Abstracts from Compiled Service Records
Co. G 4 (Clinch's) Georgia Cavalry: Francis M. James
* MAY 1 1862 MUSTER ROLL: Waynesville; Enlisted May 1 1862 at
   Tebeauville Ga by Maj. D. L. Clinch for the period of the war;
   present
* SEPT 1862 REGIMENTAL RETURN: Absent enlisted men accounted 
   for--"At home in Pierce Co. on furlough. Extended from 21
   21 Sep to 2 October."
* SEPT & OCT 1862 MUSTER ROLL: present; enlisted May 1 
   1862 at Tebeauville by Maj. Clinch; 3 yrs in the war
* JULY & AUG 1862 MUSTER ROLL: present
* NOV & DEC 1862 MUSTER ROLL: enlisted May 1 1862 at 
   Tebeauville by Maj. Clinch; remarks--Died at his home
   in Pierce County Ga 27th Nov 1862
* NOV 28 1862 REGISTER: killed in battle or died of wounds
   or disease; when deceased--Nov 28 1862;  Confed. Arch.,
   Chap. 10, File No. 4, page 135


Abstract of Widow's Pension Application, 1891:
FROM WIDOW'S AFFIDAVIT:
* Name: Lishia Ann James
* Widow of Francis M. James; Co. G, 4th Regt, Ga Cavalry
* Francis M. James enlisted 1 May 1862; While he was in Army, 
   on the 18 Nov 1862, While at Camp Harris, near Brunswick,
   taken with Typhoid fever, obtaining a furlough he went to 
   hospital and a from there he came home, to Pierce County,
   where, lingering only a few days, he died on the 27 day of
   November 1862.  He enlisted under Capt. Allen C. Strickand
   but Capt McMillan was commanding when he became sick.  He 
   served under Col. Duncan L. Clinch.  He was a well and
   hearty man before taking fever in the service.
* Lishia and Francis Marion married 6 Dec 1855; she has resided
   in Georgia since 8 Feb 1833

FROM AFFIDAVIT FOR THREE WITNESSES:
* Names: Thomas Riggins, Abraham Walker, and John B. Tuten
* Each personally knows Lishia Ann James as the widow of Francis
   M. James, soldier with Co. G, 4th Ga Cavalry; on 1 May 1862,
   while in service, While at Camp Harris, he contracted 
   Typhoid fever, living only a few days after reaching home, 
   one of the witnesses, Thomas Riggins, was with him when he
   was taken sick, helped him to get his furlough and was his
   attendant while sick in camp.

Widow Applied for Pensions for years 1891, 1893,
and all years 1895 to 1907.