John T. Baskin
John T. Baskin was born around 1842 in Lowndesville, South Carolina, to William Stuart Baskin. His father was a farmer who owned $6,000 of real estate and $15,692 of personal property by 1860. Baskin grew up and attended school in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
He enlisted in the Confederate army on April 15, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in the 7th South Carolina Infantry. The regiment took part in the First Battle of Manassas. He was admitted to the hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on November 15, 1861, and he was discharged on December 22, 1861.
Baskin returned to Lowndesville after the war, and he married Julia A. Walker. They had at least four children: Edward, born around 1870; John, born around 1875; Margaret, born around 1877; and Thomas, born around 1884. He worked as a farmer, and by 1870, he owned $800 of real estate. By 1920, he was living in his son Thomas’s household in Lowndesville. He died there of heart disease on August 24, 1925.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4842) | Baskin, John T. | 1842 | 1925-08-24 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4231) [writer] ~ John T. Baskin to William S. Baskin, 21 June 1861
People - Records: 1
- (4843) Baskin, William Stuart is the [parent of] (4842) Baskin, John T.
Places - Records: 1
- (3000) [birth, death] ~ Lowndesville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
Regiments - Records: 1
- (1093) [enlisted] ~ 7th South Carolina Infantry
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of John T. Baskin, available from Fold3.com; South Carolina Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965, available from Ancestry.com; South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1971, available from Ancestry.com; The State (Columbia, SC), 27 August 1925
