WILSON WEST
28th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 10 July 1835 in Overton County, TN
Died: 21 Sep 1916 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: West Graveyard, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Anderson and Mary (West) West
Married: Nancy Jane Jones about 1861 in Putnam County, TN
Born: 15 Mar 1836 in Jackson County, TN
Died: 19 Jan 1902 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: West Graveyard, Putnam County, TN
Parents: John and Lucinda (Upton) Jones
Children:
- John West
- James West
- Isaac Alex West
- George West
- William West
- Robert West
- Dawson West
- Dillard West
- Julia West
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Brother: Alexander Washington West - 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
MILITARY INFORMATION
28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company F
ABSTRACT:
- Entered military as Private and left as a Private
- Enlisted 15 Nov 1862 at McMinnville
- Mar & Apr 1863: Present
84th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company B
ABSTRACT:
- Entered military as Private and left as a Private
- Enlisted 15 Nov 1862 at McMinnville
- Deserted 17 Jan 1863
- Jan & Feb 1863: Absent without leave for 20 days
- Returned before muster
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
S4001
ABSTRACT:
- Filed: 17 Feb 1902
- Accepted
- Residence: Brotherton, Putnam County, TN
- Member of Company B, 3rd Regiment of Engineer Troops
- Wounds: Contracted pneumonia at Tullahoma
- Born: 10 July 1835 in Overton County, TN
- Enlisted in Company B 25th Infantry under Col. S. S. Stanton and served until Bragg got to Chattanooga in 1863
- Transferred to 3rd Engineer Troop until close of the war
- Wife is 65 years old
- 1 son and 1 daughter
- Attest: A. W. West & James S. Holman
Supporting Documents:
- Oath of Allegiance (5 May 1865) - Wilson West
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: White County, TN, Page 122
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 29
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 147
- 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 141A (listed as Wellson West)
- 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 6A
- 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 95B
WILL
Putnam County, TN Will Book 6, Page 267
Online at FamilySearch
- Written: 8 Feb 1815
- Recorded: 30 Sep 1916
- Executors: Joe W. West (son)
ADDITIONAL DATA
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1916) - #468 - Wilson West