John was the son of C. P. Jenkins and Mary E. (Boothe) Jenkins.
John married Addie Brummitt in Haywood CO, TN on Dec. 6, 1870.
Survivor
North Carolina-born John A. Jenkins settled in Weakley County with his family as a boy in the 1840s. When the war came in 1861, he cast his lot with the Confederacy and became a second lieutenant in Capt. H. C. McCutchen's company of Tennessee cavalry, which became Company H of the state's 7th Cavalry. Starting out 696 troopers strong in 1862, the regiment mustered 210 effectives by October 1863. Various campaigns and engagements, including the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, further depleted the ranks. By the war's end, the remnants of the regiment found themselves in Alabama when Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor surrendered the military Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Jenkins, now a first lieutenant, numbered among those paroled. He made his way home to Weakley County, where he married and worked as a farmer. Jenkins died in 1924 at age 88. He outlived his wife, Addie, and was survived by a daughter.
Ninth-plate ruby ambrotype by an anonymous photographer. Matthew L. Oswalt M.D. Collection.
This image appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Military Images. For more, see "Tennesseans in Gray": https://www.militaryimagesmagazine-digital.com/2019/12/01/tennesseans-in-gray-winter-2020/
Birth & death dates, parents' names, as well as burial location, taken from his TN Death Certificate.
John married Addie Brummitt in Haywood CO, TN on Dec. 6, 1870.
Survivor
North Carolina-born John A. Jenkins settled in Weakley County with his family as a boy in the 1840s. When the war came in 1861, he cast his lot with the Confederacy and became a second lieutenant in Capt. H. C. McCutchen's company of Tennessee cavalry, which became Company H of the state's 7th Cavalry. Starting out 696 troopers strong in 1862, the regiment mustered 210 effectives by October 1863. Various campaigns and engagements, including the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, further depleted the ranks. By the war's end, the remnants of the regiment found themselves in Alabama when Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor surrendered the military Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Jenkins, now a first lieutenant, numbered among those paroled. He made his way home to Weakley County, where he married and worked as a farmer. Jenkins died in 1924 at age 88. He outlived his wife, Addie, and was survived by a daughter.
Ninth-plate ruby ambrotype by an anonymous photographer. Matthew L. Oswalt M.D. Collection.
This image appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Military Images. For more, see "Tennesseans in Gray": https://www.militaryimagesmagazine-digital.com/2019/12/01/tennesseans-in-gray-winter-2020/
Birth & death dates, parents' names, as well as burial location, taken from his TN Death Certificate.
John was the son of C. P. Jenkins and Mary E. (Boothe) Jenkins.
John married Addie Brummitt in Haywood CO, TN on Dec. 6, 1870.
Survivor
North Carolina-born John A. Jenkins settled in Weakley County with his family as a boy in the 1840s. When the war came in 1861, he cast his lot with the Confederacy and became a second lieutenant in Capt. H. C. McCutchen's company of Tennessee cavalry, which became Company H of the state's 7th Cavalry. Starting out 696 troopers strong in 1862, the regiment mustered 210 effectives by October 1863. Various campaigns and engagements, including the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, further depleted the ranks. By the war's end, the remnants of the regiment found themselves in Alabama when Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor surrendered the military Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Jenkins, now a first lieutenant, numbered among those paroled. He made his way home to Weakley County, where he married and worked as a farmer. Jenkins died in 1924 at age 88. He outlived his wife, Addie, and was survived by a daughter.
Ninth-plate ruby ambrotype by an anonymous photographer. Matthew L. Oswalt M.D. Collection.
This image appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Military Images. For more, see "Tennesseans in Gray": https://www.militaryimagesmagazine-digital.com/2019/12/01/tennesseans-in-gray-winter-2020/
Birth & death dates, parents' names, as well as burial location, taken from his TN Death Certificate.
John married Addie Brummitt in Haywood CO, TN on Dec. 6, 1870.
Survivor
North Carolina-born John A. Jenkins settled in Weakley County with his family as a boy in the 1840s. When the war came in 1861, he cast his lot with the Confederacy and became a second lieutenant in Capt. H. C. McCutchen's company of Tennessee cavalry, which became Company H of the state's 7th Cavalry. Starting out 696 troopers strong in 1862, the regiment mustered 210 effectives by October 1863. Various campaigns and engagements, including the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, further depleted the ranks. By the war's end, the remnants of the regiment found themselves in Alabama when Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor surrendered the military Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Jenkins, now a first lieutenant, numbered among those paroled. He made his way home to Weakley County, where he married and worked as a farmer. Jenkins died in 1924 at age 88. He outlived his wife, Addie, and was survived by a daughter.
Ninth-plate ruby ambrotype by an anonymous photographer. Matthew L. Oswalt M.D. Collection.
This image appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Military Images. For more, see "Tennesseans in Gray": https://www.militaryimagesmagazine-digital.com/2019/12/01/tennesseans-in-gray-winter-2020/
Birth & death dates, parents' names, as well as burial location, taken from his TN Death Certificate.
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