Joshua Jr. WEAVER

                   BIRTH:
    Calculated from  Conf. Army Records (Nat. Archives, Wash.D.C.), 1850 Census of McNairy Co. Tn.and the 1880 Census of Harris Co. Tx.

MARR:
    Approx. from date of birth of first child in 1861.

DEATH:
    Calculated from statement of his son, Joseph Edward Weaver, born in 1878, that he was four years old when his Father died.

    Jasper Newton Weaver was born in Madison Co., Tn. in 1834. (Birth year
    established by Confederate Army Records).He enlisted in Company E, Cavalry
    Battalion, Waul's Texas Legion, on 18 May 1862 and gave his age as 28 yrs at
    that time.(Recorded in National Archives Wash. D.C.) He moved with his family
    to Yalobusha Co. Miss. some time in the 1830's. The family appears in the 1840
    Census of Yalobusha Co. In 1850 he was in McNairy Co.,Tn. He is listed in the
    1850 Census of McNairy Co., with his Mother and two brothers and one sister,
    living with an Uncle, Balaam O. Sanford. The 1880 Census of Harris Co., TX
    lists his age as 46 years.

    J.N. Weaver went to Texas about 1855. He married Sarah Elizabeth Blagraves

    about 1860, had one child, and then enlisted in the Confederate Army on 18 May
    1862. He served through out the war - The first part in and around Vicksburg,
    Miss. While at Vicksburg,in 1863, he wrote letters to his family in Texas.(Two
    of the letters are in the possession of Woodrow W. Weaver, 8542 Dunwoodie Rd.,
    Santee, Ca.) He gave his address at that time as Company E., Lieut. Col.Willis'
    Cavalry Battalion, Waul's Legion at Vicksburg, Miss. There is no record of his
    service or location after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863.

    After the War was over, Jasper Newton went to Jackson, Madison Co. Tn. , and
    sold his share as heir to his Mother's inheritance of her Father's property to
    an Uncle, Edward S. Sanford, on 9 Dec 1865 for $230.00.(Transaction recorded on
    2 Jan 1866 in Jackson, Madison Co.Tn.- Deed Book no 23 pg 530). In that
    transaction, he stated that he was the only surviving heir to his Mother's
    inheritance.

    Jasper Newton then returned to Texas, residing in Harris, Wharton, and Austin
    Counties until his death in 1882. (Year of death is calculated from statement
    of his son, Joseph Edward Weaver, born in 1878, that he was four years old when
    his father passed away).
                  

                   BIRTH:
    Approximated from1850 Census of McNairy Co., Tn. 4th Dist., pg. No.74, Family No.1026
MARR:

DEATH:
    Approximated from statement of his brother. Jasper Newton Weaver, that he was the sole surviving heir of his Mother Nancy Sanford Weaver.Deed book No.23 page 530 reg. 2 Jan 1866, Madison Co. Tn.
                  

                   BIRTH:
    Approximated from1850 Census of McNairy Co., Tn. 4th Dist., pg. No.74, Family No.1026
MARR:

DEATH:
    Approximated from statement of his brother. Jasper Newton Weaver, that he was the sole surviving heir of his Mother Nancy Sanford Weaver.Deed book No.23 page 530 reg. 2 Jan 1866, Madison Co. Tn.
                  

                   BIRTH:
    Approximated from 1850 Census of McNairy Co., Tn. 4th Dist., pg. No.74, Family No.1026
MARR:

DEATH:
    Approximated from statement of her brother. Jasper Newton Weaver, that he was the sole surviving heir of his Mother Nancy Sanford Weaver.Deed book No.23 page 530 reg. 2 Jan 1866, Madison Co. Tn.

    Nancy Sanford Weaver and her three youngest children do not appear in the
    Census of 1860. In 1860. her oldest son, Jasper Newton was in Texas. This is
    the basis for approximating her death year and that of her younger children as
    1855.