Military Legacy Of Letcher County, Kentucky And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF LETCHER COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons

Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),

who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,

and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.

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LETCHER COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME, D - Z

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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GIPSON / GIBSON

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FATHER AND SONS:
JOHN SHERMAN GIPSON, SR. (ca 1826-1896), UNION ARMY, CIVIL WAR.
LAFAYETTE GIBSON (ca 1846-1891). LARKIN GIBSON (1844-1924).

GIPSON, JOHN SHERMAN, SR. (ca 1826 - 1896), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Russell County, Virginia. Jetts Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky. Spadra, Johnson County, Arkansas.
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 October 1826 in Russell County, Virginia.
PARENTS:
SPOUSE: Sarah A. Collins, daughter of Cinthia Williams and Larkin Collins.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 19 June 1863 in Irvine, Kentucky. 10 August 1863.
DISCHARGE DATE: 26 December 1864 at Lexington, Kentucky.
RANK: Private, in. Wagoner, out.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Mounted Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B and C, 47th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Union Army, American Civil War.
CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX:
~ 20 November 1888, Invalid Filed for Military Pension.
~ 16 April 1896, Widow Filed for Military Pension.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 April 1896.
CEMETERY: Gibson Cemetery, Owsley County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Civil War Pension Index. Findagrave. Headstone Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. U. S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records.
NOTE: I placed John Sherman Gipson on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

GIBSON, LAFAYETTE (ca 1846 - ca. 1891), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: circa 1846 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Sarah A. Collins and John Sherman Gipson / Gibson, Union Army, Civil War.
BROTHER: Larkin Gipson / Gibson, Union Army, American Civil War.
SPOUSE: Nancy A.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 19 June 1863 in Irvine, Kentucky. 5 October 1863.
DISCHARGE DATE: 8 October 1864.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry. Light Artillery.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B, 4th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry. Independent Battery E (Company E), First Kentucky Light Artillery. Union Army, American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: ca 1891.
U. S. CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX: 11 July 1891, Nancy A. Gibson, widow, filed for military Pension.
CEMETERY: Currently Unknown.
SOURCES: Census. National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database; nps.gov. U. S. Civil War Pension Index. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. U. S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records. NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-four-times-removed, Lafayette Gibson on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

GIBSON, LARKIN (1844 - 1924), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Booneville, Cow Creek and Eversole in Owsley County, Kentucky. Jetts Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 August 1844 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Sarah A. Collins and John Sherman Gipson / Gibson, Union Army, American Civil War.
SPOUSE: Elizabeth Moore. Fanny.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
FIRST ENLISTMENT DATE: October 1863. SECOND ENLISTMENT: October 1864
FIRST DISCHARGE DATE: October 1864. SECOND DISCHARGE DATE: October 1865.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Mounted Infantry. Artillery Battery. Veteran Reserve Corps.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION:
~ Company B, 47th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
~ Company E, First Kentucky Artillery, Lion’s Artillery Battery.
~ Company D, 23rd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
U. S. CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX:
~ 6 February 1877, Larkin Gibson Filed For Military Pension.
~ 16 June 1924, Fannie, Gdn, Filed for Minor’s Pension.
1890 VETERANS SCHEDULES: Cow Creek, Owsley County, Kentucky. Larkin Gibson “lost 2 great toes --- Frost.”
DATE OF DEATH: 7 February 1924, Booneville, Owsley County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Gibson Cemetery, Owsley County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. 1890 Veterans Schedules. Kentucky Death Records. National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database. U. S. Civil War Pension Index. NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-four-times-removed, Larkin Gipson / Gibson on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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HALL

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HALL, GREENWAY “GREEN” (1834 - ca 1914), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Russell County, Virginia. Wise County, Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: February 1834 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Jane Mullins and Isham Hall.
SPOUSE: Mary Elizabeth Franklin.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D, 13th Regiment, Kentucky, Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: circa 1914.
SOURCES: Census. Kentucky Marriage Records. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
NOTE: I placed Greenway Hall on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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MULLINS

