Glen, Thanks. Unfortunately I believe that the headstone itself is the root of my problem. It is the headstone itself that I believe contains the incorrect (transposed) name. I have found numerous listings showing J. M. Martin but all that I have found use the stone itself as documentation and it is the stone itself that I question. I have a acurate list of the Rock Island headstones but it is well established that many Confederates simply disappearee because of poor recordkeeping, accidental/purposeful destruction of records and simply unrecorded deaths. What I am trying to find is a different source that there was a J.M. Martin other than the headstone. Even a special letter to the National Archives indicate no record of J.M. Odom other than the headstone. Since even the archives themselves say there is history of numerous other errors on the headstones I suspect the grave itself contains Jesse Martin Odom. Since Co B, 27th Tennessee likely contained no more than several hundred soldiers the coincidence of the names make me suspicious. Also since th archives say then have no other record, other than the headstone, that there was a J.M. Odom. I do have a quandry. Although we normally believe the information on a headstone to be properly documentation, in this case I believe it to be suspect. The movement of Jesse Martin Odom at time of capture and several times on his movement to Rock Island and since, if there really was a J.M. Martin and since he would have been captured at the same time as a member of Co B, 27th Tenn, it seems that there would have been at lease one record of his capture and movement to Rock Island,---probably on the same documents showing Jesse Martin Odom. Of course, nothing is sure except death, taxes and lost branches of our family tree.. Thanks, Gene Wade ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Gohr" <archives_guy@hotmail.com> To: <TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:32 PM Subject: RE: [TNMCNAIRY] Is there a J. M. MARTIN ? > Gene, > I checked on Findagrave.com > > There is a listing that someone found of a gravestone there for a Pvt. J. > M. Martin, b. in Tennessee and died Feb. 14, 1864. > > Here is what is listed for what shows on the stone: > > Pvt J. M. Martin > Birth: unknown > Death: Jan. 14, 1864 > > MARTIN, J.M. PVT > B 27 TENN > 2/14/64 > > Burial: > Rock Island Confederate Prison > Rock Island > Rock Island County > Illinois, USA > Plot: Grave # 490 > > Record added: Jul 18 2004 > By: Bev Gillihan > > > The transcriber says he died Jan. 14, 1864, but the inscription looks like > it says Feb. 14, 1864. > > You could contact the submitter or someone else if you need a photo of > that grave marker. > > --Glenn Gohr > > > > ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== > McNairy County Tennessee http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcnair/index.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >