Our Civil War Ancestors
The Chambers and Morgan Families: 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company G
3rd Alabama Cavalry flag courtesy Glenda Todd and Ken Jones’ “ The Civil War in Alabama ”
We have two confederate ancestors buried at Nances Creek Methodist Cemetery in Nances Creek, Alabama: John T. Chambers and John Dade Morgan.
John T. Chambers first entered the service as a private into the 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Co G, at Jacksonville, Alabama and continued until surrender. At the time of the 1907 census of Confederate Soldiers he did not remember the date of his enlistment.
Grandpa Chambers
John Davis “Dade” Morgan entered the war as a private in the 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company G at Cross Plains, Alabama. On the muster roll for October 30 to December 31, 1863 he is listed absent, at home sick since November 1 by order of surgeon. He was never paroled or discharged. John Dade was married to Jerusha C. White, daughter of P.D. “Bin” White.
Preceding genealogical information obtained from “Susan’s Extended Family” at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=susanfann& id=I1287