TARPLEY, F(RANCIS) P,
Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 10/14/63
and
mustered at
Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at age 26 (census).
He was a shoe and boot maker in Carroll Co, TN (census) and
furnished
his own horse and equipment. He has
no
records after his enlistment except that he was a POW.
He was most likely captured with the regiment
at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64 and imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and other
eastern
prisons. There is no record of
discharge
or death. Tarpley married Margaret
J(ennie) McMullin in 1860 in Carroll Co, TN.
She applied for and received a pension in 1867. She
is said to have re-married in Yell Co, Arkansas in 1871,
according to descendants. MR #1723
TATE, ELISHA, Co
I, private, enlisted for 1 year and mustered in Paducah, KY
on 1/10/65 at age 29. He was 5’7”
tall,
fair complexion, grey eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll
Co,
TN
(5/13/38) and a resident Carroll Co, TN in 1850 but a refugee
resident
of La
Salle Co, IL at enlistment. He
furnished
his own horse and equipment and received a $66.66 bounty for
enlistment. Tate mustered out at
Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded.
He joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #56 at
Huntingdon, TN in 1887, while a resident
of
Carroll Co, TN. In 1890 he applied
for
an invalid pension but was denied.
Tate died on 7/3/1901 and is buried in the Palmer’s Shelter
Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker.
His 2nd wife, Jane/Jincy A Bennett Tate, applied for and
received
a
widow’s pension in 1901. Tate married
first Miriah David in
1858. He was brother to Jesse M Tate
of
Co I and John W Tate of Co G. MR #1724
TATE, JESSE M, Co
I, private/corporal, enlisted for 1 year by Lieutenant Murray for
1 year and
mustered in Paducah, KY
on 1/6/65 at age 28. He was 5’10”
tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Hardin
Co, TN
on
6/25/35. He was a resident of Carroll
Co, TN in 1850 but a refugee resident of Magnolia, IL at
enlistment. He received a $33.33
bounty.
Tate was discharged at Louisville,
KY due to disability which suggests he had
been in the Jeffersonville, IN military hospital.
A
member
of
the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #56 in Huntingdon, TN
in 1887, he reported his residence as Carroll Co, TN.
In 1896 he was an officer of the
organization. The census says he was
a
blacksmith but his GAR data lists him as a farmer. Tate applied for and received an invalid pension.
He died in 1904 and was buried in Palestine Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN and has a military marker.
The son of Daniel C Tate, he married Lucretia
Rhodes in 1859 and Ellen B Rhodes in 1880.
He was brother to Elisha Tate of Co I and John W Tate of Co
G. MR #1725
TATE, JOHN W(ILLIAM), Co
G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 at age
20. He was 5’5” tall, light
complexion, blue
eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Henderson 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. He
is
buried in New Liberty Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN with a military marker but no dates.
He appears to be the son of Daniel C Tate and brother to
Jesse
and
Elijah. Relatives believe he was
killed
by guerrillas during the war. MR #1726
TAUGUE (TEAGUE),
SAMUEL J (C), Co K, private, enlisted for 3 years by Captain
Beatty in
Henderson Co, TN on 5/10/63 and mustered at Saulsbury, TN
on 10/26/63 at age 18. He was 5’6”
tall,
light complexion, grey eyes, a farmer (carpenter, census), born in
Henderson
Co, TN and a resident there in 1850. His
parents
were still there in 1860. Teague
spent some of enlistment time on detached recruiting.
He died of typhoid in the Memphis Adams General Hospital
on 11/7/63. His mother, Anna Gibbs
Teague, applied for and received a pension on his
service. She moved to Dent Co, MO
around
1865. MR #1727
TAYLOR, ARCHIBALD F,
Co C, private, enlisted in Paducah, KY on 11/1/63 by Lieutenant
Gregory and
mustered at Paducah, KY on 11/21/63 at age
23. He was 5’7” tall, dark
complexion,
grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Shawneetown, IL.
There is no further information in his muster
roll. Taylor is listed in the 1850
census
of
Gallatin Co, IL. MR # 1728
TAYLOR, GREEN D,
Companies A & I, corporal/private, enlisted for 3 years in
Carroll Co,
TN on
9/25/63 by Captain King and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63
at
age 25
(born 10/11/39). He was 5’11” tall,
dark
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN
and
a
resident thereof. He furnished his
own
horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment. He made corporal on 10/15/63.
Taylor was in
the hospital at Nashville, TN when he mustered out on 8/14/65. In the 1890s he applied for an invalid
pension. Taylor died
4/19/1921 in
Joppa, Massac Co, IL. Mary Elizabeth
Taylor (m. 1865), applied for a widow’s pension in May 1921. Taylor
was the son of Jarrott and Emily Smith Taylor and the brother of
James
T Taylor
of Co I and Jarrott Taylor of Co B. MR #1729
TAYLOR,
JAMES H, Co I, died on 1/14/1900 in Barfield, AR.
His widow applied for a pension but was rejected. Taylor
has no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
TAYLOR, JAMES T,
Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Union City, TN by Captain
King on 1/10/64 at age 19/20 (born 12/6/44).
