William J PERRY1,4,2,3,5,6
about 18231,2 - after 17th Feb 18653
Notes
- 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 26 (?) October, District 26, Hse/Fam #531
William J Perry 27 M Blacksmith $0 Real Estate SC [b abt 1823]
Synthia Perry 18 F b Tenn [b abt 1832]
In 1860 William and Cynthia were living in Arkansas. From the ages and birth states reported for the children in 1860, it looks like they moved to Arkansas about 1853.
1860 Federal Census, Independence County, Arkansas, 12 September, Greenbriar Township, PO Alderbrook, pages 313 (scan 307), Hse/Fam #2122
William J Perry 37 M Blacksmith $0 Real Estate $100 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1823]
Cyntha G Perry 29 F born Tennessee Illiterate [b abt 1831]
Sarah A C M Perry 8 F born Alabama Attended School [b 1852]
Oliver H D Perry 6 M born Arkansas Attended School [b abt 1854]
Edward J Perry 4 M born Arkansas [b abt 1856]
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Our ancestor William J. Perry was captured, 8 Oct 1864 in Jefferson County, Missouri. He was "confined at the Post of Jefferson City, Missouri during the month of October, 1864." Then, he was "Forwarded to St. Louis Oct 24, 1864." to Gratiot Street Military Prison where he would be "processed." On 28 Nov 1864, he was transferred to the prison at Alton, Illinois (near St Louis). Several months later, on 17 Feb 1865, he was "Transferred to Point Lookout, MD for exchange."
He had already been a POW for almost five months. Did he walk or ride the railroad those 950 miles to Point Lookout, Maryland? Did he survive the deplorable tent prison, in winter time conditions? "Located on the southern tip of the MD peninsula, it was deemed the largest and worst Northern POW camp." Four months after his transfer, the war ended in June 1865. Source: His CSA record.
-- R Dunlap, Comments on a photo of the Gratiot St Prison, Ancestry.com
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U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
William J Perry
Enlisted in the Arkansas 10th Cavalry (Witt's) Regiment
Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Sources
- 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
- 26 (?) October, District 26, Hse/Fam #531
- 2. 1860 Federal Census, Independence County, Arkansas
- 12 September, Greenbriar Township, PO Alderbrook, pages 313 (scan 307), Hse/Fam #2122
- 3. Ancestry Comments
- 4. Steve Squier
- 5. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
- 6. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- 7. 1870 Federal Census, Indpendence County, Arkansas
- 25 June, Greenbriar Township, PO Batesville, page 15 (scan 98), Hse #102, Fam #142
- 8. Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
- 9. 1880 Federal Census, Wake County, North Carolina
- 2 June, Independence Township, District 132, page 12, Hse #17, Fam #21
- 10. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
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