David Harrison Howton

Civil War, Confederate Army

HOWTON (Houton), David H., Corporal (1840 - 1909)

CSA - Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers

Service record: He enlisted in Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers on September 28, 1862 in Hopkins County; Listed as present for November/December 1862 muster roll; Captured July 20, 1863 at Cheshire, Ohio while on Morgan's Indiana-Ohio Raid; Received July 26, 1863 at Camp Chase, Ohio; Sent August 14, 1863 to Kemper Barracks in Cincinnati, Ohio; Received August 18, 1863 at McLean Barracks in Cincinnati, Ohio; Sent September 5, 1863 to Camp Chase, Ohio; Sent January 22, 1864 to Rock Island, Illinois; Took oath of allegiance May 21, 1865, as a resident of Caldwell County; Previous service in Company B, 8th Kentucky Infantry, C.S.A.

Personal: He was born in Caldwell County in 1840, a son of Joseph & Jemima Howton [Age 19 in 1860 Caldwell County census]. He married Eliza Jane Hopper in Caldwell County on November 15, 1865. He was a farmer. He was a post-war resident of Caldwell County and Montgomery County, Arkansas. In 1903, he received Arkansas Confederate pension #7655. He died in 1909 and was buried in the Howton Cemetery in Montgomery County.

Submitted by Steve Lynn

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armontgo/vets.htm

Moved from Kentucky to Arkansas approximately 1890:

1900 Census, Arkanas, Montgomery, Mazam, District 130

Howton, David H. b 1866 KY father born KY mother born SC Farmer

Howton, Eliza J. b 1841 KY father born TN mother born KY

Howton, Benjamin F b 1875 KY

Homestead Act of 1862 land patent granted in 1890, 159.57 acres total as follows:

ENW Sec 30 Twp 3-S Range 22-W Meridian 5th PM in Garland County, AR

NWNW Sec 30 Twp 3-S Range 22-W Meridian 5th PM in Garland County, AR

NENE Sec 25 Twp 3-S range 23-W Meridian 5th PM in Montgomery County, AR

David Harrison Howton

David Harrison Howton

Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers

Confederate States of America

The information contained in the following paragraphs was transcribed by Scott Morse from a research document prepared by Harry Standefer (Scott’s second cousin) in 1980. At that time, Harry was the oldest living grandson of David Harrison Howton.

According to David’s discharge papers, he enlisted at the age of 22 years, 2 months and 6 days in the 10th (Johnson’s) Kentucky Cavalry, September 28th, 1862. David was an excellent horseman and we can assume that he chose to enlist in a branch of service in which he could serve best. We can also assume that he spent the time from September 1862 to July 1863 in training.

We have no diary of David’s activities, and no member of the family made notes of his rare conversations about the war. Harry Standefer spent a great deal of time with David from the age of five until his 12th birthday. Harry recalled that his Grandfather David wouldn’t talk much about his experience but did in fact recount the time he spent as a prisoner of war. Some of the statements David made to Harry would indicate that his cavalry unit must have joined up with Morgan’s Raiders as they came through Kentucky in July 1863. This all fits in with the research material sent in by our cousin Loal G. Arnold. Loal was a Civil War buff and accumulated a substantial amount of research material. The following is excerpted from his research contribution:

In July 1862 we find the greater armies quiescent, but both sent out detachments to make destructive raids, and that season witnessed some of the most notable exploits of the guerilla bands that were operating in the West, all through the war in aid of the Confederacy. One of these affairs in the West was so bold and startling that it became famous even among the greater and more important events. This was Morgan’s raid across the Ohio. In July of 1863, he entered Kentucky from the south with 3000 cavalrymen, increased as it went by the addition of Kentucky sympathizers, to about 4000 men and 10 guns. He captured and robbed the towns of Columbia and Lebanon… reached the Ohio, captured two steamboats and crossed into Indiana, then marching rapidly toward Cincinnati, he burned mills and bridges and tore up rails, plundered right and left and spread alarm on every side. But the Home Guards were gathering to meet him, and the great number of railways in Ohio and Indiana favored their concentration, while farmers felled trees across the roads on hearing of Morgan’s approach. Morgan passed around Cincinnati, and after much delay reached the Ohio at Buffington’s Ford. Here some of his pursuers overtook him, while gunboats and steamboats filled with armed men patrolling the river, on watch for him. The gunboats prevented him from using the ford and he was obliged to turn and give battle. The fight was severe and resulted in Morgan’s defeat. Nearly 800 of his men surrendered and he, with the remainder retreated up the river. He next tried to cross at Bellville by swimming their horses, but the gunboats were at hand, and made such havoc among the troopers that only 300 got across. While, of the others, some were shot, some drowned and the remnant driven back to the Ohio shore. Morgan with 200 men fled still further upstream, but at last was compelled to surrender at New Lisbon. He was confined in the Ohio Penitentiary but escaped a few months later by digging under the walls. Historical Note: During this raid, Morgan Raiders men captured and paroled about 6,000 Union soldiers and militia, destroyed 34 bridges, disrupted the railroads at more than 60 places, and diverted tens of thousands of troops from other duties.

