Lieutenant Francisco Moreno, Jr was one of a number of men of Hispanic descent who were part of the Southern Aristocracy that fought for the Confederacy. His father, Francisco Moreno, Sr was the largest banker in Pensacola, Florida and his grandfather, Fernando Moreno, was a surgeon in the Spanish Army stationed in Pensacola, Florida. His […]
Month: May 2021
Jacob LindlerJacob Lindler
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Pvt. Jacob Lindler, CSA Born 8-25-1822 Died 9-29-1863 Co. I, 15th SC Infantry Shot in hip “Battle of Chickamauga” Died of wounds at Medical College Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Buried Oakland Cemetery – section B – Row 3 Grave #7 – Atlanta, GA Wife Sallie Lindler https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6275267/jacob-lindler
William Cannon MooreWilliam Cannon Moore
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William Cannon Moore, was born in 1829 in Franklin County Tennessee to John Cannon Moore and Nancy Jemima Corn. He travelled with parents by covered wagon to the Republic of Texas, arriving with his family in Bastrop County, TX, in June 1837. John C. Moore was granted 1,280 acres of land in the same year […]
George Washington MooreGeorge Washington Moore
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George Washington Moore was born on January 22, 1832, in Franklin Co., TN., to Nancy Jemima Corn, (1807-1838), and John Cannon Moore, (1798-1839)., George’s father John Moore arrived with his wife Jemima and four children in Bastrop County in June 1837,and was granted 1,280 acres of land in the same year. George’s mother Jemima […]
George Royal NorvellGeorge Royal Norvell
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George R. Norvell was born on 7 February 1828 to his father Nathaniel Norvell and mother Elizabeth B. Powell in Franklin Tennessee. While the Norvell family in America started in Virginia, in the early 1700s, the family moved from Virginia to Granville North Carolina. By 1805, the Norvells had moved to Sumner County Tennessee from […]
John S. BakerJohn S. Baker
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According to family history, John Baker fought alongside his son, John, and step-son Lewis Griffie Thornton with Fristoe’s Regiment, Freeman’s Brigade, Captain Meadow’s company during the War of Northern Aggression. John is listed as a private in Company F, under the command of Captain S. M. Elliott and Captain David C. Meadows. Fristoe’s Regiment was […]
Amos W OwensAmos W Owens
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Amos Owens is one of the most famous moonshiners in North Carolina history, however, he could have faded from memory if it weren’t for a biographical paper by M.L. White in 1901 that chronicled the life of Owens. Owens began his career as a distiller prior to the Civil War, in which he served two […]
Jesse H. BakerJesse H. Baker
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According to family history, Jesse Baker fought alongside his father, John, and half-brother Lewis Griffie Thornton with Fristoe’s Regiment, Freeman’s Brigade, Captain Meadow’s company during the War of Northern Aggression. Jesse is listed as a private in Company F, under the command of Captain S. M. Elliott and Captain David C. Meadows. Fristoe’s Regiment was […]
James Nicolas MortonJames Nicolas Morton
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James Nicolas Morton was born in Montgomery, Virginia. He migrated to Holmes County, Mississippi in the 1840’s with his father and siblings. He entered service with the Mississippi Sharpshooters where he remained till the end of the war. He married in 1871 and migrated to Milam County, Texas in 1879. He had 9 children before […]
Green MasseyGreen Massey
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Green Massey was born on March 6, 1843. He joined the 27th Georgia Infantry Regiment on September 9, 1861, in Georgia when he was 18 years old. He fought in the Battle of Seven Pines VA where he was wounded. He married Joanah C Hill in Macon, Georgia, on December 30, 1865. They had 8 […]