Civil War Veterans Questionaire

(Form #2)

as answered by

Andrew Jackson Waldrop

Andrew Jackson Waldrop was the son of David Andrew & Rachel Hoover (Howse) Waldrop, born Dec 20, 1844 in Giles Co, TN, and died Oct 8, 1924 in TN. He married Eugenia Katherine "Jennie" Compton on May 23, 1869 in Giles Co, TN. She was born Feb 17, 1850 in Giles Co, TN, and died Nov 15, 1927 in Lynnville, Giles Co, TN.

David Andrew Waldrop moved from Georgia to Tennessee in c1838, to a location considered near Waco, three miles south of the Giles - Maury County line, on Hwy 31. His father, William, and two other brothers, George Washington "Wash" and Martin "Mark" Waldrop, followed him a few years later. This was the beginning of the Waldrops forever in Tennessee. Many Waldrop ancestors reside in the Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville, TN.

1. State your full name and present post office address:

A) Andrew Jackson Waldrop, Lynnville, Tennessee

2. State your age now:

A) 77

3. In what State and county were you born?

A) Giles County Tennessee

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?

A) Confederate

5. Name of your company?

A) B; 3rd Tenn. Inf.

6. What was the occupation of your father?

A) Farmer

7. Give full name of your father:_____; born at _____; in the County of _____; State of _____; He lived at _____; Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:

A) David Andrew Waldrop; Georgia; Constable

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: _____; she was the daughter of: _____(full name)_____; and his wife: _____(full name)_____; who lived at: _____.

A) Rachel Howse; North Carolina

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not including 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) (No answer)

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) (No answer)

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?

A) No

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:

A) 100 acres land

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents; including land, when the war opened:

A) $5000

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) Partly log and partly frame, 5 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) Worked on a farm doing general farm work

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) Teamster and general farm work. Mother did her own work.

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?

A) From one to 3 all the time

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) Yes

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) Very few of this class

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) Not as a general thing tho there were a few exceptions

22. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non- slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?

A) Ans. #21 (Not as a general thing tho there were a few exceptions)

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?

A) Very much as ques. 21 (Not as a general thing tho there were a few exceptions)

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

25. Were 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) ...

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?

A) Refer to #21 (Not as a general thing tho there were a few exceptions)

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?

A) Country schools

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?

A) ...

29. How far was it to the nearest school?

A) 1 1/2 miles

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?

A) Country schools

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) Yes

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?

A) Both

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) Nov. 1862 at Lynnville, Confederacy

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?

A) Grenada, Miss.

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?

A) One week

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?

A) Chickasw Bayou Bridge near Vicksburg, Miss.

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to the 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) Port Hudson, La. Raymond, Miss. 2 at Jackson, Miss. Chicamauga and several others. Poorly treated, little to eat, no tent, very much exposed, not in hospital nor prison

40. When and where were you discharged?

A) Greenburro, N.C.

41. Tell something of your trip home:

A) 200 miles horse back the remainder of the trip on train

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, 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) Farming

43. What kind or work did you take up when you came back home?

A) Farming. Lived practically all the time in Giles and Maury counties. Hold no office. Joined Christian Church.

44. .......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.) (On one questionnaire, #44 is the same as #9. On another questionnaire, #44 is incomplete as stated here.)

A) ...

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) Bob Laird, Mack Daugherty, Willis Fry, G.M. Waldrop, D.H. Waldrop, T.J. Waldrop, A.J. Waldrop, J.H. Waldrop, Mack Knox, Mitton(?) Knox, Bill Nulian, Sim Sands, Willis Sands, Jim Sands, Albert Thompson, Harvey Thompson, J.W. Shannon, Charlie Thorpe, Billy Coker, Willey Franks, Bob Griffis, Willis Franks, Bird Walker, Tom West, John Milligan, Billy Harvel, Sam Hodge, Jim Hodge, John Braden, F--- Martin, Kale Hobbs, Bill Kerr, Bill Bearden, Henry Bearden, Bill Hackney.

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) Tom McMahon, Lynnville, Tenn.

Bird Walker, San Angelo, Texas

J.R.P. Blackburn, Lynnville, Tenn.

O.S. Smith, Lynnville, Tenn.

Mitchell Davidson, Lynnville, Tenn.

Frank Bunch, Pulaski, Tenn.

Tom Doss, Pulaski, Tenn.

Harrison West, Lynnville, Tenn.

Joe Fry, Moresville, Tenn.

J.W. Calvert, Lynnville, Tenn.

(Pension No. too dim to read)

*Note: G.M. Waldrop, D.H. Waldrop, T.J. Waldrop, J.M. Waldrop, A.J. Waldrop - all served in the same Company in the Civil War. (See question #45)

**Note: Last names of Bob Laird, Willis Fry, Bill Bearden, and Henry Bearden are related to the Sarah Lou (Davidson) Waldrop side of the family. (See question #45)