Detailed personal data from Confederate service records are rarely found.

Thomas J. Tarpley, age 23, Private, Capt. Jas. M. Woollard's Company, 6th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers,* enlisted May 15, 1861 at Jackson, Tenn. by A. W. Campbell for 12 months, appointed 4th Sergeant January 11, 1862, recorded as Private on the May/June, 1862 and subsequent muster rolls, elected 3rd Sergeant November 1, 1862, among the troops of General Joseph E. Johnston's army surrendered April 26, 1865 and paroled at Greensboro, N. C., May 1, 1865

* This company subsequently became Company E [McClanahan Guards], 6th Regiment Tennessee Infantry (This company was raised with men from Madison County)

M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee

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Thomas J. Tarpley, born in Tennessee, filed Texas pension application A-22038 from Jack County, October 5, 1911, P. O. Address, Shannon, Texas, resident of Texas 41 years, Company E, 6th Tennessee Reg., died March 1, 1919 at the residence of Mrs. Georgia Gallaway in Floydado, Texas, Floyd County, Casket $85, Hearse $15, Boards $2, Delivery $1, $103 paid, Medical services paid G. V. Smith, MD, Floydada, Texas, $20, Mrs. Tarpley, wife, died March 7, 1919

Source Citation: Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA22021; Roll #: 384; Roll Description: Pension File Nos 22021 to 22040, Application Years 1909 to 1913.

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Thomas Jasper Tarpley, died March 1, 1919 in Floyd County, Texas