MOORE, ALFRED N, Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/15/63 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62. He furnished his own horse and equipment. He was discharged by August 1863 by order of Major General Hurlbut. Yet, his records also show him paroled from prison on 3/18/65 or on 3/18/65 at Jacksonville, FL on 4/28/65, which would indicate he was captured by the rebels at Union City, TN or elsewhere. MR #1186
MOORE,
EPHRAIM, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Union
City, TN on 11/15/63 and mustered there on 12/15/63. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. There is no more
information in his muster rolls. He applied for an invalid
pension in 1890. MR #1187
MOORE,
GEORGE W, Companies F & A, corporal/captain, enlisted
for one year in Co F in Lexington, TN on 8/9/62 and mustered in
Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 at age 45/46. He
was appointed corporal on 8/18/62. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he is assumed to have spent time in Camp Chase in
Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the
regiment. After his one year
enlistment ended he re-enlisted in Co A in Union City, TN. Moore “received and accepted Captain
from the Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) and went on duty
in the new grade 1/20/64.” He was
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and was
sent to the officers’ prison in Macon, Georgia and other eastern
officers’ prisons. In his pension
he mentions being in the same prison in Savannah, GA with
Lieutenant Wallace of Co K. Moore
was exchanged at North East Ferry, Wilmington, NC on 3/1/65. He rejoined the regiment at Paducah,
KY and commanded while Colonel Hawkins was ill.
He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at
Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. Moore had
married Nancy Caroline Cain in 1856. In
1870 they were living in Lexington, in the 10th District of
Henderson Co, TN. He applied for an
invalid pension, in 1876 and moved to Hardin Co, TN. He is believed by descendants to have
died there in 1889 due to a farming accident and been buried in
the Shady Grove Cemetery near Saltillo, TN.
His widow applied for a pension in 1890. MR # 1188
MOORE,
J W, Co I, private. There is
no evidence that he enlisted yet he died in Andersonville Prison
on 10/14/64 of typhoid. He was buried in grave
#10976. MR #1189
MOORE,
JAMES D, 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
39/43. He was 6’1” tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer.
He furnished his own horse and equipment.
Moore suffered a gunshot wound in his left shoulder at
Corinth, MS which shattered. He had
no use of his left arm which resulted in a disability discharge
on 4/22/64. A minor child applied for a pension on his
record in 1886. MR #1190
MOORE,
JAMES T, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN
on 9/15/62 and mustered there on 9/24/62 at age 25. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. He developed chronic
diarrhea and was discharged at Saulsbury, TN on 5/15/63. Moore applied for an invalid pension
in 1881. Moore died on
10/1/1911. His wife applied for a widow's pension on
11/10/1911. He might be the James T
Moore in the 18th district of Henderson Co, TN in the 1870
census. MR #1191
MOORE,
JOHN H, Co I, sergeant, enlisted for 3 years at Union
City, TN on 11/1/63 and mustered there on 12/15/63. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Appointed sergeant on
11/15/63, Moore is presumed captured with the regiment at Union
City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia
where died on 10/14/64 of unknown cause. His
father, Alexander Moore, applied for a dependent pension in 1892
while living in Tennessee. MR #1193
MOORE,
JOHN W, Companies M, I & C, private, enlisted for 3
years in Clarksburg, TN on 5/27/63 at age 29/30.
He was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes, black
hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He
was present in September and October of 1864 with Co C detached
so he was not captured at Union City with the regiment on
3/24/64. Moore was in a Union
military prison in November and December 1864.
He was, however, discharged with the regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. His
widow, Mary A Moore, applied for a pension in 1885. In 1890 she lived near the Wild Goose
PO in Chester Co, TN. MR #1194
MOORE, JOHN, Co C, sergeant. There is nothing in this file except that he was arrested at Mt. Sterling, KY on 1/3/65. He might be the same person as John W Moore.