He was 5’5” or 5’6”, dark or fair complexion, black or blue
eyes,
dark or light
hair, a farmer/assistant blacksmith, born in Carroll Co, TN. He furnished his own horse and equipment
and
received a $300 bounty for enlistment. His
first
skirmish was a month later at Christmasville,
TN in February, then he was captured with the
regiment on 3/24/64 at Union City, TN. He
was
imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and
other eastern prisons. His Civil War
Questionnaire stated that his POW experience was very bad.
The food he was given for 24 hours was about
½ of what an ordinary man would eat at one meal.
Exchanged in April 1865, he mustered out at Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. His
questionnaire says he took
the train from Nashville, TN
to Johnsonville, TN
then rode to Buena Vista, TN
on a mule, then on to Marlborough, TN in Carroll Co, TN.
He married Louisa Green about a
month
later. In 1890 he lived near the
Proffit, TN Post Office. Taylor died
on 9/28/1937. His obituary says that
he was the last
survivor of the Union Army in Carroll Co, TN.
He is buried in the Hollow Rock Cemetery
with a military marker. Taylor was
the son
of
Jarrott (a Mexican and Civil War soldier) and Emily Smith Taylor. He was the brother of Green D Taylor of
companies A and I. His 2nd
wife was Elizabeth Hodge Taylor. His widow applied for and
received a pension, as Taylor had done previously. MR #1730
TAYLOR, JAMES
F(RANKLIN), Companies B & A, private, enlisted for 3
years in
Carroll Co, TN
on 8/16/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/26/62 at age 20 (born
9/3/44). Born in Monroe Co, TN, he
was a
resident of Carroll Co, TN in 1860. He
furnished
his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for
enlistment. Alleged to have died
on 4/12/64 shortly after the regiment was captured at Union City,
TN
on 3/24/64 but this was incorrect.
Descendants say Taylor
escaped on the way south to Andersonville Prison.
He
mustered
out
at Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. In
1888
Taylor joined Post #56 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
giving Buena Vista, TN as his home
town. He applied for an invalid
pension in 1890. He died on
11/6/1900 and is buried in the Spellings Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN. His wife, Amanda Cox Taylor (m.
1869), applied for a widow’s pension.
Taylor
was the son of Thomas and Catherine Horne Taylor. MR #1731
TAYLOR, JARROTT
(JARRETT), Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll
Co, TN on
8/5/62 and
mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at about 24 years of age. He had dark hair and was born in 1834 in
Carroll
Co, TN and was a resident thereof in 1860.
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.
Taylor
was a witness in a court hearing on 5/25/63 and was “discharged by
order Major
General Hurlbut because of gun shot wound left hand and right side
of
chest
from ball. Hand useless.”
He applied for a pension in 1865 and by 1870
was in Massac Co, Illinois. He joined
Post
#56 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Carroll Co,
TN in 1888. In the 1890 veterans’
census, Taylor mentioned
the gun shot wound in his left hand and right side.
He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery with a military
marker
but no
dates. Descendants give his birth as
4/15/1834 and his death as 1/27/1909. Minerva
Catherine
Argo
Taylor,
whom
he married in 1855, is in that cemetery also.
Taylor
was a 1st cousin to Green D and James T Taylor of the 7th
Tennessee. MR #1732
TAYLOR, LINDLEY M,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Columbus, KY on 6/10/64 and
mustered
there
on 6/14/64 at age 27. He was 6’6”
tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Humphries Co,
TN. He was AWOL by 8/14/64 at
Columbus, KY. MR #1733
TEAGUE, JAMES A,
Co A, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years and mustered in
Jackson, TN by
Captain
Smith on 9/8/62 at age 19. He was
5’10”
tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co,
TN about 1843. He furnished his own
horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment. 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. Teague was appointed corporal on
10/17/63. Presumed captured with the
regiment at Union
City, TN on
3/24/64, Teague was imprisoned in Andersonville,
GA, Florence, SC and Charleston, SC (Goodspeed).
He
escaped
at
Georgetown, SC
on 2/15/63 and made it to Union lines.
Transferred to College Green Barracks, Annapolis,
MD, he was sent to Camp Chase, OH on 3/11/65 and then to Paducah,
KY
where he was acting as an orderly in May, 1865.
Teague mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the
regiment
disbanded. He married Neoma L Bird in
1868 and joined Post #81 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
in 1889.
In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived in Lexington, TN. He died on 9/8/1892 and is buried in
Antioch
Cemetery
near Lexington, TN according to his GAR records.
His
widow
applied
for a pension. Teague was the son of
Isaac Wilburn and Alice Fuller Teague of Henderson Co, TN and a
cousin
to
Jasper and Leander Teague. MR #1735
TEAGUE, JASPER N,
Co A, corporal/sergeant, enlisted for 3 years and mustered on
9/8/62 in
Jackson, TN
at age 25. He furnished his own horse
and equipment and received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
Probably not captured with the regiment at Trenton, TN, he
was one
of
the 100 or more men of the detachment of the 7th Tennessee who
went AWOL from the forts on the
Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.
