***************************************************************************** Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaire 16 April 1922 1. State your full name and present post office address. A. John Hurst Whitesburg, Tennessee. 2. State your age now. A. 78 years old. 3. In what State and county were you born? A. Tennessee. Claiborne County. 4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier? A. Confederate. 5. Name of your Company. A. A 63 6. What was the occupation of your father: A. Farmer 7. Give the full name of your father: John Hurst Born at: Pulasky [sic. Wythe Co.] In the County of: [blank] State of: Virginia He lived at: Tazewell, Tenn Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.: 8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Sarah Neil She was the daughter of (full name): don’t know and his wife (full name): [blank] Who lived at: Tazewell, Tenn. 9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled - county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss. A. My ancestors all come from Virginia but I do not know much of their history. 10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can: A. None. 11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many? A. Yes. nine 12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres: A. 400 acres 13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened. A. Twenty Five thousand dollars. 14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had: A. Frame 8 rooms. 15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war). A. Farm work plowed and worked with hoe all throug the summer season. 16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember - that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.: A. Father’s work consisted of over seeing and looking after his farms and stock. House work done was cooking spinning and weaving was all done in our house. 17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many? A. one or more. 18. How was honest toil - as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class - regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable? A. such work was considered honorable in my community. 19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work? A. yes 20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them? A. Practicly no idle white men that had others doing their (work). 21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves? A. yes they mingled free with those that did not own slaves if they were honorable. slave holders did feel [blank] better. 22. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slave holders mingle on a footing of equality? A. yes they were on equality footing socialy 23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other? A. no unfiendly feeling between them 24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest? A. no difference 25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself? A. not very good wage were low it took a young man a long time to get a start in business 26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders? A. they were encouraged by slave holders I think 27. What kind of school or schools did you attend? A. Public. 28. About how long did you go to school altogether? A. about 2 years 29. How far was it to the nearest school? A. 1 mile 30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood? A. Public free school near home - college at Tazewell. 31. Was the school in your community private or public? A. Public 32. About how many months in the year did it run? A. 3 months 33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly? A. only moderale 34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman? A. man 35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government? A. 1862 April Tazewell, Tennessee 36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first? A. Morristown Tenn. We tog_of? 37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle? A. 1 year and 5 month 38. What was the first battle you engaged in? A. Chicmauga 39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle - what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there: A. Chatanoog was on gard duty until order to Knoxville next battle was at Knoxville one hour we were defeated. Early part of we were well fed clothed later part was not good but little meat corn bread and pea nuts 40. When and where were you discharged? A. was released from prison at Point Lookout Md. June 1865. 41. Tell something of your trip home: A. vie Washington D. C. Cinnatti Ohio by rail reach home on July 10, 1865 42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you engaged in, where you have live, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions: A. Merchandise 43 What kind of work did you take up when you came back home? A. Located at Whitesburg Tennessee been in the Merchandise business as long as my health would permit. Was Post Master this place from 1893 until 1897. Affilliated with the Baptist church. My Regment went from Knoxville to Rockmount Va. was in Dewerys Bluff fight after that to Petersburg when the colosed (?) in petersburg I was [illegible] comed to Holly Spring from there went 5 miles [legible] of Petersburg stayed there till captured April 3, 1865 taken to point Lookout Md was parol first (?) of June come home viar [ibid. 41 above]...has paralasis in lef side may God be with all us old soldiers may we get to heaven above.... 44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want). A. [no attachment] 45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this). A. Capt. Wm. Fulkerson, Henley Fugate, 2 Lt. Isaac Parker, 2 Lt. Jesse Baker. Col. Abe Fulkerson, Mag. [Major] Aken. 46. Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of your Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other States. A. [blank]