Jacob F. Garst, 1843–1863 (aged 20 years)

Name
Jacob F. /Garst/
Given names
Jacob F.
Nickname
Jack
Surname
Garst
Birth about 1843 37 35
Birth of a sisterSusan Mary Garst
July 22, 1845 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEsther Anabella Garst
April 21, 1848 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a brotherPhilip Hinkle Garst
October 12, 1851 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy Virginia Garst
December 12, 1853 (aged 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJacob Garst
February 7, 1854 (aged 11 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Eli Garst
November 1862 (aged 19 years)
Death May 11, 1863 (aged 20 years)
Family with parents
father
1805–1881
Birth: May 18, 1805 39 — Virginia
Death: July 1881 — Carroll Co. GA
mother
Marriage Marriage — December 11, 1825 — Jefferson Co. TN
9 months
elder sister
1826–1902
Birth: September 12, 1826 21 19 — Jefferson Co. TN or Carroll Co. GA
Death: December 21, 1902 — Carroll Co. GA
4 years
elder sister
15 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
1833–1916
Birth: August 17, 1833 28 25 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: March 5, 1916 — Confederate Soldiers' Home, Atlanta GA
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
1838–1862
Birth: about 1838 32 30 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: November 1862 — Confederate cemetery on the grounds of the Univ. of VA at Charlottesville VA
3 years
elder brother
1840–1870
Birth: about 1840 34 32 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: January 22, 1870 — Carroll Co. GA
4 years
himself
1843–1863
Birth: about 1843 37 35 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: May 11, 1863 — Richmond Co. VA
3 years
younger sister
1845–1877
Birth: July 22, 1845 40 37 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: September 2, 1877 — Carroll Co. GA
3 years
younger sister
1848–1898
Birth: April 21, 1848 42 40 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: January 26, 1898 — Bosque Co. TX
4 years
younger brother
1851–1937
Birth: October 12, 1851 46 44 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: May 19, 1937 — Carroll Co. GA
2 years
younger sister
1853–1909
Birth: December 12, 1853 48 46 — Carroll Co. GA
Death: May 9, 1909 — San Saba Co. TX
Note

Jacob F. Garst: Pvt, age 18, Hazel eyes, brown hair, Dark completion, 5'll", Carroll Co, Ga, Occupation: Farmer, enlisted 15 Aug 61 at Carrollton by Capt Powell.

Description from commanding officer's log book (in Carrolton lib)

This log book, makes several references to the sick and wounded at the 'great' Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond that was built in 1862 on a bluff overlooking the James River. The buildings were destroyed, but the area is now the site of Chimborazo Park, Headquarters Building/Visitors Center of Richmond National Battlefields.

Abstract taken from a book," Cobb's Legion, Infantry, Company F, Powell's Invincibles" by Hugh Barrow, Carrollton, GA, and published in the Carroll County Genealogical Quarterly, Spring 2004.

Garst, Jacob F., Private Enlisted at Carrollton August 15, 1861, by Captain Powell. Age 17. Present, Aug-Dec 1862. Date of Death May 7, 1863, at Hospital #1. Wounded mortally in the mouth at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863. Effects left: 15 cents and sundries. No other records. When killed he was 22 years old. A farm boy from the Fairplay District-Flint Hill. He lived before the war with his father Chris (53), a farmer born in VA, and mother Sarah (53) born in Tenn., and 6 siblings.