WHITAKER,
JAMES
P,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Paducah, KY on 3/1/64 and
mustered
at Columbus, KY
on 6/14/64 at age 22. He was 5’8”
tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Graves
Co, KY. He furnished his own horse
and equipment. Whitaker served
previously in Co B, 15th
KY. He was discharged with the
regiment
when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.
Moving
to Missouri at some point, he applied for an
invalid pension in 1890.
He died on 12/7/1926 in Oklahoma. MR #1867
WHITE, ELIJAH, Co A. A
minor was denied a pension on this man's service. He has
no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
WHITE,
FENELROY C,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years at Paducah, KY on 12/1/64.
He deserted from Paducah on 12/13/64 after only 13 days. White did not return and was AWOL at
the
discharge of the regiment eight months later. MR #1868
WHITE,
GEORGE W,
Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years at Saulsbury, TN on 10/10/63
at age 18. A recruit, he deserted
at Huntingdon on
1/9/64. No further information is
in his
file. MR #1869
WHITE,
HARMON L,
Co A, corporal/ sergeant, enlisted for 3 years and mustered in
Jackson,
TN
on 8/18/62 at age 32. He was 5’8”
tall,
dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co,
TN. He furnished his own horse and
equipment
which was worth $100. White
is presumed captured with the regiment
at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he
died
in quarters
on 10/4/64 of scrobutus (scurvy). He
was
buried in grave #10338 in the Andersonville National
Cemetery. MR #1870
WHITE,
JOSEPH, Co
A, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered
in
Jackson, TN
on 8/18/62 at age 23. He was 5’9”
tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, a farmer, born in Anson
Co, NC. He furnished his own horse
and
equipment. 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 but
returned
by July. Presumed captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/6, White was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia
where he died
on 9/8/64 of
chronic diarrhea. He was buried in
grave
#8190 in the Andersonville National Cemetery. MR #1871
WHITEHURST,
WILLIAM
(H), Companies B & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Columbus, KY
on 6/10/64 and mustered there on 6/19/64.
He received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
He
was one of the 100 or more men who went
AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June
1863. Whitehurst left on 6/19/63.
He apparently returned, however, as he was
discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN
on 8/9/65. In
the 1890s Whitehurst applied for and received an invalid
pension. The
National Tribune of May 10, 1900 reported that William H
Whitehurst (alias) was in reality Moses C Whitehurst, a resident
of
Martin, TN. He
was
convicted
of filing a false and fraudulent claim for pension and
sentenced to a
year in prison. Moses C Whitehurst
was a
member of Bradford’s 13th/14th Tennessee
Cavalry. MR #1873
WHITTLE,
HARTWELL,
Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 9/1/62
at age 14/17. He was 5’ tall, light
complexion, grey eyes,
brown hair, a farmer born in Henderson Co, TN.
Whittle was one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from
the
forts on
the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.
Captured at Mt Pinson, TN on 6/19/63 along with several
others,
he was
taken through Atlanta, GA
on to Richmond, VA.
Paroled through City Point, VA on 7/14/63, he was sent
through
Camp Parole, MD and on to Camp Chase, Columbus, OH.
Discharged there on 8/25/63 due to a fracture
of left thigh, phthisis, and on half disability, he most likely
feared
to
return home. He was captured again,
this
time at Union City, TN with the regiment even though he was a
civilian at the time. He might have
been
visiting his brother who was stationed there. Taken to Andersonville Prison, Whittle
enlisted in the Rebel Army but managed somehow to survive.
He applied for and received an invalid pension in 1876 and died
at Marmaduke, AR on 1/29/1927. His wife applied for a
widow's pension in 1927. Whittle appears to have been the
son of
Jesse and Emily
Whittle and brother to John J Whittle, also of Co C. MR
#1880
WHITTLE,
JOHN
J,
Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 1/10/63 at
about age
19
(census). He furnished his own
horse and
equipment. Presumed captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Whittle was
taken to
Andersonville
Prison in Georgia where he died on 9/24/64 of scrobutus.
