DOB:  May 1, 1843 DOD:  June 8, 1874 Age at Enlistment: 18 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  None Comments:  William was born in Williamson County and just a year after his birth his father passed away.  His mother remarried James Lampkins and moved to district 14 (the area between Franklin and Arrington).  Using the 1878 map as a guide his boyhood home was off of the appropriately named Lampkins Bridge Road along the Harpeth River, just north of where it crosses the Harpeth.  The 1860 Census states he is attending school, so he maybe a Harpeth Academy student.  He was listed as being sick in Franklin for September and October 1861 and was discharged for medical reasons January 14, 1862 in Virginia.  He later reenlisted in the 21st Tennessee Cavalry (Carter’s) on August 13, 1863 in Chattanooga.  His bad health continued and he is listed as being sick from August to December of 1863.  and was captured on December 13, 1863 in Hickman County, Tennessee and sent to Pulaski, TN and eventually Nashville.  He was originally assigned to be exchanged but nothing came of it and he was forwarded onto Rock Island Prison.  At his capture he claimed to be part of the 1st Tennessee Infantry.  This may have been to hide his identity as a Scout.  His service record with the 21st Tennessee Cavalry stops after his capture.  William appears on a list of names dated May 1864 of prisoners who wish to take the Oath of Allegiance.  The record also states he is a discharged soldier who was rejected by the conscription act.  The Federals or William changed their mind and William continued his stay in Rock Island.  He was eventually exchanged on March 2, 1865.  His prison record describes him as Height: 6'2", Eyes: Blue, Hair: Light, Complexion: Light.  He was exchanged March 2, 1865 and according to “Williamson County Confederates” by Michael Cotten he joined the 4th Tennessee Cavalry Company F in April 1865 and surrendered with them on May 9, 1865.  There is a William T. Price that married a Susan Ogilvie on December 3, 1867 but this may not be the same William Price.  William does not show up with the Lampkin family on the 1870 Census so he has moved out by then.  William did not live much longer after the war.  He died in 1874 at the age of 31 and is buried in Price, Robinson, Lampkin, Meeks Cemetery in Williamson County. 

William Price’s grave, his stone split in two so the pictures are to and bottom.