>Could a man fight in the CSA, leave (defect or serve his term) and then later >re-enlist in UNION army and collect a CSA pension? Not certain, would love to >get opinions... I don't think they could defect and claim a pension. Anyone applying for a CSA pension had to swear that he "did not desert the service of the Confederate States". Or at least they had to in Alabama (I'm looking at my gggrandfather's application). I don't know about serving his term and then changing sides. Mary Ann

Emma and all, Thank you so much for including me when you looked at pensions. Interestingly enough, it is of GREAT interest to me as my gr-gr-grandfather, Eason WHIDDON, enlisted in the UNION army on Oct. 14, 1864 at Cedar Keys, Florida. On the same day and place, a James L. WHIDDON, enlisted as well. Now, I have to wonder if perhaps, James and Eason (relationship unknown--could be father/son, brothers, cousin?) were ex-Confederates. I never found a CSA listing for Eason in my searching. But my question to you Emma, and list is this: Could a man fight in the CSA, leave (defect or serve his term) and then later re-enlist in UNION army and collect a CSA pension? Not certain, would love to get opinions... God Bless Emma and list for thinking of me.... Susann Whiddon Wandrey mailto:[email protected] [email protected] wrote: > This may be of no use whatsoever to you, but while scanning the Florida CSA > Pensions list I came across a JAMES L. WHIDDON (wife SARAH ARNOLD > Home Guard, DeSoto County, 1907 18 pages. > The # on it is 01449. > These are evidently people who petitioned in the state of Florida for a > pension > after the Civil War. Since I am looking at Cardwells and McNeals in Florida, > maybe > we will make a connection someday. :} > Best regards, Emma > > ==== AL-MOBILEBAY Mailing List ==== > Interested in family history in the Mobile area? Consider joining the > Mobile Genealogical Society. Check out some of the benefits of membership > at http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs/membrshp.htm

This may be of no use whatsoever to you, but while scanning the Florida CSA Pensions list I came across a JAMES L. WHIDDON (wife SARAH ARNOLD Home Guard, DeSoto County, 1907 18 pages. The # on it is 01449. These are evidently people who petitioned in the state of Florida for a pension after the Civil War. Since I am looking at Cardwells and McNeals in Florida, maybe we will make a connection someday. :} Best regards, Emma

Sammye, Let me give you the source for the "Civil War Confederate Regiments from Alabama Counties". It is: http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alcounty.html Sometimes it helps to know where the people came from that make up the various regiments. Plodding Along in Georgia Betty

Sammye, No, I'm sorry I don't. You might check with the person handling Company G of the 36th Infantry or with one of the counties who provided companies to the 36th (Fayette, Greene, Mobile, Sumter, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa) Companies for the 2nd Alabama Cavalry were provided by Calhoun, Greene, Coosa, Monroe, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties. I can relate to your problem, it took me forever to find my G Grandfather in the 21st Alabama. The 21st historian in Mobile came up with him. Plodding Along in Georgia, Betty

Susann: I think this might be the site for which you are looking: <A HREF="http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search">Click here: Global Surname Search </A> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search Kathryn

Thank you, Earlene and al who have tried to help me locate that peculiar GLOBAL SURNAME SEARCH. Haven't located the exact same tool yet I used, but may be able to reconstruct my contacts with the help I received. And Earlene, I tried to post to you, but it bounced several times. If you have info on where the PRINE family went in late 1880's to 1890's from Citronelle, I would REALLY love to hear from you! Thank you, again. Susann WHIDDON Wandrey

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone could tell me where in Baldwin County, Brook Cedron Baptist Church was located. My gg grandparents ( John Graham and Catherine Ward was married there by Thos. Nelson (pastor) in 1852. Thanks, Kathy Tolbert

Note: I must apologize that I do not have an exact date for these obituaries. I neglected to write it down, and the microfilm has already been sent back to the library where it was loaned from. It was definitely in 1824, probably in May, June or July. I debated whether or not to transcribe them to this list minus the date, and decided to do so since it still could help someone with their search. >From the Mobile Commercial Register, [exact date unknown], 1824. DIED - At the summer residence of COL. LEWIS JUDSON, a few miles from this city, on Friday last, MRS. HARRIET JUDSON, consort of COL. J. leaving a large circle of connexion and friends to lament the loss of a kind and affectionate relative and sincere and benevolent friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this city Saturday morning, in the 28th year of his age, DOCTOR ELIAS ROBERTS a native of N.H. in whose death the public has sustained a severe loss. Dr. R. came this city, a stranger, in Nov., 1821, but by his urbanity of manners, medical skill and upright conduct, soon found himself surrounded by friends - he acquired a liberal share of practice, & enjoyed the unlimited confidence and esteem of his numerous patients. He was buried on Saturday evening with Masonic honors, conferred by the Mobile Lodge No. 10, of which he was Worshipful Master. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Saturday MONSIEUR JOHN SAVANA, aged about 70 years, an old inhabitant of this city.

>From the Mobile Commercial Register, Tuesday Morning, June 29, 1824: MARRIED - at Philadelphia, May 19th, WILLIAM A. TATEM, M.D. of Delaware, to MISS MARTHA W. TABELE, formerly of this city.

