Private Jesse Ruffen Weatherspoon b. 14 Apr 1822 North Carolina, USA d. 14 Aug 1863 Union Prison Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Private Jesse Ruffen Weatherspoon

1822 - 1863 (41 years)

Name	Jesse Ruffen Weatherspoon [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Title	Private
Birth	14 Apr 1822	North Carolina, USA [1, 4, 5, 7, 8]
Gender	Male
Census	1850	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [7]
	Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon
Census	1860	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [8]
	Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon
Military Service	13 Dec 1862	Tennessee, USA [1, 6, 10]
	Confederate Army - War Between the States; Private, Company G, 10 Tennessee Cavalry, Died as a Prisoner of War
Military POW	4 Jul 1863	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [2, 10]
	Captured by the Union Army at Cowan's Station in Franklin County and died in a Prison Hospital in Nashville
		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (PoW) ROLL OF PRISONER OF WAR - Prison Hospital, Nashville -- JR Weatherford, Private, Company G, 10th Tennessee -- Captured at Cowan's Station in Franklin County, TN on 4 Jul 1863
Death	14 Aug 1863	Union Prison Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 5, 10]
	Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War
		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (Death) RECORD OF DEATH AND INETERMENT - JR Weatherspoon, Private, Company G, 10th Tennessee -- Died in Union Prison Hospital in Nashville
Burial	Lowes Bend Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [1, 5, 10]
		Burial-WEATHERSPOON Jesse Jesse R Weatherspoon "Company G, 10th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA" - Lowes Bend Cemetery, Hickman County TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28250189/
Person ID	I24034	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Willis Weatherspoon, b. 1791, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 59 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Sallie Beavers, b. Abt 1793, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. Jun 1877, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	15 Nov 1813	Wake County, North Carolina, USA [11, 12]
Family ID	F2622	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Narcissa Cotham, b. 8 Oct 1828, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA d. 1883, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 54 years)

Marriage 1846 [13]

Children

1. Marion Taylor Weatherspoon, b. 8 Jan 1851, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

d. 18 Dec 1925, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

(Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F9929 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 14 Apr 1822 - North Carolina, USA
	Census - Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon - 1850 - Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Narcissa and Jesse Weatherspoon - 1860 - Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
	Military Service - Confederate Army - War Between the States; Private, Company G, 10 Tennessee Cavalry, Died as a Prisoner of War - 13 Dec 1862 - Tennessee, USA
	Military POW - Captured by the Union Army at Cowan's Station in Franklin County and died in a Prison Hospital in Nashville - 4 Jul 1863 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

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Arms Icons & Insignia

Military Grave Marker - Southern Cross of Honor
Killed in Action: American Service in the Civil War (Confederacy)

Burials

Burial-WEATHERSPOON Jesse
Jesse R Weatherspoon "Company G, 10th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA" - Lowes Bend Cemetery, Hickman County TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28250189/

DNA Matches At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

Military Records » Slide Show		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (Death) RECORD OF DEATH AND INETERMENT - JR Weatherspoon, Private, Company G, 10th Tennessee -- Died in Union Prison Hospital in Nashville
		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (Hospital) HOSPITAL RECORD: JR Wetherspoon, Private, Company G, 10th Tennessee -- Union Prison Hospital in Nashville
		Military-WEATHERSPOON Jesse (PoW) ROLL OF PRISONER OF WAR - Prison Hospital, Nashville -- JR Weatherford, Private, Company G, 10th Tennessee -- Captured at Cowan's Station in Franklin County, TN on 4 Jul 1863

Sources

[S10457] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Civil War), WEATHERSPOON Jesse Ruffin - PVT Confederate Army - 1822-1862 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION).
BIRTH: 14 Apr 1823 North Carolina
DEATH: 14 Aug 1863 (aged 40) Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
BURIAL: Lowes Bend Cemetery Hickman County, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 28250189
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James, son of Willis Weatherspoon & Sally Beavers, married Narcissa Cotham, Daughter of Stephen Cotham & Mary Shipp, 1846, Hickman Co., TN: To this marriage were born: Matilda Emeline, James E., Marion Taylor, Sarah & Stephen Willis.

Civil War Confederate soldier: Co. G,10th TN Calvary-CSA 1. He was captured by the Union Army,July 4th 1863 at Cowans Station and died from chronic diarrhea August 14 1863 In a Union prison camp in Nashville,Davidson Co., TN
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28250189/jesse-ruffin-weatherspoon

Burial-WEATHERSPOON Jesse
Jesse R Weatherspoon "Company G, 10th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA" - Lowes Bend Cemetery, Hickman County TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28250189/

[S1420] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109.

U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109

[S156] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.
[S17] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 182.

Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 182

[S1557] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC ; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General.

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General

[S1119] National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).
[S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: 884; Page: 59a.

1850 United States Federal Census
Year: 1850; Census Place: Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: 884; Page: 59a
[S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 9, Hickman, Tennessee; Page: 66.

1860 United States Federal Census
Year: 1860; Census Place: District 9, Hickman, Tennessee; Page: 66
[S782] Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 111; Book: 10 Occupant.

North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 111; Book: 10 Occupant
[S5314] Fold3 - Killed in Action: Jesse R Weatherspoon, CSA 1822-1863 (POW), PVT (Private) Jesse Ruffin Weatherspoon - Company G, 10th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA -- Captured at Cowan's Station and died in Union Prison Hospital in Nashville in Civil War.
https://www.fold3.com/page/657099874/jesse-r-weatherspoon/facts?xid=1945

Military Grave Marker - Southern Cross of Honor
Killed in Action: American Service in the Civil War (Confederacy)
[S5068] Find a Grave: WEATHERSPOON Willis 1791-1850, Willis Weatherspoon Sr.
Willis Weatherspoon Sr.
BIRTH: 1791 Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
DEATH: 1850 (aged 58–59) Hickman County, Tennessee
BURIAL: Old Weatherspoon Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 230003345
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230003345/willis_weatherspoon
[S5069] Find a Grave: BEAVERS Sally Weatherspoon 1793-1877, Sallie Beavers Weatherspoon.
BIRTH: 1793 Wake County, North Carolina
DEATH: Jun 1877 (aged 83–84) Hickman County, Tennessee
BURIAL: Old Weatherspoon Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 230005076
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230005076/sally-weatherspoon
[S6508] Find a Grave: COTHAM Narcissa Weatherspoon 1828-1883, Narcissa Cotham Weatherspoon.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46244873/narcissa-weatherspoon

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