RICHARDSON, JASPER N,
Companies E & C, private/duty sergeant, enlisted for 3
years by Captain Parsons on 6/28/62 in Huntingdon, TN and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 22 (b. 1/29/1841). He was 6’ tall, dark complexion,
blue eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He received a $100 bounty for
enlistment. Richardson 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 6/30/63 and was captured
in West Tennessee on 6/21/63 and taken to prison in Richmond,
VA on 8/22/63. Hospitalized in
Richmond with diarrhea, he was paroled through City Point, VA
on 9/23/63. Hospitalized in
Annapolis, MD from September 1863 through February 1864, he
was in Camp Chase, OH in March and April 1864.
Richardson was discharged with the regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. He
married Melinda Arnold Knight in Weakley Co, TN about 1857. In
Henderson Co, TN by the 1870 census, he received a letter of
dismissal from the Holly Springs Baptist Church in Carroll Co,
TN in June 1875. In 1880 he was
in the Clay Co, MO census with his 2nd wife,
Savannah Barger Derryberry, widow of Williamson A Derryberry
of Co G who died in Dunklin Co, MO. Richardson
died on 3/2/1888 in Dunklin Co, MO. His wife applied for
and received a widow's pension in 1892. MR #1467
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 8/20/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN of 9/24/62. He
was absent sick from February 1863 through February 1864 and
was discharged retroactively to 2/20/63.
Richardson was a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church in
Carroll Co, TN. MR #1468
RIDINGS, THOMAS H, Companies K, B & C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Henderson Co, TN on 6/1/63 by Captain Beatty, at age 19 and may have been in the Confederate Army previously. He was 5’9” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, a farmer (blacksmith, census). Ridings deserted at Saulsbury, TN on 8/21/63 but returned by November of 1863. He lost half of two months pay in a regimental court-martial, presumable over the desertion. There is no evidence in the muster rolls that he was surrendered with the regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64. The men not captured were stationed mostly in Columbus, KY in the spring and summer of 1864 and in Paducah, KY in the fall. Ridings transferred to Co C in 1864 and was in the hospital the same year. He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. After the war he resided in Gibson Co, TN and married Nancy Taylor. Ridings is said to be the son of Absalom and Sarah Gately Ridings. MR #1470
RIGGS, JAMES, Co C,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/25/62 and
at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 24. He
was a resident of Decatur Co, TN in 1860.
Riggs deserted at Jackson, TN on 3/5/63 and enlisted in
Co C, 2nd TN Mounted infantry on 1/6/64 and
mustered in June 1864 as “James W Riggs,” age 35. In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived
in Decatur Co, TN near the Gennett PO and listed his regiment
as the 2nd Tennessee. His
parents were J W and Zelpha Riggs. MR #1473
RILES, ALFRED, Co C, pvt,
enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 12/1/62. After the battles of Lexington and
Trenton, TN in December 1862, the men not captured were
stationed at Jackson, TN. Riles
died there of pneumonia on 2/14/63. MR #1474
RILES, JAMES C, Co A,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 and
mustered same day. He was 25/27
years old and furnished his own horse and equipment worth $75. Riles 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 6/20/63
and was captured by the Confederates. Imprisoned
in Richmond, VA, he died of small pox on 3/7/64.
In later years Captain Hays “remembered” that he had
sent Riles on scout with Co C. His
widow, Eliza J Riles, applied for a pension in 1869. She
is on the 1883 pensioners list as receiving $8 per month and
is unmarried in the 1890 veteran’s census. MR #1475
RINGOLD, WARREN, Co A,
corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN by Major Smith
on 8/9/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 at age 28. He was 5’11” tall, fair complexion,
grey eyes, dark hair, born in Pitt Co, NC, a farmer. He furnished his own horse and
equipment and received a bounty for enlistment.
