HOMER A. POWERS
16^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  15 November 1840 in Rome, GA
Died: 13 July 1913 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Hickerson Cemetery, Coffee County, TN
Parents: Thomas and Effie (Unknown) Powers

Married: Elizabeth Drucilla Cleghorn on 15 Mar 1864 in Coffee County, TN
Born:  7 May 1840 in Hawkins County, TN
Died: 28 October 1917 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: ?Hickerson Cemetery, Coffee County, TN?
Parents: Unknown and Sarah (Unknown) Cleghorn

Children:

1. Winfield Powers
2. Sarah Powers
3. Mary Powers
4. Diadam Powers
5. Nancy Powers
6. Homer Powers

MILITARY INFORMATION

16^th Tennessee Infantry
Company E

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 23 May 1861 at Camp Harris
• Jul - Oct 1861: Present
• Discharged 28 Feb 1862
• Age: 24

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S8599

ABSTRACT:

• Filed December 3, 1906
• Accepted
• Widow's Application #W5059
• Resident of Cookeville, TN
• Member: Captain Calvin C. Brewers Co. E of the 16th TN Regiment
• Born: Rome, GA on 15 November 1840
• Enlisted: May 1861 in Captain Calvin C. Brewer's Co. Col. Jno H. Savage's Regiments
• Battles: In charge of Dr. Mauzy's medicine wagon; In some engagments in VA and Pacalagi, SC
• Disease: Rheumatism
• Discharged in April or May 1862 to go home in Coffee County
• Resident of TN for 58 years; Moved to Coffee County when 8 years old; Has been in Putnam County for 34 years
• Attest: R. E. L. Proffitt & J. H. Verble

Supporting Documents:

• 27 Nov 1906 - HAP
  • Has been a citizen of Putnam County for 34 years
  • Moved to Coffee County from Rome, GA by mother when he was 8 years old
  • Most of his service: detailed to drive and take charge of medicine wagon of Dr. Mozey
  • On 1 Jan 1862, he was taken ill at Louisburg, VA with pneumonia and typhoid fever.
  • HAP was at White Sulfur Springs, VA for about 3 weeks.
  • Transferred to Knoxville, TN for about 3 weeks.
  • Went to rejoin unit at Pocataligo, SC about 6 weeks
  • Came down with Rheumatism
  • Honorably discharged
  • Went to his home in Coffee County. His left hand was badly frost-bitten in the winter of 1861. He lost the use of his left hand.
  • Returned to Coffee County which was infested with Calvin Bixby's gang of bushwhackers and guerrillas. It was their practice to kill every with CSA papers in possession.
  • Family members and friends begged him to destroy papers
  • Wyatt Cleghorn read papers and urged him to destroy them
• 27 Nov 1906 - Wyatt Cleghorn - supports statements relating to discharge papers
• 27 Nov 1906 - J. H. Verble - Tax Assessment
• 27 Nov 1906 - H. D. Whitson - Supports his claim
• 30 Nov 1906 - Algood Moore - W. H. Cleghorn is a Justice of the Peace
• 30 Nov 1906 - Whitley Hyder - Knows Wyatt Cleghorn
• 30 Nov 1906 - R. E. L. Proffitt - Knows Wyatt Cleghorn
• 30 Nov 1906 - Daniel Brown - Knows Wyatt Cleghorn
• 30 Nov 1906 - Mike Moore - knows Wyatt Cleghorn
• 1 Dec 1906 - Mary Wooten -
  • The Civil War began; She was living with her brother Wyatt Cleghorn in Coffee County.
  • HAP volunteered for the army in May 1861.
  • In Spring 1862, HAP was discharged and went to his brother's home.
  • Her husband, Ben Wooten, was also a Confederate soldier.
  • Wyatt Cleghorn was also a Confederate soldier.
  • Mary is a sister HAP's wife.
  • HAP had a discharge. Coffee County was infested with Col. Bray's gang of guerillas. They were killing and robbing Rebels. HAP was persuaded to destroy papers.
  • HAP lives with his son-in-law Thomas Lee.
• 1 Dec 1906 - Elizabeth D. Powers - wife of HAP and sister of Mary Wooten; kept discharge papers for several months with her; Mother, brother and Simon Roberts advised him to destroy the papers.
• 1 Dec 1906 - J. H. Verble - Knows Wyatt Cleghorn
• 1 Dec 1906 - J. T. Pointer knows HAP, his wife, Wyatt Cleghorn, and Mary Wooten
• 1 Dec 1906 - Zeb L. Shipley, MD - Knows Wyatt Cleghorn and HAP
• 1 Dec 1906 - A. A. Reagan - Supports his claim
• 3 Dec 1906 - Tennessee Bureau of Pension Examiners - Service Records Request
• 7 Dec 1906 - War Department - Sent Service Records
• 9 Dec 1906 - E. H. Boyd - Mary A. Wooten prepared new application and W. C. Cleghorn is unable to come to town

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Coffee County, TN, Page 46
• 1860 Census:  Coffee County, TN, Page 43
• 1870 Census:  County, TN, Page
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 85B
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 8B
• 1910 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 22B

 

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1917) - #553 - Drucilla Powers
• TN Confederate Widows Application: #5059 Loucille (Cleghorn) Powers