Sunday, June 19, 2011

Jackson Maynard - Civil War

Jackson Maynard was a private in the  Company D, Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry joining August 5, 1864 Loudon County, Tennessee under the name of Jackson Mainer.  His muster-in date was August 10, 1864 Loudon County, Tennessee and the muster-out date of November 30, 1864 Knoxville, Tennessee.  Jackson did receive a pension (Number XC2700829) for his service for rheumatism and disease of the heart and throat.  His third wife, Julia Yates Maynard, received this pension until her death in 1961 - 100 years after the Civil War started.  One of Jackson's descendants told me that Julia was one of the last 25 people to receive a Civil War pension.  Thanks to Colleen Murphy Paggi, a descendant, for sending me all the pension records for Jackson (over 160 pages).  The pension papers state that Jackson Mainer and Jackson Maynard are the same person and that the soldier did not know how to spell his last name.




Below is a description of Jackson Maynard from his pension file - 5' 9", blue eyes, dark hair.                        
                

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