He was buried in grave #9670 in the Andersonville
National
Cemetery. He appears to be the son
of
Jesse and Emily
Whittle and brother to Hartwell Whittle. MR #1881
WILEY,
ADDISON J,
Companies A & I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll
Co, TN on
9/15/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at age 32.
He
furnished his own horse and equipment and
received a $300 bounty for enlistment. There
is
no
further information in the muster rolls except that he was
discharged at Louisville, KY on either
6/30/65 or 7/1/65 and that the hospital contact was his wife,
Ann E Wiley, of Buena Vista, TN. Discharge
at Louisville,
plus early discharge and the listing of a name of a relative
usually
indicates
that the soldier was in the military hospital at Jeffersonville,
IN. Ann Wiley applied for a widow’s
pension in 1880 while living in Arkansas. MR #1883
WILKERSON,
JOHN
(R),
Co H, private, enlisted in Lexington, TN on 9/24/63 and mustered
at
Trenton, TN
on 9/28/62. He 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
but he
went AWOL. Wilkerson returned to
duty on
3/7/64 just in time to be captured with the regiment at Union
City, TN
on 3/24/64 and taken to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He died
in prison in Savannah, GA
on 9/24/64 of chronic diarrhea and dysentery.
Wilkerson married Martha Jane Wooley in 1843.
In 1883 she was receiving a widow’s pension which
provided $8 per month. MR #1844
WILKES,
GEORGE W,
Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62
and mustered
at
Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 22 (b. 3/23/1840).
He
was 5’10” tall, fair complexion, grey
eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.
He furnished his own horse and equipment. Wilkes
was
captured and paroled at the battle
of Lexington or Trenton,
TN and can be assumed to have spent time in
parole camp at Columbus, OH
(Camp Chase).
He was sent through Nashville and
mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.
Wilkes
died on 4/30/1883 and is buried in the
Liberty All Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker.
His wife, Margaret Adaline Lacy Wilkes, was living near
the
Huntingdon Post Office
in the 1890 veterans’ census. She applied for and
received a widow's pension in 1890. MR #1845
WILKINS, HENRY I, Co
C. This soldier was one of the members of the 13th/14th TN
Cavalry who were attached temporarily to the 7th Tennessee in
the spring and summer of 1864 at Columbus, KY. He was
later in Co E, 6th TN Cavalry. He died on 6/17/1916 in the
Soldiers' Home in Tennessee. His widow applied for a
pension the same year. He has no records in the muster
rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
WILLIAMS,
B(ENJAMIN)
F, Co I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN
on 9/15/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at about age 21 (census). He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Williams died in
Huntingdon, TN
on 1/2/64 (muster roll) or 1/4/64 (tombstone) of unknown cause. He is buried in the Ray
Cemetery near Buena Vista, TN
and does not have a military marker.
Williams was the son of Thomas and M Emaline
Williams. MR #1891
WILLIAMS,
BURRELL
T(EMPLETON), Companies A & I, private, enlisted for 3
years in
Union City, TN on 1/15/64
and mustered at Paducah, KY
on 5/14/64 at age 30/32 (born 4/22/1834 near Buena Vista, TN). He was 6’ tall, fair complexion, hazel
eyes,
black hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.
He was not captured with the regiment at Union City TN
on 3/24/64. Williams
moved from Co A to Co I on 7/27/64. The men not captured
with the regiment were
stationed mostly in Columbus, KY
in the spring and summer of 1864 and in Paducah, KY in the fall.
He was discharged with the regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. Williams
moved
to Clay Co, AR in 1878
according to his 1880 invalid pension.
He died in Missouri on 9/30/1912. The
son
of Isaac and Delia Stevens, he
married Catherine Nancy Sedbury in 1856. MR #1892
WILLIAMS,
C(HRISTOPHER)
C, Co C, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in
Carroll Co, TN
on 8/15/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 25. He was 5’11 ½” tall, fair
complexion,
blue
eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.