Ringold participated in the battles of Lexington and
Trenton, TN in December 1862. He
was captured and paroled at Trenton, TN and sent to Camp
Chase, Ohio to await exchange. While
there he was hospitalized for chronic inflammation of the
liver. No discharge is recorded
in the muster rolls. In 1865
Ringold lived in Henderson Co, TN and owned 515 acres worth
$1020. He was the son of Thomas
and Mourning Ringold of Henderson Co, TN. His mother
applied for a dependent parent pension in 1880. MR #1477
RITTER, HENRY, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/62 at age 17 (census). He was AWOL on 1/1/63, after the
battles of Lexington and Trenton, TN but returned to duty on
1/1/64. Presumed captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Ritter was
imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on
8/17/64 of acute diarrhea. He
is presumed buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery. He was the son of Everett E and
Rebecca Autry Ritter of Carroll Co, residents of Carroll Co,
TN. Everett Ritter applied for a
dependent father’s pension in 1878 and his mother later
applied for a pension, as well. MR #1479
RITTER, JAMES, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/62 at age 27 (census). Captured and paroled with the
regiment at the battle of Trenton on 12/20/1862, Ritter spent
time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH along with
Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting exchange. These men were exchanged from June
through September, 1863. Although
Ritter was exchanged he did not return to his company. There is no further information in
his file. He appears to be the
son of Moase and Mary Jane Autry Ritter of Carroll Co, TN and
the husband of Elzy Burns (m. 1861). MR #1480
RITTER, JOHN, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years at about age 22 (census). There is no record of his enrollment
and muster. Presumed captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Ritter was
imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on
5/5/64 of fibrous inflammation. He
is presumed buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery
among the unknown. The son of
Everett and Rebecca Autry Ritter, he was brother to Henry
Ritter who also died at Andersonville, 12 days earlier.
MR #1481
ROACH, JOHN W, Co K,
private, enlisted for 3 years on 5/18/63 at age 25/35. He was 5’7” tall, dark complexion,
blue eyes, brown hair, a farmer, born in Decatur Co, TN. Roach was AWOL from 1/16/64 through
3/20/64. Unfortunately for him,
he returned four days before the regiment was captured at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64. Roach
was
imprisoned
in
Andersonville
Prison
in Georgia where he died on 8/28/64 of ana.
He is presumed buried in the Andersonville National
Cemetery among the unknown. Roach’s
widow, Margaret A McGary, applied for a pension in the late
60s, and there is a minor’s pension from the 1870s with Troy W
Jones as guardian. MR # 1483
ROARK, HENRY M(ARION), Co
G, 3rd duty sergeant, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on
8/5/62 at age 34 (b. 7/20/1828). A
resident of the 13th district of Carroll Co, TN, he
furnished his own horse and equipment. He
was promoted to sergeant on 9/28/62. There
is no indication in the records as to whether Roark was in the
battles of Lexington and Trenton, TN or spent time in parole
camp at Camp Chase, OH. He served
out his one year enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN
on 10/25/63. The son of Elijah
and Lucy Joyner Roark, he was married to Elizabeth Brandon in
1854. He applied for an invalid
pension in 1883. Roark lived near
the Clarksburg, TN Post Office in the 1890 census and reported
“disease of the lungs.” He died
on 2/20/1898 and is buried in Sellers Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN with a military marker. His
widow, Elizabeth Roark, applied for a pension in March
1898. MR #1488
ROBBINS, JOSEPH A, Co C,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Saulsbury, TN on 10/1/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/21/63 at about 26. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64,
Robbins was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Released through Jacksonville, FL on
4/28/65, he was sent to Camp Chase, OH. He
was discharged there on 6/27/65 undoubtedly due to disability
from his prison experience. Robbins,
and his wife Mary A, lived in Henderson Co, TN in the 1870
census. He
applied for an invalid pension in 1906 and died the same year. He is buried in the Crowell Chapel
Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN. His
widow, Nancy J Robbins in July 1906. MR #1489
ROBERTS, CHARLES, Co A,
private, enlisted in Corinth, MS on 9/1/63.