MOORE,
NELSON M, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll
Co, TN on 9/15/62 and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/62. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Moore is presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 since he
was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
When Colonel John G. O’Neil of the Confederacy offered
the chance to prisoners to change sides and join the 10th
Infantry CSA, Moore and 16 others from the 7th
Tennessee took advantage of the opportunity.
Most deserted as soon as possible and made their way back
to Union lines. Moore, however, was
captured at the battle of Egypt Station, MS on 12/28/64 and was
taken to Union prison in Alton, IL. He
then re-enlisted in the Union Army in Co B 5th Infantry on
4/14/65 from which he deserted on 4/24/65 at Leavenworth,
KS. He applied for, but was not granted, an invalid
pension in 1897. MR #1195
MOORE,
ROBERT M, Co E, private, enlisted for 3
years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62 by Captain Parsons at age 21. Captured and paroled with the regiment
at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, he should have
reported to Camp Chase, OH but he went home.
He was either captured at Ripley, TN on 6/10/63 with
other members of the 7th Tennessee who were AWOL or
captured at home on 8/30/63. Both
scenarios are in the records. He
definitely ended up in prison in Richmond, VA where he died in
Hospital #21 on 11/11/63 of either dysentery or diarrhea. His AWOL was removed in later years as
it was for most men who were AWOL but died in prison. MR
#1196
MOORE,
THOMAS J(EFFERSON), Companies E & B, private, enlisted
for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62 by Captain Parsons and
mustered at Jackson, TN on 8/1/62 at age 21.
He was 5’7” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair,
a farmer, born in Benton Co, TN. He
furnished his own horse and equipment for 4 months. Moore was admitted to Central #2
Hospital from the field on 5/6/64 with chronic pneumonia and
transferred on the “Charles McDougall” on 6/10/64.
He eventually arrived at the Jefferson Barracks Hospital
in St. Louis, MO where he mustered out on 1/13/64 with phthsis
and pleuritis in his left side. He
seems to have married Elizabeth Hollowell in 1866.
A Thomas and Elizabeth were lettered at Shiloh Baptist
Church in 1870. The Moores went to
Arkansas, then Ellis Co, TX, then Greer Co, OK and Harmon Co,
OK. (pension) In the 1890 veterans’
census his Post Office was Quanah, OK and he complained of
phthisis pulmonalis. He filed for
an invalid pension while living in Greer, OK.
Moore died 6/21/1911 in Harmon Co, OK.
His wife applied for a widow's pension in 1911. See
Thomas Moore, below. MR #1197
MOORE,
THOMAS, Co I, private, Moore’s records are in the same
file as Thomas J Moore above but they are different men. He enlisted for 3 years in Union City,
TN on 11/15/63 and mustered there on 12/15/63.
He furnished his own horse and equipment and was a
farmer. 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 12/26/64 of
scrobutus (scurvy). He is most
likely buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery. His
widow applied for a pension in 1866. MR #1197
MOORE,
WILLIAM C, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year at Trenton,
TN on 9/15/62 at age 27. He died on
1/15/63 in Henderson Co, TN of “disease.” His
effects were said to be at home. His
widow, Priscilla E Moore, filed for a pension in 1866. A minor’s pension was filed in 1871
with Alexander Moore as guardian. This
guardian might be the Alexander E Moore age 60 in the Henderson
Co, TN 18th district in the 1870 census. MR #1198
MORE
(MOORE), JAMES J, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years at
Corinth, MS on 9/1/63 at about 16 years old (census). He deserted on 2/15/64.
Moore is in the Henderson Co, TN 1870 census and gave his
post office as Lexington, TN in the 1890 veterans’ census.
MR #1199
MORE
(MOORE), JOHN A, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Henderson Co, TN. He was 5’5” tall,
light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, born in Henderson Co,
TN, a farmer. He mustered out on
5/29/63 and was on detached recruiting by 6/27/63.
