Birth of Charles Franklin Springer (err., Chas. Wanklie Springer)

Birth of Charles Franklin Springer, but with a name error in the county birth registry.

Chas. Wanklie Springer in Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962: record book original page 186 (digital image 143 of 231), birth no. 507.

Birth: 16 February 1866, Christian, Illinois, United States

________

This is Charles Franklin Springer (of Ohio; later of Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), as indicated by cross-referencing of various sources. 'Wanklie' could be a sound-alike error, with ths name being misunderstood by the original clerk or registrar; or it could be a misinterpretation of handwriting from the original certificate or old register. The registry itself is clearly handwritten by a single hand--a clerk. Thie name clearly shows 'Wanklie' in that register. It is not a transcription error.

Confederate States Military Discharge, 1862, for Peter Cooper, Co. B, 6th Regiment Georgia Vols

Confederate States Military Discharge for Peter Cooper, Private, Co. B, 6th Regiment, Georgia Vols

Ancestry Document ID: Cooper, Peter CW 20

Type of Document: This is a military Discharge document. The form is preprinted, with details filled in in cursive pen. Legibility: Varies; very good in places, poor in others. I could not read one officer's name.

[Extract]: 

I certify, That the within named Peter Cooper, Private, of Captain --- Company B of the 6 Regiment of Geo Vols, born in --- in the State of --- , aged --- years, --- feet, --- inches high, --- complexion, --- eyes, --- hair, and by --- a --- was enlisted by Maj. Elzy at Atlanta on the 17 day of May 1861, to serve 'for war' years, and is now entitled to discharge by reason of Surgeons Certificate of disability & Order of Capt [illegible].

The said Peter Cooper was last paid by R. Elzy to include the 31 day of August 1861, and has pay due from that date to the present date. There is due to him --- Dollars traveling allowance from --- , the place of discharge, to ---, the place of enrolment, transportation not being furnished in kind.

There is due him ----.

He is indebted to the Confederate States ---- Dollars on account of -----.

Given in duplicate at Richmond, this 30 day of May 1862.

Jno. H. W--der, Brig. Genl.

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[Voucher]:

For pay from 1 of Sept 1861, to 30 of May 1862, being 9 months and -- days, at 11 Dollars per month, - - - 99.

For pay for traveling from --- to ---, being --- miles, at ten cents per mile, - - 4 - Rations - - - .88

Deduct for clothing overdrawn, --- Amount - -

Balance paid, - - - 99.88.

Received of Capt. I Boohn Hill C.S. Army, this 30 day of May 1862, Ninety Nine Dollars and 88 Cents, in full of the above account.

(Signed duplicates.) Peter his + mark Cooper.

Witness: HPHill.

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Ancestry details:

Linked to Peter Issac Cooper (b. 1843; d. )

User/share date: eggerhouse originally shared this on 19 Aug 2013.

Murray County Superior Court Minutes, 1859-1866, Selected Indexings for 1867

Murray County, Georgia
Superior Court Minutes, 1859-1866

This is my search of the above Index or Docket. Note that I only pulled names of interest to my own genealogical and history searches. There would have been many other names drawn.

Page 498

Grand Jurors drawn to serve at April Term 1867, Superior Court:

#25 Thomas Leach
#27 Jeremiah Crowson
#33 A.T.? Weaver

Page 499

#2 John Headrick
#8 W.J. Holcomb
#14 L.E.R. Young (appears in several things throughout book).

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, 1868, Application for Restoration

Pension Application of 1868
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION OF PENSION

By Pensioner dropped from Pension Roll under Act of Feb. 4, 1862.

State of Tennessee }
Marion County       } SS.

      On this 21st day of October A.D. 1868, before me H.G. Blancit Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Jane Cooper aged 66 years, a resident of Marion County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Jane Cooper who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and whose Pension Certificate is herewith returned: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that she has resided since the first day of January, 1861, as follows: near [Steven?] Alabama an sinc that time & now Resides as above stat~d that during this period hir means of subsistence have been by living with her children and friends and that she has not borne arms against the government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause: and that she was last paid her pension on the 4th day of September A.D. 1860
      This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim, and hereby constitutes and appoints TUCKER & SELLS, of Washington, D.C., her Attorneys to prosecute the claim and procure a certificate, with power of substitution, and revokes and countermands all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.

