Return James Baggett Family

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1. Unknown BAGGETT-[25598] died before 1819.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• Family Notes: ¹The given name for this particular Baggett, his date of birth and where he was born is unknown. We do not know if he even came to Alabama. However we do know that he died before the 1819 Bibb County Alabama Resident's List was prepared as there were only two Baggett households...one Polly and the other John. 5 During this period of time, women were not shown on official documents unless they were head-of-household. Apparently Polly was a widow but it is unknown if anyone else lived in her home.

John is listed separately on the Resident's List and, therefore, is the head of his own household. Since these are the only two Baggett's listed in Bibb County, we assume that John is Polly's son.

The 1820 United States Census Index for Bibb County Alabama shows Polly Baggett and John Baggett. However, the microfilm of the Census is not available. 6 There is no listing for Polly Baggett on the 1830 Census for Bibb County, so we must assume she died between 1820-1830.7

1811-1819 Tax List Index...1819 Bibb County Alabama Residen'ts List

Personal Information Personal Information
Name: John Baggett Name: Polly Baggett
State: AL State: AL
County: Bibb County: Bibb
Township: No Township Listed Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1819 Year: 1819
Record Type: Resident's List Record Type: Resident's List
Database: AL 1811-1819 Tax Lists Index Database: AL 1811-1819 Tax
Lists Index
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5 1811-1819 Tax List Index...1819 Resident's List Bibb County Alabama at Ancestry.com
6 1820 United States Federal Census Index Bibb County Alabama
7 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama

Unknown married Polly UNKNOWN-[25599] [MRIN: 8740], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________. Polly was born between 1760 and 1770 in North Carolina and died between 1820 and 1830 in Alabama about age 60.
 

The child from this marriage was:

+ 2 M    i. John BAGGETT-[25591] died between 1820 and 1830 in Bibb County, Alabama.

 

2. John BAGGETT-[25591] (Unknown¹) died between 1820 and 1830 in Bibb County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• Family Notes: ¹John Baggett, date of birth and where he was born is unknown. His wife, Martha, was born between 1764-1780 in North Carolina. They were the parents of three known children: Polly, John Anderson and Bedia. The children were all born in Georgia. John was listed on the 1819 Bibb County Alabama Resident's List and on the 1820 United States Federal Census Index for Bibb County Alabama. John, probably a farmer, and his family lived near Chestnut Creek between Maplesville and the Coosa River.

December 25, 1819, John gave his consent for his minor daughter, Polly, to marry Holly Varden. He signed the consent with his X [his mark], as he could not write. Rev. William McCullers of Mulberry Baptist Church performed the marriage ceremony between Polly and Holloway December 26, 1819 in Bibb County. Eighteen-year-old Bedia married Alfred Childress Jan 23 1822. Justice of the Peace Daniel William performed the ceremony in Bibb County. The next year, William Robinson gave his consent for his minor daughter, Elizabeth, to marry John Anderson. February 13, 1823 Justice of the Peace G. Gresham performed the marriage ceremony between John and Elizabeth.

Apparently John died between 1820-1830 as the 1830 Census only shows one John Baggett and he has five small children. His date of death and location of burial is unknown. Martha moved into Bedia and Alfred's home after John's death. She died between 1850-1860 but the date and burial location are unknown. In all likelihood she is buried in the same cemetery as her husband, John.
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Sources:
1811-1819 Tax List Index...1819 Resident's List Bibb County Alabama at Ancestry.co
1820 United States Federal Census Index Bibb County Alabama
Bibb County Alabama Marriages [loose papers found in the vault not recorded in Marriage Book] Probate Office Centreville
1830 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama [Alfred Childress household next door to John Baggot household]
1850 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama 30 Nov Dwelling & Family 881 [Alfred Childress household]


 

• Notes: ²Another researcher, David Wooddell, Sr., lists his name as Joel Baggett.

John married Martha AMUNSON ?-[25592] [MRIN: 8739], daughter of Unknown and Unknown, before 1802 in Georgia. Martha was born between 1764 and 1780 in North Carolina and died between 1850 and 1860 in Bibb County, Alabama about age 86.

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama. Roll 2 Book 1, Page 65, Enumerated June 30, 1850 by R. M. (can't read), Dwelling 881, Family 881:

Alfred Childers, 49, M, Farmer, SC
Bedy, 48, F, GA
Polly, 20, F, AL
Robert, 19, M, Farmer, AL
Reuben, 16, M, Farmer, AL
Rufred, 14, M, AL
William, 12, M, AL
Weldon, 9, M, AL
James, 6, M, AL
Martha Bagget, 86, F, NC

• Notes: ²Researcher, David Wooddell Sr. lists her name as Martha Amunson.
 

Children from this marriage were:

+ 3 F    i. Mary "Polly" BAGGETT-[25593] was born between 1801 and 1802 in Georgia and died between 1860 and 1870 in Alabama about age 59.
 

+ 4 M    ii. John Anderson BAGGETT-[130] was born about 1802 in Georgia and died before 1850 in Probably Coosa County, Alabama.
 

+ 5 F    iii. Bedia BAGGETT-[25595] was born about 1804 in Morgan County, Georgia (per David Wooddell, Sr.),² died on 13 Jan 1885 in Chilton County, Alabama about age 81, and was buried in Jan 1885 in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1 Cemetery County Road 5, Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama.

 

3. Mary "Polly" BAGGETT-[25593] (John², Unknown¹) was born between 1801 and 1802 in Georgia and died between 1860 and 1870 in Alabama about age 59.
 

Noted events in her life were:

• Family Notes:Mary Baggett known as Polly was born 1801-1802 in Georgia. Her father, John, (could have been her brother John) gave his consent on December 25, 1819 for Polly to marry Holoway Varden [marriage certificate shows name as Hallamon and Holly]. Rev William McCullers of Mulberry Baptist Church performed the marriage ceremony December 26, 1819 in Bibb County. Holoway was born between 1794-1795 in North Carolina. Polly and Holoway had at least five children.
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Sources:
Bibb County Alabama Marriage Records [loose papers] Probate Office Centreville
History of Mulberry Baptist Church Bibb County Alabama
1850 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
1860 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River

 

Mary married Holoway VARDEN-[25594] [MRIN: 8741], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 26 Dec 1819 in Bibb County, Alabama. Holoway was born about 1794 in North Carolina and died between 1860 and 1870 in Alabama about age 66.

Noted events in his life were:

• Family History:Holoway received a United States Government Land Patent August 10, 1837 in Bibb County Alabama consisting :

Name: HOLLOWAY VARDEN
Land Office: GREENVILLE
Document Number: 49275
Total Acres: 159.79
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: November 01, 1858
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description:
1 N½SW ST STEPHENS No 22N 13E 35
2 SESW ST STEPHENS No 22N 13E 26
3 SWSE ST STEPHENS No 22N 13E 26. 13

According to the 1838 Tax List District 3 Bibb County Alabama, he owned land in sections 25, 27, 34, and 35 of Township 22 Range 13E. The value of his property was $1,000.00. He owned one slave, Alliss, under age 10 and two slaves, Rachel and Mary, between the ages of 20 and 30 years. He owned over 20 head of cattle. 14 Holoway and Polly lived near Maplesville in Bibb County. [Located in Chilton County in 1868].
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Sources:
Bibb County Alabama Marriage Records [loose papers] Probate Office Centreville
History of Mulberry Baptist Church Bibb County Alabama
1850 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
1860 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
United States Government Land Patents
1848 Bibb County Alabama Tax List District 3

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama. E C. River Beat, Enumerated Nov 27, 1850 by R. McGiven, Roll M432_2, Page 62, Dwelling 842, Family 842:

Holoway Vardin, 55, M, Farmer, RE $1,100, NC
Polly, 60, F, NC
Patsy, 22, F, AL
William, 21, M, Farmer, AL
Charity, 18, F, AL
Yarly, 21, M, Farmer AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Bibb County, Alabama. Maplesville Post Office, East Side Cahaba River, Enumerated Aug 7, 1860 by W. Shittlesworth, Roll M653_2, Page 830, Dwelling 1255, Family 1255:

Holaway Varden, 65, M, Farmer RE $700, PV $7,550, NC
Mary, 70, F, Domestic, NC
Charity, 33, F, NC??
 

Children from this marriage were:

+ 6 M    i. Redic Warren VARDEN-[25642] was born about 1823 in Alabama.
 

   7 F    ii. Patsy VARDEN-[25644] was born about 1827 in Alabama.
 

+ 8 M    iii. William M. VARDEN-[25645] was born about 1828 in Alabama.
 

   9 M    iv. Yearly VARDEN-[25648] was born about 1829 in Alabama.
 

   10 F    v. Charity VARDEN-[25649] was born about 1830 in Alabama.
 

4. John Anderson BAGGETT-[130] (John², Unknown¹) was born about 1802 in Georgia and died before 1850 in Probably Coosa County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

 

• Family History and Location: ¹ Georgia became a crown colony in 1752, claiming all the land located between North Carolina, Florida, and the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River. In 1788, Georgia became the 4th state to enter the Union. At the time, they ceded to the United States government all lands west of the Chattahoochee River, east of the Mississippi River, south of Tennessee, and north of the Spanish possessions...Congress organized these lands April 17, 1798 as the Mississippi Territory.

The Baggett ancestors searched for a better way of life with more opportunities for their children. Our research has not been productive to the point of knowing when and where the family first came to this country. The Baggett family was in Georgia between 1801-1804. The 1790-1810 United States Census Records for Georgia were destroyed in a fire so we do not know the county of residence for the Baggett family. However, 1850 United States Census Records for Alabama record the birthplace as Georgia for three Baggett children born between 1801-1804.

August 1, 1814 in the Treaty of Fort Jackson, the Creek Indians surrendered all their claims west of the Coosa River. June 29, 1815 the governor of the Mississippi Territory incorporated that entire area as Monroe County. That was approximately ¾ of present day Alabama. At that time, 3500-3600 white residents were living in the area. In December 1815, President James Monroe ordered the removal of the "squatter" in an effort to stop illegal appropriation of public lands. In April 1816, the Alabama territorial legislature, created Montgomery County, one of six counties carved from massive Monroe County.

1818 Map of Alabama in file.

Cahawba County was created from Montgomery County February 7, 1818 by an act of the Alabama territorial legislature. It was bounded "on the north by Shelby County, on the west by Tuskaloosa County, on the south by a line to be drawn from the headwaters of Five Mile Creek to the upper end of the ridge dividing the waters of the Cahawba from those of Mulberry Creek and thence by a direct line to the Coosa River; opposite the mouth of Hatchet Creek; and on the east by the Coosa River". In 1820, the name of Cahawba County was changed to Bibb following the untimely death of Governor William Wyatt Bibb.
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Sources:
1818 Map of Alabama
Bibb County Alabama The First Hundred Years 1818-1819 by Rhoda Coleman Ellison
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Bibb County Alabama became much smaller in 1868 when Chilton County was formed from portions of it along with Autauga, Perry and Shelby. Bibb County also shifted slightly to the west.

The Baggett family lived in the area between the east side of the Cahawba River and the west side of the Coosa River. Land Records and Census Records indicate that the Baggett family lived near Chestnut Creek between Maplesville and the Coosa River as shown outlined in white on the map. Picture of map to the right.

John Anderson, the son of John and Martha, was born about 1803 in Georgia. February 12, 1823 a Marriage Bond was signed between John Baggett, William and Abslom Robinson in the sum of $300.00. Deputy Clerk Henry Potts issued the certificate to the rites of marrage and Judge Andrew M. Lusk of the Bibb County Court issued Marriage License No. 177 stating that William Robinson had taken an oath before him that John Baggett had the consent of the parents of Elizabeth Robinson. February 13, 1823 Justice of the Peace G. Gresham performed their marriage ceremony in Bibb County.