>From the Mobile Commercial Register, Tuesday Morning, July 6, 1824: DIED, at Spring Hill, on Friday the 2d, inst. in the twenty-eighth year of her age after a severe illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, MRS. SARAH EVERITT, wife of GEN. JOHN F. EVERITT, of this city. In the death of this amiable woman, her family sustains an irreparable loss and society one of its brightest ornaments: possessed of a heart cast in nature's lovliest mould, she diffused comfort and happiness to all around her, with a mind richly endowed with every principle which could ennoble the female character, she crowned the cardinal virtues with Christian graces: her pure benevolence spread its cheering influence to the afflicted, every where within the circle of her observation. She could be known, only to be beloved. Nature demands her tribute in tears, to the memory of departed worth.

Glad you enjoyed the posts, Earlene. I should mention here that I came across these while I was looking at a microfilm of the newspaper that I had out on Interlibrary Loan. Unfortunately, I had to send it back, and could only transcribe a limited number of these, but if they go in the archives, perhaps they will help someone someday. Marianne Earlene wrote: >Marianne: >Thanks so much for the obituary and marriage listings. Even though none of >those listed are my ancestors, I find the listings of long ago very >interesting, especially their choice of words and phrases. > >Earlene Lyle

Kay, I think that was my bad. Try lower case L ILO the 1 in the Chapman e-mail nr. I went into the URL for GA and he is still listed. Plodding Along in Georgia, Betty

Would also like info on Camp Watts. I have John J Jackson who was last paid at Camp Watts before he died of ??? during the CSA war. Records only say he died at his home in Butler Co, Al *but* his family lived in Coffee Co, Al. Need help on this Thanks Jeanette

My gg grandfather, Michael H Melton, is thought to be the son of a Michael Melton who acquired land in 1797 on the south margin of Tensaw Lake. In 1805 his heirs were claiming the land. I have a map from a book showing the location of his land, but the writing is so tiny it is illegible. Would this land be in what is now Baldwin Co, AL? Would these original records be in the county or would they be in the Alabama state archives or somewhere else? Can anyone help me? Thank you. Gwen Boucher -- Your direct link to Lavaca Co, Texas Genweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlavaca/ Check the Rootsweb archived messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/TXLAVACA-L/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BOUCHER-L/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

One of my Clarke County ancestors from Thomas Colgate LYLES enlisted at Camp Watts 12/25/1863. I wonder if anyone knows if the hospital and the CSA camp are the same? Robert Lyles

Zoe T Therrell, daughter of Zachariah Therrell and Minnie Durden, married Charles Hartley Smith on 31 October 1894. (Another Mobile County marriage record listed a Zoe T Therrell who married Charles S Cotlin on 16 July 1892???) Zoe Therrell Smith had 3 children, Arthur Leon b 6 Jun 1895, Louis Haywood b 25 Sep 1897, and Sadie Victoria b 24 Jul 1900. After 6 short years, Zoe died 26 Jul 1900, 2 days after Sadie's birth. Sadie died 6 Oct 1900, and Louis Haywood died at age 3 on 25 Dec 1900. Charles Hartley Smith remarried (Maude Trant). In 1908, Charles' and Zoe's remaining child, Louis Haywood Smith, died. All are buried in the Whistler Cemetery. Question: Did Zoe just die from childbirth? What else, if anything, happened in 1900 to take her baby 3 months later and another child 2 months after that? Yellow fever epidemic? Question: There were quite a few SMITHs buried near the Therrell plot --- Alex and Elizabeth Smith, for example. George Therrell was a pallbearer at Elizabeth's funeral. What was their connection to the Therrell family? Question: Who were the parents of Winnie Therrell Twomey, and what was her husband's name? Earlene Lyle

Would anyone be familiar with Mary Elizabeth or Thomas H Hatfield who lived in the Whistler area in the early to mid-1900's? Thomas was born in 1880 to Mary Elizabeth Therrell and William H Hatfield, never married as far as I know, and died around 1948; he was buried beside his Mary Elizabeth Hatfield in the Whistler Cemetery. Although her tombstone is still there, Mobile County Board of Health records state that she was transferred to Magnolia Cemetery on 18 Nov 1937. This would have been BEFORE Thomas died! Question #1: Why was she transferred, if she was indeed? Question #2: Wouldn't her tombstone have been moved with her? In 1910, Mary Elizabeth and Thomas were living with Mary E's brother, Zachariah Taylor Therrell, in Whistler. Mary died at his residence 2 years later. Mary Elizabeth's other known children were Annie Rebecca Hatfield (Lawshe), Mary Ellen Hatfield (Williams), and Samuel Hatfield (lived in TN). In 1920, Thomas was living with one of the Lawshes. Family rumor says that he was living in a room at the back of a store, that the store burned, and Thomas died in the fire. If anyone has any knowledge of this family, I'd love to communicate with them. Earlene Lyle

Kay, There are two URLs for CSA Civil War Units. They are: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/unit4.html for States A-M and http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/unit5.html for states N -Z. On this list it gives the e-mail address of a person (usually the unit historian) who has information of that unit. There are two Georgia units with a 5 in the title. They are the 5th GA Clinch Rifles e-mail [email protected] and the 5th Georgia Cavalry e-mail [email protected] with the name Lamar Chapman listed. It has been a while since we looked at these - hope they are still good. Plodding Along in Georgia, Betty BTW: We live in Georgia, but we are born and bred Mobilians.

Louis, Vulmus Sclopeticum is defined as "Relating to a wound caused by a gunshot". The definitions of medical terms for the civil war era are listed at http://user.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/medterm.htm This exhausts my knowledge on the subject. Plodding Along in Georgia, Betty