William Powell Betts

In 1860 he was a 24 year old farm hand on his parent's place at Rockford in Coosa County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered a Private in Company F, 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in action on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was with his company to the end of the war and was surrendered and paroled with them at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 he was a farmer at Cotton Plant in Woodruff County, AR and in 1880 he was farming at Pine Township in White County, AR. By 1900 he'd moved to a farm in Lamar County, TX and in 1910 he was at Encino im Torrance County, NM, then age 73, his occupation given as "S.T." (Suggestion Thera?). By 1920 he had finally retired and lived with his son Luther and family in Jackson County, TX.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3 and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Susanna Jane Kelley (1840-1926) in March 1863 and they had 5 children.

11/17/1836; Pike County, GA

03/20/1921; Jackson County, TX; burial in Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery, Edna, TX