It is unclear who William and Abslom Robinson were. There is no statement showing the relationship between William, Abslom and Elizabeth. Apparently William was the older of the two men as his name was the one on the License issued by Judge Lusk. Copies of these papers are in my files and a picture are in the Scrapbook of John and Elizabeth marriage.

John and Elizabeth lived on a farm near Maplesville in Bibb County. By the time the 1830 Census was taken, they had been blessed with five children: Mary, James Madison, Martha, John M. and Elias C.
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Sources
Bibb County Alabama Marriage Records [loose papers] Probate Office Centreville
1830 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River
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Sometime between 1830-1840, John and Elizabeth moved their family to Rockford in Coosa County Alabama. When the Baggett family was enumerated in Coosa County in 1840, two more sons had joined the family: Their names are unknown. They died before 1850.

Their oldest daughter, Mary no longer lived at home as she married W. E. Jacob Jones in May 1839. Jacob and Mary enumerated on the same page as John and Elizabeth.
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Sources:
1840 United States Federal Census Coosa County Alabama Rockford Pct
Coosa County Alabama Marriage Record Book Page 75...Probate Office Coosa County Courthouse Rockford
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In the early 1840's two more children were welcomed into the Baggett family: Elisha E. and Cordelia. Appartenly John died before November 1850 as the Census for that period of time shows Elizabeth as head-of-household. It is unknown where John and his young sons are buried. Cemeteries in the Rockford area have been visited but their graves have not been found. Either the tombstones are missing or they were buried in a small family plot on their property in the Rockford area that is not accessible. It is unknown why Thomas, age 13-14, was not shown on the Census as he was living at that time. Ommissions in the Census were not uncommon mainly because the enumerator did not fill in the actual form as he made his rounds but wrote notes in a book later transcribing the information onto the official document. Therefore, it is entirely possible Thomas was erreonously left off at the time of transcription to the official document.
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1850 United States Federal Census Coosa County Alabama 14 Nov Coosa Pct Dwelling & Family 1176
 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1830 in Bibb County, Alabama. ⁴ 1830 Bibb County, Alabama Census, Roll 2, Book 1, Page 153

John Baggot
Males
Under 5 - 2
5 & Under - 1
30 & Under - 1 (John was 28 at the time)
Females
Under 5 - 1
5 & Under - 1
20 & Under - 1
 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1840 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1840 Coosa County, Alabama Census, Rockford Precinct, Roll 2 Book 1, Page 300, 9th Row:

John Baggit, Head of Family
Males:
Under 5 - 2, Unknown
10 Under 15 - 3, James Madison, John, Jr., Elias C.
40 Under 50 - 1, John, Sr.
Females:
10 Under 15 - 1, Martha
30 Under 40 - 1, Elizabeth
 

• Family Notes:Four of his children, James Madison, Elias C., John, Jr., and Martha Baggett married four children of Thomas Foster, Sr. and Ginsey Jane Fowler Foster, Thomas, Jr., Martha, Elizabeth, and Mary.

 

• He owned land on 1 Aug 1842 in Coosa County, Alabama. John Baggett received a United States Government Land Patent for 40.215 acres in Coosa County. This property was located in the NW quarter of the NE Quarter of Section 9 Township 22N Range 19E.

Name: JOHN BAGGETT
Land Office: MONTGOMERY
Document Number: 7927
Total Acres: 40.215
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: August 01, 1842
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 NWNE ST STEPHENS No 22N 19E 9




 

John married Elizabeth ROBINSON-[131] [MRIN: 61], daughter of William ROBINSON-[25597] and Unknown, on 13 Feb 1823 in Bibb County, Alabama.³ Elizabeth was born about 1809 in Georgia and died before 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama.

Noted events in her life were:

 

• Family Notes: ¹In January 1851, Elizabeth appeared before the Coosa County Judge of Probate, I. N. Suttle to get a settlement on the property John had purchased in August 1842. It was stated in the proceedings that she was the "widow of John Baggett, deceased".

COOSA COUNTY COURTHOUSE PROBATE OFFICE...ROCKFORD, ALABAMA
ORPHAN COURT BOOK 3...1846-1855...PAGES 227-228

The State of Alabama Probate Court Regular Term
Coosa County January 13 1851

This day came Thomas T. Wall Sheriff of said County, and returns the writ of names issued in favour of Elizabeth Baggett to allot to her name on the following tract or parcel of land, the North West quarter of the North East quarter of Section Nine in Township Twenty Two of Range Nineteen in the district of land subject to sale at Montgomery, as set forth in the orders of this court granting said whit; and makes the following report to wit.

The State of Alabama We the undersigned Jury having been
Coosa County legally empowered and service_____
_______off by Metes and boundary
the names of Elizabeth Baggett, widow of John Baggett deceased, give and having in the North West quarter of the North East quarter of Section Nine Township Twenty Two and Range Nineteen have proceeded to do the _______
by all allying in the land Elizabeth Baggett, Thirteen and 33-1/3/100 acres lying in the South West corner of the above described forty acres of land so as to include the dwelling and out houses on said premises.

Sworn to and subscribed before me. A. B. Hallmark
T.T. Wall Sheriff W. W. Davidson
For Daniel McDonald John L. McDonald
This 10th day of January 1851 Elisha ________
Wm. A. Reaves
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The Civil War broke out between the North and South in 1861 and would be extremely costly for both sides. Elizabeth, like so many mothers in the South would see her sons march off to war...some never to return. James Madison survived the War signing an Oath of Allegiance to the United States June 24, 1865. John M., according to information at the Alabama Archives prepared by his regiment on December 31, 1864, was captured on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), imprisoned at Fort Delaware and died there on August 15, 1863. An Atlanta newspaper article on the 13th Alabama's Gettysburg casualties dated September 4, 1863 also confirms him as "Missing" at Gettysburg. (Source: Tamra Stephens<tamra13ala@bellsoutyh.net>) Elias C. returned home to a broken south. Elisha E., the youngest son, died July 25-27, 1865 from a fever, in a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, He was afflicted with Chronic Rheumatism. [Note: July 25, 26, and 27 are all shown on various records as his date of death so the exact date is unknown] Since Elisha was single, on October 13, 1862 his mother Elizabeth Baggett Headley(Hugley) filed for settlement of $1.65 in the possession of Elisha at the time of his death. Apparently Elizabeth had married a Mr. Headley between January 1851 and October 1862. Elizabeth's date of death and place of burial is unknown.

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Sources:
Coosa County Alabama Orphan Court Book 3 1846-1855 Page 227-288 Coosa County Probate Office Courthouse Rockford
Henley Genealogy Library Birmingham Jefferson County Alabama Confederate States of America microfilmed records
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History...Civil War Database
Henley Genealogy Library Birmingham Jefferson County Alabama Confederate States of America microfilmed records
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History...Civil War Database
1880 United States Federal Census Perry County Perryville Pct
Henley Genealogy Library Birmingham Jefferson County Alabama Confederate states of America microfilmed records
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History...Civil War Datebase

 

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1850 Coosa County, Alabama Census, Rockford Beat, Dwelling 1176, Family 1176:

Elizabeth Baggett, 41, F, GA
James Madison, 25, AL, Farmer
Martha, 24, AL
John, 22, AL
Elias, 21, AL
Elisha, 8, AL
Cordelia, 6, AL
 

Children from this marriage were:

+ 11 F    i. Mary BAGGETT-[25672] was born about 1824 in Bibb County, Alabama.
 

+ 12 M    ii. James Madison BAGGETT-[206] was born in Feb 1825 in Bibb County, Alabama and died after Jun 1865.
 

+ 13 F    iii. Martha BAGGETT-[32] was born in Mar 1826 in Bibb County, Alabama and died after 1910 in Perry County, Alabama.
 

+ 14 M    iv. John M. BAGGETT-[208] was born about 1828 in Bibb County, Alabama and died on 15 Aug 1863 in Captivity in Petersburg, Virginia in Civil War about age 35.
 

+ 15 M    v. Elias C. BAGGETT-[211] was born about 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama and died after 1884 in Pinetucky, Perry County, Alabama.
 

   16 M    vi. Son BAGGETT-[5102] was born between 1835 and 1840 in Probably Coosa County, Alabama and died about 1840 in Coosa County, Alabama about age 5.
 

   17 M    vii. Son BAGGETT-[25674] was born between 1836 and 1840 in Probably Coosa County, Alabama and died about 1840 in Coosa County, Alabama about age 4.
 

   18 M    viii. Elisha E. BAGGETT-[213] was born about 1842 in Bibb or Coosa County, Alabama, died on 25 Jul 1862 in Lynchburg, Miller's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia about age 20, and was buried on 27 Jul 1862 in Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, Grave 2, Line 65, Lot 162.¹ The cause of his death was Fever during Civil War.
 

Medical Notes: He had Chronic Rheumatism.

Noted events in his life were:

 

• Family History: ¹Received from Dianne Chesser:

Elisha E. the youngest son of John and Elizabeth Baggett was born about 1842 in Coosa County, Alabama. Elisha never married and probably lived with his mother farming his father's land.

On March 10, 1862 Captain Ellis Logan enlisted 20 year old Elisha in Company H, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment for the duration of the war. Elisha was present at the Siege of Yorktown April 5-
May 3, 1862. He was absent sick May 31, 1862 when his regiment fought at Seven Pines. Elisha would spend his final days in Miller's Factory Hospital in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. According to the Report of Sick and Wounded in General Hospital Number 2 [Miller's Factory], Elisha suffered from Chronic Rheumatism and died between July 25-27, 1862 of fever. We are not sure of the exact date of death because there are three different official documents showing different dates. However, we do know he was buried July 27, 1862 in Old City Cemetery [Old Methodist Cemetery]. His coffin measured 5'-8" long and 18" wide. The location of his grave is "Grave 2, Line 5, Lot 162. The Confederate government paid his burial expenses. His grave is marked with a tombstone showing E E B on one line and H 13 AL on the line below it.

