|
a.
|
Note: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEMORIAL ID«tab»74512729
2Lt Joel N. Carriger, Company A, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, USA. Enlisted and mustered in November 7, 1863 as a private and appointed 2nd lieutenant. Resigned January 13, 1865.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1850 US Census, Carter county, part of, Carter, Tennessee, United States
John Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»39«tab»Tennessee
Rebecca Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»35«tab»Tennessee
Christian C Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»12«tab»Tennessee
Mary Jane Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»11«tab»Tennessee
Joel N Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»8«tab»Tennessee
Catharine L Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»6«tab»Tennessee
David N Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»4«tab»Tennessee
Elizabeth N Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»2«tab»Tennessee
1860 US Census, 1st Civil District, Carter, Tennessee, United States
John Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»46«tab»Tennessee
Rebecca Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»46«tab»Tennessee
Joel N Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»18«tab»Tennessee
Levisa C Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»16«tab»Tennessee
David N Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»13«tab»Tennessee
Elizabeth Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»11«tab»Tennessee
William L Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»9«tab»Tennessee
John C Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»M«tab»7«tab»Tennessee
Eliza A J Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»F«tab»2«tab»Tennessee
1870 US Census, District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
Joel N Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»Male«tab»28«tab»Tennessee
Mary C Carriger«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»Female«tab»27«tab»Tennessee
David A Neilson«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»Male«tab»45«tab»Tennessee
1880 US Census, Carriage Mill, Carter, Tennessee, United States
Joel N Carriger«tab»«tab»Self«tab»«tab»Male«tab»38«tab»Tennessee, United States
Mary C Carriger«tab»«tab»Wife«tab»«tab»Female«tab»37«tab»Tennessee, United States
Marget E Peters«tab»«tab»Other«tab»«tab»Female«tab»19«tab»Tennessee, United States
1900 US Census, «tab»Civil District 11 Allentown, Carter, Tennessee, United States
Joel N Carriger«tab»«tab»Head«tab»«tab»Male«tab»59«tab»Tennessee (widowed)
Solomon H Carriger«tab»Uncle«tab»«tab»Male«tab»76«tab»Tennessee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goodspeed's History of TN - Carter County -1887
J. N. Carriger, a retired woolen manufacturer, was born June 25, 1841, in Carter County. He is self educated, and in 1862 organized Company A, of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, and afterward became second lieutenant and first lieutenant, and refused the offer of captaincy. He was mustered out at Knoxville in 1865. He then clerked for Butler & Co. two years, and then went to Morristown, and clerked for M. Carriger & Co. a year, and then became partner, continuing under various firm names for twelve years. He was United States mail agen on the C. C. G. & C. Railway, February 16, 1871, and afterward mail messenger between Morristown and Warm Springs, N.C. After four years he purchased a part of Mineral Hill Springs, assuming control of them, the firm being Brown, Carriger & Smith. A few months later he farmed in Carter County, and became successively a partner in the Doe River Woolen Manufacturing Company, and the Watauga Woolen Mills, with entire control of the business. In 1882 these were consolidated under the first name company, and he became secretary and treasurer, and in 1883 was given entire control. He retired in 1885 on account of failing health, and was so successful that with a capital of $30,000, his company declared a seven and one-half percent dividend. In 1861 he married Mary O. Ferguson. Both are Baptists, in which church he has been a deacon for eight years. He is a Republican, and a member of the G.A.R. His parents, John T. and Rebecca (Nave) Carriger, were natives of Carter County, and died in 1862, aged fifty-five, and 1886, aged about seventy-six, respectively, the former a trustee for twelve years, and a justice. He was a Whig and an active Baptist. Our subject was city recorder of Morristorn two years. The grandparents, Christian and Lavicy (Ward) Carriger, were pioneers of this county, the former a representative several terms, and both were natives of Philadelphia. The latter's grandmother was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln.
------------------------------------------
Joel Nave Carriger served as a private, then 2nd Lieutant, in Company A, 13th Tennessee Volunteers Calvary. He suffered from chronic dysentery resulting in a disability. He was a prosperous flour miller and lumberman. He had no children.
