He was tricked into joining the Confederate Army Company I, 63rd Tennessee Infantry by a friend. He was sent home on sick leave and then slipped through the lines and joined G Company, 4th TN Infantry on 10 April 1864.
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1880 - District 9, Washington County, Tennessee
242HAMPTON, Marion w m 37 laborer TN TN NC
HAMPTON, Elizabeth w f 29 wife keeping house TN TN TN
HAMPTON, Martha w f 5 daughter TN TN TN
HAMPTON, Mary w f 5 daughter TN TN TN
HAMPTON, Stuart w m 3 son TN TN TN
HAMPTON, Madison w m 11m son TN TN TN
SALTS, Susanna w f 16 niece (born 1864)
Death Certificate - Elizabeth S. Hampton - age 68 years, born in Telford, TN, married, parents: John Salts (Sullivan County) and Susan Salts, death cause: “epilepsy”, informant: David Bowman (Milligan), buried: Payne Cemetery, died: 4 Apr 1916, record #: 86.
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