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- Obituary Information obtained 31 May 2008 from Essley-Noble Museum,Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois by, SLJuhl, Compiler. Copy of Recordkept in Jacobs Family sections of Juhl Family Volume.
"American Civil War Soldiers ; In the same unit as William H. Reed.
Name: Andrew Reed ,
Residence: Keithsburg, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 5 Sep 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 5 September 1862.
Enlisted in Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 5 Sep 1862.
Mustered Out Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 17 Jul 1865at Louisville, KY.
Sources: 7
Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Illinois;Enlistment date: 5 Sep 1862..
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [databaseon-line]; www.Ancestry.com"
"American Civil War Regiments
REGIMENT: 30th Infantry Regiment Illinois
Date of Organization: 28 Aug 1861
Muster Date: 17 Jul 1865
Regiment State: Illinois
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 30th
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 10
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 2
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 115
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 218
Regimental History Illinois
EXCERPT: THIRTIETH INFANTRY.
(Three years)
The Thirtieth Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized
at Camp Butler Illinois, August 28, 1861, Colonel P. B. Fouke,
commanding.
September 1, 1861, moved to Cairo, Illinois, and was
assigned to Brigadier General John A. McClernand's Brigade-
Brigadier General U. S. Grant commanding District of Cairo, and
Major General John C. Fremont, commanding Department of
Missouri.
October 22, went on scout into Kentucky, near Columbus.
November 7, was engaged in the battle of Belmont. The
Regiment did gallant service during this action, and captured
the celebrated "Watson's New Orleans Battery."
January 10, 1862, moved from Cairo on a reconnaissance
into Kentucky, and returned on the 22d. etc..."
[Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT;http://www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/CivilWarController
Name REED, ANDREW J
Rank PVT Company A Unit 30 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence KEITHSBURG, MERCER CO, IL Age 48 Height 5' 10 1/2 HairDARK
Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status MARRIED OccupationBLACKSMITH
Nativity PENDLETON CO, NC
Service Record
Joined When SEP 5, 1862 Joined Where N/A
Joined By Whom COL MORRISON Period 3 YRS
Muster In N/A Muster In Where N/A
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUL 17, 1865
Muster Out Where LOUISVILLE, KY Muster Out By Whom LT NOYES
Remarks N/A" Note: Nativity listed. Error perhaps intranscription??? [Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"Andrew J. Reed (First_Last) ;http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Regiment Name 30 Illinois Infantry
Side Union
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M539 roll 74
UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS
30th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in August 28, 1861. Movedto. Cairo, Ill., September 1, 1861. Attached to District of Cairo toOctober, 1861. 1st Brigade, District of Cairo, to February, 1862. 1stBrigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 1st Brigade,1st Division, District of West Tennessee and Army of the Tennessee, toJuly, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., toSeptember, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson,Tenn., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, 13thArmy Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2ndBrigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, 13th Army Corps, December, 1862.2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, toDecember, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to April,1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1stBrigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Cairo, Ill., till February, 1862. Scout into KentuckyOctober 22-24, 1861. Expedition to Belmont November 6-7. Battle ofBelmont November 7. Expedition toward Columbus, Ky., January 16-22,1862. Operations against Forts Henry and Heiman February 2-6. Captureof Forts Henry and Heiman February 6. Investment and capture of FortDonelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Garrison at Fort Donelson till April22. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn,, April 22-25. Advance on andsiege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Moved to Bethel, thence toJackson, Tenn., June 4-7. Capture of Jackson June 7. Duty there tillAugust 13. March to Estenaula August 13-14, and to Denmark August 31.Medon's Station, Britton's Lane, September 1. March to JacksonSeptember 2-4, and duty there till November 2. Grant's CentralMississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863.Reconnoissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to Memphis,Tenn., January 10, 1863. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February22-24. Duty there till April 17, thence moved to Milliken's Bend, La.Flank movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.Battle of Thompson's Plantation, Port Gibson, May 1. North Fork BayouPierre May 3. Hankinson's Ferry, near Black River, May 3-4. Battles ofRaymond May 12, Jackson May 14, Champion's Hill May 16, Big BlackRiver May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults onVicksburg May 19-22 and June 25. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Dutyat Vicksburg till February, 1864. Stephenson's Expedition to Monroe,La., August 20-September 2, 1863. Expedition toward Canton October14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Meridian Campaign February 3 toMarch 2. Veterans on furlough March 5-April 18. Moved to Cairo, Ill.;thence to Clifton, Tenn., April 18-30. March to Huntsville, Ala.,thence to Decatur, Ala., Rome and Kingston, Ga., to Ackworth, Ga., May5-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operationsabout Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault onBrushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27.Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Howell's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie RiverJuly 5-17. Battle of Leggett's Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of AtlantaJuly 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood'sSecond Sortie, July 28. Flank Movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. March to the seaNovember 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign ofthe Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14.Salkehatchie Swamps February 1-5. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp,February 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9.Orangeburg, North Edisto River, February 11-12. Columbia February15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation ofGoldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation ofRaleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston andhis army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 9-12, andProvost duty there till July 16. Mustered out July 16 and dischargedat Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 115 Enlisted men killedand mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 218 Enlisted men by disease.Total 345." [Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Andrew J Reed
Issue Date: 1 Sep 1857
State of Record: Illinois
Acres: 80
Accession Number: IL4920__.240
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Dixon
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 37718
Legal Land Description: Section Township Range Meridian State Counties
23 15-N 5-W 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Mercer
Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [databaseon-line]." [Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"240
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CERTIFICATE
No. 37.718
Whereas
Andrew J. Reed, of Mercer County, Illinois has deposited in theGENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of theRegister of the Land Office of Dixon whereby it appears that fullpayment has been made by the said Andrew J. Reed according to theprovisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled?An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands, ?for the West half of the North West Quarter of Section Twenty ? three,in Township Fifteen North, of Range Five West, in the District ofLands formerly subject to sale at Dixon, now Springfield, Illinoiscontaining Eighty Acres, according to the official plat of the Surveyof the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SurveyorGeneral, which said tract has been purchased by the said Andrew J.Reed.
