Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Birth Dateabt 1840158
Birth PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
FatherJohn SALTS , M (~1802->1870)
MotherSusan PRING , F (1807-1880)
Spouses
Birth Date1845
Birth PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
FatherJohn FERGUSON , M
MotherEliza SALTS , F
Notes for Nicholas SALTS
Nicholas’ age was given as 27 when the 1860 Census was taken. He was still living with his parents, and unmarried.
Nicholas Salts enlisted as Private on 18 August, 1862 in the 60th TN Regiment (Crawford's 79th), Co. F. In his service records, on the card for September it is not stated whether or not he was present. He was mustered in 7 Nov., 1862, age 23. In Jan-Feb, 1863 he was "Absent -- sick at Vicksburg in hospital." In Mar-Apr,1863 he was present. On a company muster roll for May 1 1863 -- April 30 1864, he is listed "Absent. Captured at Big Black [Bridge], Miss [near Vicksburg] May 17, 1863."
On a card headed "Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War sent from Fort Delaware Del. to Point Lookout, Md September 20, 1863" he is listed N. Salts. Nicholas Salts is on a list of prisoners arriving at Fort Columbus, NY on Sept 26, 1863. After that date there are no further records [www.footnote.com]. Since Ft. Columbus on Governor's Island in NY harbor was a transfer point, it is more likely that he was there before being sent to Fort Delaware, DE and on to Point Lookout MD where he probably died. His death is not recorded; that column in the prison records is blank.
(Dixie Dellinger Oct. 2008)
Nicholas was documented at the following times and locations:
Jan. and Feb. 1863 - Absent - sick at Vicksburg, Miss in hospital
Mar & Apr 1863 - Present
May 17, 1863 - captured at Big Black, Miss
May 25, 1863 - sent to Memphis as a prisoner
Sept. 20, 1863 - sent from Fort Delaware, Del., to Point lookout, Md.
Sept. 26, 1863 - arrived at Fort Columbus, NYH (does the H mean hospital?)
no later documentation - so I assume he died after 26 Sep 1863
Nicholas Salts served in the 60 Tennessee Mtd. Infantry. (Crawford's Regiment. 79 Tenn. Infantry.) of the Confederate Infantry. This is the same regiment but a different company from the John Salts who died in the Union prison at Fort Delaware and is buried at Finn's Point, Salem, NJ. (Do not know exactly which John Salts he was: Jesse's or Andrew's.) I have not seen Nicholas in any listing of those who died. It might be possible to check further.
From Dixie Dellinger Feb 15, 2008 - Pvt. N Salts of 60th TN Reg't Co A was captured at the Big Black Bridge battle on May 17, 1863. http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/vcmpgn/bigblack.htm No further notation is made about him on either document from the War Department. (Found on Ancestry.com)
Pvt John Salts of 60th TN Reg't Co A was captured at Big Black Bridge May 17, 1863 and died Sept. 27, 1863.
Cpl John Salts of 60th TN Reg't Co F was captured at Big Black Bridge May 17, 1863, transferred to Point Lookout Ft. Delaware MD http://home.jam.rr.com/rjcourt52/cwprisons/lookoutn.htm; in Sept 1863. He died of scurvy Sept 27, 1863. (Three records of him put together give this information.)
NOTES: The 60th TN Reg't, called also Crawford's Reg't, Vaughn's Brigade, was defeated within 3 minutes at Big Black Bridge on May 17, 1863. It was part of the seige of Vicksburg. Captured there were two, maybe three, Salts boys from Jonesboro, TN. Two named John (there may have been only one; all the other facts are precisely the same except the rank) and one named Nicholas, the son of John Salts and Susan Pring. The John, or Johns, can be the son of Jesse Salts and Sarah Bryan or the son of Andrew Salts and Rosannah Boyd.
A descendant of Andrew says that a family Bible gives the date of John's death as sometime in 1864, so he may have been somewhere else and these records be of the same John Salts. Or, since so many of this regiment were Jonesboro boys and captured on the same day, both John Saltses could have been there and transferred, and died on the same day. Many are listed as dying on that day and several other days during September, 1863.
Looking at the records, it looks as if the prisoners captured at Big Black Bridge in May were taken to Point Lookout at Fort Delaware, MD in September where long lists of them died during the month, number and location of grave "not given." They were buried in mass graves. About Point Lookout State Park today, "Open graves from which the Confederate dead were removed a century ago are still discernible near the bay shore. The cemetery to which the bodies were taken is on Maryland Route 5 north of the park. A memorial to the dead has been erected by the state of Maryland. The cemetery is administered by the federal government."
The same Cpl John Salts of 60th TN Reg't , d. Sept 27, 1863, is listed on the Confederate monument at Finn's Point, Salem, NJ. http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/projects/dbases/finn1.htm. This monument is for 2436 soldiers who were buried in trenches at Finn's Point National Cemetery across the river and overlooking Fort Delaware MD. http://www.censusdiggins.com/fort_delaware.html I cannot tell whether there were two John Saltses or only one, and only one is listed on this monument. The graves have long been lost and only names on monuments remain. At Finn's Point, 27 are unaccounted for. I would think that number is small.
I believe there was only one John Salts there, but which John Salts it was, I have no idea. That means, though, that we have to find the other one!
Nicholas Salts, being in a different company of the same regiment and captured in the same battle on the same day, may have been transferred there, too, and lost from the records. Nicholas is pretty sure to have also died at Point Lookout, but his death is not recorded. I don't know what happened to him after he arrived there, but many, many died and aren't recorded. On the prison forms, that column is blank after his name, but those above and below him are filled out.