Captured and paroled with the
regiment at the battle of Trenton on 12/20/1862, he had orders
to report to Benton Barracks, MO then to Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
to await exchange. Williams was
captured again
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 phthisis. He
was
buried in grave #1923 in the Andersonville National Cemetery. Williams appears to be the son of
James R and
Susan Williams of Carroll Co, TN. His
mother,
C. S. Williams, applied for a dependent pension in
1866 but
it was rejected. MR #1893
WILLIAMS,
GEORGE
N
(W), Companies B & A, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll
Co, TN on
8/12/62
and mustered in Humboldt, TN on 8/26/62 at age 24.
He was 6’ tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes,
dark hair, a shoemaker, born in Carroll Co, TN.
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 spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia
then released through one of the
eastern prisons on 4/2/65. He was
discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN
on 8/9/65. Williams married 1st
Nancy Huffman (1866), and 2nd Samantha Jane Haywood (1887). He applied for an invalid pension in
1890 and died 3/1/1902. Samantha J Williams
applied for a
widow’s pension in May 1902.
She is buried in the McAuley Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN. The military marker for a G W Williams
in
that cemetery is most likely George N Williams. MR #1894
WILLIAMS,
GEORGE
W,
Companies B & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Huntingdon, TN
on 8/15/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 24. He was 5’9” tall, dark complexion,
blue eyes,
dark hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton,
TN, he can be
assumed to have spent time in parole camp at Columbus,
OH (Camp Chase). Williams was
discharged at Camp
Chase on 9/5/63 on
a disability discharge due to paralysis of the right shoulder,
rheumatism, and
being too ill to serve even in the invalid corps.
His
muster roll also includes information
that George W Williams died at Andersonville Prison of scrobutus
on
9/21/64 and is
buried in grave #9447 in the Andersonville National Cemetery. Unless Williams re-enlisted the
Andersonville information is an error. MR #1895
WILLIAMS,
JOHN
F,
Companies F and I, private/sergeant, enlisted for 1 year in Co F
at Huntingdon,
TN on
9/20/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 17 with
the
consent of
his parents, Lewis A and Eliza Penina Algea Williams.
The descriptive lists (Co F & I) say
Williams was 5’9 ½” or 5’10” tall, dark complexion, brown
eyes,
black or dark hair, a
farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He
mustered
out of his 1 year enlistment at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.
Williams then left the south and took up
refugee residence in Magnolia, IL, along with other young men
from the area. He re-enlisted in
the 7th
Tennessee, Co I, at Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 at age 19 and was
appointed sergeant on 2/19/65. He
was
mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65 when the regiment
disbanded. After the death of
Rebecca C
Bennett (married 1867), he married Rebecca J Bradford in 1875. The family moved to Benton Co, TN near
the
Holladay
Post Office and Williams served as a doctor.
He
applied for an invalid pension in 1890 and died on
3/14/1920. He is buried in the New Hope Cemetery
near Yuma, TN without a military marker. His
widow,
Rebecca J Williams, applied for a
pension in 1920. MR #1896 & 1897
WILLIAMS,
ROBERT
C,
Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 9/12/62
and
mustered at
Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 47/48. He
was
5’10” tall, dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a farmer,
born
in
Rutherford Co, NC. He was captured
and
paroled at the battle of Lexington or Trenton, TN in December
1862 and spent time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase). Due to asthma, chronic pain, over age
and
general debility, Williams was discharged at Camp Chase, OH
on 3/1/63. His wife, Malinda
Merritt
Williams (m. 1843), applied for a widow’s pension in April
1890. MR #1898
WILLIAMS,
SANFORD
N(EWTON), Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll
Co, TN on
8/5/62 at age
20/26 (b. 6/8/1842). He was 5’8”
tall,
dark complexion, black eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in
Madison Co,
TN. Captured and paroled at the
battle of Trenton, TN, Williams can be
assumed to have spent time in parole camp at Columbus,
OH (Camp Chase). He was sent
through
Nashville
to be mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.
He
married Fredonia R Adams about
1868. They were living in Carroll
Co, TN
in the 1890 veterans’ census. Williams
applied
for/received an invalid pension in March
1893
and died on 5/25/1893 of Bright’s disease and dropsy (Carroll Co
Democrat,
6/2/1893). Given a funeral under
the
auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #56, he
was buried in the Oak
Hill Cemetery
in Huntingdon, TN and has a military marker.
