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Samuel D Williams


Biography
Born 10/1834
Birth Location
Died 11/26/1917
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father George Williams
Mother Elizabeth Davenport
Married 9/1858 (TN)
Spouse Elizabeth Jessee
Military Units
29th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
29th Infantry
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Misc
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Pension
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Widows Pension
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Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1906, Russell County
Widow filed pension: 1918, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1902, 1917
Appears on pension applications for: John W. C. Campbell, 1893. John Riley Shell, 1903. Anthony C. Ferguson widow, 1904. John T. Gibson, 1907.

Newspaper mention:
Lebanon News, 5/29/1908, 5/10/1912, 1/16/1925

Notes: Received Southern Cross of Honor from Daughters of the Confederacy, 1908. Two different men, see obituaries.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
2nd Corporal, 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: Maj. Fisher
To what time: June 30, 1862

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:
Where:
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Last paid:
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Present or absent: Present
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Card 8

Appears on a Register of
Chimborazo Hospital, No. 1,
Richmond, Virginia.

Disease: Diarrhoea
Admitted: May 12, 1863
Returned to duty: June 1, 1863

Card 9

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

Date of issue: Sept. 27, 1864
Signature:

Card 10

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

Date of issue: June 8, 1864
Signature:

Card 11

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

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