He left on 6/20/63 but returned to duty at some point and
was
promoted
to sergeant on 2/1/64. Presumed
captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned
in
Andersonville in Georgia and
other eastern prisons. Paroled
through
North East Ferry (Wilmington, NC)
on 2/28/65 he went to College Green Barracks in Maryland,
then Camp Chase, OH.
Teague mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the
regiment
disbanded. He married Mary Ann
Burkett
and became Sheriff of Henderson Co, TN.
They moved to Lamar Co, TX by 1880.
By the 1890 census he lived near Oak Grove, TX and
complained of rheumatism in his right shoulder and hip.
He applied for an invalid pension in 1885.
Teague was made Postmaster of Oak Grove, TX (near DeKalb)
in 1898.
He died on 2/5/1922 and is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery
in
Bowie Co,
TX. His wife Mary applied for a
widow’s
pension. He appears to have
been the son of John Robins and Mary Reed Teague and brother to
Leander
Teague
of Co A. MR #1736
TEAGUE, LEANDER L or A(RISON), Co A, private/sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 9/8/62 at age 24 (born 9/5/1838). 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, he was a POW in Andersonville in Georgia and other eastern prisons. Released on 3/1/65 (Dyers), Teague mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. In 1870 he was a saloon keeper in Henderson Co, TN and in 1890 he lived near the Lexington, Post Office. He applied for an invalid pension in 1886 and died in Henderson Co, TN in 1919.
TEAGUE, SAMUEL J (See Taugue, Samuel J, MR #1727).
TEDDAR (TEDDLAR),
JAMES, Co I, private, enlisted for 1 year by Lieutenant
Murray and was
mustered on
1/6/65 in Paducah, KY at age 19. He
was
a refugee resident of Magnolia, IL at the time of enlistment. Teddlar was 5’6” tall, fair complexion,
hazel
eyes, light hair, born in either Benton or Carroll Co, TN.
He mustered out at Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded.
He seems to have married Martha J Lewis in Benton Co in
1866 but
they
are not in the Benton Co 1870 census. MR #1739
TEDFORD, GEORGE W,
Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on 7/6/63 at
age 21. He was resident of Purdy,
McNairy Co, TN and
received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned in
Andersonville in Georgia
and other eastern prisons. Tedford
was
paroled through Savannah, GA on 11/25/64. Taken
to
Annapolis,
MD,
then
to Camp Chase,
OH, he spent time in the Tripler Hospital
with acitus in February 1865. He
listed
P G Tedford as his nearest relative.
Tedford was discharged through Camp Denison, OH on
6/8/65. Tedford
applied for and received an invalid pension. MR #1741
TEDFORD, WILLIAM E,
Companies M, A & C, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville,
TN (or Corinth, MS) by Captain Musser on 7/6/63
at age 18. He was 5’5 ½” or
5’6” tall,
dark
complexion, black eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in McNairy Co,
TN. He received a $100 bounty for
enlistment. Tedford was in the
hospital
at Columbus, KY
in March/April 1864 so he missed being captured with the regiment
at
Union City, TN
on 3/24/64. He was hospitalized in
Jefferson Barracks
Hospital in St. Louis in May/June 1864. Tedford
mustered
out
at
Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded.
He applied for an invalid pension in 1886 while
living in Tennessee. He died on
10/12/1932 in Los Angeles, CA. His widow, Margaret L
R Tedford, applied and
received a pension while living in California in 1932. MR
#1742
TERRELL, ALEXANDER (ALFRED) T, Co A, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/8/62 and mustered on 8/18/62 at age 21/22. He furnished his own horse and equipment worth $75 and received a $100 bounty for enlistment. He was a resident of Henderson Co, TN. Terrell has no record of capture at Trenton, TN so was with the detachment. 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 on 6/20/63 and was captured by the rebels near Mt. Pinson, TN. Taken to prison in Richmond, VA, he was exchanged at City Point, VA on 7/15/63. Promoted to corporal on 2/1/64 and presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and other eastern prisons. Exchanged through Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC in November/December 1864, he was taken to Annapolis, MD. Terrell mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. In 1889 he joined Post #81 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Lexington, Henderson Co, TN. Terrell applied for an invalid pension while living in Tennessee and his wife, Amanda J Burkett Terrell, applied for a widow’s pension in 1899 while living in Texas. MR #1743
THACKER, SIMON G,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years at Paducah, KY on 10/17/64 and
gave his
age as
18. He was 5’8” tall, dark
complexion,
black eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Weakley Co, TN.
He was present in September/October and was
scheduled to be discharged by special order of the President as
soon as
Thacker
returned the enlistment bounties, both from the US and local. Thacker
was
not
18 (born 3/17/1847) when he
enlisted and should have had parental consent.
He was still present in November/December, but went AWOL on
5/2/65 at Paducah, KY. He married
Mary
Elizabeth Wilson in
1872. He applied for a “wagon brake”
patent in 1881 while living in Dukedom, TN.
Thacker died on 8/10/1909 and is buried in the Goodsprings
Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
in Dukedom, Weakley Co, TN. MR #1746