Fredonia
Williams applied for a widow’s
pension in 1906 and lived to 1936. Williams
served as constable, deputy revenue
collector, dry
goods clerk and merchant in Carroll Co, TN. He was the son
of Benjamin T and Margaret Longmire
Williams. MR #1899
WILLIAMS,
SAMUEL,
Co I, private, enlisted for 1 year in Paducah, KY on 4/1/65 and
mustered
there
on 4/11/65 at age 46. He was 6’1”
tall,
fair or dark complexion, grey eyes, light hair, a farmer, born
in Jackson
Co,
AL. He served only 4 months before
the
regiment disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.
Williams
applied for an invalid pension while living in Tennessee.
MR #1900
WILLIAMS,
THOMAS
P,
Companies B & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll
Co, TN on
8/20/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/26/62 at age 25/26.
He
furnished his own horse and equipment and
received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
There is no evidence in the muster rolls that Williams
was
captured 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.
He was discharged with the regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65 at age 28.
Williams
married 1st Narissa
Roberts in 1861. He joined the
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post
#56 in Huntingdon in 1888. He applied for
an invalid pension in 1890. Williams
is buried in the McMillin-Williams
Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN and has a military marker but it has no dates. His
2nd wife, Nancy E Williams,
applied for a widow’s pension. A
minors’ pension in 1910
mentions Grandville D, et al. MR #1901
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM B, Co
B. This man applied for an invalid pension in 1888 but it
was denied. He has no records in the muster rolls of the
7th Tennessee.
WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM
M,
Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62
at age 22. He was AWOL by 1/20/63
after the battles of
Lexington and Trenton, TN. A note,
however, says he was at Camp Parole
(MD) in Nov/Dec 1864 which would be consistent with release from
Andersonville or one of the eastern prisons.
There
is a W M Williams listed in Co I, 2nd
Tennessee Cavalry which might indicate he re-enlisted. MR
#1903
WILLIAMSON,
GEORGE
W(ASHINGTON)
(G), Co H, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington,
TN on 9/24/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN
on 9/28/62 at age 17. He was 5’10”
tall,
dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in McNairy
Co, TN. He furnished his own horse
and equipment. At some point he
“fell from horse chasing
rebels and injured back.” He 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 to await exchange. He
is
presumed captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64
and sent to Andersonville Prison in Georgia and possibly other
eastern
prisons. At Andersonville
he was hospitalized with chronic diarrhea.
Exchanged on 3/27/65 Williams went first to Vicksburg,
MS, where
he was
again hospitalized and treated for symptoms of consumption
before being
sent on
to Camp Chase, OH (from pension application). He
most
likely was discharged early from Camp Chase.
He
married Talisa Elizabeth/Talisey C Hopper
in 1866. Williamson applied for an
invalid pension in August 1890.
He was living in Hardin Co, TN at the time
near the Sibley Post Office. He
died of pulmonary
consumption on 10/22/1891 at age 44 and is buried in the Lebanon
Cemetery
in Hardin Co, TN. His wife, Talisey
C
Williamson, applied for a widow’s pension in
December 1891
while living in Tennessee. She
later moved
to Stoddard Co, MO. MR #1904
WILLIAMSON,
WILLIAM
W,
Co H, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62
and
mustered at Trenton, TN
on 11/9/62 at age 46. He was 6’
tall,
dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Rutherford Co,
TN. Captured and paroled at the
battle of Trenton, TN, Williamson spent time in parole camp at
Columbus, OH (Camp Chase) from which
he deserted
about 6/30/62. A later addition,
presumably from when his widow applied for a pension, explained
that he
was
“forwarded from Camp Chase subsequent to 9/1/63 and while in
route to
his
command at Trenton fell in with a scouting party
of Union Troops and while serving therein was killed in action
at
Saltillo, TN
on or about 3/21/64.” True or
not,
his
wife Nancy Bryant Williamson, applied for and received a widow’s
pension in 1865. Their children
moved to
Stoddard Co, MO. Williamson is
thought
to be buried in the Hookers Bend/Liberty Cemetery in Hardin Co,
TN in
an
unmarked grave. MR #1905
WILLY
(WILLEY),
THOMAS W, Co K, private, enlisted by Lieutenant J J
Wallace in Scott’s
Hill,
Henderson Co, TN on 5/10/63 at age 18. He
was
5’4” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born
in
Henderson Co, TN and a resident thereof.