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MULLINS, JOSEPH (1835 - 1912), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Wolfe County, Kentucky. Lower Carr, Knott County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 March 1835 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Mary Polly Everage and Joshua Mullins.
GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Gentry and John “Revolutionary John” Mullins, American Revolutionary War.
SPOUSE: Lizanna Harris.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 2 October 1861. 26 October 1861.
DISCHARGE DATE: 1 November 1861 at Estill Springs, Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D, 8th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry.
DATE OF DEATH: 6 July 1912.
CEMETERY: Dave Franklin Cemetery, Amburgey, Knott County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Death Records. Kentucky Marriage Records. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-five-times-removed, Joseph Mullins on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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MULLINS, VALENTINE (1826 - 1909), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Carrs Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 December 1826 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Rachel Mullins and James Walter Baker.
SPOUSE: Matilda Watts, daughter of Sally Fields and Enoch Watts.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 1 November 1816 at Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company F, 5th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 April 1909.
CEMETERY: Watts Cemetery, Amburgey, Kentucky.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FOR MILITARY VETERANS: The Applicant was Valentine’s grandson, John W. Mullins of Vicco, Perry County, Kentucky, who signed the card on February 18, 1960. When the military headstone arrived at the Hazard Freight Station, Valentine’s great-grandson, Breck Mullins sent his son, Kash Mullins (1942-2005) to pick it up and unload it at Breck’s Cash and Carry store in Vicco. Source: Kash Mullins.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Confederate Volunteers. U. S. Headstone Application For Military Veterans. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
NOTE: I placed Valentine Mullins on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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PIGMAN

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PIGMAN, JAMES MADISON (1830 - 1892), CONFEDERATE STATE ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: McPherson, Letcher County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 January 1830 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Rose Amburgey and John Wesley Pigman.
SPOUSE: Rhoda Cornett, daughter of Rachel Smith and John Cornett, who was the son of Rhoda Gilliam and William Jesse Cornett, American Revolutionary War.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 7 September 1862 at Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.
DISCHARGE DATE: 1 January 1863.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B, 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 April 1892.
CEMETERY: Pigman Cemetery, Letcher County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
NOTE: I placed James Madison Pigman on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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POLLY

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POLLY, RICHARD RILEY (ca 1839 - before or early 1890), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Cumberland, Letcher County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: circa 1839 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Martha “Patsy” Hall and Henry C. Polly.
SPOUSE: Letticia Ann “Lettia” Webb, daughter of Susannah Polly and Enoch Adams “Captain Dutch” Webb, a Captain in the Confederate States Army.                                                                                                                                   GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER: Annis Brashear, who married Kash Mullins.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 2 August 1863 in Irvine, Kentucky in 47th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry. Transferred on 30 April 1864 to Company D, 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
DISCHARGE DATE:   26 May 1864 at Lexington, Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry and Mounted Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company H, 47th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry and Unassigned Company D, 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
1890 VETERANS SCHEDULES, KENTUCKY, LETCHER COUNTY, WHITESBURG:
Richard Polly’s widow, Lettia Webb gave the information.
DATE OF DEATH: Before 1890 or early 1890, because Lettitia Webb was listed as his widow on the 1890 Veterans Schedules.
U. S. CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX: Widow, Letty A. Polly filed for a widow’s military pension on 24 March 1891.
CEMETERY: Currently Unknown.
SOURCES: Census. 1890 Veterans Schedules. U. S. Civil War Pension Index. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1863. U. S. Civil War Soldiers Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
NOTE: I placed Richard Riley Polly on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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PRATT

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PRATT, JOHN M. “KNOCK” (1829 - 1924), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Indian Bottom, Letcher County, Kentucky. Wootons Creek Road, Masons Creek, Perry County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 November 1829 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Sarah Gibson and Henry Pratt.
BROTHER: Hiram Gilbert Pratt, Confederate States Army; Listed in the Perry County, Civil War Section.
SPOUSE: Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of Elizabeth Cornett and William Campbell, War of 1812. Elizabeth Cornett was the daughter of Rhoda Gilliam and William Jesse Cornett, American Revolutionary War.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 9 September 1862 in Whitesburg, Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B, 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 March 1924 on military headstone. Died 24 March 1924 on headstone application.
CEMETERY: John M. “Knock” Pratt Cemetery, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans.
NOTE: I placed John M. “Knock” Pratt on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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SUMNER

