Researching William A. Whittaker

[K.B.Willis]

I'm researching my great-great-great grandfather and his involvement in the civil war.
His full name is William Aaron Whittaker Sr. and he served with the 11th Battalion Virginia Reserves, Confederate Army. I was wondering if anyone has any information, could find any, or point me in the direction to find some. I was also wondering about the 11th Battalion Virginia Infantry Reserves. The only pictures I have are below, thank you!

 

[Taylin]

Just a few files on Fold3

 

[Taylin]

Actually the second file may be a different William given the rank, here's a few more on that

 

[K.B.Willis]

Thank you so much for these! Yes, that is him! I believe the reason he was in the reserves is because he was in his late 40's when he enlisted. My mistake for forgetting to include his birthday which is 10/19/1817. Is there a way to see what battles, if any, he actually participated in and also any way to find a picture of him in uniform?

 

[danny]

11th Virginia Reserves Battalion Infantry

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[K.B.Willis]

11th Virginia Reserves Battalion Infantry

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Thanks for this!

 

[danny]

Thanks for this!

 

[lupaglupa]

How wonderful that you have such a good write up about your family history! It's rare to find a document that lists which battles a soldier fought in. However, pension applications sometimes have good information. Do you know if he got a pension?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I believe the reason he was in the reserves is because he was in his late 40's when he enlisted.

His age and the conscription law probably entered in. The last Confederate conscription law in Feb.1864, made men 17-50 eligible for service.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I'm researching my great-great-great grandfather and his involvement in the civil war.
His full name is William Aaron Whittaker Sr. and he served with the 11th Battalion Virginia Reserves, Confederate Army. I was wondering if anyone has any information, could find any, or point me in the direction to find some. I was also wondering about the 11th Battalion Virginia Infantry Reserves. The only pictures I have are below, thank you!

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Isaac Bland 11th Virginia Battalion Reserves | Researching Civil War Records & Ancestry

I just recently found this ancestor after years of searching the wrong state, I thought my Bland side was in North Carolina by the time of the ACW. Isaac Bland and his teenage sons W. Bland and J. Bland enlisted in the 11th Virginia Reserve Battalion at Giles Court House on 5/6/64 in Giles...

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[K.B.Willis]

How wonderful that you have such a good write up about your family history! It's rare to find a document that lists which battles a soldier fought in. However, pension applications sometimes have good information. Do you know if he got a pension?

The only Information I have is a index card from a muster roll that @Taylin sent above, and there is nothing listed for "Payed" so I assume he never got a pension.

 

[Taylin]

The only Information I have is a index card from a muster roll that @Taylin sent above, and there is nothing listed for "Payed" so I assume he never got a pension.

That is only for his wartime service, you'll have to dig more for a pension

 

[lupaglupa]

I looked at the Virginia pension index and did not see him or his widow there. Was he living in Virginia late in his life?

 

[K.B.Willis]

I looked at the Virginia pension index and did not see him or his widow there. Was he living in Virginia late in his life?

He was born in Giles County, Virginia but was a resident of and had almost all of his children in Mercer County, West Virginia. Giles and Mercer are right beside each other so I think it's some location mishaps due to the forming of WV. He was definitely a citizen of WV after the war, 100%.

 

[lupaglupa]

West Virginia didn't issue pensions to CSA veterans so there won't be a pension application to find.

As it happens I have spent the last several weeks doing a family tree for my brother-in-law who is from Giles County and many of his kinfolks have moved back and forth across the state line.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Her name was Obedience. I wonder if she pressure to obey?

 

[K.B.Willis]

West Virginia didn't issue pensions to CSA veterans so there won't be a pension application to find.

As it happens I have spent the last several weeks doing a family tree for my brother-in-law who is from Giles County and many of his kinfolks have moved back and forth across the state line.

Ah right, there would be no Confederate Pensions from a Union State. I'll try and dig a little deeper and see what I can find. Could you link me what you use to look through pension records?

 

[lupaglupa]

Pensions for US soldiers are at Fold3 and/or Family Search. Confederate pensions are kept at the state level and each state has a different system for them. Some you can easily find and see, others you cannot.

 

[K.B.Willis]

Pensions for US soldiers are at Fold3 and/or Family Search. Confederate pensions are kept at the state level and each state has a different system for them. Some you can easily find and see, others you cannot.

I see. He fought for a Virginian Regiment but was a Citizen of West Virginia so I could see how that could add some difficulty's in filing for pension. If it might help, he had one, not two widows. Margaret Ann Whittaker (Madden Name Crotty) as well as as Eliza F Whittaker (Madden either Parker or Hale).

 

[lupaglupa]

I looked in Virginia under Whittaker and Whitaker but did not see a pension record. Not everyone applied for one. You might have better luck though - the site for searching is here:

Research Guides & Indexes: Confederate Pension Applications, Veterans and Widows: Home

Pension applications and amended applications filed by resident Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows

lva-virginia.libguides.com