He deserted by 2/1/64 at Union City, TN about 2 months
before
the
regiment was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison in
Georgia, which may have
saved
his life. Willey married Sarah M
Brown
and in 1890 and lived in District #10 of Henderson Co, TN.
Sarah Willey was a widow by 1900. MR
#1908
WILSON,
ADONIGAH
A(MAZIAH), Co G, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on
8/5/62 at
age 28
(b. 1/22/1834). He was 5’10
½”
tall,
light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co,
TN. Wilson
was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton,
TN and can be assumed to have spent time in
parole camp at Columbus, OH
(Camp Chase).
He was sent to Nashville in September
1863 and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.
Wilson
died 3/15/1864. His widow Mary J
Foster
applied for a pension, #566,665, in 1893 but it was denied. Wilson appears to be the son of
Archibald and
Cynthia Wilson and brother to Erastus E, Nathan C and Matthew M
Wilson,
also of
Co G. MR #1909
WILSON,
CHARLES M, Co
F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll
Co, TN on 9/20/62 at age 29. He was
present on 4/30/63 so most likely was not captured at Lexington
or Trenton, TN in December 1862. He
served out his one year
enlistment and
mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.
Wilson
jointed
the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #56 in Huntingdon, TN
in 1887. In
the 1890 veterans’ census he was living
near the Huntingdon, TN Post Office. He
applied for
an invalid pension in 1890.
Wilson died in Carroll Co, TN in May 1922 and is buried
in the Liberty All Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN with a military marker.
His wives seem to have been Tizzina Mathews (1853), Sarah
J Chumney
(1877), and
Sarah Ann Thompson (1888). The
latter
applied for a widow’s pension.
He appears to be the son of Sallie Wilson and
brother to Columbus T Wilson, also of Co F. MR #1910
WILSON,
COLUMBUS T(HOMAS), Companies F, A & I, private,
enlisted for 1 year in Co F at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 19. He had the consent of his parent.
Wilson 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 to await exchange. He
deserted
on 12/20/63 and never reported to
parole camp, however. He
re-enlisted
in
Co A at Paducah, KY on 9/10/64 at age 21 under the name
Thomas C Wilson. His description
list
for this company says he was 5’11” tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes,
light
hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He
furnished
his own horse and equipment and received a $100 bounty for
enlistment. He was discharged with
the
regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. In
1887
Wilson filed for an invalid pension and joined the Grand Army of
the Republic (GAR) Post #56 in Huntingdon.
In the 1890 veterans’ census he complained of
a “hurt back.” Wilson
is buried in the Liberty All Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker but no dates.
His widow, Margaret D Wilson, applied for a
pension in September of 1902. MR #1911 and #1918
WILSON,
ERASTUS
E(LIAS), Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co,
TN on 8/5/62
at age
19 (b. 12/18/42). He was 5’10
½”
tall,
dark complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson
Co, TN. Captured and paroled at the
battle of Trenton, TN, he can be
assumed to have spent time in parole camp at Columbus,
OH (Camp Chase). He was sent to
Nashville
in September 1863 and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. Wilson
re-enlisted on 11/30/63, this time in Co G, 2nd Tennessee
Mounted
Infantry. Some descendants have his
death year as 1864 but there is no evidence he died in the
military. Wilson appears to be
the son of Archibald and
Cynthia Wilson and brother to Adonigah A Wilson, Nathan C Wilson
and
Matthew M
Wilson, also of Co G. MR #1912
WILSON,
FRANCES
A(SBURY), Companies K & C, sergeant, enlisted for 3
years in
Henderson Co,
TN on 4/30/63 at age 21. He was
5’8”
tall, light complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, born in Henderson
Co, TN. He
furnished
his own horse and received a $100 bounty for enlistment. He was 5’8” tall, light complexion,
dark
eyes, dark hair. Presumed captured
with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64, Wilson spent time in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia
and other eastern prisons. Contradictory
statements say he escaped (from somewhere) on 11/30/64 and
another says he
exchanged
through Savannah, GA
and Charleston, SC in November/December 1864.