Test
H. W. Griffith }
D. Chaudin     } Jane [her X mark] Cooper
      Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written, and on the same day before me personally appeared John Lewis and John Holloway residents of Marion County persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, declare that they are personally acquainted with Jane Cooper who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration in their presence, and know that she is the identical person who was a pensioner of the United States as stated therein, and that the other allegations in said declaration to her loyalty, residence and means of subsistence are true, and they further state that they are disinterested in this claim for restoration of pension. and opposed to the Rebellion and distinctly in favor of its suppression so help us God.

In presence off }
H. W. Griffith }
D. Chaudin     }
 
John [his X mark] Lewis
John Hollaway
Sworn to and subscribed before me. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name
and affixed by official seal this 21 day of October 1868.
and I certify that the contentes of the paper were Read
over to her before signing       

H.G. Blansett
Clerk


End of transcript.
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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

This document is a printed form with blanks that have been filled in by the clerk. Both the oath of opposition to the Rebellion and the clerk's certification that he had read the document to the applicant were written in by hand--they were not part of the printed form.

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 25 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1868a.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, 1868, Oath of Allegiance

Oath of Allegiance of 1868
Pension Files of Jane Cooper
Marion County, Tennessee

[Transcript begins]:

[Transcript of Cover]:
Act of Feb. 4 1862

CLAIM FOR

Restoration of Pension

Jane Cooper


TUCKER & SELLS
ATTORNEYS FOR CLAIMANT.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

[End of Cover]

[Transcript of oath begins]
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

I   Jane Cooper do solemnly swear in the presence of the Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder: that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves: So help me God.

D. Chaudain }
H. W. Griffith }  
Jane [her X mark] Cooper

  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 day of Oct~r 1868 and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim and that the within application and the above oath was red to and Explained to the affiants before signing the same

        H. G. Blanset clerk of Marion
        County Court

[Transcript of Back Cover begins]:

[large seal: Department of the Interior, dated Jan 20 1868

INSTRUCTIONS.

    The declaration must be made before a judge, Clerk or Deputy Clerk of a Court of record.
    If the declarant, or any witness, signs by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant before signing. In every case the declaration or affidavit must either be signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark (X). Signing by another hand when the party is able to write, or without a mark when unable to write, is not admissible.
    If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an Army Surgeon or by an Examining Surgeon appointed by the Commissioner of Pensions, as to the continuance of his disability, unless the disability is of a character to continue permanent, such as a loss of a limb: which should be stated in his declaration. If a widow, she must prove by two credible and disinterested witnesses, her continued widowhood. If the guardian of a minor child, newly appointed, he must file evidence of his appointment as such.
[End of Back Cover].

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the document. The oath of allegiance is a standardized form (typeset and printed), with the cover and back cover to be folded around the document. The particulars were penned in by the clerk. This file dated 25 June 2001.

OLD URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1868b.htm

Family of Ferdinand Hermann, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky (1860 U.S. Census)

United States Census, 1860, 1st Ward Louisville City, Jefferson, Kentucky, Sheet 213 (enum. 5 June 1860), Dwelling 91, Family 160

Line 3: Ferdinand Hermann, aged 56, male. Birth: 1804, Baden, Germany. Occupation: Plasterer. Value of Real Estate: $1,600. Value of Personal Estate: $100.

Line 4: Malinda Hermann, aged 40, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1820, Baden, Germany. Occupation: -- .

Line 5: William Hermann, aged 18, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1842, Kentucky. Occupation: Plasterer.

Line 6: John Hermann, aged 16, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1844, Kentucky. Occupation: Apprentice to Gilder.

Line 7: Rosa Hermann, aged 13, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1847, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 8: Phillip Hermann, aged 8, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1852, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 9: George Hermann, aged 5, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1855, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 10: Malinda Hermann, aged 3, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1857, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 11: Kate Hermann, aged 6/12, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1860, Kentucky (est. birth: Dec. 1859 - Jan. 1860). Occupation: --.
_____________________

CITATION: "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSS-3WG?cc=1473181&wc=7QXT-GKL%3A1589426984%2C1589422222%2C1592326321 : 24 March 2017), Kentucky > Jefferson > 1st Ward Louisville City > image 23 of 403; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Extract by D.K. Pritchett, from document image on Family Search.

