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Hendrix Men from Monroe County, AL

Submitted by Paul Muller

1.  JACOB AARON HENDRIX , the fifth child of Nathan and Harriett Hendrix, was born in Alabama 28 October l833. On 22 May 1860, in Escambia County, Florida, he married Susan L. Blanchard. 

At the time of "Uncle Jake's" death, a memorial by J.N. Eubanks was published in the Pensacola Journal:  "...During the War Between the States, Comrade Hendrix was orderly sergeant of Company F, 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Holtzclaw's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.

An accident that occurred on the night after the bloody battle of New Hope Church is vouched for by a member of the same company with Comrade Hendrix, and serves to show the true soldier that he proved to be during those terrible years of 1861-'65. On the night after the battle Sergeant Hendrix was in command of the grand rounds, and while on duty he heard a cow bell out in the front of the Confederate lines, and thinking it strange that a cow should be at large on the grounds so soon after the severe battle of that day, he determined to investigate, and in company with Private Luke Patrick he crawled over the Confederate works and went in the direction indicated by the sound of the bell, and soon found that the bell was in the hands of a Federal major, who was taken prisoner and brought into the Confederate lines...Soon after this incident of this major and his cowbell a Federal private having lost his bearings walked right into the Confederate lines and was immediately disarmed and under guard sent to the rear."

From the Pension Application of Jacob Hendrix, dated 13 July 1907.  He states he is in fair health and that his occupation is carpenter:  In May of 1862, Jacob Hendrix enlisted in Company "F" 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment, in Monroeville, Alabama. He was captured at Atlanta, and was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was later paroled.

On July 13th 1907, Jacob Hendrix was living at RFD #1, Box #46, Pensacola, FL, when he applied for his Confederated Pension.  He stated he was born October 28, 1833, and had lived in Escambia County, Florida, since 1850.  He states he was in Monroeville, Alabama, on parole when the war ended. 

On September 29, 1913, he applied for an increase in his pension.  He was seventy-nine years old and was living at 1410 E. Gadsden Street at that time.  (Jacob's wife, Susan Blanchard Hendrix, died June 18, 1914.  Jacob Hendrix died June 1915).

2.      NATHAN AUGUSTUS HENDRIX, seventh child of Nathan and Harriett Hendrix, was born September 21, 1837.  He enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private on 7 April 1862, at Clay Hill, Alabama. He served in 'A Co. Alabama 60th Alabama Regiment, Hilliard's Division. He fought in the battles of Chickamauga and Knoxville in 1863, and was wounded at Bean Station, Tennessee, December 14, 1863.  He was present at Skirmish Richmond, Virginia, and Drury's Bluff, Virginia, in May 1864. He was severely wounded at Trenches, Petersburg, Virginia, July 15, 1864.  On his application for a pension in May 1893, Butler County, Alabama, he wrote that he was a corporal in Co "A" 60th Alabama Regiment, and during the battle of Petersburg, Virginia, he "was shot in the right leg and a part of the bone was taken out". (Another record shows he was wounded in the right arm).

3.      JOHN SEE HENDRIX, eighth child of Nathan and Harriett Hendrix, was born in Alabama on October 4, 1839. On 25 May 1861, he mustered in Company "A" "Pensacola Rifle Rangers", 2nd Florida Infantry. 

4.      PETER ABNER HENDRIX was the eleventh child of Nathan and Harriett Hendrix.  From the Pension Application of Peter A. Hendrix, dated 20 July 1909: On one document, dated 20 July 1909, Peter A. Hendrix stated he was born June 13, 1845, in Escambia County, Florida. Another document in the file dated 12 July 1909, states he was born in Monroeville, Alabama, on June 13th 1843, and has lived in Florida for about thirty years.  He joined Company "A", 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment, General Hood's Army, in September of 1862.  He was discharged in 1863 in Mobile, due to sickness. He declared that he later joined the 7th Alabama Cavalry Regiment and served in that unit for the duration of the war.  He was in Corinth, Mississippi, at the time of General Lee's surrender.  He states he has bad eyesight and is disabled due to a fall from a building.  He died 12 June 1918, according to a Widow's Pension document.  Susan Roberts Hendrix states she's lived in Escambia County since the 15th of October 1865, and currently lives at 16th and Jackson Streets.  She states Rev. Malcolm Graham married them in Monroeville, Alabama, on 17 August 1865.  Susan Roberts Hendrix died April 4, 1928.  In an interview with Imogene and Carmen Hendrix (daughters of  Thomas Easton Hendrix), Carmen said  "I can tell you about Uncle Pete. He was a ten cent dude...always clean and dressed up. He carried a cane and had a mustache." Imogene said "..Getting back to that cane. Uncle Pete would swing that cane around and they would sit there (on her father's front porch) and renew Civil War days...and they were talking about different things that happened --Jake captured six Yankee soldiers by himself. They were just talking and everything and Uncle Jake said something.  Pete said, "sure", and he handled Uncle Jake the cane. Well, Jake unscrewed the top of the cane and took a swig and screwed it back on and gave it back to Uncle Pete and they got so happy."

5.  WILLIAM JAMES HENDRIX, twelfth child of Nathan and Harriett Hendrix, was born  October 29, 1846, near the fork of the Sepulga River, Conecuh County, Alabama.  He served in Co. H 61st Alabama Infantry Regiment.   He was paroled at Meridian, MS, at the close of the war.   Alabama.  On February 26, 1895 he was listed as a juror in "The Pine Belt News Number 1", Brewton, Alabama. He died after 1906.

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