Jesse Ruffen Weatherspoon

1822 - 1863  (41 years)

• Name	Jesse Ruffen Weatherspoon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	14 Apr 1822	North Carolina, USA   [1, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  	Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon
  Census	1860	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  	Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon
  _MILT	13 Dec 1862	Tennessee, USA   [1, 6, 10]
  	Confederate Army - War Between the States; Private, Company G, 10 Tennessee Cavalry, Died as a Prisoner of War
  Military POW	4 Jul 1863	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 10]
  	Captured by the Union Army at Cowan's Station in Franklin County and died in a Prison Hospital in Nashville
  		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (PoW)
  Death	14 Aug 1863	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 5, 10]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War
  	Died in Union Prison Hospital
  		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (Death)
  Burial	Lowes Bend Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 5, 10]
  		Grave-WEATHERSPOON Jesse
  Person ID	I24372	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Willis Weatherspoon,   b. 1791, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sallie Beavers,   b. Abt 1793, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. Jun 1877, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 Nov 1813	Wake County, North Carolina, USA   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F2569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Narcissa Cotham,   b. 8 Oct 1828, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA d. 1883, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1846  [1]
  Children	1. Marion Taylor Weatherspoon,   b. 8 Jan 1851, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA d. 18 Dec 1925, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F9859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Apr 1822 - North Carolina, USA Census - Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon - 1850 - Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Census - Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon - 1860 - Hickman County, Tennessee, USA _MILT - Confederate Army - War Between the States; Private, Company G, 10 Tennessee Cavalry, Died as a Prisoner of War - 13 Dec 1862 - Tennessee, USA Military POW - Captured by the Union Army at Cowan's Station in Franklin County and died in a Prison Hospital in Nashville - 4 Jul 1863 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Death - Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War - 14 Aug 1863 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (PoW)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1526] Find a Grave, Find a Grave: Jesse Weatherspoon, (Name: Ancestry.com; Location: Provo UT;), Pvt Jesse Ruffin Weatherspoon. James, son of Willis Weatherspoon & Sally Beavers, married Narcissa Cotham, Daughter of Stephen Cotham & Mary Shipp, 1846, Hickman Co., TN: To this marriage were born: Matilda Emeline, James E., Marion Taylor, Sarah & Stephen Willis. Civil War Confederate soldier: Co. G,10th TN Calvary-CSA 1. He was captured by the Union Army,July 4th 1863 at Cowans Station and died from chronic diarrhea August 14 1863 In a Union prison camp in Nashville,Davidson Co., TN https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28250189/jesse-ruffin-weatherspoon [S1283] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [S76] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. [S13] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 182. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 [S1497] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. [S1009] National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). [S18] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: 884; Page: 59a. 1850 United States Federal Census [S100] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 9, Hickman, Tennessee; Page: 66. 1860 United States Federal Census [S712] Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 111; Book: 10 Occupant. [S2448] Fold3, Fold3: Jesse Weatherspoon 14 Aug 1863, (Name: Fold3.com;), Pvt Jesse Ruffin Weatherspoon. https://www.fold3.com/page/657099874/jesse-r-weatherspoon/facts?xid=1945 Grave Marker - Southern Cross of Honor [S789] Find a Grave: Willis Weatherspoon, (Name: Ancestry.com;), Willis Weatherspoon Sr. 1850. Willis son of William Weatherspoon and Mary Kirkman married Sally Beavers parents unknown 16 November 1813 Wake County, North Carolina. To this union were born: Dorinda, Almond Dorsey, Calvin, William Redden, Jesse R., Willis Jr., James E., Susan, Harriet, Sarah J., Martha Frances. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230003345/willis-weatherspoon [S790] Find a Grave: Sally Weatherspoon, (Name: Ancestry.com;), Sally Beavers Weatherspoon Jun 1877. Sally, parents unknown, married Willis Weatherspoon, Sr, son of William Weatherspoon, Jr. and Mary Kirkman, 16 November 1813 Wake County North Carolina. To this union were born: Dorinda, Almond Dorsey, Calvin, William Redden, Jesse R., Willis Jr, James E., Susan, Harriet and Sarah J. Sally was of Indian descent, her family fought with the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution. They stayed in North Carolina and didn't go to Oklahoma. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230005076/sally-weatherspoon