Clayton Smallwood of Co. F, 4th Georgia Cavalry

 News Item from Fricksgap Column in Walker County Messenger, 1891

"Clayton Smallwood and I were  members of Company F. Fourth Ga. Cavalry. He was captured in the first of the New Hope fighting and went to prison and never returned."

[Column signed]: "A. F. S."

[Source]: Clayton Smallwood (mentioned), A.F.S., "Fricksgap" (column), Walker County Messenger (LaFayette, Walker, Georgia) 187?-current, 29 January  1891, page 4 (digital image 4), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia. https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053488/1891-01-29/ed-1/seq-4/print/image_551x817_from_1027,4156_to_1975,5562/
(accessed 18 January 2022).
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Not sure if this is relevant, but the above item identifies Clayton Smallwood as a member of Co. F, Fourth Georgia Cavalry. I looked up the Fourth Georgia Cavalry and found this reference, giving a brief history of the 4th Georgia regiment:

Caption Clinch's Regiment, The 4th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, "The Wiregrass Fourth," Provisional Army of the Confederate States.

http://www.glynngen.com/military/civilwar/4thGA/DLClinch.htm

Deposition of Peter Cooper, 1887, Dekalb County, Alabama. Service: Private, Co. B, 6th Georgia Infantry, Confederate, 1861-1862

This is a miscellaneous document from an unidentified pension application made by Peter Cooper. No other detail available except what I extracted here, from a copy of the document.

Deposition of Peter Cooper

Private, Co. B, 6 Regiment, Georgia Infantry
[Confederate States]
Deposition Date: 6 June 1887

Document Extract:

The State of Alabama, County of Dekalb.

Personally appeared before me, L L Cochran Judge of Probate in and for said County, Peter Cooper who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that when a Private in Company B of 6th Regiment of Georgia Infantry and while in the discharge of his duty, on the 5th day of April 1862, at Yorktown in the State of Virginia he lost his left leg; that he was a resident of Alabama on the 25th day of February 1887, and is a resident at the date of this application; that he is engaged in the business of farming; and that his taxable property does not exceed one thousand dollars in value.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of June 1887.

Peter [his X mark] Cooper

L. L. Cochran
Judge of Probate of Dekalb County

The State of Alabama, County of Dekalb } I hereby certify that the duplicate of the foregoing application and affidavit is on file in my office, and that I believe the statements made therein are entitled to credit.

Given under my hand this the 6th day of June, 1887.

L. L. Cochran
Judge of Probate of Dekalb County

Duplicate to be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate.

Wife - Malinda Cooper
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GENEALOGY DETAILS RELATED TO DOCUMENT:

Peter Cooper
Birth: 9 May 1843, Dade County, Georgia
Death: 22 March 1914, Jackson County, Alabama

Marriage: 28 August 1864, Dekalb County, Alabama

Wife: Malinda Elizabeth Sizemore

Biographies mention that the leg injury occurred at the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia

Note: Name is usually given as Peter Cooper; sometimes Peter Issac Cooper or Peter Isaac Cooper.

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.

U.S. Headstone Application for U.S. Military Veterans: Peter Cooper, Georgia, C.S.A. Died 1915

Confederate (Tombstone application through U.S. Government, 1915)

United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, Peter Cooper.

[This form is a preprinted application form, with details filled in with a pencil. Legibility varies: Good to Excellent. Form and details, as extracted]:

War Department, O.Q.M.G. Form No. 623. (form approval details skipped). Application for Headstone. C.S.A. 6391. Name: Peter Cooper. Rank: Private. Company: B (application had 'B or D', but B was marked out). State Organization: Georgia Inf.

Date of Death: May 9 1915 [9 May 1915].

Name of Cemetery: Moore's Chapel. City: Island Creek Long Island Ala. State: Ala. Division --. State --. Emblem: None (Options included Christian, Hebrew, or None).

To Be Shipped To: Mrs. Malinda Cooper Bridgeport, Ala. Jackson. Post Office Address of Consignee: Bridgeport, Ala. I hereby agree to accept the headstone at above destination, freight prepaid, and properly place same at decedent's grave.

This application is for the UNMARKED* grave of a soldier. It is understood the stone will be furnished and delivered at the railroad station or steamboat landing above indicated, at Government expense, freight prepaid, and agreed it will be promptly removed and set up at private expense. 

[Signed]: (Mrs.) Malinda [her X mark] Cooper, Applicant. Address: Bridgeport, Ala. Date: June 3 - 1936.

*Stones must not be requested for any grave at which a private stone, monument, or other permanent marker is already erected or is to be erected. [Clerical box has these receipt/shipping stamped dates]: June 16 1930. Tate, Georgia Oct 15 1930. Shipped Dec 11 1930. 

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.

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]:
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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___

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[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