Note the occupations: Father and one son are plasterers. Another son is apprenticed to a gilder. The occupations can be helpful when trying to distinguish between other persons in the same town, who are similar in name and age to the family being researched. In later census, the street and house number can be helpful (particularly when matching other records, such as death records and draft registration cards).

Alfred Babb, born 1821, Private, Co. H, 8th East Tennessee Infantry (Enlisted 1863). Deserted Jan. 1864.

Alfred Babb, aged 42, enlisted as a Private in Company H, 8th East Tennessee Infantry, at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, on 11 August 1863.

Joined for duty and enrolled on 25 July 1853, Greene County, Tennessee, for 3 years.

Muster rolls: Present for July-Aug 1863; Sept-Oct 1863; Nov-Dec 1863.

He deserted on 20 Jan. 1864. The following remarks were on the Muster Rolls after that: 

Jan-Feb 1864: Deserted on March from Strawberry Plains to Knoxville Tenn July 20/64.

Mar-Apr 1864: Deserted on March from Srawberry Plains to Knoxville Jan. 20, 1864. Stop Per one Enfield Rifle Musket, appendages & accoutrements complete.

Muster Out Roll (at) Company Shops, N.C., 30 June 1865 (age 43): Last paid to Oct 31, 1863. Am't for cloth'g in kind or money adv'd $25.03. Bounty paid $___; Due $100. Remarks: Deserted June 25/64 at Strawberry Plains Ga with Enfield Rifle & accoutrements complete.

[Next card]: War Dept., Book Mark 4215 D 1887. Washington, 17 Aug. 1887. [Pre-printed]: "Application for removal of the charge of desertion and for an honorable discharge has been denied." [No remarks].


Surname: Babb.
State: Tennessee
Military Unit: Eighth Infantry
Full Name: Babb, Alfred

Card numbers: 9055545, 9055603, 9055661, 9055719, 9055823, 9055919, 9056282, 10794-6-1883.

Citation: Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, Record group 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office; citing military unit Eighth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M395 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, General Services Administration, 1963), roll 179.

Mary J. (Mosely) Headrick, Widow's Claim on Service of Soldier, Peter Headrick (Private, Co. I, 5th Tenn. Infantry, USA) - Fold 3 Links

Links to Peter Headrick pension on Fold 3 (more to come):






These were clipped from the Affidavit in the Widow's Claim of Mary J. (Moses) Headrick, of Blount County, Tennessee, from the Application for Widow's Pension on Service of the soldier, her husband, Peter Headrick (Private, Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA; died 14 May 1864 in the Battle of Resaca. (Reference: Resaca, Gordon Co., Georgia). The couple had married on 27 November 1854, in Blount County, Tennessee. This document records the marriage of the soldier and his wife, the births of two children, and the soldiers death. Images at Fold 3.

Citation: "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTBJ-96G1?cc=1919699&wc=9FFP-W38%3A213258401 : 22 May 2014), Hazel, James H. - Heck, Theodore > image 1476 of 4541; citing NARA microfilm publication T288 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Widows Claim by Mary Moses Headrick on Soldier, Peter Headrick (Co. I, 5th Tenn. Inf., USA), of Blount County, Tennessee

Mary J. (Moses) Headrick
Widow's Claim for Pension, on Service of Soldier,
Peter Headrick (Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, U.S.A., Civil War)

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on 5 April 2005.

[TRANSCRIPT BEGINS]:
_______________________________________


The State of Tennessee, County of Knox, SS.

On this 18th day of July, A. D., 1864, personally appeared before me Charles Morrow, a Justice of the Peace a Court of Record within and for said county, Mary J. Headrick, aged 24 years, a resident of the 1st District, in the county of Blount, and State of Tennessee, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862: (2)_____: That she is the widow of Peter Headrick, who was a Private in Company "I", commanded by Captain F. D. Felkerson, in the 5th Regiment of Tennessee Infantry, commanded by Col. James T. Shelby, in the war of 1861. (3)_________. That her said husband was killed in battle of Resacca, in the state of Georgia, on the 14th of May A. D. 1864 (4) ______ while in the line of duty in the service of the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Headrick in Blount County, on the 27th day of November A. D. 1854, by one David Spradling, a Justice of the Peace; that her name before her marriage was Mary J. Moses, and that ever since the death of her said husband, she has remained a widow: as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed (5) which is a copy of the public record of their said marriage it being the best evidence she can offer of said fact. That during the existence of the aforesaid marriage there were born to her and her said husband the following named children, who are now under the age of sixteen years, viz: Jacob, born the 1st day of Sept. 1858; Samuel born the 20th day of February 1861 all of whom are still living, and reside in Blount County Tennessee.
She also declares that she has no manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the Rebellion in the United States.
She further says that her Post Office address is Knoxville Tenn.
__Mary J Headrick___

