WHERE DID HE COME FROM? THE FIRST RECORD OF HIM IS WHEN HE JOINED THE CONF ARMY IN GORDON CO., GA. THEN HE MARRIED MARY CROSSLEY IN 1866, LATER AFTERR MARY DIED HE MARRIED NANCY L. EAVES. HIS GRAND DAUGHTER TOLD ME THAT HE WAS BORN CLOSE TO ROME, FLOYD CO., GA. HIS FATHER WAS TO HAVE WORKED ON A SLAVE SHIP, BUT SHORTLY AFTER F.W. OR HIS BROTHER WAS BORN THE FATHER FELL OVER BOARD AND DROWN. F.W.'S TOMBSTONE SAYS THAT HE WAS BORN IN 1841 BUT I WAS TOLD HE COULD NEVER DRAW A PENSION BECAUSE HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE WHEN HE JOINED THE ARMY. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN OLD ENOUGH FOR THE ARMY OR DID HE LIE ABOUT HIS AGE HIS WHOLE LIFE? NOW IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP IT IS TO FAR TO GO FROM ROME, GA TO THE COAST TO GO TO WORK ESPECIALLY IN THE 1840'S. THE ONLY TIME THAT I HAVE FOUND HIM ON A U.S. CENSUS WAS 1910. HE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND HIS NAME WAS SPELLED THREE WAYS ON HIS WAR RECORDS, WHEN HE MARRIED THE FIRST TWO TIMES HIS NAME WAS SPELLED ROLLS. WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER (HIS OLDEST CHILD) MARRIED SHE ALSO USED THE SAME SPELLING BUT LATER THEY CHANGED IT TO ROWLLS. HIS CHILDREN COULD READ AND WRITE. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM FOR YEARS AND IT JUST SEEMS HE DIDN'T WANT HIS PAST KNOWN. -CAROLYN LETNER- I'M NOT SHOUTING, I USE ALL CAPS SO I CAN SEE WHAT I WRITE....SORRY!!