At the time of his death, he had $1.65 and his effects were listed as "sundries". His mother filed a claim October 13, 1862 for his personal belongs. He had been in the Confederate Army less than five months at the time of his death.
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TYPICAL HEADSTONE IN THE CONFEDERATE SECTION OF CEMETERY
The ladies of the Lynchburg Confederate Memorial Association 1904-1915 marked more then 90% of the graves in the Confederate Section. At each grave the Association installed a small white marble headstone inscribed with the soldier's initials and an abbreviated form of his military unit. In 1995 every soldier's name, military unit, and gravesite location were permanently posted on a kiosk at the en trance to the Confederate Section.
[Source: Old City Cemetery...Lynchburg, Virginia]
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NOTES:

Southern History Department Birmingham Public Library Jefferson County, Alabama...CSA Microfilm
Baggett, Elisha...private Co. H 13th Regiment Alabama Infantry...enlisted 20 Mar 1862 Coosa County, Alabama by Capt. Ellis Logan for [period] the war...died in Hospital 25 Jul 1862 Lynchburg, Virginia

E.E. Baggett...private Co H 13th Alabama "Report of Sick and Wounded in General Hospital Number 2 Lynchburg, Virginia" for the month of July 1862..."Discharges on Surgeon's Certificate and Deaths"...Disease: Chronic Rheumatism...Date of Death: 27 Jul 1862

E. Baggett...Co H 13th Alabama...When deceased: 26 Jul 1862 Lynchburg,Virginia
Amount of money left: $1.65.....Effects: sundries

E. Baggett...Disease: Rheumatism Chronic...Date of Death: 27 Jul 1862

Elisha L.(?) Baggett..."Register Of Claims Of Deceased Officers And Soldiers From Alabama Which Were Filed For Settlement in The Office Of The Confederates Auditor For The War Department"...By Whom Presented: Eliza Headley 13 Oct 1862

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY...CIVIL WAR SERVICE DATABASE
BAGGETT, Elisha...single...farmer...enlisted Confederate Army 26 Mar 1862...age 20...Coosa County Alabama...Private Company H 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment...Present siege of Yorktown...absent sick from Seven Pines 31 May 1862 to Sharpsburg 17 Sep 1862...died in hospital Lynchburg, Virginia of fever...residence Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama...Authority: Historical record roll dated near Petersburg, VA 31 Dec 1864. Buried Confederate section Old City Cemetery...401 Taylor Street...Lynchburg, Virginia

BAGGETT, Elisha ....Company H 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment...enlisted as Private. REMARKS: Eliza Hudley, mother, care J. W. Suttle, Rockford, Ala.. No des. list & no wife or child - verified 23 Feb 1865...claim filed 13 Oct 1862 (13 Aug 1864)...Authority: List, condition of claims, 2nd aud, C. S. Treas

OLD CITY CEMETERY [OLD METHODIST CEMETERY] LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA...DIUGUID UNDERTAKERS LEDGER BOOKS
"I received your inquiry about E.E. Baggett on August 5, and now find it in hand for reply."
"According to the Diuguid undertakers ledger books [which are all we have by way of burial records], Pvt. Baggett was a member of Co. H 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He died at Miller's Factory Hospital in downtown Lynchburg (still standing on the corner of Twelfth and Dunbar Streets). He was buried on 27 July 1862 in our Cemetery in Grave 2, Line 5, Lot 162. You can see a map of the Confederate Section here: http://www.gravegarden.org/confedsection.htm. Baggett's body or coffin was measured to be 5'8" long and 18" wide. The Confederate government paid his burial expenses."...Ted Delaney Archivist & Curator Old City Cemetery.
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Sources:
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives History Civil War Datebase
Henley Genealogy Library Birmingham Jefferson Co., AL Hospital and Death Records
Old City Cemetery [Old Methodist Cemetery] Lynchburg, VA...Ted Delaney Cemetery Archivist & Curator

• He served in the military. Elisha was in Company H, 13th Alabama Regiment. He died in Miller's Factory Hospital Lynchburg, Virginia and was buried July 27 1862 in the confederate section of Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, Grave 2, Line 5, Lot 162. (Source: C. R. & Dianne Chesser, descendant of John M. Baggett)

Received from Alabama State Department of Archives & History Web Site. (http://archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=5912)

Last Name: Baggett First Name: Elisha MI:
Date of Birth: Marital Status: Single
Birth Information: USA, Alabama Occupation: Farmer
Death Information: Virginia, Lynchburg, Fever
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch: Infantry
Regimental Unit: 13th Alabama Regiment
Company Unit: H
Co. Unit Name
Pension Rec:
Authority: Historical record roll dated near Petersburg, Va, Dec 31, 64
Enlistment Date: 1862/03/26
Enlistment Information: Age 20, Alabama, Coosa, Private
Engagements: Present Siege of Yorktown; Absent sick from Seven Pines May 31 62 to Sharpsburg Sep 17 62
Engage. con't:
Remarks: Died in Hospital. Residence: Rockford Alabama
Remarks con't:



 

   19 F    ix. Cordelia BAGGETT-[214] was born about 1844 in Bibb or Coosa County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. Cordelia, 16, is living in the household of brother-in-law and sister, Thomas and Martha Foster, as a Housekeeper in Dwelling 308.

• Notes: ¹Cordelia, the youngest child of John and Elizabeth Baggett was burn about 1844 in Coosa County, Alabama. In 1860, she was living with her sister, Martha and her husband Thomas Foster, Jr. in Rockford. Sixteen year old Cordelia was probably helping to care for Marths's five small children, ages 7, 5, 4, 2 and 6 months. No other information can be found on her.

5. Bedia BAGGETT-[25595] (John², Unknown¹) was born about 1804 in Morgan County, Georgia (per David Wooddell, Sr.),² died on 13 Jan 1885 in Chilton County, Alabama about age 81, and was buried in Jan 1885 in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1 Cemetery County Road 5, Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in her life were:

• Family History: ¹Bedia Baggett was born in 1804 in Georgia [on Census Record shows born in South Carolina but this is very doubtful and her siblings were all born in Georgia]. She married Alfred Childress January 23, 1822 in Bibb County, Alabama. Justice of the Peace Daniel Williams performed the ceremony. Alfred and Bedia were the parents of at least eleven children.

Apparently Alfred Childress along with his brother-in-law, Holoway Varden were active citizens of Maplesville in the late 1820's. The family lived in the same area for many years finally moving north into the Thorsby and Jemison area and into Fayetteville in Talladega County.

Sometime prior to 1880, Alfred died and was buried at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1 Cemetery located in Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama. Bedia lived with her daughter, Cynthia and her husband, Agrippa Riggins in Rigginstown located in southern Talladega County, Bedia died January 18, 1885 and was brought back and buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Their graves are no longer marked but were recorded in a Chilton County Alabama Cemetery Book.
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Sources
Bibb County Alabama Marriage Records [loose papers] Probate Office Centreville
1830 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River
1840 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River
1850 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River
1860 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River
A History of Early Bibb County Alabama 1820-1870 by Usysses Huey Abrams...page 19
Cemeteries of Chilton County Alabama...Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1

Bedia married Alfred CHILDRESS-[25596] [MRIN: 8742], son of James CHILDRESS-[25601] and Elizabeth DAVIS-[25602], on 23 Jan 1822 in Bibb County, Alabama. Alfred was born about 1800 in Laurens County, South Carolina, died on 18 Dec 1865 in Bibb County, Alabama about age 65, and was buried in Dec 1865 in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1 Cemetery County Road 5, Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1830 in Bibb County, Alabama. Name: Alfred Childress Township: Not Stated County: Bibb State: Alabama Year: 1830 Roll: 2 Page: 153

Males:
Under 5 - 1
5 under 10 - 1
20 under 30 - 1
Females:
Under 5 - 1
5 under 10 - 1
20 under 30 - 1
 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama. Roll 2 Book 1, Page 65, Enumerated June 30, 1850 by R. M. (can't read), Dwelling 881, Family 881:

Alfred Childers, 49, M, Farmer, SC
Bedy, 48, F, GA
Polly, 20, F, AL
Robert, 19, M, Farmer, AL
Reuben, 16, M, Farmer, AL
Rufred, 14, M, AL
William, 12, M, AL
Weldon, 9, M, AL
James, 6, M, AL
Martha Bagget, 86, F, NC

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Bibb County, Alabama. East Side Cahaba River, Randolph Post Office, Enumerated August 11, 1860 by W. Shittleworth, Roll 2 Book 1, Page 849, Dwelling 1373, Family 1373:

Alfred Childress, 60 M, Farmer, PV $1,000, SC
Bedie, 59, F, Domestic, GA
Reuben, 28, M, Farmer, AL
William, 21, M, Farmer, AL
 

Children from this marriage were:

+ 20 M    i. Joel B. CHILDRESS-[25600] was born on 2 Oct 1824 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 15 Mar 1903 in Chilton County, Alabama at age 78, and was buried in Mar 1903 in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Alabama Hwy 183, Jemison, Chilton County, Alabama.
 

   21 M    ii. Thomas CHILDRESS-[25626] was born on 14 Mar 1826 in Alabama and died on 1 Feb 1862 in Montgomery County, Alabama at age 35. The cause of his death was Disease while in the Confederate Army.
 

Thomas married Mary A. CLACKLER-[25627] [MRIN: 8755], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 27 Feb 1856 in Bibb County, Alabama.

   22 F    iii. Cynthia Iris "Linthy" CHILDRESS-[25628] was born on 8 Dec 1827 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 17 Apr 1893 in Talledega County, Alabama at age 65, and was buried in Apr 1893 in Rigginstown Cemetery near Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama.
 

Cynthia married Agrippa RIGGINS-[25629] [MRIN: 8756], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 28 Jan 1847 in Bibb County, Alabama.

   23 F    iv. Mary Garner "Polly" CHILDRESS-[25630] was born on 12 Jan 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama and died on 27 Nov 1908 in Rigginstown, Talladega County, Alabama at age 79.
 

Mary married Blanton B. RIGGINS-[25631] [MRIN: 8757], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 18 Nov 1852 in Bibb County, Alabama.

   24 M    v. Robert Brown CHILDRESS-[25632] was born on 27 Dec 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 4 Feb 1886 in Bibb County, Alabama at age 56, and was buried in Feb 1886 in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1 Cemetery County Road 5, Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama.
 

Robert married Sarah Caroline POOLE-[25633] [MRIN: 8758], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 29 Dec 1858 in Bibb County, Alabama.

   25 M    vi. Reuben B. CHILDRESS-[25634] was born on 7 Jan 1832 in Alabama and died on 4 Feb 1886 in Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama at age 54.
 

   26 M    vii. John CHILDRESS-[25635] was born on 25 Feb 1835 in Alabama and died before 1850.
 

   27 M    viii. Rufus CHILDRESS-[25636] was born on 25 Oct 1836 in Alabama and died after 1850.
 

   28 M    ix. William "Billy" CHILDRESS-[25637] was born about 1838 in Bibb County, Alabama and died about 1930 in Chapman, Butler County, Alabama about age 92.
 

William married Nancy E. MOONEY-[25638] [MRIN: 8759], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 20 May 1866 in Bibb County, Alabama.

   29 M    x. Weldon E. CHILDRESS-[25639] was born about 1841 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 18 Aug 1862 in Bibb County, Alabama about age 21, and was buried in Aug 1862 in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church #1 Cemetery County Road 5, Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama. The cause of his death was Chronic Diarrhea.¹
 

   30 M    xi. David Daniel James "DJ" CHILDRESS-[25640] was born on 28 Jul 1844 in Bibb County, Alabama ² and died on 1 Oct 1906 at age 62.
 

David married Margaret N. CLECKLER-[25641] [MRIN: 8760], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 26 Jan 1870 in Chilton County, Alabama.
 

