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Vincent Jessee


Biography
Born 03/05/1844
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 09/13/1922
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father Vincent Jessee
Mother Elizabeth Candler
Married 10/21/1868
01/06/1892
Spouses Virginia A. Gilmer
Celia F. Thompson
Military Units
29th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
22nd Cavalry
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29th Infantry
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48th Infantry
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Miscellaneous Information:

Letter mention: Gilmer family
Appears on pension applications for: James M. Lark, 1902. Oliver Aistrop, 1903. Daniel Alexander widow, 1903. F. M. Steele, 1903. John C. Alexander widow, 1906. Henry L. Plaster, 1906. Samuel P. Williams widow. James P. Gilmer, 1904. Anthony C. Ferguson widow, 1904. J. M. Puckett, 1905. Henry Mabe, 1905. John T. Gibson, 1907. George W. Williams, 1908. N. B. Garrett, 1909. Isaac Puckett widow, 1910. J. M. Puckett, 1910. Richard P. Alexander widow, 1916. N. B. Garrett widow, 1917. Charles G. Gose, 1917. Albert B. Jessee widow, 1921. Andy F. Hurt, 1922, William Henry Vanderport, 1922. Preston Jones, 1922.

Newspaper mentions:
Lebanon News, 3/20/1903, 1/11/1907
Tazewell Republican, 3/17/1904

Notes: Founding member of McElhaney Camp Confederate Veterans, 1896. Received Southern Cross of Honor from Daughters of the Confederacy, 1907. Combined two men. Cited in Russell County Death Records, Volume 1.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company G, 29th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll for Mch. 27 to Apr. 30, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: Mch. 27
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Gen. H. Marshal
Period: 3 yrs or war

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1862 (Dated June 30, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: Mar. 27
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Genl. H. Marshall
Period: 3 yrs or the war

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for June 30 to Oct. 30, 1862 (Dated Oct. 30, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: March 27, 1862
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Genl. H. Marshall
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 4

Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 30, 1862 to Feb. 28, 1863 (Dated Feb. 28, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: March 27, 1862
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Gen. H. Marshal
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: V. C. Huff
To what time: Oct. 30, 1862

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 5

Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & Apr., 1863 (Dated May 6, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: Mch. 27, 1862
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: H. Marshall
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: V. C. Huff
To what time: Feb. 28

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 6

Appears on a muster roll for Apr. 1, 1864 made for the bounty due Oct. 1, 1864.

Enlisted:
When: March 27, 1862
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: H. Marshall
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 7

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Mar. 27, 1862
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Gen. H. Marshal
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 8

Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 2 Qr., 1864

Date of issue: June 30, 1864
Signature:

Card 9

Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 3rd Qr., 1864

Date of issue: Sept. 27, 1864
Signature:

Card 10

[$50 bounty for re-enlistment at Camp Cumbo, Russell County, April 26, 1862. Signed by name.]

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