A note says he “transferred.” MR #1200
MORGAN,
BENJAMIN F, Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll
Co, TN on 9/20/62 by Captain Hawkins and mustered at Trenton, TN
on 9/24/62. He was 5’10” tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co,
TN. He furnished his own horse. Morgan was captured and paroled at the
battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62 and spent time in parole camp
at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase). He
was sent to Nashville, TN to muster out (fall 63).
He married Mahala A Cannon in 1860.
At some points he worked as a mechanic and applied for an
invalid pension. In 1887 Morgan
joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) while living in
Carroll Co, TN. In the 1890
veterans’ census he lived in Weakley Co, TN but had a Fulton Co,
KY Post Office address. The census
says he was “not able to give facts.” His
picture is in the 1875 Carroll Co, TN book along with other
Union veterans. Buried in the Oak
Hill Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker, he died
sometime after 1923. He was the son
of Ezekiel and Mary Green Morgan of Carroll Co. MR #1201
MORGAN,
EDWARD D, Co F, sergeant, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll
Co, TN on 9/13/62 and mustered on 10/20/62 at age 22. He was appointed sergeant on 9/24/62. Morgan was at Saulsbury, TN on
10/22/63 but went home on sick leave. While
at home he was captured and paroled on 12/25/62.
Although he never reported afterwards, he was able to
obtain a late disability discharge in 1868 with the retro date
10/26/63. Morgan married Mary Adaline
Neely in 1860, joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in
1887, and became guardian to William H Clark’s children in the
1890s. His residence was
Huntingdon, TN in the 1890 veterans’ census.
At some point he received an invalid pension. Morgan
died in 1902 and is buried in the Zion Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN. MR #1202
MORGAN,
FRANCIS (FRANKLIN) MARION, Companies C & A, private,`
enlisted for 3 years in Saulsbury, TN on 8/14/62 and mustered
there on 10/6/63 at age 18. He was
5’7” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer,
born in Henderson Co, TN. He
furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a bounty for
enlistment. He was absent and
received no pay from 3/12/64-4/30/64. As a
result of his absence, Morgan was not captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64.
He moved from Co C detached to Co A on 4/26/65 at
Paducah, KY and mustered out at Nashville on 8/9/65. In 1890 he was living in Hardin Co, TN
near the Pittsburg Post Office and applied for an invalid
pension. He mentioned having 3
fingers missing on his left hand. Morgan
bought his brother’s homeplace, most likely when George
Washington Morgan moved to Missouri. They
were the sons of George and Nellie Morgan.
Francis Marion Morgan became a Methodist preacher and
moved to Coffee Co, TN. He applied
for an invalid pension in 1890 and died on 7/1/1918. He is
buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Summitville in Coffee Co,
TN. His wife was Mahala
Morgan. MR #1203
MORGAN,
GEORGE H, Companies F & I, private/corporal, enlisted
for 1 year by Captain Hawkins on 9/12/62 in Carroll Co, TN and
mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 20/22.
He was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light
hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co TN and a resident thereof. Morgan was captured and paroled at the
battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62 and spent time in parole camp
at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase). He
was sent to Nashville to be mustered out. At
first there was no discharge date on the records but this was
corrected in 1885 to say 12/20/63. Morgan
re-enlisted as a private in Paducah, KY on 1/10/65 and mustered
the same day at age 22. At his enlistment
he was a refugee resident of La Salle County, IL. This
time his description list says he was 5’9” tall, dark
complexion, hazel eyes and light hair, an example of the
inaccuracy of these lists. He most
likely mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, TN on
8/9/62, although no discharge is recorded.
He applied for an invalid pension at some point. Morgan is buried in the Zion Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN and has a military marker with no dates. His widow, Martha L Coleman Morgan (m.
