JAMES, HIRAM, Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered at Jackson, TN on 3/10/63 at age 42 (census).  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was a resident of Henderson Co, TN in 1860.  James died at Saulsbury, TN in 1863 of unknown cause.  His wife, Telitha A E James, applied for a widow’s pension in 1871.  She resided in Henderson Co, TN in 1870.  MR #914

JAMES, WILLIAM, Co B, private/sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Paducah, KY on 2/1/64 and mustered at Columbus, KY on 6/14/64 at age 60.  He was due a $300 bounty for this second enlistment.  He served as a farrier at least at some point and was promoted to sergeant on 5/29/65.  James was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  His widow, Elizabeth James, applied for a pension in 1871 from Kentucky but received no certificate.  MR #916

JARRED, THOMAS J(ONATHAN), Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 9/20/62 at age 25.  He was born in Kentucky but was a resident of Carroll Co, TN in 1860.  Jarred was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863. His later appeal to change the AWOL was denied.  He applied for a pension in July 1896 under John T Jarred but it does not appear to have been granted.  Jarred was the son of Vincent and Mary Jarred and the husband of Nancy Smith Jarred.  MR #918

JARRED, J S, has no muster rolls but there is a reference to a J S Jarerd (sic) in Co I who was paroled at Savannah, GA on 11/4/64.  This might be Jonathan Thomas Jarred.  If so, he must have joined Co I and have been captured with the regiment at Union City, TN in March 1864.   

JAY, JOSEPH W, Co M, private, name and company marked out on the muster rolls.  No other information. MR #920

JENKINS, HENRY K or KELLY H, Companies F & A, enlisted in Co F for one year in Carroll Co, TN on 9/20/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 21 (born 8/12/42).  He most likely mustered out at Saulsbury in October 1863 at the end of his one year enlistment.  Jenkins re-enlisted as a private in Co A at Union City, TN on 1/20/64 and mustered at Paducah, KY the same day at age 21/22.  At the time of re-enlistment Jenkins was a refugee resident of Millbrook, IL.  He was 5’7” tall, dark complexion, dark eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Weakley Co, TN.  He was due a $100 bounty for re-enlistment.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Jenkins spent time in Andersonville Prison where he contracted scrobutus.  He was paroled through Savannah, GA on 11/18/64 and taken to Annapolis, MD for the rest of November and December 1864.  He appears to have been taken to the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN and discharged through Louisville, KY on 7/1/65.  Jenkins applied for an invalid pension in 1881.  He died at Bradford, TN on 3/4/1900.  His tombstone in the Wright Cemetery in Weakley Co, TN says “Fought in the Union Army.”  His wife, Emily C Cantrell, filed for a widow’s pension in April 1900.  MR #920 & 921

JENKINS, JAMES R, Mixed in with Henry K Jenkins’ muster rolls there is a page for a James R Jenkins of Weakley Co, TN.  His nearest relative was listed as his father, Haywood Jenkins, who was living in Dresden, TN.  No further information is given.

JENKINS, WILLIAM, Co H, private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered at Trenton, TN on 10/9/62.  He was in the battle of Trenton, TN but was AWOL by April of 1863.  Jenkins was also 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.  There is no later record.  He may be the James W Jenkins in the 1890 veteran's census in Crockett Co, TN.  MR #922

JOHNSON, ALEXANDER, Co F, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/20/62 by Lieutenant Robeson and mustered on 9/24/62 at age 24.  He was 6’1” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN and a resident thereof in 1860.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  Johnson was captured and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862 and had orders to report to Benton Barracks, MO then to Camp Chase in Columbus, OH.  He served out his one year enlistment and was sent to Nashville, TN.  He mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63 and married Elen Orr in 1865.  In the 1890 veterans’ census Johnson was living in Huntingdon, TN.  In 1891 he applied for an invalid pension  He died sat Huntingdon, TN sometime  between the 1910 census and before August 1918 (4/19/1918?), when his 2nd wife, Peoria A Holladay Johnson, applied for a widow’s pension.  Johnson is buried in the Humble Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN.  MR #924

JOHNSON, ALEXANDER, Companies H & I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/28/62.  He seems to be the Alexander Johnson in Henderson Co, TN.   AWOL by 12/15/62, Johnson returned in time to be 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 on 6/22/63.  There is no record of a return to duty.  MR #925

