This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROTAN, JONES, JOHNSON, GRAY, TUCKER, SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACE/669 Message Board Post: Hi Was wondering if anyone could tell me what Civil War Confederate Units would have been in or around Platte Co, Mo.... My hubby's 2nd great uncle John Minor Rotan was a Confederate soldier who served in Mo... John ROTAN/ ROTEN was born abt 1837 White Co Tenn to Cynthia ( JONES) ROTAN and John M. ROTAN... John died before John Jr was born.... Cynthia moved the family to Marion Co., IL where she married Willis SMITH. In late 1849, Cynthia and Willis moved their family to the Platte/ Clinton Co., Mo area... Willis SMITH died en-route to CA.... Cynthia stayed in the Platte/Clinton Co., MO area and this is where John Minor Rotan would have been when he enlisted in the Confederacy... Sometime between 1864 and 1866, Cynthia and her children moved back to Marion Co, IL. John ROTAN followed abt 1867 and he spent the rest of his life in Kinmundy, Marion Co., IL . IN IL, John married Martha TUCKER and raised his family... John died in 1923. John ROTAN'S sibling were William E ROTAN married 1) Catherine GRAY 2) Sarah GRAY-both Clinton Co., MO 3) Sarah Jane OLIVER Marion CO., IL Nancy H ROTAN married 1) S. S. Johnson Platte Co., Mo 2) L.L. Johnson Platte or Clinton Co., Mo Byron ROTAN Susan Jane ROTAN - died young and two half brothers: George W. SMITH Randolph SMITH Would appreciate any help anyone can give on locating the Confederate unit we're looking for... And would love to hear from anyone who might be connected. Thanks Nancy