DOB:  November 13, 1837 DOD:  December 27, 1904 Age at Enlistment: 23 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  John was captured in December 1864.  Comments:  John was one of two Williamson Grays born north of the Mason Dixon Line.  He originated from Haverhill, NH and moved to Williamson County in about 1856 when he was 19 years old.  The 1860 Census shows him working as a clerk in Williamson County.  John enlisted in the Williamson Grays and by September 1861 he was moved to the 1st Tennessee Regimental Band as a drummer.  On the roster for May and June 1862 he is shown as being sick in the hospital. John was captured in December 1864 and took the Oath of Allegiance on December 22, 1864.  James Wells, also from Company D originally, served in the band and took the Oath of Allegiance the same day, so some of the band must have been captured together.  John married Ellen Waller and had six children.  By the 1870 Census his family is living in District 11 of Davidson County and he is working as a grocer.  The 1880 Census shows him back in Williamson County working as a grocer still.  By the 1890’s he had moved back to Nashville and the City Directory shows him working for Smith, Herrin, and Simpson Groceries.  By the 1900 Census he was living at “Waverly Place” off of modern day Douglas Avenue south of Wedgewood Ave.  The area around the site of his old house is still called “Waverly.”  He is working for a Coal Mining Company called Marbury & Simpson.  He died in 1904 from heart trouble and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Section 5 Lot N 1/2 67.

John’s grave in Mount Olivet Cemetery