The following is an incomplete muster roll for Company K, 4th Alabama Cavalry (Roddey's) Regiment, C.S.A. Many of the names below came from a newspaper interview my Great-Great Grandfather, Benjamin Dekalb Kelley, gave to a newspaper "The Mountain Eagle" on September 17, 1925, a little less than a year before his death. When asked if he remembered any names of the men he served with, Ben immediately gave detailed list of over 90 names AND the county that they came from. Some of these veterans sought Ben out after the war to write affidavits in their behalf so that they could claim pension benefits. It seems that the war department does not have a roster for this company so affidavits were used to prove service. I have verified some of these soldiers service with Company K, and have made it my personal goal to verify them all. Below you will find a Name, Rank, and Status Column. The Status column will use a color coded legend to give the status of the veteran during the war as to whether or not they were killed, wounded, died from wounds, captured, and if captured, whether they served as a POW or not, died as a POW, survived the war, deserter, or was paroled. As information is gathered, more detailed Status reports will be added to this page. This is an on-going effort, so please check back for updates. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT IS IN YOUR FAMILY OR NOT ON THE LIST, DO NOT HESITATE TO E-MAIL ME AT eagle6@apex.net .
Thank You!!!
Richard B. Davis
ACHERS, Ben | Private | Unknown |
ALDRIDGE, Milton | Private | Unknown |
APPLING, Claude | Private | Unknown |
BEACHEM, Marion | Private | Unknown |
BEAN, Armstead | 2nd Lieutenant | Unknown |
BEAN, Washington | Horseman | Unknown |
BEASLEY, Cal | Private | Unknown |
BEASLEY, Tom | Private | Unknown |
BEASLEY, Phil | Private | Unknown |
BONNER, George | Private | Unknown |
BROWN, Bill | Private | Unknown |
CADDELL, Hesakiah K. | Private | Unknown |
CALDWELL, Herzie | Private | Unknown |
CLARK, Robert Mason | 2nd Lieutenant | Unknown |
CLEAR, A. | Private | Unknown |
CLEAR, J. | Private | Unknown |
CLOWERS, Jake T. | Private | Unknown |
CLOWERS, Mack | Private | Unknown |
CLOWERS, Reese | Private | Unknown |
COX, James Erastus | 1st Lieutenant | Unknown |
DANCEY, David M. | 2nd Lieutenant | Unknown |
DONALDSON, John Madison | Private | Unknown |
DOWNEY, Bob | Private | Unknown |
DOZIER, W. J. | Private | Unknown |
DUTTON, Bill | Private | Unknown |
FARRIS, Bynum | Private | Unknown |
FARRIS, Henry | Private | Unknown |
FARRIS, W. J. | Private | Unknown |
GALLAGHER, John W. | Private | Unknown |
GALLAGHER, Henry | Private | Unknown |
HALCOMB, Mose | Private | Unknown |
HAMILTON, John | Private | Unknown |
HAMMOND, William F. | Private | Unknown |
HANEY, Rance | Private | Unknown |
HANEY, Bill | Private | Unknown |
HARPER, F. P. | Private | Unknown |
HARRIS, O. | Private | Unknown |
HARRIS, Riley | Private | Unknown |
HARRIS, T. | Private | Unknown |
HARRIS, Wiley | Private | Unknown |
HOGAN, Bill | Private | Unknown |
HOGAN, Jeff J. | Private | Unknown |
HUBBARD, David C. | Captain | Unknown |
JOHNSON, James | Private | Unknown |
JOHNSON, Mack | Private | Unknown |
JOHNSON, Wiley | Private | Unknown |
KELLEY, Aaron | Private | Unknown |
KELLEY, Benjamin Dekalb | Private | C,S,P |
KELLEY, Esom D. | Captain | W,S,P |
KELLEY, James M. | 1st Lieutenant | K |
KELLEY, John Tyler | Private | S,P |
KELLEY, Philemon J. | 3rd Lieutenant | C,P,D |
KELLEY, Tom | Private | Unknown |
KILBY, J. H. | Private | Unknown |
LEE, Tom | Private | Unknown |
LEE, Bill | Private | Unknown |
McDONALD, James | Private | Unknown |
McDONALD, John | Private | Unknown |
MITCHELL, John | Private | Unknown |
MOORE, Fayette | Private | Unknown |
MURPHY, James | Private | Unknown |
PRIDDY, Tom | Private | Unknown |
PRINCE, Bill | Private | Unknown |
PRINCE, James | Private | Unknown |
PURDY, John | Private | Unknown |
ROBERTS, Joshua | Private | Unknown |
ROBERTS, Park | Private | Unknown |
RUCKER, N. A. | Private | Unknown |
SHARP, Bill | Private | Unknown |
SHELL, Caswell Calhoun | Private | Unknown |
SHERER, J. T. | Private | Unknown |
SHERER, Taylor | Private | Unknown |
SOCKWELL, Bill | Private | Unknown |
STANLEY, Bill | Private | Unknown |
STEVENSON, Dick | Private | Unknown |
STEPHENSON, R. L. | Private | Unknown |
TESNEY, Bill | Private | Unknown |
TESNEY, Ely | Private | Unknown |
TESNEY, Green | Private | Unknown |
TUCKER, Bill | Private | Unknown |
TUCKER, Frank | Private | Unknown |
TUCKER, George | Private | Unknown |
TUCKER, Jack | Private | Unknown |
TUCKER, Mose | Private | Unknown |
TUCKER, Tom | Private | Unknown |
WADE, James | Private | Unknown |
WALKER, Ben | Private | Unknown |
WALKER, Thad | Private | Unknown |
WASUM, Busby | Private | Unknown |
WASUM, Lug | Private | Unknown |
WEAVER, J. A. | Private | Unknown |
WOOD, Edward | Private | Unknown |
WREN, William | 1st Lieutenant | Unknown |
WYNN, Andy | Private | Unknown |
WYNN, Sam | Private | Unknown |
YOUNG, Bob | Private | Unknown |