Nicholas Salts enlisted as Private on 18 August, 1862 in the 60th TN Regiment (Crawford's 79th), Co. F. In his service records, on the card for September it is not stated whether or not he was present. He was mustered in 7 Nov., 1862, age 23. In Jan-Feb, 1863 he was "Absent -- sick at Vicksburg in hospital." In Mar-Apr,1863 he was present. On a company muster roll for May 1 1863 -- April 30 1864, he is listed "Absent. Captured at Big Black [Bridge], Miss [near Vicksburg] May 17, 1863."
On a card headed "Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War sent from Fort Delaware Del. to Point Lookout, Md September 20, 1863" he is listed N. Salts. Nicholas Salts is on a list of prisoners arriving at Fort Columbus, NY on Sept 26, 1863. After that date there are no further records [www.footnote.com]. Since Ft. Columbus on Governor's Island in NY harbor was a transfer point, it is more likely that he was there before being sent to Fort Delaware, DE and on to Point Lookout MD where he probably died. His death is not recorded; that column in the prison records is blank.
(Dixie Dellinger Oct. 2008)
Nicholas was documented at the following times and locations:
Jan. and Feb. 1863 - Absent - sick at Vicksburg, Miss in hospital
Mar & Apr 1863 - Present
May 17, 1863 - captured at Big Black, Miss
May 25, 1863 - sent to Memphis as a prisoner
Sept. 20, 1863 - sent from Fort Delaware, Del., to Point lookout, Md.
Sept. 26, 1863 - arrived at Fort Columbus, NYH (does the H mean hospital?)
no later documentation - so I assume he died after 26 Sep 1863
Nicholas Salts served in the 60 Tennessee Mtd. Infantry. (Crawford's Regiment. 79 Tenn. Infantry.) of the Confederate Infantry. This is the same regiment but a different company from the John Salts who died in the Union prison at Fort Delaware and is buried at Finn's Point, Salem, NJ. (Do not know exactly which John Salts he was: Jesse's or Andrew's.) I have not seen Nicholas in any listing of those who died. It might be possible to check further.
From Dixie Dellinger Feb 15, 2008 - Pvt. N Salts of 60th TN Reg't Co A was captured at the Big Black Bridge battle on May 17, 1863. http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/vcmpgn/bigblack.htm No further notation is made about him on either document from the War Department. (Found on Ancestry.com)
Pvt John Salts of 60th TN Reg't Co A was captured at Big Black Bridge May 17, 1863 and died Sept. 27, 1863.
Cpl John Salts of 60th TN Reg't Co F was captured at Big Black Bridge May 17, 1863, transferred to Point Lookout Ft. Delaware MD http://home.jam.rr.com/rjcourt52/cwprisons/lookoutn.htm; in Sept 1863. He died of scurvy Sept 27, 1863. (Three records of him put together give this information.)
NOTES: The 60th TN Reg't, called also Crawford's Reg't, Vaughn's Brigade, was defeated within 3 minutes at Big Black Bridge on May 17, 1863. It was part of the seige of Vicksburg. Captured there were two, maybe three, Salts boys from Jonesboro, TN. Two named John (there may have been only one; all the other facts are precisely the same except the rank) and one named Nicholas, the son of John Salts and Susan Pring. The John, or Johns, can be the son of Jesse Salts and Sarah Bryan or the son of Andrew Salts and Rosannah Boyd.
A descendant of Andrew says that a family Bible gives the date of John's death as sometime in 1864, so he may have been somewhere else and these records be of the same John Salts. Or, since so many of this regiment were Jonesboro boys and captured on the same day, both John Saltses could have been there and transferred, and died on the same day. Many are listed as dying on that day and several other days during September, 1863.
Looking at the records, it looks as if the prisoners captured at Big Black Bridge in May were taken to Point Lookout at Fort Delaware, MD in September where long lists of them died during the month, number and location of grave "not given." They were buried in mass graves. About Point Lookout State Park today, "Open graves from which the Confederate dead were removed a century ago are still discernible near the bay shore. The cemetery to which the bodies were taken is on Maryland Route 5 north of the park. A memorial to the dead has been erected by the state of Maryland. The cemetery is administered by the federal government."
The same Cpl John Salts of 60th TN Reg't , d. Sept 27, 1863, is listed on the Confederate monument at Finn's Point, Salem, NJ. http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/projects/dbases/finn1.htm. This monument is for 2436 soldiers who were buried in trenches at Finn's Point National Cemetery across the river and overlooking Fort Delaware MD. http://www.censusdiggins.com/fort_delaware.html I cannot tell whether there were two John Saltses or only one, and only one is listed on this monument. The graves have long been lost and only names on monuments remain. At Finn's Point, 27 are unaccounted for. I would think that number is small.
I believe there was only one John Salts there, but which John Salts it was, I have no idea. That means, though, that we have to find the other one!
Nicholas Salts, being in a different company of the same regiment and captured in the same battle on the same day, may have been transferred there, too, and lost from the records. Nicholas is pretty sure to have also died at Point Lookout, but his death is not recorded. I don't know what happened to him after he arrived there, but many, many died and aren't recorded. On the prison forms, that column is blank after his name, but those above and below him are filled out.
Notes for Martha J. (Spouse 1)
There is a Martha J. Ferguson, daughter of John and Eliza Ferguson. She was born in 1845. On the 1860 census, she and her family are living a few houses down from Nicholas’ brother’s house -William and Emily Foster Salts. I can’t really tell how far apart Nicholas is from the Ferguson household. They are in different districts and it’s difficult to tell.
Notes for Nicholas & Martha J. (Family)
License #2024 issued 31 March 1861. Married by C. E. May. JP.