Looking for family info

[DougTravels]

Hello everyone, my aunt who's now deceased added a story in her family history research about my gg-grandfather and his 3 sons civil war record.

I find it very interesting but I'm having a hard time verifying any if it.

Here it is, any help is appreciated.
WILLIAM MARTIN AND FAMILY HEAD FOR NEBRASKA



A little about Annie (Tackett) Andersons family history. Most of the people viewing this site have seen Aunt Elsies family books. For those who haven't had the chance, here is one of the most interesting stories from Elsie's books. Mary Ann Martin was Annies mother. She was born Oct 7, 1862(the last of 9 children). Mary Ann's father was William Martin. She never got to meet her father or her 3 older brothers as this story will explain.


WILLIAM MARTIN AND FAMILY HEAD FOR NEBRASKA


Around 1850 Nebraska opened up land for homesteaders, so William Martin and some other people loaded up their wagons and like pioneers before them searching for a better way of life, headed for the land of their dreams. After a long hard trip, which I have no details of; they came to Johns Creek in Pike County, Kentucky.

Boats were still coming to Pikeville, when William decided it was time to follow his dream, so he loaded his wagons with all their earthly possessions and headed for the river. Here all was loaded onto a flat boat. It was then pushed into the river and they were on their way. The boat was pushed along with long poles and the water helped them along. The boat was heavily loaded and it was hard to keep them on a steady course. I don't know the route they were to travel, but as they got close to Cattlesburg and the Ohio River, the boat ran aground on a sand bar. The boat broke apart and people, animals, and household goods all went into the river. One of the young sons (Mary Ann's brother) Meredith told his children that he was so scared. Cows bawling, pigs squealing, and water everywhere. He said his father put him on his back, got another child under his arm and swam to shore, which was not too far away. William's wife (Annie Davis) was holding on to the baby and some diapers with one hand and holding a piece of the boat with the other. The bigger boys were helping to look for stock and household goods, Sylvester (William's oldest) was getting his wife and baby out. All lives were saved, all household goods were lost, One cow and four horses were killed. William and some men walked the river bank all night hoping some things and the stock would come ashore, but nothing did.
Some how they ended up in South Point, Ohio, where William and his three oldest sons (Sylvester, John T, and Jacob D) joined the Army. In March of 1862, while fighting for the union(North) all four were killed in the battle of Shilo in Tennessee. They are supposed to be buried on the left of South Point, Ohio on Route 52, as you face toward Huntington, West Virginia, in an old church yard, the only four graves there. A grandson, William who is deceased now, said he saw the graves once, but other family members have tried to locate them but couldn't find them.
Williams's wife, Annie (Davis) Martin returned to Rock House Fork of Caney Creek, in Pike County Kentucky, from South Point, Ohio. Where she gave birth to Mary Ann, Who grew up and met her future husband James Tackett.
Although this story is tragic, it makes me appreciate my life and how had these events not occurred, Mary Ann would have probably never married her future husband James Tackett in 1879. Bringing to life Annie (Tackett) Anderson, and all her descendants including you and me.


Thanks again!

 

[Yankeedave]

all four were killed in the battle of Shilo in Tennessee

wow.

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome to the forum, interesting story

 

[DougTravels]

Thanks!

The thing I'm trying to figure out is how they signed up in South Point Ohio.

Was there an enlistment area there or were they passing through?

Also what company that would be?

Also what Churchs were on what is now US 52 South of South Point overlooking Huntington WV.

I was hoping some Civil War experts might know a bit more or could point me in the right direction.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[JAGwinn]

A grandson, William who is deceased now, said he saw the graves once, but other family members have tried to locate them but couldn't find them.

And where did William live?

I found 12 Martins memorialized on Find A Grave in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, Ohio; could you give other names of Martins?

Burlington Baptist Church
Mann Earl Scott
Sybene Independent Missionary
Brookdale Church

All four churches are South of HWY52 within sight of Huntington.

 

[DougTravels]

Some how they ended up in South Point, Ohio, where William and his three oldest sons (Sylvester, JohnT, and Jacob D) joined the Army. In March of 1862, while fighting for the union(North) all fourwere killed in the battle of Shilo in Tennessee. They are supposed to be buried on the left of South Point, Ohio on Route 52,

Thanks, this is all I have.

 

[lelliott19]

Hello @DougTravels and welcome to CivilWarTalk - the best place on the internet for Civil War discussion. Happy to have you aboard.

South Point is located in Lawrence County, Ohio. Most regiments were organized locally -- meaning that groups of men from a particular area all enlisted into the same regiment. According to the info below from the Ohio History Connection website, it seems that many men who volunteered from Lawrence County, Ohio ended up in Kentucky and (West) Virginia regiments. Unfortunately, without knowing what regiment the Martins served in, it will be difficult to verify that they were all killed at Shiloh. If I were you, I'd start with the the Kentucky and West Virginia regiments listed below that participated in the Battle of Shiloh. Unless the family was very wealthy, it would be unusual for the bodies of all of them to be shipped back for burial. Most Union Soldiers who were killed or died later were buried in temporary graves and later removed to National Cemeteries near the battlefield where they died.

October 29, 1861
Ralph Leete, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter acknowledging the trust committed to his hands as a member of the District Military Committee; stating that Lawrence County was situated differently from almost any other county in the State in consequence of its peculiar geographical position and the military arrangements in the adjoining States of Virginia and Kentucky, that he wished to make known to Dennison some of the obstacles they were facing in the way of volunteering, that the State of Kentucky advanced a month's pay to all new recruits, that a Kentucky regiment was being formed in Boyd County with its camp near Ashland, six miles from Ironton, that many Lawrence County men enlisted in Kentucky, being attracted by the advance pay and the ready equipages and uniforms, that Camp Pierpont at Ceredo, Wayne County, Virginia was 13 miles away on the Ohio River, that the 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment was made up at Camp Pierpont and was now encamped there, that in the 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment there were five full companies of infantry and a full battery of artillery from Lawrence County, Ohio, that K.V. Whaley, the Union congressman from the district including Wayne County, Virginia, had commenced raising the 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment at Camp Pierpont, that Whaley had two companies nearly full from Lawrence County, Ohio, that for some reason, most Lawrence County men preferred to go to Camp Pierpont, that this was perhaps because Lawrence County's agricultural population was mainly from Virginia or of Virginia descent, that a military committee for Lawrence County had been appointed, that the District [Military] Committee took prompt action digesting and publicizing the new order of the Adjutant General relative to recruiting and at the same time appointed local committees in every township and opened the canvas by holding public meetings, that they succeeded in getting 37 recruits with promises of a general turn out of all those capable of bearing arms as soon as seeding and the harvest were completed, and that the Lawrence County Military Committee, which was made up of their most eminent and patriotic citizens, felt seriously aggrieved at the dealings of the Adjutant General with regard to Captain Dorrhies and Lieutenant Hasford; explaining the facts in the cases of Dorrhies and Hasford; and stating that six miles below Ironton, in Greenup County, Kentucky, another encampment was established on the banks of the Ohio River and had some 300 men in it, that the District Military Committee had fifteen meetings scheduled for that week and next, and that they were determined to make up the State's quota from Lawrence County, even though over 12 companies of men from Lawrence County had enlisted for service in Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri.
5 pp. [Series 147-16: 25] http://resources.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/civilwar/sa0147/new/16_02.php

 

[Yankeedave]

Mrs Martin lost a husband and three sons at Shiloh...

 

[DougTravels]

Thanks!