______________________________
[END OF TRANSCRIPT]


[Transcription Note: Handwritten manuscript, transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on on 5 April 2005. Note that the signature looks like Mary I. Headrick, but the name in the text of the document is clearly Mary J. Headrick. There are some strike-throughs and one erasure in the document. These are minor, and self-explanatory, if viewed; they do not affect the meaning of the document, and were not transcribed.]

[Citation]: D.K. Pritchett (contributor), Mary Jane Moses Headrick, Widow of Peter Headrick, in Declaration or Application for a Pension (ms.), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), NARA Catalog ID. 300020, Record Group 15 (Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934), Roll WC103311-WC103338, Civil War and Later, filed on service of soldier, Peter Headrick, Private, Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, U.S.A. 

Selected Surnames (Cooper, Bryant, Howard, Littleton) on Confederate Memorial in West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia

Selected Surnames (Cooper, Bryant, Howard, Littleton) on Confederate Memorial in West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia:

Elisha J. Bryant, Co. E, 1st Ala. Cav.

Daniel C. Cooper, Co. A, 46th Ala.

John Cooper, Co. D, 41st Ala.

Robert Cooper, Co. D, 40th Tenn.

John Howard, Co. H, 22nd Ala.

John Littleton, Co. G, 41st Miss.

Subject: Death Records and Searches, Burials, Confederate Burials, Whitfield County Georgia

Thomas M. Calloway married Mary W. Long, (Cuthbert), Randolph County, Georgia

Search for Thomas Merrill Calloway and wife, Mary Warthen Calloway, who received a deed of gift of land in Murray County, Georgia, from Thomas's uncle, James H. Calloway (apparently of) Fulton County, Georgia. (28 January 1876, Deed Book N, pages 79-80, Murray County Georgia, Superior Court records):

Apparently, "Warthen" is not Mary's maiden name, but is her middle name. Family research shows that "Warthen" was her mother's maiden surname.

Marriage Documentation:

Thomas M. Calloway married Mary W. Long, 31 Jan 1864, Randolph County, Georgia. (Family researchers, unspecified, have stated that the marriage occurred in Cuthbert, Georgia, which is in Randolph County).

Documentation of the names, date, county and state of marriage: "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJP-KZF : 18 July 2016), Thomas M. Calloway and Mary W. Long, 31 Jan 1864; citing Marriage, Randolph, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 271,260.

RELATED, THIS BLOG: SEE OTHER POST FOR 24 OCTOBER 2016:
James H. Calloway Deed of Gift to Thomas Merril Calloway and Mary Warthen Calloway
http://northgeorgiakin.blogspot.com/2016/10/james-h-calloway-1876-deed-of-gift-to.html

Lt. Louis Alden Simmons, 84th Illinois Infantry (prob. at Cleveland, Tenn., Spring 1864)

Identity of Lt. Simmons in the Myra Inman Diary

Myra Inman was a young lady who lived in Cleveland, Tennessee, during the Civil War. She was very Southern in her sympathies, empathizing with the Confederates. Her family ran a boarding house in Cleveland, so during the northern occupation, officers would sometimes stay at the house, and often came for meals. The Inman diary has been published as Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee.

The Myra Inman diary mentions Lt. Simmons, also known as A. Simmons, who courts her in the Spring of 1864 while he is stationed at Cleveland, Tennessee. She is Southern and says that she dislikes him (though there were signs that she liked him, at times). This Lt. Simmons has his 31st birthday on March 16, 1864 (Inman Diary pg. 254). After he leaves Cleveland, he gets married. On December 27, 1865, she learns the news about Mr. Simmons from a friend, Lizzie Lea, who received a letter. Myra hears "that he was married to a woman from Lynchfield, Mass. (Inman Diary 333)."

William R. Snell, ed. Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee, (1859-1866), (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2000), 254, 333.

