoid fever to join the regiment at Paducah, KY.  Griffin was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1882 while living in Tennessee and died on 4/25/1911 at Stella, MO.  His widow, Emma Griffin, received a  pension and a minor child applied later in Missouri.  MR #706

GRIFFIN, WILLIAM A, Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 5/10/63 and mustered at La Grange, TN on 5/15/63.  His muster roll says he was captured at Trenton, TN, if so his enlistment date is too late for that battle.  He was definitely one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.  Captured by the 10th Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/19/63, Griffin arrived at prison in Richmond, VA on 7/10/63 but was paroled very quickly on 7/14/63 through City Point, VA.  Captured again, this time with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 9/7/64 of pneumonia.  Griffin was buried in grave #8093 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  His mother, Matilda, applied for a dependent pension in 1870.  No MR #

GRIMSLEY, M(MARIDA, MARION, MEREDITH) M(MCDANIEL) nickname “Buck”, Companies A & C, private, enlisted for 3 years on 10/1/63 at La Grange, TN at age twenty something.  He was 5’6” tall, dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Grimsley was present in May and June in 1864 which indicates he was not captured with the regiment at Union City, TN.  He married Sarah Essary Miller in Paducah, KY in February 1865.  She was the widow of James Miller of Co A who died in prison in Richmond, VA.  She had brothers in the 7th Tennessee as well.  Sarah Grimsley died young and Grimsley married twice more.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1886.  In the 1890 veterans’ census Grimsley lived near the Long Post Office in Henderson Co, TN.  He died 5/13/1909 and is buried in the Crowell Chapel Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN.  The Scott’s Hill book by Gordon Turner says that Grimsley “traded a horse and his $100 bounty for 170 acres of land.”  MR #711

GRISWELL, THOMAS J, Co K, private, enlisted for 3 years by Captain Beatty in Henderson Co, TN on 5/2/63 at age 34.  He was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, a blacksmith, born in Henderson Co, TN to Joel and Elizabeth Griswell.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Griswell spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 8/9/64 64 of chronic diarrhea.  His wife, Elizabeth Childers Griswell, whom he married in 1848, applied for a widow’s pension in 1869.  Neighbors and former Captain G. W. Moore, however, complained that Griswell had recruited for the CSA and acted as a guerilla before joining the 7th Tennessee but to no avail.  Elizabeth Griswell received her pension.  She moved to Weakley Co, TN where she died in 1871.  The guardian for her children was Thomas E Ezell and there was a minor’s pension application.  Thomas Griswell appears to have been the son of Joel and Elizabeth Griswell.  MR #715

GRISWELL, WILLIAM H, Co K, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty in Henderson Co, TN at age 34.  He was 5’10” tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN.  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 9/5/64/64 of chronic diarrhea while in quarters.  Griswell was buried in grave #7908 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  William R Dunn, who survived Andersonville, said in the widow’s pension application that in his opinion Griswell died of cruel treatment in prison.  Griswell’s widow was Serena C Petty Griswell, whom he had married in 1857.  Her pension application was #106,147/122,178.  She had moved near the Deport Post Office in Texas by the 1890 veterans’ census.  William H Griswell was most likely the son of William and Elizabeth Griswell and a cousin of Thomas J Griswell.  MR #716

GRIZZARD, JOHN C, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 3/12/64 and mustered at Columbus, KY on 6/14/64 at age 20 (b September 1844).  A resident of Carroll Co, TN, Grizzard was the son of John W and Cornelia Townes Grizzard.  He does not appear to have been captured with the regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64.  He was on guard at the corral in Paducah, KY in February 1865 but entered the hospital in Paducah, KY and later was moved to the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN where he was discharged due to dementia.  Grizzard was with his mother in the 1870 census but disappears from Carroll Co, TN in the 1880s.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1890 and died in December 1891.  He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Huntingdon, TN.  MR #717

GROGAN, JOHN H, Co G, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age 20.  He was 5’11” tall, sallow complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN on 9/21/42.  He was captured and paroled at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62.  Grogan served out his one year enlistment and was discharged at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.  He is buried in the New Liberty Cemetery near where he died.  His marker says he was murdered on 11/18/64.  His brother, Granville H Grogan was murdered at the same time.  Their parents were Rice Ross and Mary Emily Lucas Grogan.  MR #718

GROOM, ISAAC R(OBERT), Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 9/20/63 and mustered at Union City, TN at about age 23.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was a resident of Carroll Co, TN in 1860.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Groom spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through Savannah/Charleston in November/December 1864, he was taken first to Annapolis, MD.  Given a 30 day furlough he was apparently unable to return to duty.  He mustered out on 12/14/64 and died during the 1860s.  His widow, Sarah Jane Groom, received a pension in October 1870.  In the 1890 veterans’ census she lived near the Profitt Post Office in Carroll Co, TN and said that her husband had died of scurvy.  MR #719

GROOM, J(AMES) M, Co I , private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 9/20/63 and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  There is no further information in his muster roll files except that he was denied an honorable discharge when he applied on 12/22/1883.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1890 but was refused.  He wife was Mary Elizabeth Rowland, whom he married in 1866.  MR #720

GROOM, WILLIAM H(ENRY), Companies D, B & A, private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 33/36 (b 4/11/1825).  He had a fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Caswell Co, NC.  He received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Groom was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62.  Exchanged by the fall of 1863, he was captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  He was a POW to 11/17/64 when he was exchanged through Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC.  His muster was complete by 12/14/64.  Groom applied for an invalid pension in 1880.  In 1890 he lived near the Profitt, TN Post Office and told the census taker that he suffered from scurvy, contracted in the service.  He died on 12/29/1897 and is buried in the Marlboro Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker.  His wife was Nancy Mariah Green Groom, whom he married in 1850.  His parents seem to be Robert and Elizabeth Pinson Groom.  His brother, Isaac Robert Groom, was in Co I of the 7th Tennessee.  MR #721

GUNTER, ADOLPHOS (RUDOLPHUS) W(ASHINGTON), Co B, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Paducah, KY on 10/15/64 at age 19.  He was 5’7” tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Weakley Co, TN, where he was a resident of Gleason in 1860.  He received a $100 bounty for enlistment and was promoted to corporal on 5/28/65. Gunter was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  He married Delitha Alice Simmons on 7/23/67.  Gunter applied for an invalid pension in 1890 and died in Bemis, TN on 9/26/1924.  He is buried in an unmarked grave at East Side Cemetery in Martin, TN.  His wife, Alice Gunter, applied for a widow’s pension in 1924.  MR #723

GWINN, JAMES E, Co I, private, enlisted for 1 year and mustered at Paducah, KY on 1/12/65.  He was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henry Co, TN.  At the time of his enlistment Gwinn was a refugee resident of Magnolia, IL.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  He received an invalid pension and died in Oklahoma City, OK on 3/7/1911.  His wife applied for a widow's pension in April 1911. Gwinn also served in Co G, 2nd TN Mounted Infantry.  MR #724