1866) applied for a pension in April 1906 while living in
Tennessee. He
was the son of Ezekiel and Mary Green Morgan, the brother of
Benjamin Morgan of Co F. MR #1204
MORGAN,
GEORGE W(ASHINGTON), Companies B, A & C, private,
enlisted in Lexington, TN in Co A by Captain Smith on 8/4/62 and
mustered in Jackson on 8/18/62 at age 23/24.
He was 5’11” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn
hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN. He
furnished his own horse and equipment and was due a $100 bounty
for enlistment. By May and June,
1863 he was in arrest for being AWOL. Morgan
is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64 since he spent time as a prisoner in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia. He was exchanged through Charleston, SC on
12/16/64 and mustered out with the regiment on 8/9/65 in
Nashville, TN.
Morgan sold his farm to his brother Francis Marion
Morgan of Co A, and moved to Mountain View, Howell Co, Missouri
in 1868. He applied for and
received an invalid pension. He died 11/9/1930 at age 91
and was buried in Walkers Cemetery near Willow Springs in Howell
Co, MO. He married Susannah Medlin
in 1866 and was the son of George and Nellie Morgan. MR #1206
MORGAN,
GRANVILLE H, Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year at
Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 22. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, Morgan is assumed to have spent time in Camp Chase
in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the
regiment. He mustered out at
Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. He is
buried in the Morgan Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military
marker butt it has no dates. He was
the son of Enoch and Winefred Green Morgan of Carroll Co,
TN. MR #1207
MORGAN,
HUGH J(OYNER), Co I, private/sergeant, enlisted in
Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 and mustered there the same day at age 33.
At the time of his enlistment Morgan was a refugee resident of
Magnolia, IL. Previously a sergeant in Co G, 2nd
Tennessee Mounted Infantry, having mustered in December 1863,
Morgan was 5’10” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a
farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN and a resident of Huntingdon,
TN. He was appointed 1st sergeant in the 7th
Tennessee on 2/19/65. Sick from
March through June of 1865, he was discharged on 6/13/65 due to
disability. Morgan was the son of
Enoch and Winefred Green Morgan and brother to Granville H
Morgan of Co F and John A Morgan of Co I. He
was married to Lavina Jane Neely. He
was also a double 1st cousin to Benjamin F and George
H Morgan of Co I. Morgan died in
1885 and is buried in the Morgan Cemetery with a military
marker. His wife applied for a widow's
pension in 1890. MR #1208
MORGAN,
JAMES WYLEY, Companies K, E & B, lieutenant, adjacent
office, enlisted for 3 years on 6/25/62 and mustered at
Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 29. He
was Acting Lieutenant of Commissary from 12/9/63.
It is known that Morgan was at stationed at Union City,
TN with the regiment because his horse fell on him there. He was a POW somewhere before 4/12/64
(perhaps at Union City but escaped?) and was detached in
September/October 1864, most likely recruiting.
He issued rations to destitute war refugees at #13 Post
Headquarters in October 1864 and to soldiers’ families at
Paducah, KY in March and April, 1865.
Morgan
was
discharged
with
the
regiment
when
it
disbanded
at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65. Morgan applied
for an invalid's pension in 1885. In 1889 he
joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #65. In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived
near the Decaturville PO in Decatur Co, TN.
He said his leg and foot had been smashed by a horse. Morgan was a Deputy Marshall and a
farmer. He died on 3/17/1891 and is buried in the Liberty
Church Cemetery in Decatur Co, TN with a military marker.
His wife applied for a widow's pension and there is also a
minor's pension. MR #1209
MORGAN,
JOHN A, Co I, private, enlisted for 1 year in Paducah, KY
on 1/10/65 by Lieutenant Murray and mustered the same day at age
22. He was 6’ tall, fair
complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, born in Carroll Co, TN, a
farmer. Morgan was discharged with
the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived
near the Huntingdon, TN Post Office. In
1891, Morgan applied for an invalid pension.
