William Jasper Houston
Transcribed and Submitted by
William Joseph Mode
Age: 25
Rank Entering the Service: Private
Rank Leaving the Service: Private
Military Unit: 29th Infantry Regiment
Alternate Name for the Military Unit:
Company: C
Enlistment Date: 05 FEB 1863
Place of Enlistment: Tazewell, Tennessee
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
Enlisted by Captain Fulkerson for a period of 3 years. Was never paid. For the
period January and February his "Name appears in Column of names present as
Wm. Jasper Houston." Listed as present by Captain Pilcher from January 1863
through October. Remarks for November and December say:
"Killed in skirmish near Chattanooga, Tenn. Nov. 23, 1863.
MY NOTE: Have no idea where he is buried.
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
William Jasper Houston was born on 28 May 1838 in or near Washington County,
Virginia. He is the son of James R. Houston and Martha Ann Buchanan who were
married in Washington County on 18 Oct. 1832. This family moved to the
Claiborne County, Tenn. area. William Jasper had a sister named Nancy Jane
Houston who married Levi Herron in Smyth County, VA on 27 Sept. 1852. He was
killed during the war. Nancy was said to have been a nurse during the war.
William Jasper Houston married Margaret Ann Fox on 16 Sept. 1857 in Claiborne County, Tenn. They had one daughter, Margaret Ann Houston, who was left orphaned due to the death of her mother ca. 1859 and her father during the war. She lived with her grandparents Abraham Fox and Elizabeth Goodman in Claiborne County. She married John Davis Walker.
William Jasper Houston was my 4th great grandfather. I participate in reenacting and serve in the 29th Tennessee Confederate Inf. Reg. as William Jasper Houston did. Currently reside in Knoxville, Tenn. Named both my sons William in honor of myself, my father, William Jasper Houston and several other Williams in our family, some of whom also served during the war.
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