This page last edited on 21 Jun 2007.
I have labeled this "Deposition X". However, that's due to the absence of a deposition number, not because it's actually labeled Deposition X. In fact, I seem to be missing the page before and the page after. I do not know if the missing pages are in the pension file and I just don't have them, or if the missing pages really aren't in the file.
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Col. J. T. Shelly; and he was captured by
the enemy in Anderson County, Tennessee,
and was imprisoned at Clinton, Tennessee,
and whilst in prison was marked absent
without leave but was never Court Martialed
nor paid. He returned to his company and
Regiment on the 12th day of March 1864. He
has made a good soldier since he returned and
I respectfully ask that he may be discharged and
paid off if it be consistent with military
regulations.
signed, S. S. Cobb, Capt.
Co. K, Det. 5th Tenn Inf.
June 3rd, 1865
John England, a private of Col. K th Regt
Ten Vol. Inf.
I certify that the said private
John England did receive a Recruiting
Commission from his Commanding Colonel,
on or about the 20th of April 1862.
signed, A. N. Ragle, Capt.
Co. K, 5th Regt Tenn Inf.
This document is important in several respects. It was signed by John England's commanding officer. It was signed on 3 Jun 1865, which was immediately after the war and long before John England's pension application. Hence, it wasn't relying on someone's memory of an event that happened decades ago. And it certainly seems to confirm John England's story that he was a recruiting officer rather than a deserter.
Statement of J. H. Peters, being acquainted with John England. I was recruited by said (page break, but the pages were not numbered) England and was taken to Cumberland Gap with others that was recruited by him, and the said England was sent back to recruit more men, and the next that I hear from said England was captured by the Rebs and had him in Clinton Jail, Tenn., Anderson County. The the 3d of Jun 1865. signed J. H. Peters Private of Co. K, 5th E. Tenn. Regt.
Actually, John Henry Peters was more than acquainted with John England; they were kin. John Henry Peters was the son of John W. Peters. John England was married to Jane (Jennie) Peters. John W. Peters and Jennie Peters were first cousins.
Statement of William Carnell that he was acquainted with John England of the 5th Tenn Regt and Co. K. I saw the said John England in Prison in Anderson County Clinton Court house in August in the year 1862, and the said John England was arrested by the Rebels and they accused the said England of being a recruiting officer and was a going for the damned yankees. This the 3d of June 1865 (Signed) William Carnell Private of Co. K, 5th Tenn Regt.
I do not know who William Carnell was nor how he was connected to John England. William's name was spelled William Kernell in the census.
Statement of Joseph Wiat that A. N. Ragle, Capt. of Co. K, 5th E. Tenn Regt. ...... (end of page, but I don't have the next page)
I am curious about Joseph Wiat even though I do not have his complete deposition. Henry Peters Sr. and Mary Wiatte were my fifth great grandparents, and I have no information on the family of Mary Wiatte. I wonder if Joseph Wiat might have been a relative of Mary Wiatte. For example, might Joseph have been a grandnephew or a great grandnephew of Mary?
This page last edited on 21 Jun 2007.