Bibliog. info on Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/myra-inman-diary-bibliographic.html

My identification, based on genealogy profiles and sources, is that he is:

Louis Alden Simmons, 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Major, 84th Illinois Infantry, and author of the regimental history of that regiment. He is the son of Hezekiah and Zoa (Daily) Simmons, who married in North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1830. Louis Simmons was born in Massachusetts on March 16, 1833 (which would make him 31 in 1864). He married (1) Maria Theresa Harwood on November 20, 1865, in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts (not Lynchfield, as Myra recalled the town. The marriage occurred about a month before Myra heard the news). Simmons moved to Illinois by about 1850, eventually settling in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois. Simmons died December 6, 1888, and is buried at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, US.

I attached some notes about the Inman diary to this soldier's profile on FamilySearch.org.

Current Individual ID:

Louis Alden Simmons  •  L8HQ-W3W
16 March 1833 – 6 December 1888

URL (requires account and log-in):
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&section=details&person=L8HQ-W3W


BOOK BY L.A. SIMMONS:
The History of the 84th Reg't Ill. Vols
https://archive.org/details/historyof84threg00simmo
L.A. Simmons, (Macomb: Hampton Brothers, Publishers, 1866). Archive.org

U.S. Census References (index and images):

1850: Warren county, Warren, Illinois, pg. 476: Lewis A Simmons, age 17, white, male. Birth: 1833, Massachusetts; listed in the household of Hezekiah Simmons.

1860: Macomb 4th Ward, McDonough, Illinois, pg. 205: L A Simmons, age 27, male, apparent head. Birth: 1833, Ills. Occupation: Atty at Law.

1870: Ward in city of Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, pg. 9: S A Simmons [as indexed; should be 'L A.' Compare 'L' in 'Louisa']. Male, age 37, born Massachusetts. Occupation: Attorney-at-Law.

1880: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, pg. 462 B: Louis A Simmons, age 47, male, self (head). Birth: 1833, Massachusetts.

Various NARA microfilm publications (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); as indexed at FamilySearch.org (with viewable document images).

84th Regiment Illinois Infantry

84th Illinois Infantry was attached to Oliver O. Howard's 4th Army Corps from October 1863 to June 1865. It was one of the regiments of Col. William Grose's Third Brigade, in Maj Gen. David S. Stanley's First Division. Note that even though this was an infantry regiment, it was placed in a cavalry brigade. This is not so unusual in the Civil War.  General Oliver O. Howard's Fourth Army Corps was headquartered at Blue Springs, five miles in advance of Cleveland, Tennessee, in February 1864.

The following extract is courtesy of 
Illinois in the Civil War:
That website cited A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]

84th Illinois Infantry

• Organized at Quincy, Ill., and
• mustered in September 1, 1862.
• Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 23.

• Attached to 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to May, 1865.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

• Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
  • Reconnoissance from Rossville September 17.
  • Ringgold, Ga., September 17.
  • Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20.
• Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
• Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
  • Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Pursuit to Ringgold, Ga., November 26-27.
  • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
• March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 17.
• At Whiteside, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs till May, 1864.
• Demonstration on Dalton, Ga. February 22-27, 1864.
  • Near Dalton February 23.
  • Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
• Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September.
• Tunnel Hill May 6-7.
• Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
• Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
• Demonstration on Dalton May 9-13.
• Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
• Kingston May 18-19.
• Near Cassville May 19.

Reference for the location of the 84th Infantry as part of Oliver O. Howard's First Division: O.R., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, Pt. 3, p.551. Link to page 551.

Related, Muse's Civil War blog: Oliver O. Howard HQ at Blue Springs, Tennessee ; Location and Description of Blue Springs, Tennessee   

NOTE: THIS WAS ALSO PUBLISHED ON MY CIVIL WAR BLOG.

1860 US Census Index, Murray, Georgia. Links to 1860, 1870 Census Search at FamilySearch

1860 US Census, Murray County, Georgia (link)
at Genealogy Trails
http://genealogytrails.com/geo/murray/1860_cohutta_springs.htm

This site has a handy index of the 1860 census for Murray County, Georgia.

To search the actual census, try FamilySearch's census index, which has linked images of the actual census pages. (It requires a free account and log-in. So far, FamilySearch is always free--it's not just a free trial, like Ancestry).

