Jan Per your questions on Benjamin Palmer >also have you checked Confederate pension records or the Confederate questionaires? That is online at Tn. Dept of Libraries and Archives... Have you checked Davidson Co. yet?< He's not listed in the index of Confederate Pensions or the questionaires but he may have died before pensions were allowed. He or at least a B. M. Palmer from Stewart Co. is listed as being in Co H 50th TN Inf. From marriage records we're pretty certain his middle initial was M. We've looked generally in Davidson Co but I'm not sure what you're suggesting we check. Sue