According to David’s discharge papers he was captured July 20, 1863 near Cheshire, Ohio by General Shackleford. David was received at Camp Chase, Ohio, July 26, 1863 and was transferred to a prison, Kemper Barracks, in Cincinnati August 14, 1863. He was transferred to Rock Island Barracks in the Mississippi River January 24, 1864. Harry recalled David’s description of the

inhumane treatment, living on bread and water and actually eating the weeds that grew on the grounds. He was imprisoned there for one year, 3 months, and 27 days, when he was released to go home May 21, 1865. He had been in the Confederate Service for 2 years, 7 months, and 23 days. Of that time, he had been imprisoned 1 year, 10 months and one day. David lost an eye in the Service but never complained. He never outlived his antipathy for the North. His friends use to tell that David would not accept a hotel room with a northern exposure and, that a blue serge suit made him see red.

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10th (Johnson's) Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A.

aka "10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers"

Submitted by Stephen D. Lynn <confed@usa.net>

Copyright (c) 2000 by Stephen D. Lynn <confed@usa.net>

If you are a descendant of a man that served in this unit, I would appreciate any information that you can provide about your ancestor or his service. I am particularly interested in obtaining copies of photos of men that served in Johnson's 10th Kentucky Cavalry.

Steve Lynn

369 Pleasant Pointe Drive

Lexington, KY 40517-4487

(859) 266-7520

confed@usa.net

History

This Western Kentucky regiment, commanded by Colonel Adam R. Johnson, began its organization as early as June, 1862. It is frequently referred to as the "10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers." However, it appears that the unit was rarely, if ever, referred to by that term during the war. The unit should not be confused with the 10th Kentucky Cavalry regiment recruited in 1863 in Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia, which was commanded

successively by Colonels Andrew Jackson May, Edwin Trimble, and George R. Diamond. It should also not be confused with Colonel Benjamin E. Caudill's 13th Kentucky Cavalry, another Eastern Kentucky regiment which was frequently called the "10th Kentucky Mounted Rifles" or "10th Kentucky Mounted Infantry."

On July 18, 1862, several original members of this command, using fake cannon, were the first to plant the Confederate flag on Northern soil at Newburgh, Indiana, when that town surrendered without firing a shot. In conjunction with Colonel Thomas G. Woodward's 2d Kentucky Cavalry, the town of Clarksville, Tennessee was captured on August 18, 1862 from occupying Federal forces. During the Summer of 1862, the regiment was involved in numerous other actions in Western Kentucky, including skirmishes at Owensboro, Ashbyburg, Slaughtersville [now Slaughters], Geiger's Lake [in Union County], Uniontown, and Madisonville.

The 10th Kentucky Cavalry was officially organized as a regiment on August 13, 1862 at Nebo,Hopkins County, Kentucky. Adam R. Johnson, a native of Henderson, Kentucky, was elected Colonel and received formal appointment on November 4, 1862, to rank from August 13, 1862. Although it was Johnson's intention to recruit a partisan ranger unit, soon after organization, he was ordered by General Braxton Bragg to report with his command at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. At that time, the unit was attached to the 2d brigade of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry division. It would ever again serve independently in Western Kentucky as had been Johnson's original intention. It took part in Morgan's famous Christmas raid and ill-fated Indiana-Ohio raid. While taking part in the latter, the vast majority of the regiment were captured and imprisoned, many for the remainder of the war.

Several modern day sources indicate that a portion of the regiment surrendered at Paducah, Kentucky in 1865. However, this writer has found no substantive proof that the 10th Kentucky Cavalry regiment existed as an organization after July, 1863. Those men not captured on

Morgan's Indiana-Ohio raid subsequently served in a variety of units including the 2d (Dortch's) Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, the 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, the 15th (Chenoweth's) Kentucky Cavalry, and the 16th (Sypert's) Kentucky Cavalry. This 1865 surrender claim appears to be based upon a statement made by Colonel James Q. Chenoweth in the book, The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army. In that book, Chenoweth stated that at the end of the war, he traveled to Paducah to formally surrender his men. At that time, Chenoweth's command included the remnants of Adam R. Johnson's short-lived attempt to recruit a brigade of cavalry in 1864.