1860 U.S. Census Search for the FamilySearch Census Index
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181

Each census index seems to have its own quirks. I think the 1860 census can be searched for county as well as state. Sometimes the less you fill in the blanks, the better. Some of the indexes, for instance, will fail to return an existing result if you have too much data input (such as sex, gender, etc.) It just depends on how they've indexed that particular census. Using a date range for the age is best. (Instead of birth, 1838, use birth, 1835-1840, etc.; ages in census vary so). DO NOT put names in the relationship fields for 1850, 1860, and 1870 (such as the field for "mother," "spouse," etcetera). Those census years do not recognize relationships of persons in the household. Instead, use the "other person."  A word to the wise: these indexes are rife with transcription errors, so be creative with your wildcard searches. For example, on "Headrick" surname searches, I always try: Hedrick, Headrick, He*ck, *drick, H*drick, etc. I vary input, such as "H*drick" (in the surname field) and "Blount," "Tennessee" for county and state; then remove the county if I'm not getting the right results. I have tried searches for the first name, county, and state (without the surname). It usually returns too many results, usually, but not always, and it can help find someone whose surname is badly misspelled. I've rarely tried this, but it might work: become familiar with common transcription errors. The transcribers often have trouble reading the old-fashioned script and cannot tell "s" from "l"; or "r" from "s," "n," etc. Capital "T" with a flourish is often transcribed as "P." Thus, "Thomas," as obvious as that seems to the descendant, might be transcribed as "Phomas."

1870 is one of the worst census years to search. It doesn't state relationships, and FamilySearch does not have it indexed by county. Therefore, adding the county doesn't weed out the results at all. Searching for "Headrick" of "Blount, Tennessee," will turn up all Headricks in Tennessee. It may also turn up "Hedrick," (common alternates), but not "Haedrick" or "Hadrick" or "Hetrick." But for what it's worth, I sometimes find it easier to search census straight from the collection, not from the main page at FamilySearch. Here's the page for 1870 Census Search:

1870 U.S. Census Search for the FamilySearch Census Index
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024

To find the Census search tool for any decade, I usually just search Google for "1880 census search at FamilySearch" or something like that. Ancestry probably has similar tools, but requires an account (not free, except for the trial period); I don't know if they use the same census index.

These wildcard searches have helped me greatly. I was able to find "Jacob Hddrix" and "William Hedrink" this way.

Speaking of transcribers who cannot read the old-fashioned cursive, read about the search for Mary Ann V. (Caylor) Headrick, and the terrible transcription errors on her death record....

Search for Death Record of Pollyan Fredrik.

Obituaries - Extract of Selected Surnames, North Georgia

Brief Extract from Georgia Obituaries

Selected Surnames

This scrap of genealogy is from my extract of a source called Georgia Obituaries 1740-1935 by Jeanette Holland Austin, 1993. My note says “9/14/93 page 47,” but I’m not sure if all extracted names were found on that one page.

Cooper, John, died 1-27-1814 in Alabama. Killed by Indians. Source: The Georgia Journal 2-2-1814, Milledgeville 1835-1836.

Gray, Mattie L., Mrs., died 5-24-1920. Walker Co., Georgia. Born 5-2-1857 at Ascalon. Parent: Wm. Campbell. Spouse: Rev. Lee Gray. Source: WM 11-5-1920
(I failed to note what the WM source code referred to—probably Walker Messenger.)

Petty, Wm., died 5-1864, Paulding Co., Georgia. Born —. Spouse: Cynthia (b.1832).  
Source code: Paulding CWP (Civil War Pensions).
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The following all note “CS,” but it’s not clear whether that refers to The Cartersville Sentinel, Cartersville, Georgia (or) The Cassville Standard, Cassville, Georgia.

Bryant, John, died 8-9-1887 at Oxford. Born 1880. CS 8-9-1887.

Petty, Nancy, Mrs., died 1-1-1889 in Newton Co., Georgia.. Born 1802. Spouse: Littleton Petty. CS 1-8-1889.

Petty, Wm. H., died 6-16-1896 in Newton Co., Georgia. Born 1842. Parents: Littleton Petty. CS 6-16-1896.

Petty, Thos. F., died 6-9-1896 in Newton Co., Georgia. Born 2-8-1818. Spouse: Sarah A. Bearry. CS 6-9-1896.