JOHNSON, ANDREW, “Andy,” Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Clarksburg on 8/14/63 at age 18.  He was killed by guerillas on 8/15/64.  The burial records of Stanford Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN has this remark “The son of James M and Malisa (Montgomery) Johnson.  Murdered at Parker’s Crossroads by gueriller.  They made him run and shot him dead.”  Johnson has no stone but is in plot #79.  The story of his family receiving the news and of neighbors bringing the body home is in a memoir by Mollie Neely Owens.  Andrew was the brother of Falton (Tarlton) Johnson of Co M.  MR #926

JOHNSON, CARY, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/4/62 at age 28.  He was 5’10’ tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN and a resident the Lone Elm community.  He was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Johnson was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863, leaving La Grange, TN on 6/22/63 and not returning until 1/1/64.  A note says he was “absent sick.”  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Johnson spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  He died in Charleston, SC on 9/24 or 9/25 of 1864 of chronic diarrhea.  The son of Love and Mary Johnson, he married Mary (Polly) Ann Derryberry Johnson, sister to Captain M Wesley Derryberry of Co H.  She applied for a widow’s pension in December 1867.  In 1883 she was receiving $8 per month.  MR #927

JOHNSON, CHARLES M, Co A, saddler, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/9/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN on 8/19/62 at age 43/44.  He was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, a shoemaker, born in Cumberland Co, NC but a resident of Henderson Co, TN in 1860.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  He was in the battles of Lexington and Trenton, TN.  Captured by the 10th Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/19/63 while presumably AWOL, Johnson was taken to prison in Richmond, VA.  He was paroled very quickly on 7/14/63 through City Point, VA.  Presumed captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Johnson died of chronic diarrhea while a prisoner at the Race Course prison camp in Charleston, SC on 9/25/64.  His wife Sarah received a widow’s pension.  MR #928

JOHNSON, CHARLES J(AMES), Companies A & C, private, enlisted in Lexington, TN on 8/28/62 and mustered on 9/5/62 at age 21/23 (b. 7/25/1832).  A resident of Poplar Springs in Henderson Co, TN, he furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Johnson 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 and was captured at Jack’s Creek, TN on 6/20/63.  He arrived at prison in Richmond, VA on 7/10/63 but was paroled on 7/14/63 through City Point, VA and sent to Camp Chase, OH on 7/17/63.  He rejoined the regiment on 10/20/63.  Johnson does not appear to have been captured at Union City, TN with the regiment on 3/24/64 and most likely spent several months in Columbus, KY with the detachment.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. He moved to Texas about 1890.   In December 1892 he applied for an invalid pension from Texas.  He died on 9/30/1919 and is buried in the Celeste Cemetery, Leonard, Fannin County, TX.  His wife, Vina Harris Johnson, applied for a widow’s pension in November 1918 while living in Texas.  MR #929

JOHNSON, CHARLES M, Co K, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3 years in Union City, TN on 2/18/64 at age 29.  He was 6’1” tall, light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, born in Gibson Co, TN, a mechanic.  A notation says he was paroled 2/18/64 at Union City, TN but this seems unlikely.  Johnson is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 5/5/64 of scrobutus (scurvy).  He is probably buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery in an unknown grave.  The Andersonville list says Charles T Johnson.  His widow, Mary A Johnson, applied for a pension in January 1867.  MR #930

JOHNSON, EDMOND D, Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/1/62 by T. P. Smith and mustered at Jackson, TN on 8/18/62.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  Johnson 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 and was captured by the 10th Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/19/63.  Johnson arrived at Richmond, VA on 7/10/63 but was paroled very quickly on 7/14/63 through City Point VA.  No further information is in his muster rolls.  MR #931

JOHNSON, EDWIN W, Companies A & C, private, enlisted and mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 19.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  On 10/1/62 he transferred from Co A to Co C.  He 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.  He must have returned as he is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 12/23/64 of scrobutus (scurvy).  He was buried in grave #12,319 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  His father applied for a dependent parent pension in 1880.  MR #932

JOHNSON, ELI, Co A, private, was a recruit, “not born on the rolls.”  There are several Eli Johnsons in Henderson Co, TN.  MR #933