6. Redic Warren VARDEN-[25642] (Mary "Polly" BAGGETT³, John², Unknown¹) was born about 1823 in Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• Family Notes: ¹Redic Warren Varden was born 1823-1824 in Alabama [probably Bibb County]. He married Sarah Ann Sammons February 21 1849 in Bibb County Alabama. 15 Sarah was born between 1833-1834 in Alabama. They had at least ten children: Mary J. 9, William P. Milly, Sarah "Sally", Elizabeth, James, 11 Peter Leroy, Redic John, 16 Isham and Susanah. 17 The children were all born in Alabama. Warren received Land Patents September 1, 1849 for 40 acres located in the NE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 35 Township 22 Range 13. 13 He is also shown on the 1848 Bibb County Alabama Tax List District 3. 14

Their son, William P., married Sarah L. and had at least four children: Laura L., born between 1873-1874, Corinthia E., born 1875-1876, William J., born 1877-1878 and James A., born February 1880. 17
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15 Bibb County Alabama Marriage Book...Probate Office Centreville Alabama
9 1850 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
11 1860 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
16 1870 United States Federal Census Baker (Chilton) County Alabama...Chestnut Creek
17 1880 United States Federal Census Chilton County Alabama...Beat 1 Mims Cross Roads
13 United States Government Land Patents
14 Bibb County Alabama Tax List District 3
15 Bibb County Alabama Marriage Book...Probate Office Centreville Alabama
15 Bibb County Alabama Marriage Book...Probate Office Centreville Alabama
18 Will of John W. Foshee, Chilton County Alabama Probate Office
11 1860 United States Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River...Six Mile
20 1880 United States Census Chilton County Alabama...Benson

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama. E. C. River Beat, Enumerated Nov 27, 1850 by R. MCGiven, Roll M431_2, Page 62, Dwelling 843, Family 843:

Warren Varden, 26, M, Farmer, AL
Sarah Ann, 18, F, AL
Mary J., 4 mos, F, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Bibb County, Alabama. Maplesville Post Office, East Side Cahaba River, Enumerated August 7, 1860 by W. Shittlesworth, Roll M653_2, Page 830, Dwelling 1256, Family 1256:

R. W. Varden, 36, M, Farmer, RE $2,000, PV $400, AL
Sarah, 27, F, Domestic, AL
Mary, 11, F, AL
William, 9, M, AL
Miley, 7, F, AL
Martha, 4, F, AL
Elizabeth, 2, F, AL
James, 1, M, AL
 

Redic married Sarah Ann SAMMONS-[25643] [MRIN: 8761], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 21 Feb 1849 in Bibb County, Alabama. Sarah was born on 15 Mar 1833 in Alabama.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   31 F    i. Mary J. VARDEN-[25650] was born about 1849 in Chilton County, Alabama.
 

   32 M    ii. William Pinkney VARDEN-[25651] was born about 1851 in Chilton County, Alabama and died about 1900 about age 49.
 

William married Sarah L. SMITH-[25671] [MRIN: 8765], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 28 Dec 1873 in Chilton County, Alabama.⁸

   33 F    iii. Milly VARDEN-[25652] .
 

   34 F    iv. Sarah "Sally" VARDEN-[25653] .
 

   35 F    v. Elizabeth VARDEN-[25654] .
 

   36 M    vi. James VARDEN-[25655] .
 

   37 M    vii. Peter Leroy VARDEN-[25656] .
 

   38 M    viii. Redic John VARDEN-[25657] .
 

   39 M    ix. Isham VARDEN-[25658] .
 

   40 F    x. Susanah VARDEN-[25659] .
 

8. William M. VARDEN-[25645] (Mary "Polly" BAGGETT³, John², Unknown¹) was born about 1828 in Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• Family Notes: ¹William M. Varden was born 1828-1829 in Alabama [probably Bibb County]. William's first marriage was to Mary Elizabeth Simmons October 19, 1853 in Bibb County. 15 No other information is available about her.

April 4 1857 William married Elizabeth Foshee in Bibb County, Alabama. 15 She was the daughter of John W. and Frances Foshee. 18 William and Elizabeth had at least nine children: Susan R., Martha A. V., Holoway, William M., Polly E., Joseph W., Charity, twins Emette F. and Emma F. All the children were born in Alabama.

William and Elizabeth lived in the Six Mile community of Bibb County 11 on 190-35/100 acres he acquired by United States Government Land Patent described as the SE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 35 and the West half of the SW quarter of Section 36 in Township 22 Range 13E. 13 By the time of the 1880 Census, he was enumerated in the Benson community in Chilton County. 20 The dates of their deaths and place of burial are unknown.
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15 Bibb County Alabama Marriage Book...Probate Office Centreville Alabama
9 1850 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
11 1860 United States Federal Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of Cahaba River
16 1870 United States Federal Census Baker (Chilton) County Alabama...Chestnut Creek
17 1880 United States Federal Census Chilton County Alabama...Beat 1 Mims Cross Roads
13 United States Government Land Patents
14 Bibb County Alabama Tax List District 3
15 Bibb County Alabama Marriage Book...Probate Office Centreville Alabama
15 Bibb County Alabama Marriage Book...Probate Office Centreville Alabama
18 Will of John W. Foshee, Chilton County Alabama Probate Office
11 1860 United States Census Bibb County Alabama East Side of the Cahaba River...Six Mile
20 1880 United States Census Chilton County Alabama...Benson


 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Chilton County, Alabama. Benson, Beat 8, Family History Library Film 1254006, NA Film Number T9-0006, Page Number 42D, 217, Family 226:

William M. Varden, Self, M, M, W, 52, Farmer, AL, NC, NC
Elizabeth, Wife, M, F, W, 42, Keeping House, AL, SC, SC
Martha A. V., Dau, S, F, W, 21, Works On Farm, AL, AL, AL
Holoway, Son, S, M, W, 19, Works On Farm, AL, AL, AL
William M., Son, S, M, W, 17, Works On Farm, AL, AL, AL
Polley E., Dau, S, F, W, 14, AL, AL, AL
Joseph W., Son, S, M, W, 10, AL, AL, AL
Charity E., Dau, S, F, W, 8, AL, AL, AL
Emette F., Son, S, M, W, 4, AL, AL, AL
Emma F., Dau, S, F, W, 4, AL, AL, AL
Susan R., Dau, S, F, W, 21, AL, AL, AL

William married Mary Elizabeth SIMMONS-[25646] [MRIN: 8762], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 19 Oct 1853 in Bibb County, Alabama.

William next married Elizabeth FOSHEE-[25647] [MRIN: 8763], daughter of John W. FOSHEE-[25660] and Frances UNKNOWN-[25661], on 4 Apr 1857 in Bibb County, Alabama.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   41 F    i. Susan R. VARDEN-[25662] was born about 1859 in Alabama.
 

   42 F    ii. Martha A. V. VARDEN-[25663] was born about 1859 in Alabama.
 

   43 M    iii. Holoway VARDEN-[25664] was born about 1861 in Alabama.
 

   44 M    iv. William M. VARDEN Jr.-[25665] was born about 1863 in Alabama.
 

   45 F    v. Polly E. VARDEN-[25666] was born about 1866 in Alabama.
 

   46 M    vi. Joseph W. VARDEN-[25667] was born about 1870 in Alabama.
 

   47 F    vii. Charity VARDEN-[25668] was born about 1872 in Alabama.
 

   48 M    viii. Emette F. VARDEN-[25669] was born about 1876 in Alabama.
 

   49 F    ix. Emma F. VARDEN-[25670] was born about 1876 in Alabama.
 

11. Mary BAGGETT-[25672] (John Anderson³, John², Unknown¹) was born about 1824 in Bibb County, Alabama.
 

Mary married W. E. Jacob JONES-[25673] [MRIN: 8766], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 20 May 1839 in Coosa County, Alabama. W. was born about 1816 in Tennessee.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1840 in Coosa County, Alabama. Rockford Precinct

Jacob Jones Head of Householl

Males:
Under 5 - 1
10 under 30 - 1
Females:
20 under 30 - 1

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. Coosa District, Enumerated Nov 18th, 1850 by James J. McMorris, Page: 84 Roll: M432_4, Dwelling 1173, Family 1173:

Jacob Jones, 34, M, Blacksmith, TN
Mary, 26, F, AL
Nathaniel, 10, M, AL
Andrew, 8, M, AL
Martha, 6, F, AL
Mary, 4, F, AL

They lived two doors from Thomas and Ginsey Foster.
 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Mobile County, Alabama. Mobile Post Office, The Southern Division, Enumerated July 9, 1860 by J. J. Delehampton, Roll: M653_17 Pages 12 & 13, Dwelling 91, Family 80:

Jacob Jones, 47 M, Carpenter, TN
Mary A., 37, F, AL
Nathaniel, 20, M, Facotry Hand, AL
Andrew, 18, M, Factory Hand, AL
Martha E., 16, F, Factory Hand, AL
Mary A., 13, F, AL
Eliza J., 10, F, AL
Emily E., 4, F, AL
James White, 21, M, Factory Hand, GA
Matilda Fenel, 17, F, Factory Hand, GA
 

• He was employed. In 1850 he was a blacksmith in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama. In 1860 he was a carpenter in Mobil County, Alabama. This was taken from the 1850 and 1860 censuses.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   50 M    i. Nathaniel JONES-[25675] was born about 1840 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

   51 M    ii. Andrew JONES-[25676] was born about 1842 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

   52 F    iii. Martha E. JONES-[25677] was born about 1844 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

   53 F    iv. Mary JONES-[25678] was born about 1846 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

   54 F    v. Elizabeth J. "Eliza" JONES-[25679] was born about 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

   55 F    vi. Emily E. JONES-[25680] was born about 1854 in Mobile County, Alabama.
 

12. James Madison BAGGETT-[206] (John Anderson³, John², Unknown¹) was born in Feb 1825 in Bibb County, Alabama and died after Jun 1865.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military. ⁹ MILITARY RECORD
James was a Private in Company B, 5th Alabama Infantry and was wounded September 17, 1862 in the Battle of Sharpsburp. (Source: Nancy Foster, Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama)

From : "Tamra Stephens" <tamra13ala@bellsouth.net>
To : <mollywalk@juno.com>
Subject: Re: 13th Alabama Regiment
Date : Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:28:22 -0500

Hi Marlene,
Here is the information I have on James Baggett which is bit confusing: James Baggett, Company H (same company Thomas Foster but different than John Baggett), Private, age 37, married, farmer, from Rockford, born in Alabama, enlisted March 26, 1862 in Coosa County. He was wounded at Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862. (Yankees called it Antietam) He deserted on September 19, 1862 at Sheperdstown, Virginia. Questions: Is this the right James Baggett? Must be because there were no other James Baggetts in the 13th AL. Was he wounded and deserted two days later? This information was taken from composite muster rolls at the Alabama Archives dated 12/31/1864. He was not with the regiment at that time, but what happened to him? Deserted is a strong, unpleasant word and I am hesitant to attach it to a soldier unless I can verify it by another source. (For example, some record of the U.S. government in his Compiled Service Record that verfies that the U. S. captured a "rebel deserter" with his name.) Sometimes they were listed as deserters when they were actually patients in a Confederate hospital somewhere. I can recheck James Baggett's Compiled Service Record on microfilm the next time I go to the downtown Birmingham Library (in a week or so) and see what it has. Meanwhile if the descendant has anything on James that could clear this up, that would be great. I would appreciate information on any 13th AL soldier if you receive any. I will let you know when I find any additional information. Thanks, Tamra
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From : Ldianne7@wmconnect.com
To : mollywalk@juno.com
Subject BAGGETT/FOSTER UPDATE
Date : Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:26:00 EDT

Marlene, Bobby and I decided today was a good day for the Library in Birmingham ... and was it good? You bet! I found the CSA military records for JAMES MADISON BAGGETT and I believe he was in both the 13th and 5th Alabama Infantry. It sounds crazy but I wrote it all down. There is page after page of his record. I am going to put it in by dates so we can understand it a little better.

NOTE: old Co. E 5th Alabama Infantry would become new Co. B 5th Alabama Inf.