He furnished his own horse and equipment. Presumed captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Roberts was imprisoned in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 8/3/64 of
scrobutus. He is probably buried
in the Andersonville National Cemetery among the unknowns. No other information is in his
muster roll. His mother applied for a dependent mother's
pension in 1868 but it was denied. MR #1498
ROBERTS, F(ANTEROY or FRANCIS)
R, Co F, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN
on 9/12/62 at age 20/21 (b. 6/16/1842). Captured
and
paroled
with
the
regiment
at
the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, Roberts never
reported to parole camp. A later
request for an honorable discharge was denied.
A resident of Carroll Co, TN, he was the son of Amos
and Sarah Benford Roberts and husband to Martha Jane Petty
Roberts. He died of pellagra in
Cedar Grove, Carroll Co, TN on 8/21/1918 and is buried in
Palmer’s Shelter Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN. MR #1499
ROBERTS, (LA)FAYETTE M, Co
D, private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered
at Trenton, TN on 9/10/62 at age 18. He
died at home in Carroll or Henderson Co, TN (both given) on
12/10/62. MR #1500
ROBERTS, J G, Co I, private, enlisted in Union City, TN on 12/1/63 and mustered there on 12/15/63. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on 11/13/64 of scrobutus. Roberts was buried in grave #11995 in the Andersonville National Cemetery. MR #1501
ROBERTS, JAMES, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered on 9/24/62 at Trenton, TN at age 24. A resident of Carroll Co, he furnished his own horse and equipment. Roberts died in the hospital at Saulsbury, TN on 8/3/63. Originally buried at Saulsbury, he was removed to B-303 in the National Cemetery in Corinth, MS. His widow was Margaret Rogers Roberts, whom he married in 1858. She remarried George Hollowell. There is a minor's pension from 1871. MR #1502
ROBERTS, JAMES M, Co D,
private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and
mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of
the regiment awaiting exchange. These
men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. Roberts served out his one year
enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. He re-enlisted in Co G, 2nd TN
Mounted Infantry. Roberts
applied for an invalid pension in October 1890. His wife
applied for a widow's pension. MR #1503
ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Company
B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/20/62
and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/26/62.
He furnished his own horse and equipment. There is nothing further in his
file. His widow and minor applied for and received
pensions in 1866 so he must have died during, or shortly
after, the war. MR #1504
ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Companies
G & 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 22. He transferred from G to D by
10/26/62. Captured and paroled
with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862,
Roberts spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus,
OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment
awaiting exchange. Roberts went
AWOL from parole camp on 7/9/63 and did not return to
duty. MR #1505
ROBERTSON, ASA R, Co B,
private, enlisted in Paducah, KY by Lieutenant Crockett on
10/9/64 at age 18. He was 5’10”
tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in Dyer
Co, TN, a farmer. Robertson
entered the hospital almost immediately upon enlistment. He deserted about two months later
on 12/25/64 but returned to Paducah, KY in 1865.
Robertson mustered out with the regiment at Nashville,
TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded.
In 1880 he applied for an invalid pension while
living in Arkansas. He died on 2/11/1926
in Gainsville, TX. His
widow,
Polly
Ann
Robertson,
applied for a pension while living in Oklahoma in March
1926. MR #1506
ROBESON (ROBERSON, ROBINSON),
J(EPTHA) L(AFAYETTE), Companies F & C, private/2nd
lieutenant, enlisted for 1 year in Co F in Carroll Co, TN on
9/1/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 26. He was 5’11 ¾” tall, fair
complexion, brown eyes, dark hair, a steamship pilot, born in
Carroll Co, TN in 1834. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Captured
and
paroled
at
the
battle
of
Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, Robeson spent time in parole camp at
Columbus, OH (Camp Chase) awaiting exchange.
He was sent to Nashville in September 1863 to be
mustered out. In less than a
month (11/15/63), Robeson re-enlisted, this time for 3 years. He accepted an appointment to 2nd
Lieutenant of Co M from the Governor of Tennessee and was on
duty in that position by 1/1/64. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he
spent time in officers’ prison in Macon, GA and at Camp
Asylum, Columbia, SC. Released
through North East Ferry, NC (Wilmington) on 3/1/65, Robeson
arrived in Maryland on the steamer “General Sedwick” and was
taken to Camp Parole. By April,
he was at Camp Chase, OH. On
6/27/1865 he was transferred to Co B by Special Order #36 and
took command on 6/28/65 from Lieutenant Helmer.