Transferred by ship to Annapolis, MD,
his muster was complete. Wilson
was
officially discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at
Nashville,
TN
on 8/9/65. In 1889 he joined the
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post
#81 in Lexington, TN.
In the 1890 veterans’ census he lived near the Juno Post
Office in
Henderson Co,
TN. In the 1910 census he had been
married to Mary E Wilson for 43 years. Wilson
died
at Lexington, TN on 10/30/1921 and is buried in the Pleasant
Hill Cemetery
in Henderson Co, TN. He appears to
have
been the son of John B and Sarah Caffey Wilson. MR #1913
WILSON,
JOHN,
Co
B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Columbus, KY on 7/28/64 at
age 26. He went AWOL two days later
on 7/30/64 at
Columbus. His description list says
he was
5’4” tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Sumner
Co, TN. MR #1914
WILSON,
MARTIN V, Co
A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 7/1/63 and
mustered at
Nashville, TN
on 8/3/65 at age 21. He was 5’7’
tall,
fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, a farmer, born in
Decatur Co,
TN. He received a $100 bounty for
enlistment. Captured at Como,
TN, Wilson
was a POW from 9/6/63-11/18/64. Part
of
that time was most likely spent in Danville, Virginia.
On 9/14/64 Wilson
was in prison in Florence SC.
Paroled through North East Ferry, NC on 3/1/65, he was
taken
first to College
Green Barracks, MD then to Camp Chase, OH.
He
was discharged with the regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. On
3/10/1868
Wilson was appointed administrator of the
estate of John J Williams and on 11/17/1868 that of Ellen B
White. Wilson applied
for an invalid pension, in 1887 and joined the Grand Army of the
Republic (GAR)
Post #81
in Lexington, TN on 10/26/1889. He died in Joshua, TN in
the 1900s. MR #1915
WILSON,
MATTHEW M,
Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62
at age 22. He was 5’10” tall, light
complexion, hazel
eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN. Captured and paroled at the battle of
Trenton, TN, Wilson can
be
assumed to have spent time in parole camp at Columbus,
OH (Camp Chase) awaiting exchange. He
was
sent to Nashville, TN
in September 1863 and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. Descendants say he was born on
8/11/1840 and
died on 9/18/1864. Wilson appears
to be
the son of Archibald and
Cynthia Wilson and brother to Erastus E Wilson, Nathan C Wilson
and
Adanigah A
Wilson. This family of Wilsons
was associated with the Christian’s Chapel Church of Christ in
Henderson Co, TN. MR #1916
WILSON,
NATHAN
C(ECIL), Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co,
TN on 8/5/62
at age
38. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. At some point he served
as
the hospital steward for Co I. Wilson
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, according to his pension papers. Wilson
lived in Henderson Co, TN until about 1876 when he moved to
Dunklin Co,
MO. He died on 8/3/1877 and is
buried in
Liberty Cemetery in Caruth, Dunklin Co, MO.
His
widow, Clarisa Harriett Derryberry Wilson
(m 1845), applied for pension in August 1882.
Wilson
appears to be the son of Archibald and Cynthia Wilson and
brother to
Erastus E
Wilson, Matthew M and Adanigah A Wilson, all of Co G. This
family of
Wilsons was associated
with the Christian’s Chapel Church of Christ in Henderson Co,
TN. MR #1917
WILSON,
WILLIAM
(WARREN) B, Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Columbus,
KY on 9/5/64 and mustered at Paducah, KY
on 9/5/64 at age 20/21. He was
5’11”
tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in
Obion
Co,
TN. He died in the General
Hospital at Jeffersonville, IN
on 6/13/65 of acute dysentery. Wilson
was
buried in the Jeffersonville
Cemetery in Section 3, #448 but now
seems to be in the New Albany National Cemetery
in Indiana in
grave #701. MR #1920