Wounded in Action--Nov. 12, 1864 in Russelville, Tennessee & then died of that wound 3 months later, Feb. 11, 1865.
enrolled Jan 15, 1864 at Taylorsville Tenn
Pvt. Joel Greer served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: Jan 5, 1864 Mustered out: Feb. 11 1865 Died of wound Side: USA Regiment(s): 13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
Pvt. Joel Greer Died in Military Service during the United States Civil War.
Joel Greer in the County of Ashe in the state of North Carolina on the 31 day of December in the year1847 married Elizabeth Mccracken.
NO source found for the marriages, to 2 different women on the same day/place........
Military
Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers
Name Joel Greer
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1865
Age (Original) 39
WIA & DIED
Military Unit Note Thirteenth Cavalry
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Joel Greer: 13th Cavalry Regiment Company i according Tlorssville, Tenn to serve to his widows pension records (copy att'd)
Joel enrolled Jan 15, 1864 at Taylorsville Tenn to serve three years.
"He was wounded in the Battle at Bulls Gap on November 12, 1864.
He died at a private residence near Russellevill tn Feb 11, 1865."
notes from Elizabeth Mccracken widows pension application.
Civil War soldiers from Ashe and Allegheny County, NC Civil War solider
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Joel died in the military service 1863 and his youngest child, Margaret was born 1863. Here is the 1870 census giving the family.
1870 P.O. North Fork, Laurel Township, Ashe, North Carolina
Enumerated: Sept 23 1870
Age 9
Birth Year (Estimated) 1860-1861
Birthplace North Carolina
Page Number 9
Elizabeth Greer F 41 Virginia
Benjamin Greer M 21 Tennessee
James Greer M 19 Virginia
Nancy Greer F 21 Virginia
Samuel Greer M 15 north Carolina
John Greer M 12 North Carolina
George Greer M 11 North Carolina
Zilpha Greer F 9 North Carolina
Margaret Greer F 7 North Carolina
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Acknowledgements
remembered by Sherry Stanfield, www.newrivernotess.com Tuesday, March 18, 2014.
7 pgs. "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWTM-581 : 4 December 2014), Joel Greer, 1865; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : 2010); citing military unit Thirteenth Cavalry, NARA microfilm publication M395 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 105.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW87-GDK : 12 April 2016), Zilpha Greer in household of Elizabeth Greer, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 9, family 64, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,621.
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