Robeson mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. He
died
in 1888 and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN without a military marker. Robeson
married Sarah Hall and his widow, Sadie M Robeson, applied for
pension in November 1888. He was
the son of Robert Amzi and Frances Matilda Bledsoe Robeson and
brother to John Terrell Colfax Robinson. MR #1509
ROBESON (ROBERSON, ROBINSON),
JOHN T(ERRELL) C(OLFAX), Co F, enlisted
for
1
year
in
Carroll
Co, TN on 8/4/62 at age 24/25. He
was a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of
the regiment awaiting exchange. These
men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. Robeson’s one year enlistment ended
and he mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. He was commissioned a 2nd
Lieutenant by Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee on 11/15/63
and sent to Union City, TN to serve in Co H then
Co C. Robeson had a servant
with him in the military. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he
had not mustered at the time. Paroled 12/16/64 at Charleston, SC,
he received two months pay for October and November from
“Major” Sherman. By April of 1865
he was in Paducah, KY with the regiment and was ordered to a
detachment of the 7th Tennessee at Smithland, KY. Their duty included the protection
of telegraph lines. Promoted to
Captain of Company C on 8/3/65, he served 7 days before
mustering out with the regiment at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65
when the regiment disbanded. Robeson
went into politics and became a U S Consul, serving in
Scotland, Syria, Tripoli and around the world.
He
applied for an invalid pension in 1891 and died in 1906
He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Huntingdon, TN. The son of Robert Amzi and Frances
Matilda Bledsoe Robeson and brother to Jeptha Layfayette
Robinson, he married Elizabeth Hall. His
picture is in the officers’ biographies in “Hawkins’
Tories.” MR #1510
ROBINSON, ALFRED B(REWER),
Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on
8/14/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 35. He was 5’7” tall, dark complexion,
black eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Captured and paroled with the
regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, he most
likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. These men were
exchanged from June through September, 1863.
He served out his one year enlistment and mustered out
at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. By
1880 Robinson had moved to Cooke Co, TX.
In the 1890 veterans’ census he was living near the
“Bulcher” Post Office in northwest Cooke Co, TX.
He reported that he was “disable to work.” Robinson applied for an invalid
pension the same year and died in 1903. He
had married Elizabeth Jackson in 1847. MR #1511
ROBINSON, ANDREW J, Co C,
private. He was a refugee
resident of Granville, IL when he enlisted and mustered in
Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 at age 29. He
was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, hazel or black eyes, black
hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Robinson
mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when
the regiment disbanded. In 1879
he applied for an invalid pension. His
widow, Margaret Robinson, applied for a pension while living
in Illinois in July 1891. MR #1512
ROBINSON, DAVID, Co A,
private, enlisted for 3 years and mustered in Saulsbury, TN on
10/20/63 at age 18/20. He
received a $100 bounty for enlistment. Robinson
enlisted
in the 17th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry under the name William
Blondell and deserted on 7/25/62 before joining the 7th
Tennessee. Presumed captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned
in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Paroled
on 2/26/65 through North East Ferry, NC, he arrived in
Baltimore, MD on Tuesday 3/7/65 according to the New York Times. While in the hospital he gave his
wife, Malinda Robinson of Scotts Hill, Decatur Co, TN, as his
nearest relative. She was the
former Malinda Morgan. Robinson
mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when
the regiment disbanded. He applied for and received an
invalid pension in 1880. He died in Chitopa, Kansas on
10/19/1913 and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery. His
wife applied for a widow's pension in 1913. MR #1514
ROBINSON, HENRY 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 26.