He died in 3/15/1927 and is buried in the Union Academy
(Baptist) Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker. His wife, Tropheany Morgan, applied
for a widow’s pension in January 1932. Morgan
was the son of Enoch and Winefred Green Morgan and brother to
Granville H and Hugh Joyner Morgan. He
was also a double 1st cousin to Benjamin F and George
H Morgan of Co I. MR #1210
MORGAN,
JONATHAN B, 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 20. Morgan died at home in
Decatur Co, TN on 3/10/63. The
muster rolls say of chronic (unreadable word).
Family lore says he was shot by guerillas.
He is buried in the Granny Austin Cemetery in Henderson
Co, TN and has a military marker. He
seems to be the son of George and Nellie Morgan and brother to
James Wyley and George Washington Morgan. MR #1211
MORGAN, PLEASANT G(REEN), Co E, private, enlisted for 1 year at Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 at age 18. He was 5’7” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. At the time of his enlistment in the 7th Tennessee Morgan was a refugee resident of Magnolia, IL. He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. Morgan's previous enlistment was in Co G, 2nd TN Mounted Infantry on 1/28/64 at age 19. After the war he moved to Arkansas where he applied for an invalid pension. He died in Colt, Arkansas on 10/02/1912. His wife, Jennie E Morgan, applied for a widow’s pension from Arkansas. Morgan was the son of Ezekiel and Mary Green Morgan and brother to George H and Benjamin F Morgan of Co F. He was also a double first cousin to Granville H, John A and Hugh Joyner Morgan. MR #1212
MORIS
(MORRIS), ELI MARTIN, Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years
in Carroll Co, TN on 7/4/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on
8/24/62 at age 17. He was captured and paroled at the battle of
Trenton, TN on 12/20/62 and spent time in parole camp at
Columbus, OH (Camp Chase) but was exchanged and returned to
duty. He was 5’7 ¾” tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Tishomingo Co, MS but a resident of Carroll Co, TN in 1860. He died in Hospital #3 at Paducah, KY
on either 5/20/64 or 6/5/64 of typhoid pneumonia.
He may be the Martin Morris in the Mound City, IL
National Cemetery in Plot D 0 2915. His
parents were Joseph and Nancy Morris. MR #1214
MORRIS, FELIX W, see entry after W Morris.
MORRIS,
RICHARD H(ENRY), Co E, private/sergeant, enlisted for 3
years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN
on 8/11/62 at about 33 years old (census).
He furnished his own horse and equipment for 2 months. Morris was appointed Commissary
Sergeant on 1/25/64. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Morris
was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
From there he was moved to the Camp Lawton Prison in
Millen, GA where he died of scurvy on 11/1/64.
Buried first at Camp Lawton, he was moved to the National
Cemetery in Beaufort, SC and is in section 23, #2060. His widow, Margaret Roan Duke Morris,
applied for a pension in 1868. Descendants
of Morris have several Civil War letters between Richard and
Margaret. These letters were used
as sources in “Hawkins’ Tories.” #1215
MORIS
(MORRIS), WILLIAM C, Co E, private/corporal, enlisted for
3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 7/25/62 and mustered at Humboldt,
TN on 8/11/62. He was captured at
Ripley, TN on 6/14/63 along with several other men from the 7th
Tennessee who were listed as AWOL. He
was taken to Richmond, VA by 9/26/63 and hospitalized by
11/9/63. He died in the hospital on
11/29/63 of chronic diarrhea at age 32. His
wife, Sarah C Haywood Morris, applied for a widow’s pension in
1868. Morris and his wife were
residents of Carroll Co, TN in 1860. MR #1216
MORRIS,
W, some records for this man are mixed in with those of
William C Morris. He seems to have
died 10/30/? of diarrhea. He might
be W. L. Morris of Co I.
