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Drayton Dobbins
*Drayton H Dobbins
Men were always recruit for the war but the Cavalry also recruited horses. In July of 1864 Drayton Dobbins was detailed to recruit horses by order of General Wheeler. It is interesting to note that cavalry soldiers recieved pay for themselves and their horses. So it makes me wonder: Did some families send their horse to war if they did not have a son to send?
*Drayton H Dobbins joined Capt. Murphy's Company, Alabama Mounted Volunteers later called 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F in Perry County, Alabama on 18 Nov 1861 at the age of 21.
He was enlisted by Capt. Murphy as a private for 12 months.
Drayton took his horse to war with him. His horse was valued at $125 and horse equipment at $15.
*Drayton was also listed by the name Draton H Dobbins.
He was listed on the following Company Muster rolls:
30 apr to June 30 1863
18 nov to dec 31 1861
31 Oct to 31 Dec 1863
31 Oct 1864
His name appears in a list of Prisoners of War surrendered to
Brig. Gen E. M. Mccook by Maj. Gen Sam Jones CSA at Tallahassee, Florida
on 10 May 1865.
He was paroled Albany, Ga on 17 May 1865.
At some point a pension was applied for, number 17311, Perry county. Pension application witnessed by Harvey Stone and W. J. Mitchell. Both these men served with Drayton. I will go and see this pension application and see it has some more clues for me.
*Drayton H Dobbins was born in 1841 in Alabama. In 1880 he was living in Perry County, Alabama. He could read and write and he was employed sometimes as blacksmith and sometimes as a farmer. In 1910 Drayton was a widow so Jane must have died sometime before 1910.
He married Nancy Jane Lagrone 24 Sep 1860. Nancy Jane was born in 1842 in Alabama.
They had the following children:
M i. David Dobbins was born in 1862 in Perry county, Alabama.
F ii. Willie Dobbins was born in 1867 in Perry county, Alabama.
M iii. Busley ? Dobbins was born in 1870 in Perry county, Alabama.
F iv. Pauline Dobbins was born in 1876 in Perry county, 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 A-D 1861-1865 FHL#0880338.
2. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards.
, 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.".On the on line version Dratton but on roll Draton.
3. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama 3 Reg file box Typed copy of Muster roll dated 31 October 1864, Listed on roll as Dobbins, Draton H., Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
4. 1880 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry county, Beat 7, page 25.Drayton Dobbins is the head of household.
5. 1910 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry county, Old Town, page 2B.
6. Perry County marriages.