Thanks, Dianna It certainly was strange, when there is only one John Walton, that he (a very young man) is being substituted for in one company, while he is serving in another. A different John Walton then? Have fun! Pat >-----Original Message----- >From: ROOTS [mailto:roots-bounces+kith-n-kin=cox.net@rootsweb.com] On >Behalf Of dianna charles >Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 3:39 PM >To: roots@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Civil War Draft record > >Hi Pat > Thanks for your input. Yes Henry was in the 46th Regiment PA inf. John >Walton is on Henry's muster sheet, that's how I know his name and where John >came from. No point us spending too much time on it only in case there is more >to be revealed on Henry via any information on JOHN WALTON. Thanks anyway >yes time to get on with other things. Regards Dianna > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kith-n-Kin >Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 4:50 AM >To: roots@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Civil War Draft record > >Dianna > >Probably I can bring it up on the computer if it's at Fold3 or something. > >I am curious. At one point you thought that Henry and the others in a picture >were in the Pa Cav,, Co B, 13th Reg. Is that right? Or, was he in the 46th >Regiment, PA Infantry? >So, this was a volunteer regiment and for the Fullers it has: > >Fuller, Henry, Private >Mustered in July 13, 1863 >Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 16, 1865 > >Fuller, Amos, Private >Mustered in March 15, 1865 >Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 16, 1865 > >Fold3 has Amos (Co B), David S (Co B), Henry (Co B) and Charles (Co D) in the >index for the 46th. Only Henry is listed as a substitute. John L Walton, now, is >listed on the same index, with Company K, 46th PA Infantry, as a private. >Pension wise, I find all of them, with Henry filing as an invalid 6 Feb 1879 (ap >266449, cert 175863) and his widow aft 15 Sep 1900 (his date of death) Ap >727364, cert J534936. > >John L Walton, Pvt Co K 46 Regt Pa Inf., filed as an invalid 25 May 1885 and >again 16 April 1909 (maybe a law change here) and widow 14 June 1915. He >died 6 Jun 1915 in Centerville, PA. Centerville is in Crawford County, north of >Pittsburgh, not far from Lake Erie. (this is at Ancestry as well. >Under the US Civil War Pension Index. > >His Death Certificate has him born 13 Apr 1847 in Crawford County, father >Rowland Walton, mother Laura Leonard. D 6 Jun 1915, while a proprietor of a >hotel. (from Ancestry) In 1850 they were in Meadville (where some of my >ancestors were as well). >This is interesting because this means he > >So...that's all I have this morning, except a question. Where did the name John >Walton come from in relation to Henry's substitution for him? > >Co K of the 46th lists: >Walton, John L., Private >Mustered in April 13'6, 1865 >Remarks: Substitute; discharged July 13, 1865, by General Order > >So, this looks as though he was a substitute for someone else. Perhaps there >were two John Walton's? (of course there were, but perhaps not in the 46th, or >in Pennsylvania). > >Whew! Back to my "other work" (it's time for lunch here!) > >Pat > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: ROOTS [mailto:roots-bounces+kith-n-kin=cox.net@rootsweb.com] On >>Behalf Of dianna charles >>Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 6:26 PM >>To: roots@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Civil War Draft record >> >>HI Pat >> I've just found the muster roll. Would you like me to send you a >scan?? >>Many thanks Dianna >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kith-n-Kin >>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 10:41 AM >>To: roots@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Civil War Draft record >> >>Dianna >>My first thought is that a draftee could not substitute for another >draftee, as >>that would defeat the system. But.. >>We are talking, if memory serves, about the Union side, right? From >>Pennsylvania? >> >> >>===== >>If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots- >>admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS- >>request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >>the subject and the body of the message > >===== >If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots- >admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS- >request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message ===== If you would prefer digest mode to >mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS- >request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message