Son of Griffin Henry & Sarah Shepherd Trull.
Jake served in the Confederate Army during the Civil war with his two brothers, Jasper and Lewellan. After the war, he owned a store and, since he never married, he lived with his parents until they broke up housekeeping. Then he moved in with his youngest sister Elizabeth WALDROP, her husband and their five children. His niece Irene said on a Christmas after Jake moved in with them, he told his nieces and nephews that they had been so bad that Santa Claus was going to bring them only ashes and switches. Christmas morning the children were all dreading what they would find waiting for them by the hearth. Much to their surprise and delight, Santa had brought them all lovely presents but had left ashes and switches for Jake! Some years later, Jake told his niece Sally about his war experiences. He said that during the war the men were always hungry; that in his unit the orders were to feed the horses first and then the enlisted men; i.e., a horse was worth more than a mere enlisted man. So the men were forced to wait until the horses ate their corn; then grab the few grains left by horses, roast them and that was their supper.
178 - TRULL, Jacob Giles; Present Post Office address: Kennedy, Ala; b 1 Jun 1842 in Union County, N.C.; first entered the service as Private in Spring 1862 at Tuscaloosa, Ala in Co G 41 Ala and continued until after serving through the Va Campaign, was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox, Va 9 Apr 1865.
Jake served in the Confederate Army during the Civil war with his two brothers, Jasper and Lewellan. After the war, he owned a store and, since he never married, he lived with his parents until they broke up housekeeping. Then he moved in with his youngest sister Elizabeth WALDROP, her husband and their five children. His niece Irene said on a Christmas after Jake moved in with them, he told his nieces and nephews that they had been so bad that Santa Claus was going to bring them only ashes and switches. Christmas morning the children were all dreading what they would find waiting for them by the hearth. Much to their surprise and delight, Santa had brought them all lovely presents but had left ashes and switches for Jake! Some years later, Jake told his niece Sally about his war experiences. He said that during the war the men were always hungry; that in his unit the orders were to feed the horses first and then the enlisted men; i.e., a horse was worth more than a mere enlisted man. So the men were forced to wait until the horses ate their corn; then grab the few grains left by horses, roast them and that was their supper.
178 - TRULL, Jacob Giles; Present Post Office address: Kennedy, Ala; b 1 Jun 1842 in Union County, N.C.; first entered the service as Private in Spring 1862 at Tuscaloosa, Ala in Co G 41 Ala and continued until after serving through the Va Campaign, was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox, Va 9 Apr 1865.
Son of Griffin Henry & Sarah Shepherd Trull.
Jake served in the Confederate Army during the Civil war with his two brothers, Jasper and Lewellan. After the war, he owned a store and, since he never married, he lived with his parents until they broke up housekeeping. Then he moved in with his youngest sister Elizabeth WALDROP, her husband and their five children. His niece Irene said on a Christmas after Jake moved in with them, he told his nieces and nephews that they had been so bad that Santa Claus was going to bring them only ashes and switches. Christmas morning the children were all dreading what they would find waiting for them by the hearth. Much to their surprise and delight, Santa had brought them all lovely presents but had left ashes and switches for Jake! Some years later, Jake told his niece Sally about his war experiences. He said that during the war the men were always hungry; that in his unit the orders were to feed the horses first and then the enlisted men; i.e., a horse was worth more than a mere enlisted man. So the men were forced to wait until the horses ate their corn; then grab the few grains left by horses, roast them and that was their supper.
178 - TRULL, Jacob Giles; Present Post Office address: Kennedy, Ala; b 1 Jun 1842 in Union County, N.C.; first entered the service as Private in Spring 1862 at Tuscaloosa, Ala in Co G 41 Ala and continued until after serving through the Va Campaign, was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox, Va 9 Apr 1865.
Jake served in the Confederate Army during the Civil war with his two brothers, Jasper and Lewellan. After the war, he owned a store and, since he never married, he lived with his parents until they broke up housekeeping. Then he moved in with his youngest sister Elizabeth WALDROP, her husband and their five children. His niece Irene said on a Christmas after Jake moved in with them, he told his nieces and nephews that they had been so bad that Santa Claus was going to bring them only ashes and switches. Christmas morning the children were all dreading what they would find waiting for them by the hearth. Much to their surprise and delight, Santa had brought them all lovely presents but had left ashes and switches for Jake! Some years later, Jake told his niece Sally about his war experiences. He said that during the war the men were always hungry; that in his unit the orders were to feed the horses first and then the enlisted men; i.e., a horse was worth more than a mere enlisted man. So the men were forced to wait until the horses ate their corn; then grab the few grains left by horses, roast them and that was their supper.
178 - TRULL, Jacob Giles; Present Post Office address: Kennedy, Ala; b 1 Jun 1842 in Union County, N.C.; first entered the service as Private in Spring 1862 at Tuscaloosa, Ala in Co G 41 Ala and continued until after serving through the Va Campaign, was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox, Va 9 Apr 1865.
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