Private, Company K, 22nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Volunteers, CSA
Son of Rebecca M Gunter and Hardy Wilkins.
Charlie C. Wilkins was born in Selma, Alabama, on June 6, 1841. He enlisted October 6, 1861. He was described as 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, a farmer from Montgomery County. Pvt Wilkins was wounded at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15, 1864, and furloughed home for 90 days. He returned to Montgomery at the end of the furlough, and served until he was discharged on April 9, 1865. G M Hazard and J P Hazard, his childhood friends from near Athens, Alabama, served in a different regiment, but saw him every two or three weeks during the war. In 1909 the Hazards were living in Eastland, Texas, when they were witnesses to his pension application.
Mr. Wilkins came to Texas about 1878, and was a farmer in Choice, Shelby County. He married Sue Hazzard, and the couple had 5 children. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Wilkins died at the home of his son, G. H. Wilkins, after an illness of 7 weeks. Survivors were 3 sons and 1 daughter: E. E. Wilkins and G. H. Wilkins of Center, Raleigh Wilkins of Chicago, and Mrs. Willie Bue Sanders of San Augustine.
Sources:
1850, 1860 federal censuses, Montgomery County, AL.
C C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
Charles C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
C.C. Wilkins, Confederate Soldier's Application for Pension, # 16489, Shelby Co, TX, filed and approved 1909.
Charlie Christopher Wilkin, Texas Death Certificate.
Obituary, The Champion, March 13, 1929, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:163-164.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1929.
Son of Rebecca M Gunter and Hardy Wilkins.
Charlie C. Wilkins was born in Selma, Alabama, on June 6, 1841. He enlisted October 6, 1861. He was described as 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, a farmer from Montgomery County. Pvt Wilkins was wounded at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15, 1864, and furloughed home for 90 days. He returned to Montgomery at the end of the furlough, and served until he was discharged on April 9, 1865. G M Hazard and J P Hazard, his childhood friends from near Athens, Alabama, served in a different regiment, but saw him every two or three weeks during the war. In 1909 the Hazards were living in Eastland, Texas, when they were witnesses to his pension application.
Mr. Wilkins came to Texas about 1878, and was a farmer in Choice, Shelby County. He married Sue Hazzard, and the couple had 5 children. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Wilkins died at the home of his son, G. H. Wilkins, after an illness of 7 weeks. Survivors were 3 sons and 1 daughter: E. E. Wilkins and G. H. Wilkins of Center, Raleigh Wilkins of Chicago, and Mrs. Willie Bue Sanders of San Augustine.
Sources:
1850, 1860 federal censuses, Montgomery County, AL.
C C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
Charles C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
C.C. Wilkins, Confederate Soldier's Application for Pension, # 16489, Shelby Co, TX, filed and approved 1909.
Charlie Christopher Wilkin, Texas Death Certificate.
Obituary, The Champion, March 13, 1929, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:163-164.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1929.
Private, Company K, 22nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Volunteers, CSA
Son of Rebecca M Gunter and Hardy Wilkins.
Charlie C. Wilkins was born in Selma, Alabama, on June 6, 1841. He enlisted October 6, 1861. He was described as 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, a farmer from Montgomery County. Pvt Wilkins was wounded at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15, 1864, and furloughed home for 90 days. He returned to Montgomery at the end of the furlough, and served until he was discharged on April 9, 1865. G M Hazard and J P Hazard, his childhood friends from near Athens, Alabama, served in a different regiment, but saw him every two or three weeks during the war. In 1909 the Hazards were living in Eastland, Texas, when they were witnesses to his pension application.
Mr. Wilkins came to Texas about 1878, and was a farmer in Choice, Shelby County. He married Sue Hazzard, and the couple had 5 children. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Wilkins died at the home of his son, G. H. Wilkins, after an illness of 7 weeks. Survivors were 3 sons and 1 daughter: E. E. Wilkins and G. H. Wilkins of Center, Raleigh Wilkins of Chicago, and Mrs. Willie Bue Sanders of San Augustine.
Sources:
1850, 1860 federal censuses, Montgomery County, AL.
C C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
Charles C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
C.C. Wilkins, Confederate Soldier's Application for Pension, # 16489, Shelby Co, TX, filed and approved 1909.
Charlie Christopher Wilkin, Texas Death Certificate.
Obituary, The Champion, March 13, 1929, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:163-164.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1929.
Son of Rebecca M Gunter and Hardy Wilkins.
Charlie C. Wilkins was born in Selma, Alabama, on June 6, 1841. He enlisted October 6, 1861. He was described as 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, a farmer from Montgomery County. Pvt Wilkins was wounded at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15, 1864, and furloughed home for 90 days. He returned to Montgomery at the end of the furlough, and served until he was discharged on April 9, 1865. G M Hazard and J P Hazard, his childhood friends from near Athens, Alabama, served in a different regiment, but saw him every two or three weeks during the war. In 1909 the Hazards were living in Eastland, Texas, when they were witnesses to his pension application.
Mr. Wilkins came to Texas about 1878, and was a farmer in Choice, Shelby County. He married Sue Hazzard, and the couple had 5 children. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Wilkins died at the home of his son, G. H. Wilkins, after an illness of 7 weeks. Survivors were 3 sons and 1 daughter: E. E. Wilkins and G. H. Wilkins of Center, Raleigh Wilkins of Chicago, and Mrs. Willie Bue Sanders of San Augustine.
Sources:
1850, 1860 federal censuses, Montgomery County, AL.
C C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
Charles C Wilkins, Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls.
C.C. Wilkins, Confederate Soldier's Application for Pension, # 16489, Shelby Co, TX, filed and approved 1909.
Charlie Christopher Wilkin, Texas Death Certificate.
Obituary, The Champion, March 13, 1929, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:163-164.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1929.
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