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Mexican War Service Records - Tennessee

Compiled service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, rank, and unit. The records contain card abstracts created from original muster rolls, payrolls, hospital rolls, and other regimental information. They also contain images of original documents pertaining to a particular soldier. Some single documents are cross-references for soldiers who appear in the records under more than one spelling.…More

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    Annotation added: Company E, 5 Tennessee Infantry

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    Annotation added: Jones, James

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    James M. Ballard was born April 18, 1817 in South Carolina and was raised in Tennessee. After his service, he would later be connected with another historic moment in America's history when he rushed off for GOLD in California in 1849. In California, he began mining at German Bar, on the middle Yuba River, remaining in that endeavor for about 5 years. He then moved to Nevada Twp., Nevada ...more

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    Annotation added: Thomas J. Jones

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    Annotation added: Died 10 July 1846. His widow Cawlice McPhail is enum in1890 Fed Census...

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The National Archives

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War in Organizations From the State of Tennessee. Original data from: The National Archives

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