William H Alvis (1837 - 1901)

Born 22 Mar 1837 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Howe) Alvis — married 11 Jan 1868 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Mary Ellen (Elder) Alvis — married 2 Oct 1887 in Washington, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1901 at age 64 in Washington, Arkansas, United States

Biography

This person was created through the import of Alvis families 9a.ged on 18 January 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Stuckey Cem, Johnson, Washington Co AR

Note

1850 w/parents; 1870 Hancock Co TN w/wife; 1880 Hawkins Co TN w/wife, 5 sons; 1900 Washington Co AR, w/wife, 3 ch

The Oath of Office of William Anderson Alvis of TN. Hawkins County Minute Book, Monday 2 Nov 1863 p. 3: Whereas, heretofore the Justices of the Peace for the county of Hawkins was required by the authority of the Confederate States of America so called to take the oath to support the constitution of the so called Confederate States? [p. 4] It appearing to the court that Jas. M. Sizemore and William A. Alvis having been duly elected and conformed as Justices of the Peace for said county of Hawkins, it is ordered that they be qualified as such whereupon the said Jas. M. Sizemore and W. A. Alvis appeared in open court and took the oath of office to support the constitution of the United States of America and also the constitution of the State of Tennessee as set forth in the code.

Comments: William A Alvis?s sons George N, William H and Richard J had all joined the 61st Mounted Infantry?Confederates. All three were captured at Big Black River MS on 17 May 1863, sent to Memphis TN 25 May, to Ft Delaware DE on 15 June, and to Point Lookout MD 26 Sept, 1863. George was exchanged in July 1863. William was not exchanged until 3 May 1864. Richard was released on 14 June 1864. A fourth son Wiley Blount Alvis had also been a prisoner earlier. He was a private, Capt Winston's D Co, 3rd Engineers, C.S.A. captured 21 Feb 1862 in Campbell Co KY and exchanged 25 Aug 1862 at Camp Chase OH.

Did the fact his sons were prisoners of war influence William?s decision to swear to support the US Constitution in Nov 1863? Maybe Hawkins Co was losing faith in the Confederacy and decided to return to the US.

He passed away before 1960. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to James Asher.