ROLL OF HONOR
The following Florida Veteran is being honored in this project:
PRIVATE DENNIS
(Dennes) B. DRIGGERS
Age at enlistment: 20 years
Born: 12 January 1842 in Bullock Co, GA
Parents: Father:
Jacob N. DRIGGERS b: SEP 1815 in Emanuel County,
Georgia
Mother: Nancy Jernigan TATUM b: ABT 1820
Marriage: Pearl (2)
Children: Charlie, Horace, Rossas, Nancy, Laura, May, Lillie
Died: 1917 in Manatee County, FL
Elected Private at organization
of Company by Capt John T. Lesley on July 18, 1861
in Tampa.
Admitted to hospital in Macon, GA November 28, 1863.
Appears on 1885 Florida Census of Manatee County as divorced with occupation Farmer. Re-married and appears on 1900 Manatee County Census (Sarasota) with occupation Laborer.
No record of a Florida Confederate Veteran's pension.