JASPER HENRY FRANCE
8th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 25 Jul 1832 in Overton County, TN
Died: 19 Mar 1914 in Overton County, TN
Buried: A. J. Walker Cemetery, Overton County, TN
Parents: Benjamin and Rhoda (Unknown) France
Married: Unknown
Born:
Died:
Buried:
Parents:
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
Brother: J. M. France - 8th (Dibrell's) Cavalry Regiment
MILITARY INFORMATION
13th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company H
ABSTRACT:
- Entered military as Private and left as a Private
- Listed as J. M. France
- Enlisted 1 Sep 1864 at Sparta
- Jun 30 - Dec 31 1864: Present
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
S1569
ABSTRACT:
- Filed: 26 Mar 1895
- Rejected
- Residence: Albert France, Putnam County
- Member: Company F, Commanded by Joseph Bilbrey, 8th Tennessee Cavalry
- Born: Overton County, 25 Jul 1832
- Enlisted: Feb 1862 in the 8th Tennessee Cavalry Commanded by George W. Dibrell and Captain Joseph Bilbrey
- Wounds: Blindness due to heat, smoke and exposure at Chickamauga
- Has been Married, but wife is dead
- No Children
- Attest: Isaac Romine and B. H. Ray
Supporting Documents:
- Thos. A. Head (12 May 1899) - Supports claim
- Thos. Finley (22 May 1899) - Supports claim
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 29
- 1860 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 251
- 1870 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 350
- 1880 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 330D
- 1900 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 6B (living with brother Green France)
- 1910 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 115A
ADDITIONAL DATA
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