Hello all, I am so confused, nothing new. I have located ggggrandfather David K. Shepherd in Civil War records online. On his records it states the usual items company, rank, enlisted date etc. At the bottom of card it has a remarks section that contains the following: M.R. April 30, 1862 died April 27, 1862 Tran. to 8th Regt. C. V. MSM Feb 4 1863. For starters what does MR stand for? And does anyone else think that its possible the death date and transfer date have gotten turned around somehow? I have also found probate records for guardianship of his son in Stone Co. in 1863, so this leads me to believe death was in 1863. Strange thing about this guardianship was given to A gent named William Kindle, who come to find out was the Captain of the homeguards David was enlisted in. The mother of this child was still alive at the time. Does anyone know if that was a common practice at that time? Any input anyone has is greatly appreciated. Thanks Tracy

I think M.R. might be Muster Roll, but I'm not sure. Cheri On 4/17/06, Tracy Shepard <tshep86@hotmail.com> wrote: > > M.R. April 30, 1862 died > April 27, 1862 Tran. to 8th Regt. C. V. MSM Feb 4 1863. For starters > what > does MR stand for?

I don't know about the initials, but I don't think women were given guardianship of minor children (even their own). Normally, a male of the family or good friend was charged with the well being of the children. Joy/MO beatsme@netins.net I know there are a couple of CW buffs on the list that I'm sure will help with your questions. Tracy Shepard wrote: > Hello all, > I am so confused, nothing new. I have located ggggrandfather David > K. Shepherd in Civil War records online. On his records it states the > usual items company, rank, enlisted date etc. At the bottom of card > it has a remarks section that contains the following: M.R. April 30, > 1862 died April 27, 1862 Tran. to 8th Regt. C. V. MSM Feb 4 1863. > For starters what does MR stand for? And does anyone else think that > its possible the death date and transfer date have gotten turned > around somehow? I have also found probate records for guardianship of > his son in Stone Co. in 1863, so this leads me to believe death was in > 1863. Strange thing about this guardianship was given to A gent named > William Kindle, who come to find out was the Captain of the > homeguards David was enlisted in. The mother of this child was still > alive at the time. Does anyone know if that was a common practice at > that time? Any input anyone has is greatly appreciated. > Thanks > Tracy > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE to the Digest Mode of the mailing list send an email > message to: MOSTONE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > >