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Since J. W. Rogers was not in the Confederate military,
there is no biography of him in the National Archives service
records. Below is my biography of the man
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Rogers is only known from a few
documents. There are so many J. W. Rogers in Tennessee that it is
not possible to make a guess as to which one is recorded below.
There is a chance that he was the Rogers who was a Steamboat Agent
in Memphis in 1860.
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Rogers was probably well off,
since he worked an entire year without payment. He was evidently
educated since he talked to President Davis face-to-face and wrote
him a letter and a poem.
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| November 28, 1861 |
Appointed
transportation Agent at Grand Junction, Tenn. (and Coffeeville,
Miss., when Grand Junction was evacuated) by Major Ashe
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| Late 1862 |
Talked to President
Davis on a steamer
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| December 31, 1862 |
Wrote Secretary of
War asking for pay for his services
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| January 1, 1863 |
Wrote President Davis
to ask for a job to replace the one he lost when Maj. Ashe died
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| March 3, 1863 |
Paid, at Mobile, for
one year's service
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