Looking for some info

[frontrank2]

I need some information on a possible ancestor. The name is Whitten B. Hill of the 9th Florida inf. I know he made rank of corporal, can anyone find out his residence and occupation?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Moonshiner]

I check Fold 3 and found this:

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I need some information on a possible ancestor. The name is Whitten B. Hill of the 9th Florida inf. I know he made rank of corporal, can anyone find out his residence and occupation?
Thanks in advance.

- Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865 : Served in Company A 9th Fla Infantry. He was surrendered at Appomattox. Died in Madison County, FL.
Buried: Mt Horeb Church Cemetery, Madison County, FL

 

[Drew]

Oh Hot Dog, this will narrow it down. 1860 Madison County, FL Census anyone?

 

[AndyHall]

There are several cards in his CSR that say he was enlisted at Tampa. Another says he was enlisted "on road" by Captain Chambers, "in exchange for Thomas Shirley." That doesn't sound like a substitute, so maybe there was a personnel swap between regiments. He was with the Ninth Florida when it was paroled at Appomattox.

The 1860 Census has a Whit Hill in Randolph County, North Carolina, but he was 15 in 1860 and no occupation listed.

 

[AndyHall]

This may be him in the Madison, County, Florida state census in 1885. Note the birthplace of him, his wife and older children as Georgia.

 

[Drew]

The 9th Florida was formed in Virginia in 1864, a mish-mash of soldiers from other units. Entirely possible W.B. Hill was a North Carolinian or a Georgian.

 

[frontrank2]

Thanks everyone for the good info, and the quick response! You guys are historians par excellence.

 

[AndyHall]

The guy who died in Florida in 1895 is the right one. Widow's pension.

 

[Moonshiner]

The guy who died in Florida in 1895 is the right one. Widow's pension.

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