MORRIS,
FELIX W, Companies C & K, private, enlisted for 3
years in Lexington, TN by Captain Beatty of Co K on 4/24/63 at
age 17/18 (census 15). He has two
descriptive lists so was either 5’6” or 5’4” tall, fair or dark
complexion, black or grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co, TN (4/23/1848). He
was due a $100 bounty for enlistment. Morris
was
captured
with
the
regiment
at
Union
City,
TN
on 3/24/64 and imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Exchanged at Savannah, GA/Charleston,
SC in November/December 1864, he was taken to Annapolis, MD
where his muster was complete by 12/14/64 but he was officially
discharged with the regiment on 8/9/65. He
married Eliza A Maxwell in 1870. In
1886 he applied for an invalid pension. In
1890 he lived near the Poplar Springs Post Office and complained
in the veterans’ census about rheumatism in his legs and hips. Morris died on 4/26/1912 at Yuma, TN
and is buried in the Morris Cemetery #2 in Carroll Co, TN. His widow applied for a pension in
1912. Morris’ parents were Henry
and Piety Cozart Morris. MR #1218
MORRIS,
W L, Co I, corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Union City,
TN on 11/15/63 and mustered there on 12/15/63.
He furnished his own horse and equipment but received no
bounty. He was appointed corporal
on 1/25/64. Morris is presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and
taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He
died on 10/1/64 or 10/30/64 of diarrhea. He
was buried in grave #11667 in the Andersonville National
Cemetery. MR #1220
MOSS,
THOMAS (A), Co K, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Henderson Co, TN at age 25 on 5/2/63 by Captain Beatty. He was 5’11” tall, fair complexion,
hazel eyes, brown hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN and a
resident thereof. He spent time on
detached recruiting and was a POW somewhere in 1863. He deserted on 1/16/64 at Huntingdon
or Saulsbury, TN. Moss and his
wife, Sarah H Moss, lived in Henderson County, TN in 1870.
MR #1222
MULLINS,
RICHARD, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years at Corinth,
MS on 8/10/63 at about age 30. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Mullins
was noted as present on 10/31/63-2/29/64. There
is no further information in the muster rolls.
A widow (Lucinda?) appears to have applied for a pension
on Mullin's service. A later
minor’s pension in 1895 listed Henly Thomas a guardian. MR
#1223
MULLINS, ROBERT D, is not mentioned in the muster rolls but was listed in the 1890 veteran’s census of Henderson Co, TN (Lexington PO) as having served in Co A from September 62-April 63.
MULLINS,
JAMES
R, Co E, private, enlisted in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62
and mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62 age 35.
He was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes, auburn
hair, a farmer, born in Montgomery Co, NC. He
was due a $100 bounty for enlistment. AWOL
from 3/16/63-5/21/63, he left again at Saulsbury, TN on 8/21/63. Apparently Mullins returned to duty in
time to be captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64 since he was a prisoner in Mobile, AL with the regiment
as they were on their way to Andersonville Prison.
He died there on 5/24/64 and is buried in the Mobile
Cemetery in grave C-588. Mullins
married Anna Jane Malone in 1861. She
remarried Thomas Higdon of Benton Co, TN and moved to Van Buren
Co, AR. A minor's pension was filed in 1865. MR
#1226
MULLINS,
WILLIAM
(BILL)
R, Co A, private, enlisted by Captain Smith for 3 years in
Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 and mustered on 8/18/62 at age 25/28/29
(b. 12/5/36). He was 6’ tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Henderson
Co, TN and a resident thereof. He
furnished his own horse (value $83) and equipment and was due a
$100 bounty for enlistment. He was
noted as having been present in May and June 1863.
Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, Mullins spent time as a prisoner in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia. Exchanged at
North East Bridge, NC on 2/27/65, he was sent to Annapolis, MD,
where he received two months pay, before moving on to Camp
Chase, OH. Mullins was discharged
with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. He applied for an invalid pension in
1888 and joined joined Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #81
in 1889. In the 1890 veterans’
census he lived near the Life PO in Henderson Co, TN. He died on 5/2/1909 and is buried in
the Mullins Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN. MR #1228
MUSE,
CALAB, Companies M & C, private, enlisted in either
Montezuma or Pocahontas, TN on 9/1/63 at age 30.