01 MAY 1861 ENLISTED new Co B 5th Alabama Talladega Cty AL as a Private

13 MAY - 30 JUN 1861 absent sick at Manassas Junction [5th Ala]
JUL and AUG 1861 present [5th Ala]
SEP and OCT 1861 present [5th Ala]
NOV and DEC 1861 present [5th Ala]

10 MAR 1862 ENLISTED Co H 13th Alabama Coosa County AL as a Private

MAR and APR 1862 paid APR 30 [13th Ala]
MAY and JUN 1862 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala] SEP and OCT 1862 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala] 28 FEB - 31 MAR 1863 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala] MAY and JUN 1863 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala]

NOTE: next entry shows Prisoner of War but no date or location [13th Ala]

31 Dec 1863 - 30 JUN 1864 present [5th Ala]
JUL and AUG 1864 present [5th Ala]
SEP and OCT 1864 present [5th Ala]

02 APR 1865 Captured at Petersburg Virginia [5th Ala]
04 APR 1865 Arrived at City Point Virginia [5th Ala]
09 JUN 1865 Released after signing Oath of Allegiance to United States [5th Ala]

24 JUN 1865 Signed Oath of Allegiance to United States [13th Ala]

Apparently James Madison Baggett loved the Confederacy so much that he served in two separate Regiments. There is no mention of transferring from one to another. There are literally two separate records that correspond. SOOO we are both correct. I sure am glad we met because probably neither of us would have ever know about this.
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From : "Tamra Stephens" <tamra13ala@bellsouth.net> Save to Address
To : "Marlene Walker" <mollywalk@juno.com>
Subject : James Baggett-5th AL
Date : Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:33:46 -0500

Hi Marlene,

Now we are getting somewhere. I checked the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment microfilm today. Yes, there is a James Madison Baggett in the 5th AL, Company B. According to the Compiled Service Record he enlisted in Talladega, AL in May 1861. He was listed on the 5th AL's muster rolls from May 1861 though December 1861. Previously I had information that he was in the 13th AL from March 1862 until September 1862, then "deserted." However, the 5th AL shows him present with them again from December 1863 through October 1864 (that probably being the last surviving muster roll.) He was captured at Petersburg, VA on April 2, 1865 (just days before war's end) and sent to prison at Point Lookout, MD (I hate that place) where he was released on June 9, 1865. At least Pt. Lookout didn't kill him. My question is: Is this the same man? It could be because the dates of service in the two units don't overlap. EXCEPT that the 5th AL service record has James Baggett in Winder Hospital in Richmond on May 7, 1862, complaint diarrhea. He should have been listed as 13th AL then, right? The 13th AL information lists him as "James Baggett" but the 5th AL lists him as "James Madison Baggett." There is no personal info in the 5th AL record like age, residence, etc. to check against the 13th AL info. There is certainly a big difference in being labeled a deserter rather than a POW at war's end. I am still a little unsure about the two names being the same man. Do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks for being my sounding board on Pvt. Baggett!

Tamra Stephens 13th AL Researcher




 

• Military History: ¹⁰James Baggett was a Private in Company H, 13th Alabama Regiment and Company B, 5th Alabama. He was captured during the Battle of Sharpsburg. It is believed that he was sent to Point Lookout, Mary POW.

Received from Alabama State Department of Archives & History Web Site
(http://archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=5933)

Last Name: Baggett First Name: James MI:
Date of Birth:
Birth Information: USA, Alabama
Date of Death:
Death Information:
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch: Infantry
Regimental Unit: 13th Alabama Regiment
Company Unit: H
Co. Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority: Historical Record Roll dated Dec 31 64 at Petersburg, Va
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 1862/03/26
Enlistment Information: Age 37, Alabama, Coosa, Prviate.
Engagements: Present Siege of Yorktown; Absent sick from Seven Pines May 31 62 to Malvern Hill Jul 1 62; Absent without leave South Mountain Sep 14 62, Sharpsburg Sep 17 62
Engage. con't:
Remarks: Address Rockford, Ala; Deserted 19 Sep 62 at Shepherds Town, Va Remarks con't:
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From : "Tamra Stephens" <tamra13ala@bellsouth.net>
To : "Marlene Walker" <mollywalk@juno.com>
Subject: James Baggett
Date: Sat 28-Aug-2005

Marlene, I think I have been researching too hard lately and my brain is starting to melt down. Forget the census--I know James Baggett survived the war. He was paroled in Montgomery, AL in June 1865. He was described as 5'8" tall, black hair, gray eyes and dark complexion. I will still check the 5th AL Regiment next time. Sorry for the confusion. Tamra

Received from Dianne Chesser.
NOTE: old Co. E 5th Alabama Infantry would become new Co. B 5th Alabama Inf.

01 MAY 1861 ENLISTED new Co B 5th Alabama Talladega Cty AL as a Private

13 MAY - 30 JUN 1861 absent sick at Manassas Junction [5th Ala]
JUL and AUG 1861 present [5th Ala]
SEP and OCT 1861 present [5th Ala]
NOV and DEC 1861 present [5th Ala]

10 MAR 1862 ENLISTED Co H 13th Alabama Coosa County AL as a Private

MAR and APR 1862 paid APR 30 [13th Ala]
MAY and JUN 1862 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala] SEP and OCT 1862 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala] 28 FEB - 31 MAR 1863 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala] MAY and JUN 1863 absent without leave on or about 18 SEP 1862 [13th Ala]

NOTE: next entry shows Prisoner of War but no date or location [13th Ala]

31 Dec 1863 - 30 JUN 1864 present [5th Ala]
JUL and AUG 1864 present [5th Ala]
SEP and OCT 1864 present [5th Ala]

02 APR 1865 Captured at Petersburg Virginia [5th Ala]
04 APR 1865 Arrived at City Point Virginia [5th Ala]
09 JUN 1865 Released after signing Oath of Allegiance to United States [5th Ala]

24 JUN 1865 Signed Oath of Allegiance to United States [13th Ala]
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THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG

In 1862, Robert E. Lee took an army of stragglers who were under clothed, under armed and under manned and turned the tables of the war when he launched his Maryland Campaign. The paths of the Union Army and the Confederate Army, many thousands of Americans, were headed on a collision course for a small town in the Maryland countryside with the greatest of consequences for the man who fought, and country that was divided. The weight of a divided nation fell on Sharpsburg. Maryland on September 17, 1862, America's Bloodiest Day.

A SLEEPLESS NIGHT

We can only imagine the feelings and thoughts that ran through many of the soldiers, and all others involved, the night before the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg. The best possible examination lies with the soldiers themselves, and here is an excerpt of Thomas Livermore of the 5th New Hampshire:

Whether we were to attack or to repel, whether the fight was to be in the woods on our right in the ravine, or in the hills in our front, or on the crest amid the hostile batteries, I knew not, and then, when was the fight to begin? How long would it last" How quickly should I be in the other world if I were killed? I am not aware that I once wished we should not fight. I know that to stay out or shrink from the battle in any way never entered my head; yet I can venture to say that while we waited in the twilight, time flew with slow wings, and the quicker I was in it and through it, alive or dead, the better I thought I would be. This contemplating for a long time the black-muzzled cannon, and conjuring up the hosts who are to blaze at you with death-dealing musketry, is not pleasant.

The soldiers slept little in the rain that fell that night and the thoughts that filled their minds.

THE MORNING PHASE
DAWN - 9:30 AM

Action commenced at the Battle of Sharpsburg - As referred to by the south - when Joseph Hooker's 1st Union Corps moved in and attacked Jackson's Men who were waiting in the Cornfield and the West woods. Hooker's men lit hard into Jackson's men and with fierce fighting was able to push them back. Lee could see the action and ordered in reinforcements from D. H. Hill's men in the middle. The reinforcements were successful in pushing back the advancing 1st Corps until they were met by the Union's Reinforcements, the 12th Union Corps. The 12th pushed back the advancing Confederates and even broke through the Confederate line in the West Woods. Then these men were met with the astonishment of a division of Confederates that had popped up on the front flank. - This division was arriving from Harper's Ferry - The arriving division held back and repaired the break in the Confederate line and about 9:30 AM as if in mutual consent the two parties ceased fighting. After five hours 12,000 men lie dead or wounded as a result of the morning fighting with no ground lost or gained by either side.

AFTERNOON PHASE

Sumner's men began an attack on D. H. Hill's position at the now infamous Bloody Lane. - A position General Lee said, "Had to be held at all costs!" - The horrendous fire fight between the blue and gray was near the worst of all the Civil War. With heavy losses and against far superior numbers D. H. Hill's men had to fall back to the outskirts of Sharpsburg. The numbers were with the Union forces here. After more fighting the Union forces finally broke the Confederate line and the end of the Confederacy was near, at least for all practical reasons. With heavy losses the Union forces that had broken the line could not continue the attack and reinforcements were needed. McClellan was faced with mounting another attack which would surely annihilate the weakened army of Robert E. Lee, but as history has recorded no reinforcements or attack was ever sent in by General George McClellan. George McClellan never followed up on Lincoln's orders of not only defeating the Confederate forces, but also destroying them!

Mean while to Lee's right heavy fighting was taking place around and on a bridge, the now famous Burnside's Bridge. A. E. Burnsides sent his men to cross, take and hold the bridge. With heavy losses the Bridge was finally taken and Burnside's men were able to attack Longstreet's men and push them back toward Sharpsburg. Lee felt everything closing in when with another surprise A. P. Hill's division was arriving from Harper's Ferry and lit into Burnside's flank. Trying to hold off A. P. Hill long enough to wait for reinforcements to come Burnside's men dug in, but when reinforcements did not come they had to retreat across the bridge they fought so hard to win. Once again McClellan was not compelled to send reinforcements to aid Burnsides efforts. If the reinforcements would have come A. P. Hill would have also been pushed back into Sharpsburg with the destruction on Lee's Army Eminent! Instead heavy losses were the price for no ground gained by either side.

 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1850 Coosa County, Alabama Census, James Madison, 25, is living in the household of his mother, Elizabeth Baggett, in Dwelling 1176.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. ¹¹ 1860 Coosa County, Alabama Census, Mt. Olive Beat, Page 185, Dwelling 398, Family 398:

James Baggett, 35, M, Farmer, RE $100, PV $200, AL
Martha, 23, F, Housekeeper, Wife, AL
Arthur T., 5, M, Son, AL
James M., 1, M, Son, AL
Living in the same household:

James Robinson, 26, M, Farm laborer, AL ( Probably a cousin) Mother was a
Robinson
Martha, 23, F, Wife, AL
Thomas R., 2, M, Son, AL
Jane, 1 mo, F, Dau, AL

They lived next door to Jane Foster (Ginsey), Richard, John Baggett (brother), Mary, Sarah Legal, Elizabeth Baggett (niece, John's daughter).

• Family History & Military Service: Four Baggett siblings married four Foster Siblings. FAMILY HISTORY
James Madison Baggett married Martha Foster
Elias C. Baggett married Elizabeth Foster
John Anderson Baggett married Mary Foster
Martha Baggett married Thomas Foster, Jr.
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Before the Civil War, James M. Baggett was a farmer of 100 acres and as the oldest son, took care of his mother, Elizabeth Baggett until her death, which occurred between 1850 and 1860. His father, John Anderson Baggett, Sr., died before 1850, as he is not listed on the Coosa County, Alabama Census. The head of the household was Elizabeth Baggett
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James began purchasing land in Coosa County in 1858. He received three United States Government Land Patents. The first was for 120.16 acres on June 1, 1858. February 1, 1860, he purchased 80.22 acres and another 40.10 acres December 1, 1860. This was a over 240 acres. James and Martha apparently had a good life with a fine family and a good size farm.

However, that would not last. Less than a year later, April 12, 1861 life in the south as James, his brothers, brother-in-law and friends had grown accustomed to would change forever. Fort Sumter, South Carolina had been fired upon. Was was no longer a rumor but a reality...the Civil War had begun.

C. M. Shelley enlisted James in the Confederate Army May 1, 1861 in Talladega County, Alabama for a period of one year in the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company B. June 18, 1861 he was absent at Manassas Junction due to the fact he was in the hospital at Richmond, Virginia. James was on active duty through December 1861.

