James William Jennings (1838 - abt. 1900)

Born 12 Jul 1838 in Coffee County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1838. He passed away about 1900. His birth date and location are listed on his US Army Enlistment papers.

James and Martha were married February 4, 1857 in Wilson, Tennessee. They had 8 children.

• Synthia Elizabeth Jennings
• Sarah Adeline Jennings
• Mary Josephine Jennings
• William Riley Jennings
• Candeallie Jennings
• Rosie Ann Jennings
• George King Jennings
• Walter Levi Jennings

• James was a Confederate Soldier at the beginning of the Civil War. He was captured and sent to the POW Camp at Rock Island, Illinois. On 6 October 1864 he enlisted in the US Army as a condition of his release from the POW Camp.

• James received a pension based on his service in the US Army.

Listed on the Tennessee Death Certificate of William Riley Jennings as his father.

Sources

US Federal Census information

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: 537; Page: 279; Family History Library Film: 0024550
• Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_901; Page: 319A; Image: 19
• Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1280; Page: 257; Family History Library Film: 805280
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Clark, Johnson, Arkansas; Roll: M593_57; Page: 6B; Image: 116154; Family History Library Film: 545556
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Independence, Dunklin, Missouri; Roll: 685; Family History Film: 1254685; Page: 614C; Enumeration District: 045
• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890
• Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

• U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850
• Census Place: District 13, Marshall, Tennessee; Archive Collection Number: T1135; Roll: Roll 3; Schedule Type: Agriculture
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

• Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
• Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee Marriage Records

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKH3-SCD5 : 4 November 2017), James W Jennings and Martha Ann Jennings, 03 Feb 1857; citing Wilson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,116,080.
• Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
• Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

Military service records

• U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912, documenting the period 1861 - 1866; Catalog ID: 300398; Reco
• Page 2 - Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866. 1864
• www.fold3.com/image/184432128?xid=1945

• Page 3 - Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866. 1864
• www.fold3.com/image/184432129?xid=1945

• Page 4 - Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866. 1864
• www.fold3.com/image/184432130?xid=1945

• "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSPX-5XY : 9 March 2018), James W. Jennings in entry for William Riley Jennings, 06 Oct 1953; citing Cemetery, Obion, Tennessee, cn 53-23554, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,372,486.