James David Jack (abt. 1819 - 1865)

Born about 1819 in Knox County, TN

Ancestors

Husband of Manissa (Henderson) Jack — married about 1842 in Cherokee County, AL

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1865 at about age 46 in Tennessee

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Biography

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According to his service record, James was born about 1819 (but the 1850 U.S. Census record says he was born in 1814) He passed away in 1865.

James was a carpenter. At the age of 44, during the Civil War, James enlisted as a Private in Murfreesboro, Tenn. in the Union Army on 20 Jul 1863. He died in the Pulaski, Tenn. Army hospital of erysipelas on 5 Mar 1865. He was initially buried in Columbia, Tenn. and after the war, his remains were exumed and re-interred at Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

He served in the same regiment (4th Tenn Reg Cavalry, Co. D) as Corp. Annanias Brazelton Bell who would later marry his daughter Martha M. "Belle" Jack. James' son James Marion Jack also served in the same unit.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Mindy Hall.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2021), memorial page for Pvt James David Jack (1819–5 Mar 1865), Find a Grave Memorial no. 119021734, citing Stones River National Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Phil (contributor 48074819) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119021734/james-david-jack
• 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 30, Floyd, Georgia; Roll: M432_69; Page: 110A;
• Enlistment and Discharge papers from Union Army.

Acknowledgments

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