JOHNSON, HENRY K(NIGHT), Companies H & C, private, age about 39 (born 12/27/1823).  He was captured at Como, TN on 10/7/63.  Johnson and five others were originally taken to prison in Danville, VA then to Richmond, VA and later to Andersonville Prison when Richmond was threatened.  Johnson was released through Jacksonville, FL on 4/29/65 and taken to Annapolis, MD then to Camp Chase, OH where he mustered out on 6/23/65.  He died on 9/16/82 in Graves Co, KY and is buried in the Pleasant Graves Methodist Church Cemetery.  His wife, Hulda Jane Carter Johnson, applied for a widow’s pension in 1893.  A minor’s pension application in  February 1898, which mentions Lucy E Green et al, was filed from Kentucky.  The Como captives seem to have been in the 3rd TN Cavalry USA at some point.  Johnson’s father and brothers are believed by descendents to have been pro-Confederate.  MR #934

JOHNSON, JAMES, Co D, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 27.  A resident of Decatur Co, TN, he furnished his own horse and equipment worth $85.  He contracted smallpox at Saulsbury, TN and was suffering from that disease when he mustered out on 10/25/63.  Johnson died on 11/13/1863 and is buried in a small cemetery near New Prospect Church in Decatur Co, TN.  He has a military marker.  He might be the son of Jeremiah and Dicy Dodd Johnson and the husband of Francis A E Hill Johnson.  MR #935

JOHNSON, JAMES M, private/sergeant, Companies E & C, enlisted for 3 years in Clarksburg, TN on 5/11/63 at age 22/24.  He was 5’7” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN and a resident thereof in 1860.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  On 1/25/64 he was appointed sergeant.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  After being moved to Blackshire Prison in southeast Georgia, he escaped to Union lines by going to Florida.  Sent first to Hollow Head, SC, he was at Annapolis, MD by December 1864 and returned to duty by 4/2/64.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  Johnson was also with Co M 6th TN Cavalry and was a private in Co B, 7th TN Infantry.  In 1890 he lived in Weakley Co, TN near the Greenfield Post Office.  He filed for an invalid pension.  Johnson died in January 1916 in Greenfield, TN.  His widow, Julia A Johnson, filed in 1916.  MR #936

JOHNSON, JAMES K (P), Companies C & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/28/62 and mustered on 9/5/62 at age 18/21.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Johnson 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 and was captured by the 10th Tennessee Cavalry CS at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/19/63.  He arrived at Richmond, VA on 7/10/63 but was paroled very quickly on 7/14/63 through City Point, VA.  He was sent to College Green Barracks, MD on 7/15/63 and on to Camp Parole, MD on 7/18/63.  He arrived at Camp Chase, OH on 7/19/63 and reported for duty on 7/23/63.  His charge of desertion was later removed.  He spent time at the end of the war in Paducah, KY and was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  There is an application for an invalid pension in 1891 and a minor’s pension was later filed with the widow Martha A Thomas as guardian.  MR #937

JOHNSON, JAMES M, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered on 8/18/62.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Johnson spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through North East Ferry, NC on 2/27/65, he was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  MR #938

JOHNSON, MANLEY (EMANUEL), Co A, private, enlisted by Major Reaves for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/11/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN on 8/19/62 at age 20/23 (born 3/4/42).  He was 5’ 10 ½” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN.  Johnson was in the battles of Lexington and Trenton, TN in late December 1862.  Captured and paroled at Trenton, he spent time in parole camp in Columbus, OH (Camp Chase) until 9/1/63.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Johnson spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through Wilmington, NC (North East Ferry) on 2/28/65, he returned to be discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived in Dyer Co, TN.  Johnson applied for an invalid pension in 1919 and died on 3/8/1928.  He is buried in the Church Grove Cemetery in Dyer Co, TN.  His parents were Love and Mary Johnson and his wife was Mary Elizabeth Derryberry Johnson.  MR #939

