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Civil War Pensions
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Bazil Benjamin Kinchen Horton
Notes on record of B.B. Horton, who has been reported for imperfections
in record as confederate soldier.
His name may appear on the roll as B.K. Horton- his recolection being that he enrolled in that name. His name was
Bazil Benjamin Kinchen Horton. He later dropped the third name. He states that his name on the roll was always
called Horton, B.K.
He volunteered on Sunday following his arrival at the age of 18 years on Friday Next before he enlisted at Brooksville
in Blount County, under Capt. Jess Alldredge, recruiting officer. He was sent to Capt. Jim Stewart's battalion,
in John Roddy's command. Stewart was at that time a Major. When he was later made Colonel, Mr. Horton's battalion
was attached to Genl. Forrest's command.
The Captain of Mr. Horton's company was John McKenzie, of Coosa County, 1st Lieutenant Richard Stevens, 2nd Lieutenant
J.B. Dines, both of whom lived in Blount County. His witnesses, used to make proof, were Jim Hall, of Blount County,
and pensioner's wife.
How ever Lycurgus H. Hipp, also of Blount County, will make a witness, as both he and Hall were with Pensioner
all the time. Ed Scott, Wesley Hipp, Benton French, Wesley French, Austin Carnes, John Chaney, John Alldredge,
Robert Harbison, Bradley Alldredge, are some of pensioner's comrades who were in his company. He can name otheres.
Most of his company, together with numbers of others, were captured at Selma, by Wilson's Raid, about the 17th
or 18th of Feb. 1865, were marched up to Montgomery and a few days later turned loose. He, with a number of his
comrades marched up to Auburn, where the understood that the men would meet to get back into their command. They
did meet other scattered parts of the command there, and remained there for orders. When the orders came it was
to disband and go home. This was immediately following the surrender. He enlisted the 18th day of Sept. 1862, and
reached his home in May 1865. [Contributed by great-grandchild Kay
Lee, Lees102 at aol.com]
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