He was 5’8 ¾” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes,
light hair, a blacksmith, born in McNairy Co, TN and a resident
thereof. He was due a $100 bounty
for enlistment. Presumed captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Muse was a
prisoner in Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
He was taken from there to Blackstone Station where he
escaped on 11/25/64. He reported to
Union lines at Hilton Head, SC and was sent north on 12/24/64. Muse received two months pay at
Annapolis, MD and was due 343 days at $.25 per day. Furloughed, he was to join the
regiment in 35 days. He was
discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN
on 8/9/65. In 1882 he applied for an
invalid pension. By the 1890 veterans’ census
Muse was a resident of Masseyville in Chester Co, TN. He married Empiree Emily Smith who
died in Chester Co in 1904. Muse
died on 6/27/1914 in Harrisburg, Arkansas. MR #1232
MURPHEY, WILLIAM W, Co
B. There was a minor's pension filed on this man's service
in 1885. Murphey has no muster roll records, however.
MURRAY,
W(ILLIAM) W, Companies F & I, lieutenant, enlisted for
1 year in Co F on 9/20/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62
at age 31 or 24. (Goodspeed says he
was born in Blairsville, GA on 6/27/38.) He
was 5’9” tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, light hair, born in
Union Co, GA, a physician. Murray
was commissioned a lieutenant on 9/26/63. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton on
12/20/1862, he spent time in Camp Chase in Columbus, OH along
with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment.
He was mustered out of Co F on 9/26/63.
Murray enlisted in Co I for 3 years at Columbus, KY on
9/25/63. Assigned command of Co I
on 2/17/64 by Colonel Hawkins, he was captured with the regiment
at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to officers’ prison in
Macon, GA. He escaped through a
tunnel and made his way to the Florida coast where he was picked
up by a Union ship. Returning to
the detachment, then stationed at Columbus, KY, he went on to
serve in Paducah, KY. In May, 1865
he applied for a 10 day leave to attend to private business in
Illinois and resigned on 6/12/65. After
the war Murray was in the Tennessee State Legislature, served as
a US Judge, and edited the “Tennessee Republican.”
Murray wrote a memoir of his escape from prison, “From Macon,
Georgia to the Gulf, an Escaping Prisoner’s experience,” which
was published in Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, Ohio, vol.5 (Cincinnati” Commandery, 1902),
88-117.” Murray’s first wife, Sarah
Cox, died in Missouri in 1861. Murray
applied for an invalid pension in 1906 and died on
11/28/1907. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in
Huntingdon, TN. His wife applied for a
widow's pension. Murray was the son of James
Wimberly and Amelia Reid Murray. His
brother, Dr. John Leonidas Murray, served in the 10th
Illinois Cavalry and in the Tennessee State Legislature.
MR #1229 & 1230
MYARACLE
(MYRACLE),
C(HESTERFIELD)
F, 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 30. Born in Perry Co, TN on 12/4/1831, he
was a resident of Decatur Co, TN in 1860. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Myracle
is presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He died there on 10/29/64 of scrobutus
(scurvy). He was buried in grave
#11649 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.
There is a memorial marker in the Myracle Cemetery in
Decatur Co, TN. Myracle was the son
of Jacob and Catherine Long Myracle. He
died at Camp Stauton, GA on 11/23/64. Myracle's
brother was a Union spy, according to family stories. MR #1233
MYRACLE, J P, Company C, is
buried in section 23, #2062 in the Beaufort SC National
Cemetery. He might be either J E P Myracle, age 23, or J K
P Myracle, age 17, in the 1860 census of Decatur Co, TN.
There is a memorial marker in the Myracle Cemetery in Decatur
Co, TN. This soldier has no records
in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, however.