James Ingersoll
*James C. Ingersoll
*James C. Ingersoll Muster in on 25 Apr 1861 as a Bugler into Capt. Jenkins Company, Mounted Rifles, Alabama Volunteers, at the age of 39 years.
He was enlisted in Wilcox county for 12 months, by Capt Jenkins.
His horse was worth $175 and his horse Equipments worth $25.
He was counted on the following Muster Rolls:
2 May to June 30 1861
30 June to 31 Aug 1861
31 Aug to Oct 31 1861
31 Oct to Dec 31 1861
*James was born in 1822 in New York and he was counted in a census in 1860 in Wilcox County, Alabama. He has $3,000 of real estate and $2,015 of personal property. He was employed as printer in 1860 in Prairie Bluff, Wilcox County, Alabama.
He married Elizabeth . Elizabeth was born in 1831 in South Carolina.
They had the following children:
F i. Eliza J. Ingersoll was born in 1850 in Alabama .
F ii. Lawrence J Ingersoll 5 was born in 1852 in Alabama .
F iii. Narcissa G Ingersoll 6 was born in 1854 in Alabama .
Sources
1. 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 E-K 1861-1865 FHL#0880339.
2. 1870 Federal Census, Alabama, Wilcox county, Camden, page 6.
3. 1860 Federal census, Alabama, Wilcox county, Prairie Bluff, page 33.Head of house hold J. C. Ingersoll.
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