JOHNSON, RUFUS D, Co A, private, enlisted at Trenton, TN on 11/8/62 at age 23/24/25/26 (all given in records).  He was 5’8” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN (3/4/1842) but a resident of Decatur Co, TN in 1860.  He was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Johnson was at the battle of Lexington, TN, was captured and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862.  Johnson reported to parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH and was there until September 1863 when he was hospitalized with an abscess of his right hand.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia then to Goldsboro, NC where he was hospitalized on 2/26/65 with diarrhea acute.  He was exchanged through North East Ferry at Wilmington, NC on 2/27/65 or 2/28/65.  Hospitalized with scrobutus (scurvy) on 6/4/65, he was given an individual discharge on 6/13/65 or 6/19/65.  In 1870 he was teaching school in Henderson Co, TN.  Johnson applied for an invalid pension in 1880.  He died on 12/21/1912.  His parents were Sarah H and Alexander Johnson of Decatur Co, TN.  MR #940

JOHNSON, SAMUEL, Companies C & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/28/62 and mustered at Jackson TN on 9/5/62 at age 23/28.  He furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Johnson spent time on detachment with the 14th Michigan, the 18th Missouri Infantry and the 11th Illinois, serving as a scout.  There is a reference elsewhere to a private Samuel Johnson of Co C who was picked up on 3/8/64 at East Perryville, TN and taken to Savannah, TN on the “Peosta”.  He went ashore on March 11, 1864.  It is probably the same man.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  MR #941

JOHNSON, SAMUEL L, JR, Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 24.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  Johnson deserted on 12/25/62 after the battles of Lexington and Trenton, TN and does not appear on any subsequent rolls.  MR #942

JOHNSON, SILAS W or N, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 26.  He furnished his own horse and equipment.  Johnson 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 6/17/63 and does not appear on any subsequent rolls.  MR #943

JOHNSON, TARLTON (FALTON), Co M, private, enlisted in Clarksburg, TN on 8/10/63 at age 21.  There is no further information in his muster rolls.  He seems to be the Falton Johnson in the 1860 Carroll Co, TN census, the son of James M and Melissa Montgomery Johnson and brother to Andrew Johnson, also of Co M.  MR #944

JOHNSON, THERODE (SHERODE), Companies A & C, private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered in Columbus, KY on 7/27/64 by Captain Beatty at age 23.  He received a $66 and 2/3 bounty for enlistment, having previously been in Co A, 48th IL Infantry.  He was 5’6” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN on 1/22/40.  Johnson transferred from Co C to Co A in the 7th Tennessee on 4/26/65 and was later sent to the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN with chronic diarrhea.  His nearest relative was his wife, Louisa, who resided in Lexington.  He was discharged through Louisville, KY on 6/13/65.  He applied for an invalid pension in 1878.  He died on 2/24/1891 and is buried in the Lewis Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN.  His widow, Nancy Johnson, received a widow's pension  MR #945

JOHNSON, WILLIAM (HENRY), Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age 23.  His muster roll says that he was AWOL by 1/20/63.  The burial records of the Stanford Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN say that “He was killed a paroled soldier.”  He was probably captured and paroled at either the battle of Lexington or Trenton, TN then killed in the area.  He seems to be the son of James M and Melissa Montgomery Johnson and the brother of Andrew and Tarlton Johnson of Co M.  MR #946

JOHNSON, WILLIAM, Companies H & I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/28/62.  He was AWOL on 12/15/62 and on 6/13/63 at Grand Junction, TN but was absent at home sick with leave 6/22/63 from La Grange, TN.  No discharge is given.  This man might be the son of Love and Mary Johnson of Henderson Co, TN.  MR #947

JOHNSON, WILLIAM E, Co C.  He is not on the muster rolls but is said elsewhere to have served in Co B 13th,  Co E 6th TN Cavalry, Co A 14th TN, and Co C 7th TN.  He filed an invalid pension application in 1884 while living in Tennessee and his widow Paralee Johnson  filed in 1890.

