Individual Details

John Jefferson Traywick

(3 May 1834 - 23 Sep 1901)



Said to have served in the Civil War.
Ancestry.com has his service as a private in Company K. of the 58th Alabama Infantry, CSA
Story in an Ancestry FamilyTree:
He was a sharpshooter in the 58th Alabama Infantry. He was in Cox's (wildcats) 2nd Battalion Georgia sharpshooters. After the battle of Chickamauga their ranks were so decimated the 58th consolidated with the 32nd Alabama.
Record on Fold3.com
J. J. Trawick, Pvt Co K, 58 Regt, Ala. Infty. One of the Confederate Soldiers Paroled at Headquarters, 16th Army Corps, Montgomery, AL, May 1865
On May 16, 1865, J. J. Traywick signed that he would not bear arms against the United States of America, or give any information, or do any military duty whatsoever, until regularly exchanged as a prisoner of war. He signed with his mark. Description was 5 ft 8 in, brown hair, dark eyes, fair complexion.

1866 AL State Census
John J. Traywick. 3m under 10 [George, John Jr, William], 1m over 20. 1f over 20 - 5 total in household

1870 Census. Precinct 4, Baker co, AL, P.O. Chestnut Creek, Hh 142
J. J. Trawick, age 36, b. GA
Nancy, 27, b. AL
George R., age 8
John J. 7
Wm Nathan 6
Amanda E., age 3
Joseph Henry, age 2

1880 Census. Cooper, Chilton Co, AL, Hh 601
[indexed as Teazwich....]
John J. Traywick, age 46, farmer, b. GA
Nancy, 38, wife, b. AL [no birthplaces for their parents]
George, 19, son
John J. 17, son
William, 15, son
Amanda E. 13, dau
James H. 12, son
Martha J. 9, dau
Sallie, 7, dau
Thomas E., 4, son

1900 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 532
J. J. Trawick, b. May 1834, age 66, married 39 years
Nancy, wife, b. Apr 1841, age 59, 10 children - 7 are living
Jane Ellison, dau, b. Apr 1871, age 29, widow, 3 children - all living (but they aren't all in this household)
Wm S. Ellison, grandson, b. Mar 1900, 2 months
Archie Taylor, grandson, b. Nov 1893, age 6
Hh 523 is Thomas Trawick, b. Apr 1876, age 24. (John & Nancy's youngest son)
Hh 524 is William Trawick, b. Jan 1865 , wife Elizabeth and their family (another son)
Hh 535 is Tab Trawick, b. Dec 1867 - son Joseph Henry, called Tab
Hh 536 is George Trawick, b. Dec 1861, wife Ida and their children (another son)


Events

Birth3 May 1834Georgia
Marriage26 Dec 1860Autauga County, Alabama - Nancy Easterling
Military1862 - 1865Company K, 58th Alabama Infantry, Civil War
Death23 Sep 1901Chilton County, Alabama
BurialMacedonia Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama

Families

SpouseNancy Easterling (1841 - 1929)
ChildGeorge Washington Traywick (1861 - 1944)
ChildJohn Thomas Jefferson Traywick (1863 - 1939)
ChildWilliam Nathan Traywick (1865 - 1934)
ChildAmanda E. Traywick (1867 - )
ChildJames Henry "Tab" Traywick (1867 - 1957)
ChildMartha Jane Traywick (1871 - 1900)
ChildSarah "Sallie" Traywick (1873 - )
ChildThomas Enoch Traywick (1876 - 1953)
FatherGeorge R. Trawick ( - )
MotherSarah Purvis (1811 - 1860)
SiblingWilliam C. Traywick (1830 - 1863)
SiblingElizabeth Traywick (1833 - )
SiblingMary A. Traywick (1836 - )
SiblingRobert L. Traywick (1842 - 1919)
SiblingSamantha B. V. Traywick (1844 - )
SiblingJames G. W. Traywick (1847 - )