Major
Jesse
Martin
Richardson
Born in Henry County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Arnold Richardson, Susan F. Richardson, John Edward Richardson, George Lafayette Richardson Jr, Thomas Graves Richardson, Joseph Richardson, Mary Magdalene (Richardson) Fretwell, Martha Ann (Richardson) Shackelford, Eliza Jane (Richardson) Martin and Sarah Matilda (Richardson) Land
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 28
in Petersburg City, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Apr 2019
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Biography
He was a Confederate Soldier 42nd Infantry Regiment VA TROOPS
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He was the Great Grand Son of Gen. Joseph Martin of Henry County, VA. Jesse was ready to respond to the call in 1861. He was a lieutenant in one of the first companies that left Henry County, VA. under Capt. S. J. Mullins, the 42nd Virginia Regiment, and he was a Major before he was done.
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He enlisted as a Private on 5 May 1861 at age 23 in Ridgeway, Henry County, Va. He was in Warm Springs Hospital on 2 Sept. 1861. Absent thru 5 Dec. 1861. Present 10 Feb. 1862. He was wounded in August 1862 at Cedar Run. Home on sick leave from 15 Aug. 1862 - 31 Oct. 1862. Present 8 Dec. 1862.
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He was wounded four times and badly at the battle of Gettysburg, PA. and died from the wounds he received at Fort Stedman in Petersburg, VA. on 6 May, 1865.
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He was mortally wounded at Fort Stedman a few days before General Lees' surrender and died on the 6th of May, one month after, at the age of 28.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
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~3.12%
Martha (Prillaman) Myers
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M911065 [compare]
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~3.12%
Arnold Prillaman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Carol (Newsom) Lord :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M487434 [compare], Ancestry member cnnnlord
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~1.56%
Charles Eller :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member carlos9211
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~1.56%
Twyla Dyer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Hans Nielsen :
23andMe, GEDmatch QC9020990 [compare], yourDNAportal HAN19083f37
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~0.78%
Thom McGuire :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JG8310034 [compare], yourDNAportal THOc0377189, Ancestry member thommac777
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