Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameJohn SALTS140, M
Birth Date27 Dec 1832140
Birth PlaceTennessee
Death Date27 Sep 1863 Age: 30
Death PlaceFt. Delaware Hospital, Delaware
OccupationLaborer
FatherAndrew SALTS , M (~1796-~1860)
MotherRosanna BOYD , F (1793-~1860)
Spouses
Marr Date3 Sep 1857177
Marr PlaceJonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee
ChildrenMartha Ellen , F (1860-~1920)
Alice “Susan” , F (1861-1924)
Notes for John SALTS
1860 census, District 5, Washington County, TN
Family 571
John Salts 35 m farm hand 250 TN this is Peter’s age. John is 27.
Mary 23 f TN
Martha E 3/12 f TN family Bible says she was born Mar. 22, 1860 in Knoxville.
Note: Jeremiah Million and Tempe Salts Million are listed on the same page as John Salts.
1862, September 27 to September 27, 1863 - Civil War notes on John Salts - from Dixie: 11 November 2008
John Salts, son of Andrew Salts and Rosannah Boyd, was born 27 December, 1832 [family Bible] and married Mary Ann Wattenberger 3 Sep 1857 in Washington Co. TN. They had two girls: Martha Ellen born 22 Mar, 1860 in Knoxville TN, and Susan Alice born 2 Oct. 1861 in Washington Co.
John Salts enlisted at Jonesborough, TN as Corporal in the 60th TN Mounted Infantry, Crawford's 79th Regiment, Co. F on 27 Sept 1862, age 29. He was mustered in on Nov. 7, 1862 at Haynesville, TN. He was present in Jan & Feb. and Mar & Apr. 1863. He and 1800 other Confederates were captured on 17 May, 1863 at Big Black Bridge in Mississippi, one of the battles fought around Vicksburg, and sent to Memphis TN May 25, 1863. On June 15, he was received at Fort Delaware, DE. In July he was sent from Fort Delaware to City Point, VA for exchange. Apparently he was not exchanged, for he appears on a Roll of Prisoners sent from Ft. Delaware to Point Lookout MD on Sept 20, 1863 with the notation "Left in hospital at Ft. Delaware." He died there of scurvy on 27 Sept. 1863, one year to the day after his enlistment. [www.footnote.com]
In the family Bible was only a notation: "Died in Civil War, 1864," so it is likely that his family did not know when he actually died. Cpl. John Salts Co F 60th TN Mtd. Infantry is listed on a monument erected at Fort Delaware, DE to the Confederates who died there, which monument is now just across the river at Finn's Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ. (Dixie Dellinger, with information from Marian Zimmer Oct. 2008)
1868 – John Wesley Morrison married Mary Salts on 3 May 1868 in Washington County, TN
1870 Census, District 16, Washington County, TN
Family 64, August 2, 1870
John Morrison 29 m w works on farm 325 TN [name transcribed as Marrison]
Mary 29 f w TN [Mary Ann Wattenbarger Salts]
Martha 10 f w TN Martha Ellen Salts b. Mar. 22, 1860 Knoxville TN
Susan 7 f w TN Alice Susan Salts b. Oct. 7, 1861 Washington Co TN
Mary E. 1 f w TN
1880 Census, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa
Family 170
W. John Morrison head w m 39 TN TN TN farm labor
A. Mary wife w f 39 TN TN TN Marian Zimmer’s gggrandmother
E. Mary dau w f 12 TN TN TN
F. Adolphus son w m 10 TN TN TN
T. Tennissee daughter w f 8 TN TN TN
P. Alfred son w m 6 TN TN TN this is Marian Zimmer’s ggrandfather
L. John son w m 4 TN TN TN
Pearly dau w f 2 TN TN TN
Note: From the children’s ages, it appears that the family moved to Iowa around 1879.
Family 571
John Salts 35 m farm hand 250 TN this is Peter’s age. John is 27.
Mary 23 f TN
Martha E 3/12 f TN family Bible says she was born Mar. 22, 1860 in Knoxville.
Note: Jeremiah Million and Tempe Salts Million are listed on the same page as John Salts.
1862, September 27 to September 27, 1863 - Civil War notes on John Salts - from Dixie: 11 November 2008
John Salts, son of Andrew Salts and Rosannah Boyd, was born 27 December, 1832 [family Bible] and married Mary Ann Wattenberger 3 Sep 1857 in Washington Co. TN. They had two girls: Martha Ellen born 22 Mar, 1860 in Knoxville TN, and Susan Alice born 2 Oct. 1861 in Washington Co.
John Salts enlisted at Jonesborough, TN as Corporal in the 60th TN Mounted Infantry, Crawford's 79th Regiment, Co. F on 27 Sept 1862, age 29. He was mustered in on Nov. 7, 1862 at Haynesville, TN. He was present in Jan & Feb. and Mar & Apr. 1863. He and 1800 other Confederates were captured on 17 May, 1863 at Big Black Bridge in Mississippi, one of the battles fought around Vicksburg, and sent to Memphis TN May 25, 1863. On June 15, he was received at Fort Delaware, DE. In July he was sent from Fort Delaware to City Point, VA for exchange. Apparently he was not exchanged, for he appears on a Roll of Prisoners sent from Ft. Delaware to Point Lookout MD on Sept 20, 1863 with the notation "Left in hospital at Ft. Delaware." He died there of scurvy on 27 Sept. 1863, one year to the day after his enlistment. [www.footnote.com]
In the family Bible was only a notation: "Died in Civil War, 1864," so it is likely that his family did not know when he actually died. Cpl. John Salts Co F 60th TN Mtd. Infantry is listed on a monument erected at Fort Delaware, DE to the Confederates who died there, which monument is now just across the river at Finn's Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ. (Dixie Dellinger, with information from Marian Zimmer Oct. 2008)
1868 – John Wesley Morrison married Mary Salts on 3 May 1868 in Washington County, TN
1870 Census, District 16, Washington County, TN
Family 64, August 2, 1870
John Morrison 29 m w works on farm 325 TN [name transcribed as Marrison]
Mary 29 f w TN [Mary Ann Wattenbarger Salts]
Martha 10 f w TN Martha Ellen Salts b. Mar. 22, 1860 Knoxville TN
Susan 7 f w TN Alice Susan Salts b. Oct. 7, 1861 Washington Co TN
Mary E. 1 f w TN
1880 Census, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa
Family 170
W. John Morrison head w m 39 TN TN TN farm labor
A. Mary wife w f 39 TN TN TN Marian Zimmer’s gggrandmother
E. Mary dau w f 12 TN TN TN
F. Adolphus son w m 10 TN TN TN
T. Tennissee daughter w f 8 TN TN TN
P. Alfred son w m 6 TN TN TN this is Marian Zimmer’s ggrandfather
L. John son w m 4 TN TN TN
Pearly dau w f 2 TN TN TN
Note: From the children’s ages, it appears that the family moved to Iowa around 1879.
Notes for Mary Ann (Spouse 1)
When Mary married her second husband, John W. Morrison, she married as Mary Salts [using the name of her first husband, John Salts]. Mary Ann was named as a daughter in her mother's will.
On the 1880 census Mary Ann can be found in Louisa County, Iowa under A. Mary Morrison.
On the 1880 census Mary Ann can be found in Louisa County, Iowa under A. Mary Morrison.
Notes for John & Mary Ann (Family)
They applied for their license on August 31, 1857 and were married by the minister William Reed.