WILLIAM L. DYER
8^th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 7 Nov 1834 in White County, TN
Died: 11 Jul 1917 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Dyer Cemetery, White County, TN
Parents: Samuel and Margaret (Robinson) Dyer

Married: Margarette "Maggie" (Robinson) Dyer
Born: May 1835 in White County, TN
Died: 1880 in PutnamCounty, TN
Buried: Dyer Cemetery, White County, TN
Parents: Thomas and Susannah (Pryor) Robinson

Children:

1. Dibrell B. Dyer
2. Roberson Petway Dyer
3. George Ann Dyer
4. Amanda Dyer
5. Libby L. Dyer
6. Calvada Dyer
7. Hellen Belle Dyer
8. Guy Dyer

MILITARY INFORMATION

13^th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8^th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company H

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Enlisted 15 Sep 1862 in White County, TN

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S2092

ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 14 Aug 1899
• Accepted
• Residence: Goffton, Putnam County, TN
• Member: Col. George G. Dibrell's Regiment, Company H, Captain James Barnes Company
• Wounded: shot through the hips
• Born: 1834 in White County, TN
• Enlisted: 1862 in Geo. G. Dibrell's Regiment, James Barnes Company
• Battles: Parker's X Rds
• Arrested by Federal Authorities at his home in 1864 and forced to take the oath
• Wife is dead
• 1 son and 1 daughter
• Attest: J. M. Nickles & Thomas Farris

Supporting Documents:

• J. S. Denton (?) - Supports his claim
• C. J. Davis (?) - Supports his claim
• Z. P. Lee (?) - Supports his claim
• Thos. A. Head (10 Jul 1899) - Supports his claim
• J. H. Curtis (27 Apr 1900) - WLD is a member of his Bivouac
• G. M. Moore (8 Apr 1902) - Supports his claim
• H. M.Nicholas (19 Apr 1902) - Supports his claim
• J. N. Back (2 May 1902) - Supports his claim
• J. B. S. Martin, MD (7 Feb 1903) - Physical Exam
• James Nickles (20 Aug 1904) -
  • Nickles and WLD were captured the same as about 400 others
  • Nickles carried WLD to a house that was being used as a hospital
  • Nickles stayed with WLD the first day and then was sent to Camp Douglass, IL.
  • Nickles carried the ball that was cut from WLD hip in his pocket while he was in prison.
  • It was about 28 Dec 1862 that WLD was wounded.
• W. A. Gooch (16 ??? 1904) - Supports his claim
• Z. P. Lee (2 Feb 1904) - Supports his claim
• Joseph Phifer (24 Jan 1905) - Supports his claim
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (28 Jan 1905) - Request for Service Records
• War Department (31 Jan 1905) - Sent Service Records

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  White County, TN, Page 75
• 1860 Census:  
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 130
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 94A
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 7B
• 1910 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 55A

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald 26 July 1917, Vol. XV, No. 30, Page 1

• W. L. Dyer died at his home in Dry Valley on July 11, 1917 after a long illness. He was about 83 years old, and served faithfully in the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War. One by one the veterans of the great struggle are passing over the river.

WILL

Putnam County, TN Will Book 6, Page 275

• Written: 24 Aug 1911
• Probated: 16 Jul 1917
• Executors: Dibrell Dyer and Flora Taylor (son-in-law)
• Heirs: Children: Dibrell Dyer; Petway Dyer; Amanda Hunter, w/o G. W. Hunter; Libby L. Taylor, w/o Flora Taylor; Call Hill, w/o John Hill; Belle Farris, w/o Dank Farris; Franklin G. Dyer; Grandchildren: Robert & Pearly Hudgens, children of deceased daughter George Ann Hudgeons

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1917) - #480 William L. Dyer