A brown signature is shown on top of the page.

A.J. Cash's grandfather was Joseph B. Cash, a Confederate veteran with an
interesting Civil War history. Since many soldiers in the Civil War were
farmers and never expected to be away from home as long as they were,
wives and other family members often implored them to come home to take
care of urgent family needs. Soldiers often did this without the required leave
and then would return to the army after taking care of the family crisis.
We don't have a specific history of what family matters were pressing on Joseph
B. Cash but we do know that he joined the Confederacy on August 1, 1861
with Captain Watkins of the 52d VA Regiment in 1861 at Staunton, Virginia:

A page of an old time paper with the names of several people.
A page of an old time paper with the names of people.

Apparently, Joseph B. Cash left the 52 VA Regiment in the summer of
1862 only to re-enlist with Company K of the 20th Virginia Cavalry in
June of 1863:

A sheet of paper with the words " confederate private card number ".
A picture of an old document with the name and address of a man.

Communications not being what they are today, Joseph B. Cash apparently
didn't get word to the proper authorities about his whereabouts which had
him listed as being absent without leave from the 52d Va Infantry Regiment:

A page of an old time medical record.
A page of an old time marriage record.
A page of an old time ledger.

This created some problems for Joseph B. Cash. This record dated
December 31, 1864 indicates he was sentenced on April 24, 1864 by
military court to "hard labor with ball and chain for 12 months on public
works." This sentence was then "Pardoned by Secretary of War." It could be
that the pardon was given as a consequence of Joseph B. Cash's re-
enlistment but more research is needed on this history. It is not clear
whether he actually served any of this sentence in light of other documents
discussed below.

A page of an old time ledger.

At some point during the Civil War, Joseph B. Cash was a prisoner of war as this
record shows that he was a Confederate prisoner paroled in April of 1865 at
Farmville, Virginia. We don't yet know when or where he was captured but this
could explain some of his absences on the Confederate rolls.

A note from the civil war era.

Here are some other Civil War records of Joseph B.
Cash:

A paper with the date of 1 9 0 6 written on it.
A paper with the date of issue and signature.

After the Civil War, Joseph B. Cash and his wife Lucy Ellen Pierce had a son, John
Benjamin Cash who was born in Louisa County,Virginia. Records demonstrate that
Joseph B. Cash and his family were in Madison County, Locust Dale, Virginia by at
least July of 1870:

A page of an old letter written by the author.

It is interesting to note that Joseph B. Cash purchased land from James W. Reddish
and we have a James Reddish 2X great grandfather of Alia Kile Bazzle Oddenino.
More research is needed to determine what connection lies here.

Here is the Death Register for Lucy E. Pierce Cash who died on September 17, 1879
indicating her parents to be Washington and Elizabeth Pierce as reported by her
husband Joseph B. Cash:

A close up of the madison census page
A close up of the name of an old document

Here is a pedigree chart for Joseph B. Cash:

A picture of the back of a sheet with many things in it.

Here is a Family Group Sheet for Washington Pierce and his wife Elizabeth. They were
the parents of Joseph B. Cash's wife, Lucy Ellen Pierce:

A sheet of paper with many lines on it
A court order that appears to be in orange, virginia.

From the Orange County, Virginia Will Book 12 at page 406 we find the March 2, 1860
will of Elizabeth Pierce, 2X great-grandmother of Louise Cash Oddenino:

A page of an old document with the date and signature.
A page of an old document with the name of a person.

Thanks to some research by Michael Rawlings, we have some more data on the Cash family history:

A letter from the attorney general to the department of justice.
A page of an article about the state of the town.
A page of an article about the county.
A page of an article with the text
A letter from the state of vermont to the county of amherst.