DOB:  September 15, 1837 DOD:  May 30, 1830 Age at Enlistment: 23 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  3rd Sergeant Casualty:  Wounded in left thigh by grape shot at Perryville on October 8, 1862 and captured on October 10, 1862 at Harrodsburg, KY.  Exchanged in January 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.  Wounded at Missionary Ridge November 25, 1863 when a bullet tore through the left side of his mouth and upper jaw.  Comments:  James was born in Williamson County near Leiper’s Fork in 1837.  His father, Nicholas, died before he was three and his mother moved the family to the home of James’ grandmother, where he is living in the 1850 Census.  James enlisted at the formation of the company in 1861 along with his cousin William R. Hughes.  He is listed as sick in Virginia in December 1861 with pneumonia and was in hospital until January.  James was elected 4th Sergeant at regiment's reorganization on April 30, 1862 at Tupelo, MS.  He was wounded by grape shot at Perryville and captured at Harrodsburg two days later.  He was exchanged on December 5, 1862.  After being exchanged he was detailed to bring in conscripts in January 1863.  At Missionary Ridge a minnie ball went through the left side of his mouth and left eye.  The wound permanently blinded him in his eye.  After being wounded at Missionary Ridge he spent the rest of the war working in a hospital in Newnan, GA.  According to his pension record he was let go and returned to Williamson County to recuperate.  Federal soldiers arrested him at the house he was staying at and he took oath on December 27, 1864.  His Oath record describes him as Complexion: Fair, Hair: Sandy, Eyes: Gray, Height: 5'10".  After the war he married Martha Aden on December 13, 1866 and the couple had at least four children.  He was active in Confederate Veterans groups and was a member of the United Confederate Veterans and the “Company E” Veterans group.  In December 1869 he moved to Union City, TN and on the 1880 Census he is listed as running a Livery Stable in Union City.  On the 1900 Census he is listed working as a Trader.  His wife died in 1915 and her obituary states they lived on Cheatham Street in Union City.  Between 1917 and 1920 he moved to 362 Stonewall Street in Memphis, TN to live with his son.  When he passed away in 1930, he was the last documented member of Company D to die.  James died of Ceberal Apoplexy (bleeding of the brain) and pneumonia and is buried in East View Cemetery in Union City, TN.

Top:  1926 Reunion of Confederate Veterans in Union City, TN.  James is seated in the front row all the way to the right. Bottom Left:  James’ pistol (initials visible) located at Carnton Plantation Bottom Right:  James’ tombstone in Union City