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Hi!
Welcome to my Family History site. I am slowly adding all the research that I and others have done on my family. Just some thoughts as you glance at these pages:
I have added no one who was born after 1899. I think privacy is important so for that reason I have not included family members born after 1899. I have also not included people who may have been born before 1899 but had a spouse born after 1899.
I have done some research and have also relied on the hard work of others. I have added my sources when appropriate. Please use this info as a starting point for your research and not the final authority.
Please contact me! I love meeting new cousins and would be happy to help you in your own research. Feel free to email me at [email protected]
Some of the Surnames I am researching are:
Atkins, Cass, Chatham, Coates, Donn, Earlywine, Harshbarger, Johnson, Laxton, McNeil, Montgomery, Nikolaus, Philibert, Randall, Riddle, Smith, and Tenro.
Happy Searching!
Much of my work has been on Moses Chatham and Sara Jane Lewis Chatham.
Here's a sketch of Moses Henry Chatham
Early Years
Moses Henry Chatham was born to Martin and Mary Elizabeth (Cass) Chatham on July 28, 1841 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Moses later goes to Texas with his brother George F. Chatham. Moses marries Jane Sara Lewis on Feb 23, 1862 in Greenvine, Washington, Texas.
Civil War Years
Private Moses H. Chatham enlisted in the 12th Texas Confederate Infantry regiment also know as the 8th Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment or Young�s Regiment. His Civil War papers indicate that he enlisted on April 28, 1862 in Bosque County. Company Muster Roll indicates that he was the Brigade Blacksmith. His file further indicates that he was captured as a Prisoner of War on June 15, 1863 in Richmond, Louisiana by the command of Brigadier General J. A. Mower and was sent to Memphis, Tennessee on June 24, 1863. He was received at the Military Prison at Alton, Illinois on July 7, 1863. He was released on August 13, 1863 on Oath. These papers provide us with a glimpse at the physical characteristics of our ancestor. They state that he was 22 years old had blue eyes, auburn hair with a fair complexion. Moses was 5�8 1/2 inches and weighed approximately 165 pounds. His papers state that he was a resident of Washington County, Texas. This Regiment was commanded by Colonel Overton Young who was later promoted to Brigadier General in September 1862. Engagements that this Regiment were involved in include: Young's Point (June 7, 1863), Red River Campaign (March 10 - May 22, 1864), Camden Expedition (March 23 - May 3, 1864), Mansfield, (April 8, 1864), Pleasant Hill (April 9, 1864) and Jenkins Ferry (April 30, 1864). Regimental journals for the 12th indicate the following activities:
February 1862 - May 1862: Assigned to the Eastern District of Texas, Department of Texas May - August 1862: Assigned to Eastern District of Texas, Trans - Mississippi Department August 8, 1862: Ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas by Brigadier General P.O. Herbert September 17,1862: Assigned to Colonel Young's First Brigade at Austin, Arkansas September 28, 1862 - January 1863: Young's First Brigade assigned to Brigadier General Henry McCulloch's First Division, II Corps, Trans - Mississippi Department January 14, 1863: General McCulloch's Division separated from Trans - Mississippi Department, assigned to General E. Kirby Smith's Southwestern Army February - March 1863: Assigned to Young's - Hawe's Brigade, McCulloch's - Walker's Division, District of Arkansas, Trans - Mississippi Department Moses was not the only son of Martin Chatham to join the Confederate cause. Martin and Elizabeth had a total of 5 sons serve during the Civil War. These sons included: William Harrison-enlisted as a Private in North Carolina on May 31,1861. He was enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry Regiment North Carolina and died from unknown disease in Fredericksburg, Virginia, �Jan.10, 1862; �Robert enlisted in North Carolina on �April 10, 1862, knocked off the train on his way home from the war and killed March 3, 1865 near High Point, North Carolina; Martin enlisted in North Carolina on May 31, 1861 at age 22, captured at Gettysburg, PA and came home safely; and lastly Alexander. He enlisted June 5, 1861. Alexander is the only one that we know of that was
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