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George Washington Herrell was born 24 July 1933 in Wythe County, Virginia, the son of William Harrell and Elizabeth Hurst. The family moved to Claiborne County, Tennessee about 1835, then to Dallas County, Missouri in the late 1850s. When the Civil War erupted, George Herrell returned to Tennessee and enlisted as a private on 21 May 1862 at Lyons Store in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He was later promoted to sergeant in Company A of the 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. On 20 December 1862 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He was discharged as a private, by January 1865, but the reason for his reduction in rank is unknown. He enlisted under the name of George W. Harrell, but changed his name to Herrell following the war. One of George’s brothers, John James Harrell also served in Company A of the 12th Tennessee. There were a total of 13 Harrells who served in the 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion and most were likely related. I believe that the J. J. Harrell who commanded Company G. was Jackson Jarvis Harrell that lived in Grainger County Tennessee. Jarvis also had two brothers in the battalion, William Nelson Harrell and James Roadman Harrell. These were all sons of William Nelson Harrell Sr. of Grainger County, of the North Carolina Harrells. James Roadman Harrell was a Lieutenant in Company G. Drury Peter Harrell was initially a private in Company H. of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, but later became the last commander of Company A. of the 12th Tennessee. Drury Peter Harrell was the son of Drury Peter Harrell Sr., a brother of William Nelson Harrell. George Washington Herrell, John James Harrell, and Robert Harrell were all sons of William Harrell of Wythe County Virginia and not related to the other Harrells who are descendants of a Jacob Harrell of North Carolina. All of the Harrells were from Companies A and C from Hawkins County, and Company G from Grainger County.

Harrells in 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion

Company A:
George Washington Herrell, Sergeant, Private
John James Harrell, Private
Thomas A. Harrell, Private
Drury Peter Harrell, Captain

Company C:
J. P. Harrell, Private
Noah Harrell, Private
R. H. Harrell, Private
Robert Harrell, Private
Samuel Harrell, Coporal

Company G:
Arthur Harrell, Sergeant
Jackson Jarvis Harrell, Captain
James Roadman Harrell, Lieutenant
William Nelson Harrell, Private

Note: James J. and Jarvis J. both listed as captains in Company G. These are believed to be the same individual I have listed as Jarvis Jackson Harrell from Grainger County, Tennessee

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Son of Elihu Land & Margarett Wherry. Gr,grandson of John Land ( bro of Thomas Land, my 5x gr grandfather )& Mary Sumter ( sister of my 5x gr grandmother, Anna Sumter Land ) b: NOV 1845 in Shelby Co., Tennessee.Died: BET 1920 AND 1930 in Arlington, Shelby Co., Tennessee. J.C.was pictured in a group photo in the Dec.1907 issue of ' Confederate Veteran.' Probably paroled at Ft.Donelson while serving in the 51st Tn.Inf.

Son of Elihu Land & Margarett Wherry. Gr,grandson of John Land ( bro of Thomas Land, my 5x gr grandfather )& Mary Sumter ( sister of my 5x gr grandmother, Anna Sumter Land ) Served with brothers,James & Willis. Born: FEB 1836 in Shelby Co., Tennessee. Bros John & Thomas may have served in B Co.8th Miss.Inf.

Son of Elihu Land & Margarett Wherry. Gr,grandson of John Land ( bro of Thomas Land, my 5x gr grandfather )& Mary Sumter ( sister of my 5x gr grandmother, Anna Sumter Land )b: ABT 1834 in Shelby Co., Tennessee. Died: BET 1880 AND 1900 in Shelby Co., Tennessee. Organized February 14, 1863 within Federal lines; reorganized February 4, 1864; broken up February, 1865 in consolidation and reorganization of Forrest's Cavalry; some companies in 3rd Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 1865. James H. Murray, William T. Carmack, Co. 'B'. Organized October 18, 1862. Men from Fayette County.

William Robert Wells was the son of William S. and Susan A. (Reinhardt) Wells of Memphis, TN. He also had four brothers who fought for the Confederacy: Charles H. Wells (29th Tennessee Infantry), James M. Wells (13th Tennessee Cavalry), Julius T. Wells (4th Tennessee Infantry) and Francis M. Wells (28th Battalion Georgia Siege Artillery). There is little known about William R. Wells except his death date of 1861. William S. Wells was shot in his bed in June of 1865 by Union soldiers who were celebrating the recent victory. They fired into his home and did not know he was sick in bed at the time and he died of his wound.

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CMR:Roll dated at Camp Trenton 10 August 1861. This 16 year old enrolled for one year by H.W. Wells. It is 81 miles to rendezvous. His name appears on a Register of CSA Soldiers killed or or died of diaease. He died August 20, 1862 at Big Creek Gap of Diarrhoea at Dalton Georgia.

I am pretty sure that Ed.C Sturdivant of record is my great great grandfather Edward Claiborne S. He was from Brownsville, Tn in Haywood County (the county from which Co. I drew) and was born in 1823. His wife was Mary White, born 1832. Please contact me if you have any information. I am also trying to determine if James Sturdivant might have served, possibly as a drumer boy, he would have been ~10 years old.

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He was born in 1844 and died 1 Apr 1902. He is buried in Fielding Cemetery in Limestone, Co. Alabama.