Married with 4 children, living in Mulberry, Tennessee. Appointed as Captain in Turney's 1st Tennessee, Co. H.
Company H was organized from men around Shelton's Creek, in Lincoln County, and were enrolled on 29 April in that County before joining the rest of the regiment at Winchester shortly thereafter. It was officially mustered into the Confederate Army on 8 May 1861 at Lynchburg, VA, with the nickname "The Shelton's Creek Volunteers" or "The Shelton Creek Boys". Muster rolls had the additional information: note for Company H for September & October 1861: "The company has been stationed at Camp Fisher, Prince William County, except from 1 October to 18th at which time it was at Camp Jones, during which time it has been engaged in drilling regularly both in company and battalion. Officers at organization were: Capt., Jacob CRUSE; 1st Ltn., Martin V. McLAUGHLIN; 2nd Ltn., Newton J. GEORGE; 3rd Ltn., Joseph STUBBLEFIELD; 1st Sgt, Young T. STUBBLEFIELD; 2nd Sgt., John [Jarred] SIMMONS; 3rd Sgt., James A. HUNT; 4th Sgt., Young T. STILES; 1st Cpl., Nathaniel SMITH; 2nd Cpl., Thomas P. ARNOLD; 3rd Cpl., William STEWART; 4th Cpl., Joseph P. ALLISON.
CRUSE, Jacob. Capt. *Enrolled 29 Apr 61 at Lincoln County, aged 35; term expired on 27 Apr 62 and did not re-enlist; succeeded by Newton J. GEORGE. Also shows as Orderly Sergeant Jacob CRUSE, Forrest's Escort Company (Capt. John C. JACKSON'S Cavalry Company), killed at Chickamauga, Ga., 19 Sept 63.
Company H was organized from men around Shelton's Creek, in Lincoln County, and were enrolled on 29 April in that County before joining the rest of the regiment at Winchester shortly thereafter. It was officially mustered into the Confederate Army on 8 May 1861 at Lynchburg, VA, with the nickname "The Shelton's Creek Volunteers" or "The Shelton Creek Boys". Muster rolls had the additional information: note for Company H for September & October 1861: "The company has been stationed at Camp Fisher, Prince William County, except from 1 October to 18th at which time it was at Camp Jones, during which time it has been engaged in drilling regularly both in company and battalion. Officers at organization were: Capt., Jacob CRUSE; 1st Ltn., Martin V. McLAUGHLIN; 2nd Ltn., Newton J. GEORGE; 3rd Ltn., Joseph STUBBLEFIELD; 1st Sgt, Young T. STUBBLEFIELD; 2nd Sgt., John [Jarred] SIMMONS; 3rd Sgt., James A. HUNT; 4th Sgt., Young T. STILES; 1st Cpl., Nathaniel SMITH; 2nd Cpl., Thomas P. ARNOLD; 3rd Cpl., William STEWART; 4th Cpl., Joseph P. ALLISON.
CRUSE, Jacob. Capt. *Enrolled 29 Apr 61 at Lincoln County, aged 35; term expired on 27 Apr 62 and did not re-enlist; succeeded by Newton J. GEORGE. Also shows as Orderly Sergeant Jacob CRUSE, Forrest's Escort Company (Capt. John C. JACKSON'S Cavalry Company), killed at Chickamauga, Ga., 19 Sept 63.
Married with 4 children, living in Mulberry, Tennessee. Appointed as Captain in Turney's 1st Tennessee, Co. H.
Company H was organized from men around Shelton's Creek, in Lincoln County, and were enrolled on 29 April in that County before joining the rest of the regiment at Winchester shortly thereafter. It was officially mustered into the Confederate Army on 8 May 1861 at Lynchburg, VA, with the nickname "The Shelton's Creek Volunteers" or "The Shelton Creek Boys". Muster rolls had the additional information: note for Company H for September & October 1861: "The company has been stationed at Camp Fisher, Prince William County, except from 1 October to 18th at which time it was at Camp Jones, during which time it has been engaged in drilling regularly both in company and battalion. Officers at organization were: Capt., Jacob CRUSE; 1st Ltn., Martin V. McLAUGHLIN; 2nd Ltn., Newton J. GEORGE; 3rd Ltn., Joseph STUBBLEFIELD; 1st Sgt, Young T. STUBBLEFIELD; 2nd Sgt., John [Jarred] SIMMONS; 3rd Sgt., James A. HUNT; 4th Sgt., Young T. STILES; 1st Cpl., Nathaniel SMITH; 2nd Cpl., Thomas P. ARNOLD; 3rd Cpl., William STEWART; 4th Cpl., Joseph P. ALLISON.
CRUSE, Jacob. Capt. *Enrolled 29 Apr 61 at Lincoln County, aged 35; term expired on 27 Apr 62 and did not re-enlist; succeeded by Newton J. GEORGE. Also shows as Orderly Sergeant Jacob CRUSE, Forrest's Escort Company (Capt. John C. JACKSON'S Cavalry Company), killed at Chickamauga, Ga., 19 Sept 63.
Company H was organized from men around Shelton's Creek, in Lincoln County, and were enrolled on 29 April in that County before joining the rest of the regiment at Winchester shortly thereafter. It was officially mustered into the Confederate Army on 8 May 1861 at Lynchburg, VA, with the nickname "The Shelton's Creek Volunteers" or "The Shelton Creek Boys". Muster rolls had the additional information: note for Company H for September & October 1861: "The company has been stationed at Camp Fisher, Prince William County, except from 1 October to 18th at which time it was at Camp Jones, during which time it has been engaged in drilling regularly both in company and battalion. Officers at organization were: Capt., Jacob CRUSE; 1st Ltn., Martin V. McLAUGHLIN; 2nd Ltn., Newton J. GEORGE; 3rd Ltn., Joseph STUBBLEFIELD; 1st Sgt, Young T. STUBBLEFIELD; 2nd Sgt., John [Jarred] SIMMONS; 3rd Sgt., James A. HUNT; 4th Sgt., Young T. STILES; 1st Cpl., Nathaniel SMITH; 2nd Cpl., Thomas P. ARNOLD; 3rd Cpl., William STEWART; 4th Cpl., Joseph P. ALLISON.
CRUSE, Jacob. Capt. *Enrolled 29 Apr 61 at Lincoln County, aged 35; term expired on 27 Apr 62 and did not re-enlist; succeeded by Newton J. GEORGE. Also shows as Orderly Sergeant Jacob CRUSE, Forrest's Escort Company (Capt. John C. JACKSON'S Cavalry Company), killed at Chickamauga, Ga., 19 Sept 63.
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