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SUMNER, JOHN WESLEY (ca 1843 - 1863), PRISONER OF WAR DEATH AT CAMP DOUGLAS UNION MILITARY PRISON, MASS GRAVE BURIAL, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: circa 1843 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Nancy Hampton and John Sumner, Jr.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: Currently Unknown.
DISCHARGE DATE: 4 November 1863, Died in captivity at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company A and B, 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
CAPTURED BY UNION FORCES: 7 July 1863 at Gladesville, Viginia.
CIVIL WAR PRISONER OF WAR RECORDS: Confederate Prisoner of War, Wesley Sumner.
~ 7 July 1863, Wesley Sumner, Private, 10th KY CAV Co A, Captured at Gladesville, Virginia. Transferred to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, a Union Military Prison.
~ 24 August 1863, Received at Camp Douglas Union Military Prison, Chicago, Illinois.
~ 4 November 1863, Died in captivity at Camp Douglas Union Military Prison, Chicago, Illinois.
~ November 1863, Buried in a mass grave.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 November 1863, Died in captivity at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.
FIRST MASS GRAVE BURIAL: Camp Douglas Military Union Prison Burial Grounds or the old Chicago City Cemetery, Illinois.
REINTERRED: from 1865 to 1867.
SECOND MASS GRAVE BURIAL: Confederate Mound, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
MEMORIAL BRONZE PLAQUES WITH NAMES ATTACHED ON THE BASE OF THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT: Dedicated 30 May 1895. “SUMNER, WESLEY B 10 KY CAV.” Proof that he had been identified as one of over 4,000 Prisoners of War, who had died at Camp Douglas and had been reinterred on the Confederate Mound.
MEMORIAL MEMORY MARKER FOR JOHN WESLEY SUMNER, WHO WAS BURIED IN A MASS GRAVE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Nancy Back Cemetery, Jeremiah, Letcher County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865. Confederate Mound at Oak Woods, Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois; nps.gov. Findagrave. National Parks Service Soldiers and Sailors Database; nps.gov.
NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-four-times-removed, John Wesley Sumner on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WEBB

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ENOCH ADAMS “CAPTAIN DUTCH” WEBB (1810-1881) AND HIS SONS:
ANDREW L. “SAMUEL” WEBB (1840-1929). HENRY M. “DUTCH” WEBB (1836-1927).

WEBB, ENOCH ADAMS “CAPTAIN DUTCH” (1810 - 1881), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Millstone, Letcher County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 September 1810 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Sarah Jane “Jennie” Adams and Benjamin Webb.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Jane Nelson and James Franklin Webb.
GRANDPARENTS: Lydia Simpson and John Hobbs Adams.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Webb and Mary Boone, aunt of famous frontiersman and pioneer, Daniel Boone.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Maugridge and George Boone III.
SPOUSE: Susannah L. Polly. Martha Lucas.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 4 October 1862 in Whitesburg, Kentucky. DISCHARGE DATE: ?
RANK: Captain. Commissioned an officer on 4 October 1862.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Mounted Infantry. Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D, 13th Regiment (AKA 10th Regiment AKA 11th Mounted Infantry) Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 November 1881 on findagrave. Died 15 December 1881 on Headstone Application.
CEMETERY: Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. San Antonio Evening News, April 27, 1927, Death Removes 1 of Aged Brothers, Direct Descendents of Daniel Boone. The Independent, St. Petersburg, Floirda, October 30, 1924, What Family Can Beat Webb Brothers? The U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans.
NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-six-times-removed, Enoch Adams “Captain Dutch” Webb on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-six-times-removed, Enoch Adams “Captain Dutch” Webb on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

