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TAYLOR, JAMES T, Co I, pvt, enlisted for 3 years in Union
City, TN by Captain King on 1/10/64 at age 19/20 (born
12/6/44). He was 5'5" or 5'6", dark/fair complexion,
black/blue eyes, dark/light hair, a farmer/assistant
blacksmith, born in Carroll Co, TN. He furnished his own
horse and equipment and received a $300 bounty for
enlistment. His first skirmish was a month later at
Christmasville, TN in February, then captured with the
regiment on 3/24/64 at Union City, TN. He was imprisoned
in Andersonville in Georgia and other eastern prisons. His
Civil War Questionnaire stated that his POW experience was
very bad. The food he was given for 24 hours was about Ła
of what an ordinary man would eat at one meal. Exchanged
in April 1865, he mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65
when the regiment disbanded and married Louisa Green about
a month later. His questionnaire says he took the train
from Nashville, TN to Johnsonville, TN then rode to Buena
Vista, TN on a mule, then on to Marlborough, TN in Carroll
Co, TN. In 1890 he lived near the Proffit, TN post office.
Taylor died on 9/28/1937. His obituary says that he was
the last survivor of the Union Army in Carroll Co, TN. He
is buried in the Hollow Rock Cemetery with a military
marker. Taylor was the son of Jarrott (a Mexican and Civil
War soldier) and Emily Smith Taylor. He was the brother of
Green D Taylor of companies A and I. His 2nd wife was
Elizabeth Hodge Taylor.
Sept 28, 1937
Mrs. Elizabeth Hodge Taylor, wife, died last week.
Mr. James Taylor, 93, died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. L H (Lillian) Brown, Tuesday and funeral services were
conducted from the Primitive Baptist Church at Bruceton
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. Elder Monroe Phillips
officiated. Mr Taylor was the last surviving member of the
Federal Army in Carroll County. He joined the Federal Army
under Colonel Isaac R Hawkins of Huntingdon being in
Company I of the 7th Tenn. Cavalry. He served two years in
the army before he was captured at Union City while
defending the Mobile and Ohio Railroad there. He was
marched from there to Andersonville Ga., where he remained
a prisoner for fourteen months. He was wounded twice during
the war. After the war Mr. Taylor came back to Carroll
County to enter farming. He lived near Bruceton, Vale and
later moved to Weakley Co. When he retired he made his home
with his son J Lee Taylor, at Huntingdon. In April Mr.
Taylor came to McKenzie to live with his daughter, Mrs. L H
Brown (Lillian). Mrs. Elizabeth Hodge Taylor, Mr. Taylor's
wife, died a week ago at her daughter's home also. The
children who survive besides the daughter, Mrs. (Lillian_)
Brown of McKenzie are Mesdames Lazo French and Della Green
of Bruceton, Beulah Myrick of Paris, E J Moore of Memphis,
Cora Edwards of Mansfield, and G H (Quincy) Spellings of
Parsons; and a son Mr. J Lee Taylor of Huntingdon.2 3
Sources:
- Death Certificate, James Taylor
- THE 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY USA (Originally 2nd West Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry) Peggy Scott Holley
- Tennessee Civil War Veterans' Questionnaires
