JACKIE,THE REASON I`M ASKING I FOUND A MARRIAGE LICENSE FOR A THOMAS ANDREW DUTTOM TO SARAH MARTHA WILLIAMS,AND I HAD SEEN THE RECORDS OF A TA DUTTON AND HAD ASSUMED THAT IT WAS ABSALOM, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 16YRS THE BARE MINIUM AGE,FOR THE WAR IT DON`T MEAN HEWASN`T IN THE WAR,BUT WHERE ARE ANDREWS RECORDS JOHN -----Original Message----- From: JACKIE <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: [GABULLOC] Thomas Absalom Dutton >John, my Great Grandfather Thomas Absalom Dutton enlisted from his military records I received from National Archives on May 6, 1862 in Savannah as a Private. >On May 16, 1862 he was mustered into "I" Co. 54th Georgia Infantry. His enlistment is signed by Captain Rawls for a period of 3 years or war. >He was paid a bounty of $50.00, he apparently received an issue of clothing as I have the receipt for that. >He was present at roll call Nov & Dec 1863, then another receipt for clothing in 1864. but they were unable to find any more records for him. >I know that story has been told down through the generations. That when he came home finally that the family cook wouldn't let Mr. Tom in the house, he was so dirty, that she made him go out behind the shed and take a hot bath with lye and so on. She said she didn't want any of those bugs getting in the house. > >If you would like a copy of his records I will be glad to send it to you. >I had these records verified when I was joining the UDC back in 1980. > Jackie > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >