Muster Roll for William J

Muster Roll for William J. Nixon

Nixon, William J.
Co. A, 44 Georgia Infantry
(Confederate)
Sergeant Sergeant
Card Numbers
1 - 46120184
2 - 46120253
3 - 46320089
4 - 46338883
5 - 43364854
6 - 52571245
7 - 52592117

Number of medical cards herein: 2
Number of personal papers herein: 0
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William J. Nixon
5 Sgt, Co. A, 44 Reg't Georgia Infantry

Appears on
Company Muster Roll

of the organization named above,

For: Dated Apl. 1, 1864

Enlisted:
When: May 18, 1862
Where: Henry Cty, Ga
By whom: Capt. W. H. Peebles
Period: 3 yrs.or War

Last Paid:
By whom: W. J. Neary
To what time: Dec 31, 1863

Present or absent: Present
Remarks: (none)

(signed) J. T. Hensley
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William J. Nixon
4 Sgt, Co. A, 44 Reg't Georgia Infantry

Appears on
Company Muster Roll

of the organization named above,

For: July & Aug, 1864

Enlisted:
When: May 15, 1862
Where: Goldsboro, N. C.
By whom: Capt. Peebles
Period: 3 yrs.or War

Last Paid:
By whom: W. J. Neary
To what time: Dec 31, 1863

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Prisoner of War
(signed) J. T. Hensley
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W. J. Nixon
Sergt Co. A 44 Regt Ga
Appears on a register of
Prisoners of War

at Fort Delaware, Del.

Where and when captured: Spottsylvania, Ga (this should say Va)
May 10, 1864
When received: May 20, 1864

Exchanged: March 7, 1865

Fort Delaware, Del., Register No. 2; page 186

(signed) J. Jacobson
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W. J. Nixon
Sergt Co. A 44 Reg't Georgia
Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War

Received at Fort Delaware, Del., from Belle
Plain, Va., May 21, 1864.

Roll dated: not dated

Where captured: Spottsylvania CH
When captured May 10 1864

Number of roll:
186; sheet 11

(signed) L L Barton
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W. J. Nixon
Pvt Co A 44 Georgia Regt Inf

Appears on a Register of
Medical Director's Office
Richmond, VA

Admitted March 28, 1863
Hospital: Lynchburg No. 4
Complaint: Chro. Diarrhea

Confed. Arch., Chap. 6, File No. 153, page 228
(signed) O. T. Taylor

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W. J. Nixon
Pvt Co A 44 Regt Ga.

Appears on a Register of
Medical Director's Office
Richmond, VA

Hospital: Winder Div. 3

Furloughed 30 days Oct 7 1862

Confed. Arch., Chap. 6, File No. 156, page 4
(signed) G. M. Nowe
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The Confederate States, Dr.
To: W. J. Nixon
C. S. Army.
Co. A 44 Ga
======================================================
Dollars Cts.
For Monthly Pay, from 15 May 1862 to Aug 31 1862

Being 3 months 16 days at 13. Per month 45.50
Clothing 25.
Bounty 50.

Deduct, due (blank)
Amount paid 120.50

I certify that I have endorsed this Payment on W. J. Nixon's
Descriptive Roll

John Acably

Received, Richmond, this 7 day of Oct 1862
From Maj. John Amblen Quartermaster C. S. Army, the sum of
One hundred & twenty 50/100Dollars,
Being the amount, and in full of the above account.

Witmess

[Signed Duplicates] W. J. Nixon

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Richmond, _____________________----- 1862
Personally appeared before me a (blank)
Co. ( ), Regt. Vols., and made oath
That he is without a descriptive roll or final statement, which is impossible to
Obtain from his commanding officer, for the reason that his company is now _____
____________ that the within account, amounting to dollars,
os correct; that he is not in debt to the Confederacy and that he will present a
statement of this payment to his Commanding Officer.

John B. Proctor
Major ?????

Notes: I believe William J. Nixon is the same as the one who was previously enlisted in Co. B & D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry (AKA: Spalding Greys), which he was discharged from on May 14, 1862 -- 4 days before he enlisted in Co., A, 44th Georgia Infantry ~ vjf

Source:
National Archives Microfilm Publications
Microcopy No. 266

Compiled Service Records of
Confederate Soldiers who Served in
Organizations from the State of
Georgia

Roll 469

Forty-fourth Infantry, Mu - Sm

The National ArchivesNational Archives and Records Service
General Services Administration
Washington: 1959
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman [email protected]
Xeroxed from the original microfilms for me by the:

Genealogical & Historical Room
Washington Memorial Library
1180 Washington Avenue
Macon, GA 31201-1790
on 14 January 2003

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