JOHNSON, WILLIAM F, Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age 18.  He was 5’6” tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN in April 1845.  He was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62.  After spending time in parole camp in Columbus, OH, he was sent to Nashville, TN in September 1863 then mustered out at Saulsbury, TN at the end of his one year enlistment on 10/25/63.  Johnson died on 4/27/1919 in Dongola, IL.  He might have been the son of Joberry and Louisa Lucas Johnson of Carroll Co, TN.  MR #949

JOHNSON, WILLIS, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 9/15/62 at age 38.  Captured and paroled at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, Johnson was denied an honorable discharge, the reason not given.  There is no further information in the muster rolls.  MR #950

JOINER (JOYNER), JOHN A, 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.  Joiner is not listed on any subsequent rolls.  He was the son of Sergeant Moses (Co B) and Mary M Reed Joiner of Carroll Co, TN.  MR #951

JOINER (JOYNER), NATHAN G, Co B, private.  Double entry with MR #966.  See Joyner, Nathan B.  MR #952

JOLLEY, MARION E (GIDEON), Companies C & B, private, enlisted in Paducah, KY on 10/4/64 at age 20.  He was AWOL from Co L 6th TN Cavalry which he had joined on 7/18/62 and was AWOL by 7/1/63.  Jolley was discharged with the 7th Tennessee when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  The son of Hansel B Jolley, he married Francis Clementine Dyer in 1867 in Weakley Co, TN.  Gideon M Jolley applied for an invalid pension in 1889.  He died in 1919 in Weakley Co, TN and is buried in the West Union Church Cemetery in Weakley Co, TN.  He has a military marker for Co B, 7th Tennessee.  His wife, Francis (E), applied for a widow’s pension in April 1919.  MR #954

JONES, GASTON L, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62  at age 32 (born 1/13/30 in Granville Co, NC).  His designation as AWOL from parole camp at Camp Chase, OH was removed so he must have shown up.  Jones served out his one year enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.  He married 1st Mary Jane McArthur in Carroll Co, TN in 1853 and 2nd Elizabeth Davis in 1855 in Obion Co, TN.   Jones applied for an invalid pension in the 1880s while living in Kentucky.  He died in 1908 in East Lawn, Henderson, KY.  Jones was the son of Alfred and Edy Parish Jones and brother to Green Jones and Henry T Jones, also of Co D.  MR #955

JONES, GEORGE B, Co G, private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age 21/27 (born 2/5/34).  He was 5’5” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, born in Decatur Co, TN.  Captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN, Jones spent time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase).  He was sent to Nashville, TN in September 1863 and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.  He died on 10/8/1866 and is buried in Crockett Co, TN in the Bethesda Cemetery at Friendship.  His widow, Sarah T Manley Jones (m. 1857 in Gibson Co, TN, received a pension while living in Dyer Co, TN.  Jones was the son of Daniel Jones.  MR #956

JONES, GREEN A, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 23.  Captured and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, Jones orders were to report to Benton Barracks, MO then to Camp Chase in Columbus, OH but he did not arrive.  He returned eventually and served out his one year enlistment then mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.  In 1867 the AWOL was removed.  Jones applied for an invalid pension in 1890 from Arkansas and his widow, Cornelia (?) Jones, applied for a pension in 1901 also from Arkansas.  Robert F Haywood was appointed guardian for a minor child.  Jones was the son of Alfred and Edy Parish Jones and brother to Gaston Jones and Henry T Jones, all of Co D.  MR #957

JONES, HENRY T, Co D, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 22 (born 3/9/40).  The government furnished his horse and equipment.  Jones was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN and presumably spent time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase).  He mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63 at the end of his one year enlistment.  Jones applied for an invalid pension in 1879, moved to Hanson, KY in 1880 and on to Martin’s Gap, KY in 1907.  He died on 4/14/1912 in Martins Gap.   His wife, Mary A Jones, applied for a widow's pension in May of 1912 while still in Kentucky.  Jones’ pension record says he was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Bedford Co, TN.  He seems to be the son of Alfred and Edy Parish Jones and brother to Gaston and Green Jones, both of Co D.  MR #958

JONES, RANDEL (D), Companies A & C, private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 22/29/32 (all given in muster rolls).  A resident of Scott’s Hill, Henderson Co, TN, he furnished his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.  He deserted in January 1864, but the charge was later removed as he had permission on 1/15/64 to visit his home for 1 or 2 days but could not rejoin his company on account of guerrillas so he joined Co E 6th TN Cavalry about 2/1/64 and remained until 2/27/64 when he rejoined his regiment.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Jones spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Exchanged through North East Ferry, NC on 2/26/65, he was taken to the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN with scurvy.  He returned home to Lexington, TN through Louisville, KY after he mustered out on 6/13/65.  Jones died on 12/16/1896 in Providence, MO.  His widow, Susan Jones, applied for a pension in 1882, and a minor’s pension for Isaac S Jones was filed in Louisiana.  MR #959

