Robert Alexander Roberts BIRTH 7 Oct 1841 Weakley County, Tennessee, USA DEATH 5 Aug 1914 (aged 72) Weakley County, Tennessee, USA Robert is the son of Jacob Alexander ROBERTS (b: 22 May 1811 in Chesterfield Co., VA) and Glovina Lenor Welch (b: 19 NOV 1819 in Tennessee) He married Nancy Adeline MEACHAM (b: 5 JAN […]
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John Calvin AkinsJohn Calvin Akins
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John Calvin Akins was born 25 April, 1832, in Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia, the son of William and Mary (Quartermus) Akins. In 1836 he moved with his parents to Paulding Co., Georgia, then to Whitesville, Marshall Co., Alabama, by 1855, where he married Sarah Ellen Watson on 18 January, 1856. In 1862 John Calvin Akins […]
Joseph Temple SpenceJoseph Temple Spence
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The 28 year old school teacher from Pasquotank County, NC enlisted on 14 Sept 1861. Commanding Officer of Co. A 8th NCST. Captured at the Battle of Roanoke Island, NC 0n 8 Feb 1862. POW for two weeks, paroled and later exchanged. 1st Lt JT Spence was captured at Gaines Farm, Virginia on 1 June […]
Rencher SpenceRencher Spence
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Enlisted as a private on 28 July 1861, age 28, 5 ‘6″ tall, was a farmer. Captured at Battle of Roanoke Island, NC on 8 February 1862. POW for two weeks, paroled and later exchanged. Enlisted in Co. A 8th NC State Troops as a private and camp cook. No further records. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41151140/rencher-spence
Francis WellsFrancis Wells
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Born in Silver Creek Township in 1819, Moved to Lincoln County Tennessee with his father Thomas prior to 1830. Alternately listed as a blacksmith and a farmer. Joined the Norris Creek Guards Militia prior to the War of Northern Aggression, and joined up with his two brothers in Alabama. Fought in the great debacle called […]
Abraham James BrownAbraham James Brown
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When Abraham James Brown was born on July 21, 1842, in Lake City, South Carolina, his father, William T Brown, was 48 and his mother, Mary Matilda Atkins, was 28. He married Sarah “Sallie” Green in 1863 in Sumter, Williamsburg, South Carolina. They had seven children during their marriage. He died on October 26, 1930, […]