During his time in the Confederate Army:

May 13-Jun 20, 1861...Absent sick 2nd Div. Ala Hospital Richmond, Virginia 18 Jun 1861 at Manasses Junction (5th Alabama)
Jul & Aug 1861...Present last paid 30 Jun 1861 by J D Webb (5th Alabama)
Sep & Oct 1861...Present last paid 6 Sep 1861 by J D Webb (5th Alabama)
Nov & Dec 1861...Present (5th Alabama)

Baggett, James enlisted 10 Mar 1862 Coosa County Alabama by Ellis Logan for the war Co. H 13th Ala Regiment Inf Pvt
Mar & Apr 1862...Present (13th Alabama)
May & Jun 1862...last paid 30 Apr 1862 by Capt Moon (13th Alabama)
7 May 1862-17 May 1862...General Hospital Camp Winder Richmond Virginia...Complaint: diarrhea
Jul & Aug 1862...Present/Absent: not stated...last paid 30 Apr 1862 by Capt Moore (13th Alabama)
Sep & Oct 1862...last paid 30 Apr 1862 (13th Alabama)...absent without leave on or about 18 Sep 1862
May & Jun 1863...last paid 30 Apr 1862 (13th Alabama)

31 Dec 1863...30 Jun 1864...Present last paid 31 Dec 1863 (5th Alabama)
30 Mar 1864...Present (5th Alabama)
22 Apr 1864...Clothing receipt (5th Alabama
Jul & Aug 1864...Present additional pay due (5th Alabama)
Sep & Oct 1864...Present (5th Alabama)
15 Oct 1864...Clothing receipt (5th Alabama)
06 Nov 1964...Clothing receipt (5th Alabama)

02 Apr 1865...Captured Petersburg, Virginia (5th Alabama)
04 Apr 1865...Arrived City Point, Virginia PO Camp (5th Alabama)

Jun 1865...Prisoner of War (Co. H 13th Alabama Infantry)

Jun 1865...Prisoner of War Point Lookout Maryland (5th Alabama)
09 Jun 1865...Released from City Point Virginia POW Camp (5th Alabama)

He was present at the Siege of Yorktown...
Absent sick from Seven Pines May 31, 1862 to Malvern Hill July 1, 1862
Absent without leave South Mountain September 14, 1862 and without leave Sharpsburg September 17 1862.
He was shown as having deserted September 19, 1862 at Shepherds Town, Virginia.

As discussed in the next paragraph, James served in two separate regiments and could possibly not have actually deserted but been with the other regiment.

For some unknown reason, before his year of service with the 5th Alabama was up James enlisted once again in the Confederate Army. This time he was enlisted by Ellis Logan March 10, 1862 for the duration of the war in the 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company H. April 2, 1865, he was captured at Petersburg, Virginia arriving at City Point, Virginia POW Camp on April 4. In June 1865, he was a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, Maryland. He was released from City Point POW Camp June 5, 1865. June 24, 1865 James signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States Government stating; "I, the undersigned JAMES BAGGET, Private, Co. H, 13th Alabama Infantry do solemnly swear that I will not bear arms against the United states of America or give any information, or do any military duty whatever until regularly exchanged as a Prisoner of War."

The Office of Provost Marshall described John as being 5 feet 8 inches tall with black hair, gray eyes and dark complexion.

James' date of death sometime after July 24, 1865 and the location of his burial are unknown. After his death, Martha received a pension for wounds he received at the Battle of Salem Church, so we know that she died after he did. It is unknown when Martha died and where she is buried.

(Sources: Dianne Chesser, 1331 Coldwater Road, Woodstock, Alabama 35188 sent this information. Her sources are: The U.S. Land Patent Certificate 34239, dated June 1, 1858, Land Patent Certificate 14875, dated February 1, 1860, Land Patent Certificate 15135 dated December 1, 1860, Henley Genealogy Library Birmingham Jefferson County, Alabama...CSA microfilmed records, ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History Civil War Database...Alabama Pension #25088 Calhoun County, Alabama)

• He worked as a Farmer. OCCUPATION - Farmer

James married Martha FOSTER-[205] [MRIN: 96], daughter of Thomas FOSTER Sr.-[128] and Ginsey Jane FOWLER-[129], on 2 Mar 1854 in Autauga County, Alabama.⁵ Martha was born about 1836 in Bibb County, Alabama and died before 1880 in Probably Perry County, Alabama.

Noted events in her life were:

• She was contained in a pension record. ¹ Martha received a pension for wounds James M. received at the Battle of Salem Church.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   56 M    i. Arthur T. BAGGETT-[5104] was born about 1855 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1880 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Beat 4, E.D. District 166, Roll 662 Book 2, Page 103a, Dwelling 8, Family 8:

Arthur is living in the household of Joshu Falkner. He is listed as age 25 born in Alabama. Worked as a Farm Laborer. Parents born in Alabama.

Joshu FALKNER, Self, M, M, W, 33, MS, Farmer, SC. SC
Adeline FALKNER, Wife, M, F, W, 22, MS, Keep House, TN, TN
Calvin FALKNER, Son, S, M, W, 6, MS, MS, MS
Alva E. FALKNER, Son, S, M, W, 4, MS, MS, MS
Saml. FALKNER, Son, S, M, W, 2, MS, MS, MS
Martha H. JONES, SisterL, S, F, W, 19, MS, TN, TN
Josephine JONES, SisterL, S, F, W, 15, MS, TN, TN
Arthur BAGGETT, Other, S, M, W, 25, AL, Farm Lab, AL, AL


 

   57 M    ii. James M. BAGGETT-[5105] was born about 1859 in Coosa County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Autauga County, Alabama. Beat 6, Pine Flat, Enumerated June 2, 1880 by Samuel J. Jones, Page 123b, Dwelling 270, Family 333:

J.M. Baggett, Head, S, M, W, 21, Hauling, AL, AL, AL

 

13. Martha BAGGETT-[32] (John Anderson³, John², Unknown¹) was born in Mar 1826 in Bibb County, Alabama and died after 1910 in Perry County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1850 Coosa County, Alabama Census, Martha, 24, is living in House #1176 with her mother Elizabeth Baggett.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1860 Coosa County, Alabama Census, Martha is living with her husband, Thomas Foster in Household #308.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. 1880 Perry County, Alabama Census, Pinetucky Post Office, Page 395b, NA Film #T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028, Enumerated June 11, 1880 by Robert J. Jones, Dwelling 34, Family 34:

Martha Foster, Self, Wd, F, W, 54, AL, Keeping House, SC, GA
John T., Son, S, M, 19, AL, Farming, AL, AL

Living on one side of Martha is daughter Jane E. and husband William Wiley Fowler (son of Miles T. Fowler) and two of Martha's sons, Richard L. Foster, 22, Farming and Elias S. Foster, 16, Farming.

Living on the other side of Martha is another son, James P. Foster and his wife, Mary A. and son John L.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1900 in Perry County, Alabama. 1900 Perry County, Alabama Census, Precinct #9, Pinetucky Post Office, Page 218a, Enumerated June 1, 1900 by William E. Perry, Dwelling 28, Family 28:

Martha born March 1826, age 75, wd, is living in the household of her son, Elias S. Foster and wife Rachel D. Fowler Foster.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Perry County, Alabama. 1910 Perry County, Alabama Census, Pinetucky Post Office #D.147, Sheet 6, Vol 93, Enumerated January 16, 1910 by Perry C. Beauchamp, Page 204, Dwelling 186, Family 187:

Martha, age 84, living in the household of son, Richard L. Foster in Dwelling 186.

 

• Homestead: LAND AND HOMESTEAD
Martha Foster, widow of Thomas Foster, Jr., received 40 acres of land as compensation for his services with the Confederate Army. This land is located in Bethlehem area of Perry County, Alabama. Sometime after 1900, her son, Richard Lafayette moved his family into the home place and took care of his mother, Martha and mother-in-law, Tempie Hamilton. Today, the home place of Martha is still owned by a family member.

On November 18, 1885, she filed a Homestead Affidavit with the Office of the Clerk of the Court for Perry County.
It says:

I, Martha Foster, of Perry County having filed my Homestead Application No. 17551, do solemnly swear that I am the head of a family over twenty one years of age and a native born citizen of the United States of America.

that said application No. 17551 is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation; that said entry is made for my exclusive use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; that I and my family - are now residing on the land I desire to enter, and that I have made a bona fide improvement and settlement thereon; that said settlement was commenced in the month of January 1877 that my improvements consist "of one room log dwelling house and one stable and barn--cleared about 20 acres-planted orchard and built necessary fencing" and that the value of the same is $100.00; that owing to the great distance--------------------------------------------------
I am unable to appear at the District Land Office to make this affidavit, and that I have never before made a homestead entry.----------------------------

Martha (her mark) Foster
Sworn to and subscribed before me in absence of the Judge, this 18th day of November, 1885
L. S. Jones
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Perry County, Alabama

 

• She was contained in a pension record Widow's Application for Pension on 21 Aug 1887 in Perry County, Alabama. On August 21, 1887, Martha applied for Widow's Pension for military services rendered of her husband, Thomas Foster and received it. She made application each year from 1887 to 1898. She received the pension until she died.

The State of Alabama } Personally appeared before
County of Perry } me J.B. Shivers Judge of
Probate in and for said County, Mrs. Martha Foster who being duly sworn upon oath says that her husband Thomas Foster was a private in Company H of 13th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers. that he came to his death from wounds received or disease contracted in the Service of the Confederate States and that his death occurred during the late war or within one year thereafter that she has not since re-married that she was a resident of Alabama on the 25th day of February 1887 and is a resident at this date of this application and that her taxable property does not exceed One Thousand dollars in value.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me} Martha X (her mark) Foster
this 22nd day of August 1887 }
J.B. Shivers
Judge of Probate Court of Perry Co.
the State of Alabama} I hereby certificate that satisfactory proof has been made
County of Perry } before me of the truth of the alligations set forth me the above affidant and that I believe Mrs. Martha Foster is entitled to relief under the act approved February 25, 1887 and that the duplicate of the foregoing application and affidant is on file in my office.
Given under my hand this the 22nd day of August AD 1887
J.B. Shivers
Judge of the Probate Court of Perry Co.

This was hand written.

 

• Homestead Application: HOMESTEAD

Application No. 17551 POST OFFICE: Oakmulgee
Excess 19.549 November 18, 1885

I, Martha Foster, of Perry County Alabama, do hereby apply to enter, under Section 2289,
Revised Statutes of the United States, the S1/2 of NW1/4 & N1/2 of SW1/4 of Section 10, in Township 21N of Range10E, containinf 160.71 acres.

Witness L. S. Jones} Martha X (her mark) Foster

642.84

LAND OFFICE AT MONTGOMERY ALA
Nov. 20, 1885

I, THOMAS J. SCOTT, Register of the Land Office, do hereby certify that the above application is for Surveyed Lands of the class which the applicant is legally entittled to enter under Section 2289, Revised Statutes of the United States, and that there is no prior valid adverse right to the same.

Thomas J. Scott
Register.

RECEIVER'S RECEIPT, NO. 17551 APPLICATION, NO 17551

HOMESTEAD

Receiver's Office, Montgomery, ALA
Nov. 20, 1885

Received of Martha Foster the sume of fourteen dollars ------cents; being the amount of fee and compensation of Register and Receiver for the entry of South halp North West quarter North half South West quarter of Section 10 in Township 21N of Range 10E, under Section No. 2290, Revised Statutes of the United States.
Excess Receipt 19549.

A. A. Maleson
Receiver.

$14
Received $0.90 on 71/100 acres in Excess.

 

• Homestead: HOMESTEAD
Bethlehem, Perry Co. Alabama (4-196.)