He was 6’1/4” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, black
hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of
the regiment awaiting exchange. These
men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. He served out his one year
enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on
10/25/63. MR #1515
ROBINSON, JAMES, Co C,
private, enlisted by Lieutenant Neely for 1 year and mustered
in Paducah, KY on 3/1/65 at age 45. At the time of his
enlistment he was living as a refugee resident of Trivoli, IL. He was 6’1” tall, fair complexion,
grey eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in Dickson Co, TN. Robinson mustered out with the
regiment at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment
disbanded. He applied for and received an invalid
pension in 1890. MR #1518
ROBINSON (ROBERTSON), JAMES
ANDERSON B, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in
Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered in Trenton, TN on
9/24/62 at age 21. He furnished
his own horse and equipment. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of
the regiment awaiting exchange. These
men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. He served out his one year
enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. Robinson married Martha Jane Haywood
in 1866. He is thought to have
died in Pulaski Co, Arkansas. There
is a minor’s pension application in May 1899 for John A, et al
that was denied. MR #1519
ROBINSON (ROBERTSON), LEMUEL (C), Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered in Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 18. He furnished his own horse and equipment worth $100. Captured and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton on 12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting exchange. These men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. He served out his one year enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. Robinson then joined Co K, 2nd TN Mounted Infantry, where he served as a sergeant until 1865. He married Mary Loving in 1867 and Evaline (Exey) Suggs King in 1871. They moved to Yell Co, AR after the 1880 census. Robinson died in Belleville, Yell Co, AR on 11/7/1918 and is buried in the Mountain Springs Cemetery with a military marker for the 2nd TN Mounted Infantry. His widow applied for a pension in 1918. Robinson was the son of Alfred D and Mary Rust Robinson. MR #1520
ROBINSON (ROBERTSON), WILIE
D(EWITT), Co D, 4th sergeant/sergeant, enlisted for 1
year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/14/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN
on 9/24/62 at age 29. He was 5’8”
tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born
in Carroll Co, TN. Robinson was
appointed sergeant on 9/29/62. Captured
and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of
the regiment awaiting exchange. These
men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. He served out his one year
enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. Robinson, the son of Alfred D and
Mary Rust Robinson, married Julia A Jones in 1851. He
was brother to Lemuel Rust of Co C. MR #1521
ROBINSON (ROBERTSON), WILLIAM
V(INCENT), Co D, private, enlisted in Carroll Co, TN on
8/14/62 at age 21. He was in the
hospital by June of 1863. Robinson
served out his one year enlistment and mustered out at
Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. In the
1890 veterans' census he lived near the Maple Grove Post
Office in Carroll Co, TN and complained of problems from a
gunshot wound and sore eyes. Robinson
applied for an invalid pension. In
1910 he was living in the 18th District of Carroll Co, TN and
had been married 16 years to Rosa Lee Hargrove Bridges. He could not read or write. He died about 1917 in Carroll Co, TN
and is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery with a military
marker. His wife, Rosa, applied
for a widow’s pension in 1917. MR #1522
ROBINSON (ROBERTSON), WILLIAM
M, Companies E & C, private, enlisted for 1 year in
Paducah, KY at age 26 while a refugee resident of Granville,
IL. He was 5’11” tall, fair
complexion, blue or hazel eyes, dark or amber hair, a farmer,
born in Carroll Co, TN. He was in
several skirmishes but no battles and mostly served as a
scout. Sick in the hospital at
Paducah, KY for about two weeks, he did not receive a
discharge but mustered out through Nashville, TN on 8/14/65, a
few days after most of the regiment. Robinson
returned to Carroll Co, TN on a freight car.
Once
home he farmed and served as a local preacher for the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. He married Nancy
Victory Barnes. In 1889 he joined
the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and listed his residence
as Frawley, TN. In 1890 Robinson
still lived near the Frawley Post Office and reported “evil
resulting from pneumonia and fever settling in legs.” He applied for a pension in 1890. Sometime
in the early 1900s, while living in Buena Vista, TN, Robinson
filled out a Civil War Questionnaire. He
listed
his parents as Thomas F Robinson and “Susaner” Smothers,
daughter of Jacob and Nancy Smothers. He
died in Buena Vista, TN on 9/13/1924 and is buried in the
Palestine Cemetery in Benton Co, TN with a military marker.
MR #1523