------------------------------------------
Joel Carriger and his wife were both Republicans and members of the Baptist Church. He served as the City Recorder for Morristown, Tennessee. He was a partner in the Doe River Woolen Manufacturing Company and the Watauga Woolen Mills. The Carter County Bemberg Corporation was a spinnoff of the Watauga Woolen Mills.
-------------------------------------------
Nominal Roster of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, U.S. Army 1863- 1865
The 13th Tennessee Cavalry was formed based on authority granted by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, and was mustered into Federal serivce at Strawberry Plains, Knox County, Tennessee between October 28 and November 8, 1863. The regiment mustered out of Federal service at Knoxville on September 5, 1865. The regiment was commanded by Colonel John K. Miller during its existence. Miller represented about the only stability in the officer corps of this unit. Roderick R. Butler, William H. Ingerton, and Barzillah P. Stacy all held the lieutenant colonelcy. Majors were James W. M. Grayson, George W. Doughty, Eli N. Underwood, Joseph H. Wagner, Christopher Columbus Wilcox, Patrick F. Dyer, and Robert H. M. Donnelly. It would appear that at least 1195 men served in the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, divided as follows:
32 men in Field & Staff.
Company A, consisting of 90 men was recruited in Carter County, Tennessee.
Company B with 112 men was also raised in Carter County, Tennessee.
Company C, with 119 men was officered by Carter County, Tennessee residents, but a large portion of the unit came from Mitchell County, North Carolina.
Company D, with 95 men, was enlisted at Greenville, Tennessee, principally of residents of Johnson County, Tennessee, with a few from Greene County.
Company E's 95 men were primarily residents of Greene and Johnson Counties, Tennessee; while Ashe County, North Carolina provided several recruits.
Company F with 99 men was raised in Carter County, Tennessee.
Company G composed of 108 men was raised in Carter and Johnson County, Tennessee.
Company H with 99 men was raised in Carter County, Tennessee
Company I with 103 men was recruited in Johnson County, Tennessee, with some from Washington County, and a large number from Ashe County, North Carolina.
Company K with 101 men was raised in Washington and Johnson County, Tennessee.
Company L with 81 men joined the regiment on April 11, 1864 at Nashville. Members of the company were from Union, Carter, Jefferson, Greene, and Johnson Counties, with significant numbers from North Carolina.
Company M's 67 men were from Johnson, Carter, Sullivan and Washington Counties, and about 20 were from North Carolina and Virginia.
The 13th Tennessee Cavalry saw limited action during the first year of its existence. In the late summer of 1864, however, the regiment was pressed into active field service. The regiment skimished the Brigadier General John C. Vaughn's East Tennessee (Confederate) Brigade on several occasions, and participated in the abortive column sent to support General Stephen Burbridge's October 2, 1864 raid on Saltville, when the Confederates soundly defeated the Federals at Bull's Gap. Subsequent fighting in November also resulted in defeat for the Federals.
In December, 1864, however, General George Stoneman replace Burbridge in operational control of forces in the area. Stoneman was a more agreeable commander for most of the Federals, increasing their morale, supply situation, and overall esprit de corps. The Confederates, on the other hand, had moved many of the men defending the saltworks at Saltville to the Shenandoah Valley and Richmond in the interim. In mid December 1864, General Stoneman led a raid, including the 13th Tennessee Cavalry on the important mines and railroad in southwest Virginia, and succeeded in wrecking the Saltville saltworks, and destroying iron forges in Smyth County, and shops in Wytheville, and eventually the Lead mines in Wythe County, Virginia.
The remainder of the winter of 1864-65 was spent in quarters, and occasionally chasing the remnants of John Vaughn's Confederate Brigade. The next active campaign, the last of the war, was again with Stoneman, through Watauga County, North Carolina, into Wilkes County, into Surry, and back into Southwest Virginia. The war was basically over, and little of military importance was accomplished on Stoneman's last raid.
(Abreviated from the roster)
Carriger, Allen T. C., Sgt., Co. F
Carriger, Isaac R., Corp., Co. F
Carriger, Joel N., Co. A
|
