DOB:  August 16 1843 DOD:  October 27, 1925 Age at Enlistment: 17 Date of Enlistment:  July 23, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Jackson, MS Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  None with the 1st Tennessee Comments:  James was born and raised Williamson County and first appears in the 1860 Census living in District 9 (City of Franklin or its immediate area).  By 1860, his family had moved to District 1 (Fairview area).  He enlisted in the company in July 1861 and was discharged at Warm Springs, VA on August 1, 1861 for disability.  He was only in the Company for about two weeks.  He reenlisted with the 32nd Tennessee Infantry Company D on November 28, 1862 and was appointed to be a Musician.  On August 1, 1864 he was moved into the ranks.  According to his Kentucky Pension Record, he was inflicted with diarrhea and following the Battle of Franklin was moved to the medical corps.  On December 17, 1864, Franklin was recaptured by the Federals and so was James.  He was persuaded to take to the oath by several people in order to save his health.  He took the Oath of Allegiance on December 22, 1864 and is described as Complexion: Fair, Hair: Light, Eyes: Blue, Height 5'8".  After the war he moved to Oldham County, KY in 1865 and made a career painting houses. He never married or had children.  In 1913, he began a debate with the Kentucky Pension board that lasted over a year.  He was finally able to get enough support from his old comrades in Franklin that the board finally gave him a pension.  In 1923, James was admitted into the Kentucky Old Soldiers home where he died in 1925 from stomach cancer.  He is buried in the home’s Peewee Valley Cemetery. 

James C. Karr’s grave