JONES, THOMAS E, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years by Lieutenant Murray and mustered at Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 at age 25.  At the time of his enlistment Jones was a refugee resident of Snachwine, IL.  He was 6’1” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN on 12/3/39.  He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  Jones received an invalid pension while living in Mississippi.  He died on 2/23/95 and is buried near Walnut in Tippah Co, MS in the Camp Ground Methodist Cemetery.  A minor’s pension was filed 10/24/1900 in Mississippi with John D Jones as guardian.  MR #960

JONES, WILLIAM H, Co K, private, enlisted for 3 years in Scott’s Hill, Henderson Co, TN on 5/1/63 by Lieutenant Wallace at age 25.  He was 5’6” tall, dark complexion, gray eyes, light hair, a musician, born in Henderson Co, TN.  He was AWOL in July and August of 1863 but returned to Saulsbury, TN on 10/28/63.  Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Jones spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.  Removed to the prison in Savannah, GA he died in the hospital there.  The muster roll gives his date of death as 11/5/64 but the Savannah hospital list published in the New York Times lists his death as 10/1/64.  MR #961

JOPLIN, LUCIAN F, Co K, private, enlisted for 3 years by Captain Beatty at Jackson, TN on 6/1/63 and mustered at Grand Junction, TN at age 20.  He was 5’9” tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN to James and Rebecca Joplin.  He died of dysentery in the military hospital at Saulsbury, TN on 9/15/63.  MR #962

JORDAN, WILLIAM, Co D.  This man applied for an invalid pension in 1892 but it was denied.  He has no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.

JOWERS, J H (J), Co C, private  Jowers was present 2/29/64 and furnished his own horse from 1/1/64-2/29/64.  No discharge date is given.  He is in the 1870 census of Henderson Co, TN.  His widow, Louiza Jowers, gave his initials as J J when she applied for a widow’s pension while living in Tennessee.  MR #963

JOYNER (JOINER), JAMES M(ILTON), Co B, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/13/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 20/23.  He was 5’6 ½"/5'4"” tall, fair/dark complexion, blue/grey eyes, dark/black hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN and a resident thereof.  He furnished his own horse and equipment for 3 months.  He was made corporal on 8/25/62.  Joyner was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN and remained in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase) until 9/1/63.  Presumed captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 9/6/64 of typhoid fever.  He was buried in grave #8013 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.  His widow, Mary Elizabeth Williams Joyner, applied for a pension in 1867.  The minor children, Isaac and Harriett Joyner, applied for a pension in 1869.  Joyner was the son of Moses (Co B) and Mary Reed Joyner of Carroll Co, TN.  MR #964

JOYNER (JOINER), MOSES, Co B, corporal/sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 46.  He was 5’7” tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, born in Rockingham Co, NC but a resident of Carroll Co, TN.  He furnished his own horse and equipment for two months.  He was promoted to sergeant on 1/10/64.  Joyner was not captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 but was at Paducah, KY by 6/2/64 when he died of remittent fever.  He was buried in the National Cemetery at Mound City, IL in grave #4552.  His widow, Mary M Reed Joyner, applied for a pension in 1868.  Moses Joyner was the father of James Milton Joyner of Co B.  MR #965

JOYNER (JOINER), NATHAN G(REEN), Companies B & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/62 at age 23 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at the same time as James Milton and Moses Joyner.  He was due a $100 bounty for enlistment.  Captured at Como, TN on 10/7/63, Joyner arrived in Richmond, VA by 11/13/63 and was sent to the Danville, VA prison, where he contracted smallpox and was in a variola (smallpox) ward by 12/25/63.  Returned to the Danville prison, he had bronchitis by 3/19/64 and was removed to Richmond, VA by 4/23/64 with hepatitis.  Released through City Point, VA, he was admitted to hospital #1 in Annapolis, MD by 5/2/64.  Joyner was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.  He applied for an invalid pension by 1873 and died on 6/22/73.  He is buried in Sellers Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN and has a military marker.  His widow, Martha E Joyner, applied for a pension by December 1874.  Joyner was the son of Burbin and Lucy Bridges Joyner of Carroll Co, TN.  MR #966