George Wilson, U S Navy

[Bama Mike]

Sir, you have been a big help and I am grateful. My relatives did live in Rhea county, Tn. and my grandfather moved to adjacent Roane county.

 

[lupaglupa]

The research on Find a Grave tends to come from two sources: family members who are "doing their family tree" and local history enthusiasts. If the donor of information is capable, his/her input can be invaluable--but I tend to treat these contributions with scepticism and prove each one.

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I have found great info on Find A Grave but I always double check it against another source. Some very well meaning people have put errors on that site and those errors get repeated in trees across all family genealogy platforms. Then it becomes almost impossible to fix them!

 

[lupaglupa]

Sir, you have been a big help and I am grateful. My relatives did live in Rhea county, Tn. and my grandfather moved to adjacent Roane county.

@Bama Mike you might want to start a new thread in the Researching Your Civil War Ancestry form. Put in what you know and where you are having trouble. There are a lot of good people willing to help out (as you already found out with the great assistance from @Fairfield). Not everyone who knows Tennessee records will see your question inside this thread.

 

[Fritz1255]

There are two other George Wilsons to consider: George Wilson of Cherryfield (near Machias) who served in the 6th Maine and was transferred into 1st Maine Vet. infantry--but he was mustered out. And George Wilson of Old Town (which is near Bangor--not that near Machias but not impossible): he was in the 1st Maine Vet Infantry but transferred (1864) into the US Navy; this is an opposite "career" path.

The George Wilson from Cherryfield is at least a possibility. He was in Company G, the same company that his (possible) brothers John and Charles Frye were in. At this point, I think my best bet would be to contact the Machiasport Historical Society, who might have old newspapers on microfilm that might shed more light on this.

 

[Fairfield]

The George Wilson from Cherryfield is at least a possibility. He was in Company G, the same company that his (possible) brothers John and Charles Frye were in. At this point, I think my best bet would be to contact the Machiasport Historical Society, who might have old newspapers on microfilm that might shed more light on this.

I think so also. You might also try the Cherryfield-Narraguagus Historical Society (http://www.cherryfieldhistorical.com/); there is a telephone # as well as a contact page. It is possible that Cherryfield has records on the men who enlisted there.

Also, remember that just because someone was mustered out, he wasn't necessarily in good condition; the Union army used to discharge soldiers who were at death's door.