John Edmonson Gilmer - Russell County, Virginia in the Civil War

John Edmonson Gilmer


Biography
Born	01/18/1836
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	08/19/1861
Death Location	Monterey, VA
Father	Cummings Gilmer
Mother	Mary Browning
Married
Spouse
Military Units
37th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
37th Infantry
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Census Information:

1850: 97, Age 14
1860: 191, Age 24
1870: DEAD
1880: DEAD
1900: DEAD
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Letter mention: Gilmer family
Letter mention: Personal
Letter mention: James H. Barrett

Notes: Father owned 3 slaves.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record

Card 1
Private, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll dated May 31st, 1861

Enrolled for active service on: May 3
Enrolled for active service at: New Garden
Enrolled by: Capt. J. F. McElhenney
Period: 1 year

Age: 25

Company was enrolled for active service at Honaker, Va., on the 3rd day of May, 1861 and travelled then to Abingdon where it arrived on the 30th, 1861, a distance of 34 miles.

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. S. Hunt
Period: 12 mo

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Not stated
Remarks:

Card 3

Name appears on a Register
of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Virginia which were filed for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War Department.

By whom presented: Cummings Gilmer, Adm.
When filed: Jan. 27, 1863
Where born:
Where died:

Comptroller:
When reported to:
When returned:

Number of settlement:
Certificates:
Report:

Amount found due:

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Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry Appears on a muster roll dated May 31st, 1861 Enrolled for active service on: May 3 Enrolled for active service at: New Garden Enrolled by: Capt. J. F. McElhenney Period: 1 year Age: 25 Company was enrolled for active service at Honaker, Va., on the 3rd day of May, 1861 and travelled then to Abingdon where it arrived on the 30th, 1861, a distance of 34 miles.	Card 2 Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. S. Hunt Period: 12 mo Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Not stated Remarks:	Card 3 Name appears on a Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Virginia which were filed for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War Department. By whom presented: Cummings Gilmer, Adm. When filed: Jan. 27, 1863 Where born: Where died: Comptroller: When reported to: When returned: Number of settlement: Certificates: Report: Amount found due: