GAYLE, I DID READ YOUR INQUIRY,WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS A NICK- NAME CAN COME FROM ANY EVENT OR PLACE OR OCCURANCE,AND IN A TIME OF SUCH HORRIBLE STRIFE FOR THESE BOYS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO MAKE MERRY OR LIGHT OF THINGS AROUND THEM ,THEY DID !!! SO A FUNNY OUT OF CONTEXT NICKNAME WAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THIER ACTIONS,IT WAS COMMON TO DO THIS. IF YOU'LL GO TO THE MILITARY RECORDS AT THE "NATIONAL- MILITARY ARCHIVES" IN ST.LOUIS,YOU'LL FIND THAT THEY HAVE OLD AS WELL AS LATER INFO ON JOHN....REMEMBER THEY PAID HIM A PENSION FOR MANY YEARS, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOPEFULLY MORE THAN YOU MAY THINK. IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION ,WE GENEOLOGISTS USE THESE TYPES OF RECORDS FOR LOTS OF REASONS ,I THOUGHT IT MAY HELP YOU, AFTERALL, ANYTHING IS WORTH TRYING. CHUCK

I believe the best bet for obtaining Confederate records would be thru the National Archives [NARA]. The Military Records Center in St Louis would only have custody of U.S.Military Personnel Records, mostly, I believe, from WWI on, maybe later. Another source of Confederate record transcriptions might be thru the Family History Centers, etc. The Confederate Pensions was paid by the state of Tennessee. I obtained the Confederate record transcription of my Great-Grandfather from NARA. The contents depend upon what was obtained by the Federal War Department after the conflict. Dave Masters ----- Original Message ----- From: <CharlMcDowe@aol.com> To: <TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [TNWILLIA] Burdett Query GAYLE, I DID READ YOUR INQUIRY,WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS A NICK- NAME CAN COME FROM ANY EVENT OR PLACE OR OCCURANCE,AND IN A TIME OF SUCH HORRIBLE STRIFE FOR THESE BOYS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO MAKE MERRY OR LIGHT OF THINGS AROUND THEM ,THEY DID !!! SO A FUNNY OUT OF CONTEXT NICKNAME WAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THIER ACTIONS,IT WAS COMMON TO DO THIS. IF YOU'LL GO TO THE MILITARY RECORDS AT THE "NATIONAL- MILITARY ARCHIVES" IN ST.LOUIS,YOU'LL FIND THAT THEY HAVE OLD AS WELL AS LATER INFO ON JOHN....REMEMBER THEY PAID HIM A PENSION FOR MANY YEARS, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOPEFULLY MORE THAN YOU MAY THINK. IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION ,WE GENEOLOGISTS USE THESE TYPES OF RECORDS FOR LOTS OF REASONS ,I THOUGHT IT MAY HELP YOU, AFTERALL, ANYTHING IS WORTH TRYING. CHUCK ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/