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John Wiley Counts


Biography
Born 09/09/1832
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 01/29/1915
Death Location Jackson Co., WV
Father John Counts
Mother Phoebe McReynolds
Married 02/15/1856
10/8/1867
Spouses Elizabeth Evans
Lucy Catherine Todd
Military Units
21st Battalion Cavalry
2nd VSL
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
21st Cavalry
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Misc
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Pension
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Census Information:

1850: 784, Age 17
1860: 339, Age 27
1870: Not found
1880: Wise Co., Walker 183, Age 40
1900: Jackson Co., WV, Union 107, Age 67
1910: Jackson Co., WV, Age 78, Veteran: No
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1931?, Russell County

Newspaper mentions:
Mountaineer, 2/5/1915
Jackson Herald, 2/12/1915

Notes: Mentioned in Civil War in Wise and Buchanan Counties. Mentioned in Pioneer Recollections of Southwest Virginia, son says he never served due to being a cripple. Nickname was "Toptoe". Confusion with 1931 pension.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, (1st) Company E, 21st Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for to Aug. 31, 1863 (Dated Aug. 31, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: Mch. 28
Where: Sand Lick
By whom: Capt. Counts
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: No person
To what time: Not at all

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Absent with leave

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