- Joined
- Apr 20, 2011
- Location
- Grand Junction, TN
I would like to share an experience I had identifying a specific person in a Tennessee Cavalry unit.
My father's family came to Hardeman County, TN about 1840. My great-great-grandfather's first wife died and he remarried. Both had a number of children. Through family research I found my great-grandfather to be James R. Webb. Now the vast majority of Civil War soldiers are listed only by their first two initials and last name. I located a J. R. Webb in Company E of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, which was from the Bolivar area of Hardeman county. On further comparison of census records cemetery records, and the roster of that company, I found all of my great-great-grandfather's adult sons and, in addition, his stepsons. This gave enough evidence that the J. R. Webb in the 7th Cavalry was indeed my great-grandfather, James R. Webb.
I hope this is of some help to people new to this.
My father's family came to Hardeman County, TN about 1840. My great-great-grandfather's first wife died and he remarried. Both had a number of children. Through family research I found my great-grandfather to be James R. Webb. Now the vast majority of Civil War soldiers are listed only by their first two initials and last name. I located a J. R. Webb in Company E of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, which was from the Bolivar area of Hardeman county. On further comparison of census records cemetery records, and the roster of that company, I found all of my great-great-grandfather's adult sons and, in addition, his stepsons. This gave enough evidence that the J. R. Webb in the 7th Cavalry was indeed my great-grandfather, James R. Webb.
I hope this is of some help to people new to this.
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