Jefferson Judson Sprawls

b. June 1839, d. April 1905
  • Jefferson Judson Sprawls was born in June 1839 in Aiken County, South Carolina, near Aiken.
  • He served as a private with the 19th Louisiana Infantry, Company D, CSA. He enlisted 11 December 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana, was wounded at Dalton, Georgia, 6 May 1864, and was a prisoner of War paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, 13 May 1865.
  • He married Unknown (?) say 1871.
  • Jefferson Judson Sprawls appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, and also four servants.. Other members of the household included John F. Sprawls, William Jefferson Sprawls and Annie Bell Sprawls.
  • He was a lawyer, according to the 1880 census.
  • He married Cora Kent, daughter of Robert F. Kent and Lavonia F. Adams, on 30 June 1881 in Red River Parish, Louisiana.
  • Jefferson Judson Sprawls and Cora Kent appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • His wife Cora Kent became a widow at his death.
  • Jefferson Judson Sprawls died in April 1905 at age 65.
  • Last Edited: 25 Jan 2011

Family 1: Unknown (?) b. say 1850, d. between 1878 and 1880

Family 2: Cora Kent b. October 1854