John M. Williamson

In 1860 he was a 20 year old farmer at Grove Hill, Clarke County, AL. He enlisted there as a Private in Company A (renamed I), 5th Alabama Infantry on 16 March 1862.

He was captured in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware until 2 October when he was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange. He was officially declared exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was wounded by a gunshot to his leg at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863 and was furloughed home to at least October 1864. He was surrendered on 4 May 1865 and paroled at Selma, AL in June.

In 1870 he was a farmer and warehouse keeper in Nanafalia, Marengo, AL. By 1880 and to at least 1910 he was a store clerk and merchant at Lower Peach Tree in Wilcox County, AL.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3; thanks to Miles Krisman for the pointer to him. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910.

He married Fredonia McCaskey (1841-) in February 1861 and they had 9 children between January 1862 and 1880. He married again, Catherine Adella "Adell" Jeffrey (1850-1918) in October 1888 and they had a son.

01/07/1840; Wilcox County, AL

02/18/1914; in AL; burial in Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Wilcox County, AL