WEBB, ANDREW L. “SAMUEL” (1840 - 1929), PRISONER OF WAR, CAPTURED, ESCAPED, AVOIDED MILITARY PRISON CAMP, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 April 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Susannah Polly and Enoch Adams “Captain Dutch” Webb.
SPOUSE: Nancy Jane Adams, daughter of Sarah Craft and John B. Adams.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 1861.
DISCHARGE DATE: April 1865.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D, 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
KENTUCKY CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORDS, 1912-1930:
~ How did you get out of the army? “In East, Virginia between Christainsburg, Virginia and Lynchburg, Virginia in April 1865, by order of General In command of Confederate Forces. Paroled at Cumberland Gap – May 2, 1865. Took the oath of allegience – it was required by opposing Forces – to give us suffrage and restore citizenship – in the United States – by approval of Dillard -- Colonel Commanding at Cumberland Gap ...” [Colonel William Y. Dillard, 34th Kentucky Infantry Volunteers.]
~ 19 July 1912, Dated and witnessed.
DATE OF DEATH: 8 January 1928 on Headstone Application.
CEMETERY: Thornton Cemetery, Thornton, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Application For Military Headstone. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Confederate Pension Records, 1912-1930. State of Kentucky, Soldier’s Application for Pension. The Adjutant General’s Office. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-five-times-removed, Andrew L. “Samuel” Webb on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-five-times-removed, Andrew L. “Samuel” Webb on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

WEBB, HENRY M. “DUTCH” (1836 - 1927), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Bilvia, Cawman, Elkhorn, Millstone and Seco in Letcher County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 or 15 June 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Susannah Polly and Enoch Adams “Captain Dutch” Webb.
SPOUSE: Francis “Frankie” Adams.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 1862.
DISCHARGE DATE: 2 May 1865, Ordered to surrender; Paroled at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D, 10th AKA 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry.
KENTUCKY CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORDS, 1912-1930: Soldier’s Application For Pension.
~ Henry M. Webb ... under command of Captain E. A. Webb, Col. Ben E. Caudill, General Humphrey Marshall.
~ How did you get out of the army? “Went to Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, after Peace was made – with our captain in 1865 and turned in our guns to Colonel W. Y. Dillard.
~ Attorney, R. O. Brashears of Whitesburg, Kentucky.
~ 6 May 1912, made his X mark.
~ 6 June 1912, Filed for a Military Pension.
~ 8 February 1913, Pension Approved.
NOTARIZED STATEMENT, 6 MAY 1912: sworn by J. D. Caudill, Sr. and O. G. Holcomb.
~ “Henry M. Webb ... served in the Confederate Army ... was a very active soldier in the army – ready to act in obedience during service to orders and commands of officers in charge of the company and regiment, that we all belong [to]. ”
DATE OF DEATH: 6 April 1927.
CEMETERY: Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Confederate Pension Records, 1912-1930. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Virginia Select Marriages. War Department, the Adjutant General’s Office.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-five-times-removed, Henry M. “Dutch” Webb on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-five-times-removed, Henry M. “Dutch” Webb on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WHITAKER

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WHITAKER, STEPHEN ADAMS (1831 – 1909), FIRST LIEUTENANT, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Indian Bottom and River in Letcher County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: August 1831 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Ellender Adams and Isaac Whitaker. Ellender married second, John Dixon / Dickson.
GRANDPARENTS: Ellender “Nellie” Buntin and Stephen “Rockhouse” Adams.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Agnes Ezell and Benjamin Adams.
FIFTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary De Torres and Timothy ‘of Amarodtors’ Ezell.
SPOUSE: Lavina Frazier, daughter of Phoebe Haney and Esquire Frazier.
GRANDSON: Fess Whitaker (1880-1927), Spanish – American War and Philippine Wars Veteran.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 29 August 1862 in Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.
DISCHARGE DATE: 1865.
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK IN: Private. RANK OUT: First Lieutenant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B and H, 13 th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: 1909.
CEMETERY: Rich Whitaker Cemetery, Letcher, Letcher County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Adams Families of Southeast Kentucky by Dorothy Amburgey Griffith & Robert E. Parkin, c. 1986. Appalachia Crossroads The Caudill Family, Volume 2, 3, 4 by Clayton R. Cox, c. 1993. Census. Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War, 1861-1865. 1890 Veterans Schedules, Kentucky, Letcher County. Findagrave. National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors; nps.gov. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
NOTE: I placed my first-cousin-four-times-removed, Stephen Adams Whitaker on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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