Tip was the son of Middleton F. Nall & Louisa Rogers. He married Elizabeth A. Butterworth on 8 October 1865 & they had 8 children.

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Served during the Civil War. He was a private and enlisted at Greensport, AL on 5 March 1863. He was in Co. 3, 10th Confederate Calvary until December 1863 which had been formed by consolidation of the 19th Battalion, GA Cavalry and the 5th Battalion Hilliard's Legion Alabama Volunteers. He was then in Co. F, 31st AL Inf (Talladega Co, AL). James ws captured by the Yankees at Big Shanty, GA on 15 June 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. He was moved from Big Shanty to Nashville, TN, then to the Military Prison at Louisville, KY, finally to Rock Island on 24 June 1874. James G. Nall was released from Rock Island prison on 18 June 1865. James G. Nall applied for a pension based on his Civil War service in October 1914 while living in Farmersville, Collin, TX. The application was filed 24 October 1914 and allowed on 1 Dcember 1914. Per Kaufman Kounty Konnections v1584; J. G. Nauls (Nalls) attended the first charted meeting of Geo Mooreman's Ex-Confederate Camp on 27 December 1902 Kaufman Co, TX.

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Baptist Preacher; licensed to preach in AL in 1870 and ordained into the ministry in 1875 at the Salt Creek Church, AL. His pastorates in AL between 187t and *194 included Salt Creek, Juniper, Antioch, Union, Ebenezer, Pilgrim's Rest, Lime Hill. He is listed as having pastored churches in Friendship and Royce City, TX. He was very active in the Boiling Springs Association in AL. His name appears in the 1874 minutes; preached the Introductory sermon in 1883 and 1885.

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The funeral & burial were paid for by his daughters Celesta & Emma from their butter & egg money. The grave was left unmarked for many years. Through the searching & location of old cemetery records by great-grandson William Clem Nall & great-great-granddaughter Mary Elaine Nall Bay, his unmarked grave was located. In 1991 a military marker was secured by William C. Nall & placed on James G. Nall's grave.

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Tenth AL Cavalry Regiment

This was a regiment organized in the winter of 1863/4 to constitute part of Roddy's command. Richard G. Pickett of Landerdale was the colonel, and the men were from the northern counties of Alabama. The services of the regiment were confie3d in a great measure to outpost operations in the Tennessee valley, though it participated in the Pulaski raid, and other encounters and forays.

The 31st AL Infantry Regiment was organized at Talladega 16 March 1862 with men from Calhoun, Cherokee, Montgomery, Randolph, Shelby, and Talladega counties. It reported to General Danville Leadbetter at Chattanooga shortly after. It then moved up to Knoxville, where it was brigaded under General Seth Barton in Carter Stevenson's Division. The regiment was at the investment of Cumberland Gap, and it took part in the fight at Tazewll. With General E. K. Smith's column, it was in the KY Campaign, without coming up with the enemy. When the forces came back, it was permanently brigaded with the 20th, 23rd, 30th, and 46th AL regiment under General Edward D. Tracy of Madison, Department of MS and East LA. In December, the 31st accompanied Stevenson's Division to Vicksburg. In May 1863 it helped defend Port Gibson, MS where the regiment suffered severly. It fought at Baker's Creek, and the loss was heavy. As part of the Vicksburg garrison, the regiment suffered through the siege, and after losing a number killed and wounded, it was surrendered with the fortress. Placed in parole camp at Demopolis, the 31st was soon exchanged. With General Edmund Pettus in command of the brigade, the regiment joined the Army of TN and it was engage3d with slight loss at Mission Ridge. It wintered at Dalton, and it participated in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta. The regiment followed General John Bell Hood into TN and sustained severe losses at Columbia and Nashville and was the rear-guard of the retreating army. Transferred to NC, the regiment was hotly engaged at Bentonville and a fragment of the 1100 with which it entered the service surrendered at Greensboro as part of Pettus' Brigade. There were 260 effectives in January 1863 with 21 k and 37 w at Vicksburg. There were 23 casualties at Chattanooga, and in December 1863, there were 452 present with 323 arms. Only 180 were fit for duty in January 1865 and less than 100 surrendered in April. Toward the close of the war, the 31st was consolidated with the 23rd and 46th Infantry and redesignated the 23rd Consolidated Infantry Regiment at Smithfield 9 April 1865

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The Pastorate of James G. Nall

1895-1897

John M. Wright resigned sometime in 1895. James G. Nall is listed as being pastor of Friendship for the church year 1895-1896 in the 1896 minutes of the East Fork Baptist Association. James G. Nall was born in Meriwether Co, GA. He was licensed to preach in 1870 and ordained in 1875 at the Salt Creek Baptist Church in AL. Nall pastored at Salt Creek, Juniper, Antioch, Union, Ebenezer, Pilgrim's Rest and Lime Hill, all churches in AL, where he remained until 1894. He came to TX in 1895 and upon Wright's resignation as pastor at the Friendship Baptist Church was called to be the church's second pastor. Nall's ministry at Friendship was short, but there were some successes. He baptized nine and thirteen joined by letter in the two years he pastored. Miss Ethel Hellams, a retired schoolteacher now living at Royse City, TX, remembers as a little girl that Nall's preaching was loud and long. The church was still meeting on the fourth Sunday in the month as was the policy during Wright's ministry. The clerks serving with Nall were J. R. Smith & J. E. Newman. Nall resigned sometime in 1897 or 1898. He is listed in Lasher's Ministerial Directory as living in Royse City, TX in 1899. In 1902 Nall moved to Forney & later pastored some Baptist Missionary Association church at Lone Elm, Point View, and Mesquite. The last record of Nall that we could find was the 1911 minutes of the East Fork Baptist Association and he is listed as being an ordained minister from Forney. We do not know of his whereabouts after 1911 or when or where he died--(The History of the First Baptist Church of McLendon-Chisholm, TX 1886-1917 by Norman Lynn Harrell).