HOMESTEAD

Land Office at MONTGOMERY, ALA
June 19th, 1891

FINAL CERTIFICATE, } { APPLICATION,
nO. 10.460 } { nO. 17.551

It is hereby certified That, pursuant to the provisions of Section No. 2291, Revised Statutes of the United States, Martha Foster has made payment in full for the South half of the North West quarter and North half of the South West quarter.

of Section No. 10, in Township No. 21 North, of Rante No. 10 East, of the St. Stephens Principal Meridian Alabama, containing 160.71 acres.

Now, therefore, be it known, That on presentation of this Certificate to the COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, the said Martha Foster shall be entitled to a Patent for the Tract of Land above described.

J. H. Bingham
Register.

Excess Receipt

CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OF NOTICE

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LAND OFFICE AT MONTGOMERY, ALA
June 25, 1891

I, Julian H. Bingham, Register, do hereby certify that a notice, a printed copy of which is hereto attached, was by me posted in a conspicuous place in my office for a period of thirty days, I having first posted said notice on the 11th day of Nov., 1890.

Signature J. H. Bingham
Register

 

Martha married Thomas FOSTER Jr.-[31] [MRIN: 17], son of Thomas FOSTER Sr.-[128] and Ginsey Jane FOWLER-[129], on 18 Dec 1851 in Coosa County, Alabama.⁶ Thomas was born about 1830 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 29 Mar 1865 in Point Lookout, Maryland Prisoner of War Camp about age 35, and was buried on 29 Mar 1865 in Point Lookout Cemetery, Grave #1369, Point Lookout, Maryland. The cause of his death was Chronic Diarrhea.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1840 in Bibb County, Alabama. 1840 Bibb County, Centreville Beat Census:

Thomas is listed as a 10-15 year old living in the househols of his father, Thomas Foster, Sr.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1850 Coosa County Census:

Thomas is listed as a 19 year old living in household #1171 of his father, Thomas Foster, Sr.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1860 Coosa County, Census, Rockford Post Office, Southern Division, Enumerated June 21, 1860 by I. W. Sutton, Roll 7 Book 1, Page 43, Dwelling 308, Family 307:

Thomas Foster, Head, M, W, 30, M, Farmer, AL, SC, SC
Martha, Wife, F, W, 32, M, Housewife, AL, TN, TN
E. J., Dau, F, W, 7, S, AL, AL, AL
J. P., Son, M, W, 5, S, AL, AL, AL
M. A. M., Dau, F, W, 4, S, AL, AL, AL
R. L;, Son, M, W, 2, S, AL, AL, AL
M. E., Dau, F, W, 6 mos, S, AL, AL, AL
Cordelia Baggett, Martha's sister, F, W, 16, S, Housekeeper, AL, TN, TN

 

• He served in the military. ¹² Military Record
Thomas Foster, Pvt., Co. H, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He marched off to war, March 5, 1862 along with his brother-in-law, John Baggett, who was married to his sister, Mary Foster. John was the brother of Martha Bagget, wife of Thomas. John Baggett was in Company F.

Thomas was present at the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, Chancellorsville, May 3rd, 1863 and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 until the Southern Army admitted defeat and retreated back to Virginia.

He was absent because of illness and missed the fighting at Mechanicsville on June 27, 1862 and at Malvern Hill, September 14, 1862.

He was A.D. (Absent on Detail or Duty by Order) at: South Mountain, September 14, 1862, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. He was captured at Falling Water, Maryland, July 14, 1863. He escaped and was captured again at Gaines Crossing Roads, Virginia on July 25, 1863 and was sent to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, then to Point Lookout, Maryland after it was converted into a POW camp. (Source: Tamra Stephens, a researcher on the 13th Alabama, through Quiries on the Coosa County, Alabama Gen Web site.)

SOME OF THE SKIRMISHES ON THE RETREAT MARCH BACK TO VIRGINIA WHEN THOMAS FOSTER, JR WAS CAPTURED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME HE ESCAPED:

July 14, 1863
Skirmish near Williamsport, Maryland
Skirmish near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
Action at Falling Water, Maryland (Where Thomas Foster was captured first time by the 2nd Dragoons of the 2nd US Calvery. They were on a scouting expedition when Thomas was captured).
July 15, 1863
Skirmish at Halltown, West Virginia
Skirmish at Shepherdstown, West Virginia
July 16, 1863
Skirmish at Shanghai, West Virginia
Action at Shepherdstown, West Virginia
July 17, 1863
Skirmish near North Mountain Station, West Virginia
Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, Virginia
July 18-19, 1863
Skirmish at and near Hedgesville and Martinsburg, West Virginia
July 20, 1863
Skirmish near Berry's Ferry, Virginia
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap, Virginia
July 21-22, 1863
Skirmishes at Manassas Gap, Virginia
Skirmishes at Chester Gap, Virginia
July 23, 1863
Action at Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Virginia
July 25, 1863
Skirmish at Gaines Crossing Roads, Virginia (Where Thomas was captured the second time and sent to Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC and then to Point Lookout, Maryland POW Camp where he died from Chronic Diarrhea).

Received from State of Alabama Archives & History Web Site (http://archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=60683)

Last Name: Foster First Name: Thomas MI:
Date of Birth: Marital Status: Married
Birth Information: USA, Alabama. Occupation: Farmer
Date of Death: Enlistment Date: 1862/03/05
Death Information: Enlistment Information: Age 32, Alabama, Private.
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch: Infantry
Regimental Unit: 13th Alabama
Company Unit: H
Co. Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority: Historical record roll dated near Petersburg, Virginia 1864/12/31.

Engagements: Present at; Siege of Yorktown, Seven Pines 1862/05/31, Chancellorsville 1863/05/03 to Gettysburg 1863/07/03, inclusive;Absent Sick at: Mechaniscsville 1862/06/27 to Malvern Hill 1862/09/14 inclusive; Absent Detailed at: South Mountain 1862/09/14,
Engage. con't: Sharpsburg 1862/09/17; Captured at: Falling Water 1863/07/14;Absent Captured at: Gaines Cross Roads 1863/07/25 and to the end of the war
Remarks: Residence Rockford, Alabama. Now in prison captured at Falling Water, Maryland July 14, 1863.
Remarks con't:



 

• Military History: ¹³MILITARY HISTORY
The 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, July 19, 1862, and at once proceeded to Virginia. Ordered to Yorktown, it was there brigaded under General Rains. It lay at that place till the army fell back on Richmond the following spring. At Seven Pines the regiment was engages warmly, and the casualties were 7 killed and 45 wounded. Held in reserve during the battles in front of Richmond, it was nevertheless subjected there to a destructive fire, from which it suffered severely. As part of Archer's brigade, under Colquitt of Georgia, the regiment took part in the first Maryland campaign, losing lightly at Boonsboro, but heavily at Sharpsburg. The winter was passed on the Rappahannock, and its monotony was relieved by the frightful repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg, of which the 13th was a witness; and where it suffered lightly. Col. Fry led the brigade in the assault on Hooker at Chancellorsville, and there the 13th lost half of the 460 men with which it went into the battle. It was in the Pennsylvania campaign, and at Gettysburg its colors were planted on the crest of the ridge, where they were torn to shreds, and the regiment actively participated, and the loss was comparatively heavy. It took part in the subsequent operations around Petersburg, being now in the brigade of General Sanders of Greene. - the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments - subsequently commanded by General W. H. Forney of Calhoun. Under Col Aiden the remnant of about 100 men surrendered at Appomattox. Of the 1,245 men on its rolls, about 150 were killed in battle, or died of wounds, 275 died of disease, 64 were transferred, and 202 were discharged.

The 13th Alabama Infantry Flag is an Army of Northern Virginia, 2nd wool bunting issue. It was manufactured at the Richmond Clothing Depot in June, 1862. The flag was captured on September 17, 1862 during the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) by Private John P. Murphy, Co. K, 5th Ohio Infantry. Private Murphy was recommended for and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The flag was eventually forwarded to the U. S. War Department where it was assigned Capture Number 521. It was returned to the State of Alabama effective April 26, 1905.

The 13th Alabama Infantry Second Flag is an Army of Northern Virginia, 3rd wool bunting issue. Flags of this issue were manufactured at the Richmond Depot between July 1862 and May 1864. It was issued to the regiment after the loss of their 2nd wool bunting issue flag at Antietam (Sharpsburg) September 17, 1862. The flag was carried by the regiment at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where is was nearly captured on the first day (July 1, 1863) during the retreat from McPherson's Ridge. At that time, according to his account, flag bearer Private W. A. Castleberry placed the flag on the ground to prevent its capture. He then picked it up, tore it from the staff and placed it in his "bosom". On July 3rd, Colonel Birkett Davenport Fry noticed the flag bearer had attached "a formidable looking lance head to his staff." The condition of this flag indicates that at the time Castleberry tore it from the staff, the leading edge was ripped, tearing away the two top eyelets, leaving only one by which the flag could be attached to a staff. So, what Colonel Fry apparently said, was the flag of the 13th Alabama Infantry attached to a lance which had been used to replace the missing staff.

The flag was captured on July 3, 1863 during the assault on Cemetery Ridge (Pickett's Charge) by the men of Co. C, 1st Delaware Infantry. According to the report of Colonel S. G. Shepard, 7th Tennessee Infantry, three flag bearers were shot down while carrying the flag, "the last of whom was shot down at the works." Following the assault, Colonel Fry who had been captured, encountered "a federal soldier with an ugly wound in his shoulder," which he had "received from the spear on the end" of one of Fry's regimental colors.

The flag was eventually forwarded to the U. S. War Department where it was assigned Capture Number 60. It was returned to the State of Alabama effective March 25, 1905.

This flag received conservation treatment and was prepared for display by Textile Preservation Associates, Inc. of Sharpsburg, Maryland in December 1991.

 

• Prisoner of War: 25 Jul 1863, Point Lookout , Maryland Prisioner of War Camp. ¹⁴ PRISONER OF WAR CAMP
CAPTURED JULY 25, 1863
Point Lookout, Maryland had been a resort until the Battle of Gettysburg. After the battle and the retreat march to Virginia, the Union Army captured so many Southern soldiers, they had no place to put them. They turned Point Lookout into a Prisoner of War Camp.

Thomas was taken first to Old Capital Prison in Washington, DE and then to Point Lookout when he was captured. We have no way of knowing what condition he was in when he was captured. We are pretty sure that he was not wounded. His military records do not show this. He was kept in this place until March 29, 1865, the day he died of Chronic Diarrhea. Eleven days later the war ended on the Court House steps at Appomattox, Virginia.

He is buried in the Point Lookout Cemetery in a large mass grave of about 3,000 Confederate soldiers. This grave has been moved several times. He is now in a beautiful resting place in the cemetery with the other 3,000 soldiers.

A friend of ours, who is involved in Civil War re-enactment groups, suggested that I check out Point Lookout. I had never hear of that POW camp, but I checked it out on the Internet and sure enough they had a Web Site. It consists of the story of Point Lookout and a little about the life they had. It also has the name of the soldiers who died there and where they are buried. I brought up the ones who died with the name that started with F and sure enough there he was. Name, Rank, Company and State Regiment, Death Date and where buried popped up at me and I sat there staring at the list of dead. As I was staring at his name I started bawling as if I had known him. My family always thought he was captured at the Siege of Vicksburg. Of course I never knew this great-great grandfather, but it hit me like a ton of bricks.

Now after all of the years that have passed since the WAR, the Confederate Flag has been banned by the Veterans Administration and cannot be flown over the graves of the ones who defended the only land they had ever known, their home.

