William James Huddleston (1820 - 1910)

Born 25 Dec 1820 in Wayne, Hardin Co., Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Jane (Ledbetter) Huddleston — married about 1840 in Texas

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1910 at age 89 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX

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Burial

Burial:

Date: APR 1910

Place: Dido Cemetery, Tarrant Co., TX.

Note

Note: @NI06900@

@NI06900@ NOTE1850 census, Northern Div., DeSoto Co., MISS.

1860 census, Franklin, Izard Co., ARK.

1870 census, West Fork Twp., West Fork P.O., Washington Co., ARK.

First Arkansas Regiment 30-Day Volunteers, CSA

Company G

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This company was organized at Evening Shade, Lawrence (now Sharp)county, Arkansas, by Captain Daniel Yeager. The company enlisted for 30days on November 15, 1861, and was discharged on December 15, 1861, atCamp Borland, near Pocahontas, Arkansas. Most of these men werelandowners in what is now Sharp county, and many of them subsequentlyenlisted in Co. F, 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment.

Endorsement on Company G muster roll��Muster Roll of Capt. DanielYeager�s Co. of Vol. Inf., raised in response to Col. Borland�s call ofNov. 5; mustered into the Confederate service Nov. 15 for 30 days, anddischarged Dec. 15, 1861; entitled to pay from date of muster to the timeset opposite their respective names and to transportation and subsistencefrom Pocahontas to Evening Shade, Ark., 50 miles.�

Huddleston, William J Private.

TO THE HONORABLE HENRY L.DAVIS AND OTHER COMPOSING THE

COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES.

Your petitioner W.J.Huddleston would state and show from

the proof submitted to the commission that he is a Cherokee

by descent and by blood having been born in Hardin Co.State

of Tennessee on the 25th day of Dec 1825. My fathers name was

Fleming Huddleston. My mothers name was Susie Huddleston my

father was a son of Benjamin Huddleston. That I now reside in

Wise County Texas and have resided there 13 years. And he

avers these facts can be established by proof to the satisfaction

of the commission under such rules and regulations as it may

prescribe. And he further avers that these facts being proved

he is entitled to be ajudged under the laws of such Nation and

the laws of Congress of the United States and the treaties of

such Nation with the United States, a citizen of such Nation.

With all the rights, privileges,and protection of Citizenships

in such Nation. Wherefore he herewith respectfully submit to the

consideration of the Honorable Commission such proof and on the

hearing he be adjudged entitled to such citizenship and his name

be placed upon the proper roll as a citizen of such Nation.

Sigature W.J.Huddleston.

State of Texas,County of Wise.

Now on the 31st day of Augst.1896 personally appeared before me

a J.P., for Precinct No.5 and a Notary Public for said county

and state W.J.Huddleston who being duly sworn upon his oath

states that the facts set forth in the foregoing petition are

correct and true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st

day of Aug.1896.

Signed. J.S.Procter,J.P.Precinct No.5,and Notary Public for

Wise County Texas.SEAL.

Case NO. 3677.REJECTED.

DAWES ROLL 1896.NATIONAL ARCHIVES,FORT WORTH,TEX.

Military

Name: William J. Huddleston

Side: Confederate

Regiment State/Origin: Arkansas

Regiment Name: 1 Arkansas Volunteers (30 Days,1861)

Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers (30 days, 1861)

Company: G

Film Number: M376 roll 12^[1]

Sources

• Glenn Gohr
• Ledbetter Family Ancestry
• Ancestry.com

Footnotes

1. ↑ National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online [1], acquired 2007.

Acknowledgments

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