This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Snipes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xhC.2ACE/818 Message Board Post: According to his application for a TX pension for indigent soldiers in 1914: Thomas Jackson Smith enlisted in Co. G, 6th AL Cavalry. Clanton's Brigade; Cpt. Hollingsworth, Col. Long[Lary?] He enlisted Aug 1862 and was paroled at war's end May 1865 in Tallegdega AL He was a Pvt. In 1914, he was 69, was born in Cobb Co. GA; had resided in TX since 1869, in Bell Co. since 1883. M M Roberts and G F Glenn swore they knew him personally since 1861, that the above statements of his service are true, that he was a good soldier etc. Glenn further stated he was in the army with TJ Smith and was a mess mate of his during the war. They were sworn in Haskell Co. TX. Family history says he was a POW in IN/WI depending on who told it, that he and a buddy walked home at war's end, hiding in trees from Yankees, via OK where he met his wife who was half Native American[this may have been the buddy's story, T J's wife was from MS and not Native American] I have searched muster rolls, and a few prison records at the National Archives and haven't been able to confirm any of the above. His gravestone in Greathouse Cemetery, Bell Co. TX gives his dates as 10 Oct 1846-16 Dec 1922. In 1860 Thomas, age 14, was with his family [father George Robert Smith, blacksmith] in Calhoun Co. AL Peaks Hill P.O. In 1870 Thomas, age 22, was with his brother, Henry, in Pontotoc Co. MS Tardyville P.O. In 1880 Thomas, age 32, was with his wife and 2 daughters in Union Co. MS. I would like some confirmation of his service, in what action he was taken prisoner, and where/when he was a POW? If he was paroled at Tallegdega, does that mean he was physically at Tallegdega? Thanks, Dorothy