Sources

Davis, William J., ed.. The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army. 1904. Reprint,

Austin: State House Press, 1995.

Lynn, Stephen Douglas. Confederate Pensioners of Kentucky, Pension Applications of the Veterans

& Widows, 1912-1946. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 2000.

Martin, R.M. "Service by Kentucky Cavalry." Confederate Veteran, March 1898, 114-15.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who served in Organizations From the State of

Kentucky. Record Group 109, Microcopy 319, Rolls 52-53, 10th Kentucky Cavalry, National Archives

and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who served in Organizations From the State of

Kentucky. Record Group 109, Microcopy 319, Rolls 56-59, 10th (Johnson's) Kentucky Cavalry,

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.

Field and Staff

Colonel Adam Rankin Johnson (promoted to Brigadier General 6/1/1864)

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maxwell Martin

Major G. Washington Owen

Surgeon George Porter

Surgeon B. M. Long

Assistant Surgeon Benjamin C. Redford

A.Q.M. Frank Coffman

A.Q.M. Lucas William "Luke" Trafton

A.A.Q.M. Harry Sharp

A.C.S. Horace Garth, James McClain

A.A.C.S. _____ Smoot

Adjutant Phillip Jones

Adjutant Oscar L. Barbour

Company Organization

Upon returning to his native Western Kentucky in June, 1862, Johnson authorized numerous men to raise companies for the regiment. It appears that at one time there were about 16 different companies in formation. Due to many being undersize, they were consolidated to

form the companies listed below. These companies were made up primarily of men from the localities noted below, although no company was limited to men solely from a particular county or counties.

Company K - Captain William Currens Dimmitt, Captain John Hampton Hamby. Men from Caldwell,

Christian, and Hopkins Counties.

Howton (Houton), David H.: Corp., Co.K

http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/military/rosters/conf/10kycav.txt

Name: David Harrison HOWTON

Birth: 22 JUL 1840 Death: 14 OCT 1909 Burial: Howton Cemetery, Aekansas

Father: Joseph HOWTON b: 12 OCT 1803 in Kentucky,USA Mother: Jemina SMITH b: 1804

Marriage: Eliza Jane HOPPER b: 25 JAN 1841 in Alabama,USA Married: 15 NOV 1865 in Caldwell, Kentucky, USA Married near Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Children

Mary Emma HOWTON b: 28 JUN 1868 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Virginia Belle HOWTON b: 27 JUL 1866 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Martin L HOWTON b: 26 FEB 1870 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Luella HOWTON b: 5 SEP 1873 in Kentucky, USA 

Benjamin Frank HOWTON b: 18 NOV 1875 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Della Viola HOWTON b: in Mazarn, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA

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NAT. Park Service Records

David H. Howton
Regiment Name 10 (Johnson's) Kentucky Cavalry
Side Confederate Company K Soldier's Rank_In Corporal Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name D. H./Houton Notes Film Number M377 roll 7

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Name: David Harrison HOWTON

Birth: 22 JUL 1840
Death: 14 OCT 1909
Burial: Howton Cemetery, Aekansas

Father: Joseph HOWTON b: 12 OCT 1803 in Kentucky,USA
Mother: Jemina SMITH b: 1804

Marriage: Eliza Jane HOPPER b: 25 JAN 1841 in Alabama,USA
Married: 15 NOV 1865 in Caldwell, Kentucky, USA
Married near Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
Children

Mary Emma HOWTON b: 28 JUN 1868 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Virginia Belle HOWTON b: 27 JUL 1866 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Martin L HOWTON b: 26 FEB 1870 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Luella HOWTON b: 5 SEP 1873 in Kentucky, USA 

Benjamin Frank HOWTON b: 18 NOV 1875 in Dawson Springs,Caldwell Co.,Kentucky 

Della Viola HOWTON b: in Mazarn, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA

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NAT. Park Service Records

David H. Howton
Regiment Name 10 (Johnson's) Kentucky Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company K
Soldier's Rank_In Corporal
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name D. H./Houton
Notes
Film Number M377 roll 7* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 12 2023, 17:59:11 UTC