Benjamin Austin | Richard Bailey | Enos W. Brazelton | William Blount | Burwell Boykin | Wesley Brown | William Bryant | James Brown | Thomas Caldwell | Benjamin Caraway | Allen Capps | George Carter | James Cathey | David Chapman | Henry L Chapman | John F. Chapman | T. W. Casay | William B Cathay | William L. Cathey
Enos W. Brazelton
*Enos W Brazelton
*Enos W Brazelton on a Alabama Confederate Service Cards from Alabama State Archives, was listed by the name Ernest or E.W. He joined 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F in Perry County, Alabama. One of his papers says he enlisted 1 Dec 1864 and yet he is on the Muster Roll of 31 Oct 1864. So he must have enlisted sometime in 1864 at the age of 16 as a Private.
A card in his compiled military records states:
His name appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War of stragglers, Confederate
States Army, commanded by [blank], surrendered at [blank] by Lieut. Gen. R.
Taylor, CSA, to Maj. Gen. ERS Canby, USA, May 4, 1865 and paroled at
Selma, Ala, June 1865.
*E W was living with his family in Franklin county Tennessee in 1850. He must have moved with his family about 1859 to Perry County, Alabama. Because E.W. was counted on the 1860 census in Perry County, Alabama. He was 12 years old in the 1860 census.
*E W 's father was Andra J. Brazelton.
Andra was born in 1815 in Tennessee.
Andra married Francy C. about 1840. Francy was born in 1822 in South Carolina. She died about 1858.
They had the following children:
F i. Amelia Brazelton was born in 1841 in Tennessee.
F ii. Martha Brazelton was born in 1845 in Tennessee.
M iii. *Enos W Brazelton was born in 1848 in Tennessee.
F iv. Fanny Brazelton was born in 1850 in Tennessee.
F v. Mary J. Brazelton was born in 1855 in Tennessee.
F vi. Anna Brazelton was born in 1858 in Tennessee.
Sources
1. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry county, Marion, page 118.Listed in household of A. J. Brazelton as E. W.
2. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards. Name listed on card: Ernest W. Brazelton., Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.Microfilm cards "From an 8 x 5 card file maintained by the Alabama Department of Archives and History from the early 1900s until 1982. As staff came across information related to Alabama individuals during the American Civil War a card was created. Information on individuals exempted from military service or who served in the militia or home guard is included. If new information was discovered from another source, another card was created. Multiple cards for an individual often exist. Sources include muster rolls, governors' correspondence, veterans' censuses, manuscript collections, newspapers and pension records. Names, places and events are often inconsistently spelled.".
3. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama 3 Reg file box Typed copy of Muster roll dated 31 October 1864, Listed on the roll as Brazelton, Enos W., Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
4. 1850 Federal Census, Tennessee, Franklin county, Dist 1 page 6. Head of household Andra J. Brazelton.
5. United States. Record and Pension Office., Compiled Service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama., Washington C. C. : The National Archives, 1961-1962.Third Alabama Cavalry A-D 1861-1865 FHL#0880338.
6. Catalogue of the officers and students of Howard College,
Marion, Ala. [Marion, Ala. : The College] (Tuskaloosa : M.D.J. Slade)1845-1887 LD4881.2 C3
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