Denise, I've been doing lots of research in the Illinois State Archives (past 2 years). If you email me the info I might be able to help. I'll need his name, regiment, and company. Also explain what you have as far as records and why the age difference. Ron Smith ANDERSONVILLE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 52 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Illinois Muster and Descriptive Ro ["denise whitworth" <jcbcdw@midwest] > #2 Re: Singer at Andersonville ["Myrna Casey" <MYBILL@email.msn.co] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ANDERSONVILLE-D, send a message to > > ANDERSONVILLE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Illinois Muster and Descriptive Roll > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:26:21 -0600 > From: "denise whitworth" <jcbcdw@midwest.net> > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone have any experience with the Illinois Civil War Muster and > Descriptive Roll? I just got a copy for Cyrus Tucker and it has his > age as 21. If this is my Cyrus Tucker, and everything else seems > right, he would have been 26. Thanks, Denise > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Singer at Andersonville > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:06:27 -0800 > From: "Myrna Casey" <MYBILL@email.msn.com> > To: <Qmsgtboots@aol.com>, <ANDERSONVILLE-D@rootsweb.com> > > Hi Edward, > > You were really helpful before on Jerry, and now you've come through on > John, Thank you so much. Where did you get this information? I had gone > to a Ohio web site that lists all the units, and looked at the 6th, but they > didn't have a roster. I had gone to the Andersonville site, and put his > name in just in case he might of joined too, and it came up with his name, > but no age of course, and with your information It is almost proof positive > he is our John, as his age matches what we just found in the 1850 census for > Orange Township, in Ohio. He was 17 then. It looks like the three older > brothers in the family all joined, William being the only one to return. > How tragic, but I don't imagine this was the only family that had this > happen to. > > Again, thank you so much this is really wonderful. I just today received my > record requests from the NARA, so will get these two filled out and sent in. > > Best to you, and I hope I can be of some help to you or someone else. I > need to read more on the Civil War, and the prisons, and then perhaps I can > pay back for all the nice help I've received. > Myrna Singer Casey