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
John F. Chapman
*John Franklin Chapman joined Capt. Murphy's Company, Alabama Mounted Volunteers later called 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F on 18 November 1861 in Perry County, Alabama. He was enlisted by Capt. Samuel Jennings Murphy as a Private for 12 months at the age of 17.
*John took his horse to war with him. His horse was valued at $275 and his horse equipment at $25.
He was listed on the following company muster rolls:
18 Nov to 31 Dec 1861
30 Apr to June 30 1863
31 Oct to 31 Dec 1863
John F. was a courier at brigade from the 1st of year 1864 until July, 14th by order of General Allen. After that, on July 17th, he was part of a group of detailed men from 3rd Alabama Cavalry assigned by Jo Robins, Lt. Col. Comdg. 3rd Ala. Cavalry to do something but at this time I am uncertain what.
*John married Nancy A. E. Stephens about 1869 in Perry County, Alabama. Nancy was born in 1842 in Alabama.
They had the following children:
F i. Ida A Chapman was born in 1870 in Perry County, Alabama.
M ii. Walter F Chapman was born on 24 Oct 1872 in Perry County, Alabama. Walter married Minnie Riley .
M iii. Luther F. Chapman was born in 1875 in Perry County, Alabama. He died on 16 Feb 1922
in ,Tuscaloosa county, Alabama. Luther married Florance .
M iv. Eugene Chapman was born in 1877 in Perry County, Alabama.
*Henry Chapman and * John F. Chapman were brothers and both were born and raised in Alabama and both joined this same cavalry unit. They were the sons of John Chapman. John, according to the census, was born in 1810 in Tennessee and he died in Alabama . John married Percilla about 1835. Percilla was born in 1808 in South Carolina.
Here is a list of their children all born in Perry county:
M i. William Chapman was born in 1836
M ii. James Chapman was born in 1837
M iii. *Henry L Chapman was born in 1839
M iv. Eli E. Chapman was born in 1841
M v. *John Franklin Chapman was born in 1844.
F vi. Eliza A. Chapman was born in 1847
Sources
1. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry County, Pole cat beat, page 43.Head of house John Chapman.
2. 1880 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry County, Polecat beat, page 7.
3. 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.".
4. United States. Record and Pension Office., Compiled Service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama., Washington D. C. : The National Archives, 1961-1962.Third Alabama Cavalry A-D 1861-1865 FHL#0880338.
5. Alabama Death Certificate for two sons of John F Chapman; Walter(1927 Tuscaloosa county, Alabama death certificate #26371 and Luther (1922 Tuscaloosa county, Alabama death certificate #3786).
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By Susette Cook