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BOYD, JABEZ T, Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Carroll Co, TN on 8/21/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on
8/26/62 at age 21. He was 5'11" tall, fair complexion,
blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer. He received $100 bounty
for enlistment. Captured at either Trenton or Lexington,
TN in late December 1862 he reported, as ordered, to Benton
Barracks, MO. On 2/3/63 he was sent on to Camp Wallace,
later called Camp Chase, OH. Presumed captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Boyd spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Exchanged through
Jacksonville, FL on 4/25/65, he was in one of the last
groups of the 7th Tennessee to be released from prison.
Sent to Camp Parole, MD on 5/11/65 then on to Camp Chase,
OH by 5/15/65, Boyd received an early discharge on 6/16/65.
He married Emily M Pinkston in 1868, and applied for an
invalid pension in 1876. He resided in Carroll Co, TN in
the 1870 census but was living in Illinois by 1880. He
joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #655 in
Cottage Home, Williamson Co, IL. His wife applied for a
widow's pension while still living in Illinois. Boyd was
the son of Thomas and Sarah Boyd. MR #2183
Sources:
- Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com
- Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
- THE 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY USA (Originally 2nd West Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry) Peggy Scott Holley