Now Know Ye, That the United States of America, in consideration ofthe premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress insuch case made and provided, Have Given And Granted, and by thosepresents Do Give And Grant, unto the said Andrew J. Reed and to hisheirs, the said tract above described: To Have And To Hold the same,together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, andappurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the saidAndrew J. Reed, and his heirs and assigns forever In TestimonyWhereof &, James Buchanan President Of The United States Of America,have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of theGeneral Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day ofSeptember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred andfifty seven, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty ?second, By the President James Buchanan by G. H. Jones, Secretary. ?GN Granger, Recorder of the General Land Office." SOURCE: U.S. GeneralLand Office Records, 1796-1907 [database online] at www.Ancestry.com[Transcribed 07 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"Detailed Information;http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/PublicLandSalesNameServlet?purchaserNumber=0354001
Purchaser: REED ANDREW J
Residence of Purchaser: UNKNOWN
Social Status:
Legal Description:
Aliquot Parts or Lot: W2NW
Section Number: 23
Township: 15N
Range: 05W
Meridan: 4
County of Purchase: MERCER
Details of Sale:
Acres: 80.00
Price per Acre: 1.25
Total Price: 100.00
Type of Sale: FD
Date of Purchase: 11/11/1854
Volume: 710
Page: 069" [Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Andrew J Reed
County: Mercer
State: Illinois
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Mercer, Illinois; Roll:66; Page: 328.
Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]."[Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Andrew S Reed; Dwelling 1104/1104
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Birth Place: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Rock Island Middle Ward, Rock Island,Illinois
Andrew J. 36,m, Blacksmith, S.C.
No wife listed
Jerusha 13 f, Ind.
William H. 7 m, Ill.
Living with the Wood Family, J. W. & Frances Wood--sister andbrother-in-law.
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Rock Island Middle Ward,Rock Island, Illinois; Roll: M432_126; Page: 214; Image: 63.
Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]."[Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Andrew J Reed
Age in 1860: 48
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1860: Keithsburg, Mercer, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Keithsburg
Household Members: Name Age
Andrew J Reed 48
Mary J Reed 27
William Reed 12
Dennis Reed 4 (died? before 1870)
James Reed 2
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Keithsburg, Mercer,Illinois; Roll: M653_211; Page: 764; Image: 123.
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]."[Transcribed 06 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Andrew J Reed
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
Age in 1870: 55
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1870: Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Millersburg
Household Members: Name Age
Andrew J Reed 55
Mary J Reed 35
William H Reed 22
Warren Reed 14
James Reed 11
Jessie Reed 8
Virginia Reed 1
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Millersburg, Mercer,Illinois; Roll: M593_260; Page: 260; Image: 520.; Ancestry.com. 1870United States Federal Census [database on-line]." [Transcribed 06January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Andrew J. Reed
Home in 1880: Eliza, Mercer, Illinois
Age: 66
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Andrew J. Reed 66
Mary Jane Reed 47
Warren Reed 24
James Reed 21
Jessie B. F. Reed 18
Jennie (Virginia) Reed 11
Frederick Reed 7
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Eliza, Mercer, Illinois;Roll: T9_236; Family History Film: 1254236; Page: 282.4000;Enumeration District: 174; Image: 0350.
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880United States Federal Census [database on-line]. " [Transcribed 06January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
"Mercer County Cemetery Index; SOURCE: Robyn's Family Tree; Updated:2007-03-13 01:49:04 UTC (Tue) Contact: Robyn Osbornrobynosborn@verizon.net
Eliza Creek 86 to end
SW of Eliza 19
Eliza
SURNAME GIVEN NAME VOLUME PAGE
REED Jackson 1 105
REED Mary J. 1 105
REED Warren S. 1 105
Jackson Reed June 14, 1818 - April 30, 1893
Mary J., wife of Jackson, Jan 2, 1832 - August 22, 1911
Warren S., son of J. & M. J., June 27, 1856 - Nov 3, 1919"
"Aledo Democrat, May 5, 1893
Andrew Jackson Reed was born June 14, 1814, in the state of SouthCarolina, and died in New Boston, Illinois, April 29, 1893, at 8o'clock a.m., being 78 years, 10 months and 15 days old, his deathbeing the result of La Grippe. His remains were taken from New Bostonand laid away for eternal rest In Eliza cemetery, April 30th, at 1p.m., a large concourse of people being in attendance. He leaves awidow and eight children, four boys and four girls, who have thesympathy of the community in this dark hour of their bereavement.Sept. 5, 1862, he enlisted in Co A., 30 Ill. Vol.; was honorablydischarged July 17, 1865, having served his country 2 years, 10 monthsand 12 days, thereby showing his patriotism for the country he loved.Exercises at the grave were conducted by M. Chamberlain." SOURCE:Robyn's Family Tree; Updated: 2007-03-13 01:49:04 UTC (Tue)Contact: Robyn Osborn robynosborn@verizon.net;http://www.genwebsite.org/mercer/
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