The bodies of the 3,000 Confederate soldiers were moved three times, ending here, rather than individual marked graves,...one huge mass grave. You think they were all laid neatly and reverently in this burial pit? They were all thrown in there, bones of arms and legs all intertwined with one another and the grave diggers tossed their skulls to each other as if they were on some basketball court! Stripped of all things dear to them, lying in a mass grave, with not so much as their own coveted flag to fly over their grave. Our ancestors were Americans, and the Confederate Battle Flag was an American flag. It represented the Confederate States of...what??? AMERICA! CSA. It stands for Confederate States of America !!

God in Heaven, may he find peace, now that his family knows where he is buried.



 

• Death Record:RECORD OF DEATH AND INTERMENT
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Name and Number of person interred: Foster, T.
Number and Locality of the Grave: 1369 In Pris of War Grave (can't read)
Hospital number of the deceased: F 1123
Regiment, rank, and company: Co. H 13 Ala a Private
Resident before enlistment:
Conjugal condition (and if married,}
the residence of the widow }
Cause of death } ????can't read Diarrhea
age of the deceased:
Date of death and burial: March 29, 1865
Duplicates sent to the Adjutant General of the United States Army and The Sexton of the Cemetery.

 

• HISTORY OF POINT LOOKOUT: ¹⁴HISTORY OF POINT LOOKOUT
Point Lookout is located on the east coast of the United States of America in the state of Maryland. The POW Camp (Camp Hoffman) was established after the Battle of Gettysburg to incarcerate Confederate prisoners. It was in operation from August 1863 through June 1865. Being only 5' above sea level, it was located on approximately 30 acres of leveled land at the southern tip of Maryland, in St. Mary's County, and surrounded by water on three sides by the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. It was the largest Union prison camp for Confederates.

Before the war, Point Lookout was a fashionable resort hotel and a summer bathing place with over a hundred cottages where the elite spent their leisure time. In 1862, with erection of additional buildings, it became a military hospital for the care of union soldiers, an imprisonment for Maryland citizens who were Southern sympathizers, as well as a supply depot for the Army of the Potomac. In August 1863, the large building with outbuildings arranged in spoke fashion (Hammond Hospital), became the care center for wounded/sick Confederate prisoners as well as for union men.

During the two year span of operation, Point Lookout say approximately 52,000 POWs passed through her gates. These were military and civilian, men, women, and children. It's also interesting to note that the youngest POW at Point Lookout was Baby Perkins. He was born there. His mother was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania with her artillery unit.

Prison conditions were deplorable. Rations were below minimal, causing scurvy and malnutrition. Prisoners ate rats and raw fish. It's recorded that one hungry Rebel devoured a raw seagull that had been washed ashore. Soap skim and trash peelings were often eaten when found. Lice, disease, and chronic diarrhea often resulted in an infectious death.

Prisoners were deprived of adequate clothing, and often had no shoes in winter or, only one blanket among sixteen or more housed in old, worn, torn, discarded union sibley tents. Even the Point's weather played havoc with the prisoners. Because of it's location, it's extremely cold with icy wind in the winter and a smoldering sun reflecting off the barren sand in the summer was blinding. High water often flooded the tents in the camp area. The undrained marshes bred mosquitoes. Malaria, Typhoid fever and smallpox was common. The brackish water supply was contaminated by unsanitary camp conditions. There was a deadline about 10' from the approximately 14' wooden parapet wall. Anyone caught crossing this line, even to peek through the fence, was shot. Prisoners were also randomly shot during the night as they slept, or if they called out from pain.

Major Brady was the Provost Marshall and Major General Benjamin (Beast as he was called) Butler would review the prison camp. Many times he galloped through the crowd of men, hitting them as he sped by. The sixty gun Minnesota was within a short distance from the shore to guard the prisoners.

Among the sites at this prison were: 1830 Lighthouse, Hammond Hospital, the Nuns housing, 3 forts, guard quarters, officers quarters, stables, contraband quarters, union quarters/tenting area, burying grounds, smallpox hospital, stockade, etc.

Although it is estimated that over 14,000 prisoners died at Pt. Lookout, at present only a mere 3,384 are accounted for as buried in the Point Lookout Cemetery. Their graves have been moved twice since the original burial. They now rest in a mass grave under an 85' towering obelisk monument erected by the Federal Government. This was the first monument to Confederate Soldiers! Huge bronze tablets circling this monument depict names of those so far recorded. Also in this well kept cemetery is a smaller 25' monument erected by the state of Maryland to the memory of the prisoners.

Today, this prison site is a beautiful, well maintained campground that offers among other things, boating fishing, and picnicking. A museum on site displays artifacts found on the grounds and several pictures of our POWs who were in Point Lookout Prison Camp. This is run by the state park service.

• He was buried at a cemetery. Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery
Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland
P.O. Box 48 Scotland, MD 20687 (301) 872-5688

Total records = 3,053.

Point Lookout State Park lies at the southern tip of the Maryland Peninsula. During the Civil War it was the home of one of the largest prisons for Confederate POWs. Of the more than 52,000 prisoners incarcerated here, it is believed that over 14,000 died.
Conditions in the prison was deplorable. Food was scarce, causing prisoners to eat rats and other dead animals. Malaria, scurvy, tuberculosis, caused many deaths. Overcrowding allowed viral diseases to spread quickly. Prisoners had no shoes to wear, and only a blanket to keep warm in winter.
The dead were buried at the prison cemetery, but were later re-interred in a mass grave, now marked by a single monument with their names inscribed at the base.
U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Database
Records of burials were provided to this website by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs <http://www.va.gov/>, on July 2, 2000. These are not the complete list of burials, only those that are on file with the VA.

Foster, Thos, CO H, 13 ALA, *

 

Children from this marriage were:

   58 F    i. Elizabeth Jane "Bettie" FOSTER-[132] was born in 1853 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died between 1910 and 1920 in Smith, County Texas about age 57, and was buried in Whitehouse Cemetery, Smith County, Texas.
 

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. 1860 Coosa County, Alabama Census, she is living as a 7 year old in Dwelling 308 in her father's (Thomas Foster, Jr.) household

Elizabeth married William Wiley FOWLER-[133] [MRIN: 62], son of Miles FOWLER-[1765] and Jane FONDREN-[1833], on 17 Aug 1878 in Perry County, Alabama. William was born on 27 Aug 1855 in Perry County, Alabama, died on 15 Sep 1932 in Troup, Smith County, Texas at age 77, and was buried in Sep 1932 in Whitehouse Cemetery, Smith County, Texas.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. 1880 Perry County, Alabama Census, Pinetucky Post Office, Perryville Beat, Page 395b, NA Film #T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028:

William W. Fowler, Self, M, M, W, 24, AL, Farming, SC, AL
Jane E., Wife, M, F, W, 26, AL, Keeping House, AL, AL
Crayton, Son, S, M, W, 1, AL, AL, AL
Richard L. Foster, Brother-in-law, S, M, W, 22, AL, Farming, AL, AL
Elias S. Foster, Brother-in-law, S, M, W, 15, AL, Farming, AL, AL

Jane E. (Elizabeth Jane) is living next door to her mother Martha and another brother, J. T. and on the other side of her mother is another brother, James P. Foster and his family.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Smith County, Texas. 1910 Smith County, Texas Census, Justice Precinct #2, Dwelling 157, Family 173, Page 70-09A:

William W. Fowler, Head, 55, AL, SC, AL
Bettie, Wife, 56, AL, AL, AL
Cary, Son, 21, AL, AL, AL
Eugene, Son, 18, AL, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1920 in Smith County, Texas. 1920 Smith County, Texas Census, Justice Precinct #2, Dwelling 14, Family 14, Page 077-06A:

William is living in the home of his daughter Virginia and her husband, Dale Jackson.

Dale Jackson, Head, 36, TN
Jennie, Wife, 33, AL
Viola, Dau, 12, TX
Roy L., Son, 6, TX
William Fowler, Father-in-law, AL

 

   59 M    ii. James Peter "Uncle Jim" FOSTER Sr.-[134] was born in Oct 1854 in Coosa County, Alabama, died on 3 Feb 1926 in Perry County, Alabama at age 71, and was buried in Feb 1926 in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem, Perry County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. James P. a 5 year old as living in Dwelling 308 in the household of his father, Thomas Foster, Jr.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. Pinetucky Post Office, Page 395b, NA Film #T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028, Enumerated June 11, 1880 by Robert J. Jones, Dwelling 35, Family 35:

James P. Foster, Self, M, M, W, 25, AL, Farming, AL, AL
Mary A., Wife, M, F, W, 20, AL, Keeping House, SC, AL
John L., Son, S, M, W, 2 mos AL, AL, AL

Living on one side in Dwelling 34, his mother, Martha Foster and brother John T. and on the other side of his mother is his sister, Elizabeth Jane and her husband, William W. Fowler, his brothers, Richard L. and Elias S. Foster.

Living two places from thim in Dwelling 37 is the mother of Mary, Jane Fowler, a sister and three brothers.

• He appeared on the U.S. Census census in 1900 in Perry County, Alabama. Precinct #9, Pinetucky Post Office, Enumerated June 1, 1900 by William E. Perry, Page 219, Dwelling 32, Family 32:

James P. Foster, Head, W, M, October 1854, 45, Married 21 yrs, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, Yes, Yes, Yes
Mary A., Wife, W, F, Sept 1859, 43, Married 21 yrs, 8 children, 6 living, AL, SC, AL, Yes, Yes, Yes
Walter C., Son, W, M, Oct 1881, 18, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, Yes, Yes, Yes
Dovie, Dau, W, F, Jan 1886, 13, S, AL, AL, AL, At School, Yes, Yes, Yes
James P., Jr., Son W, M, Mar 1889, 11, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, Yes, Yes, Yes
Alonzo, Son, W, M, Jun 1892, 7 S, AL, AL, AL
William L., Son, W, M, January 1895, 5, S, AL, AL, AL
Virgil, Son, W, M, May 1897, 3, S, AL, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1920 in Perry County, Alabama. Precinct 9, Pinetucky, Enumerated January 8, 1920 by T. P. Bolling, Roll 37 Book 2, Page 176, Dwelling 72, Family 73:

James Foster, Sr., Head, M, W, 65, M, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, General Farm, Can read & write
Mary, Wife, F,, W, 60, M, AL, AL, AL, Can read & write

James married Mary Adaline Russell FOWLER-[135] [MRIN: 63], daughter of Miles FOWLER-[1765] and Jane FONDREN-[1833], on 28 Feb 1879 in Perry County, Alabama. Mary was born on 10 Feb 1859 in Perry County, Alabama, died on 7 Aug 1939 in Perry County, Alabama at age 80, and was buried in Aug 1939 in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem, Perry County, Alabama.

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. She is a 1 month old bably living in Dwelling 32 in the household of her father & mother Miles and Jane Fowler.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1870 in Perry County, Alabama. Mary is a 12 year old living in Dwelling 86, Page 456, in the household of her father and mother, Miles and Jane Fowler.

   60 F    iii. Mary Ann FOSTER-[137] was born in 1856 in Coosa County, Alabama.


 

   61 M    iv. Richard Lafayette "Dick" FOSTER-[29] was born on 25 Apr 1858 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died on 30 Oct 1943 in Perry County, Alabama at age 85, and was buried in Nov 1943 in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem, Perry County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the US Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. Perryville Post Office, Page 395b, NA Film #T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028:

Richard was living in the Household of his brother-in-law, William W. Fowler and his sister, Jane E. Fowler.

William W. Fowler, Self, M, M, W, 24, AL, Farming SC, AL
Jane E., Wife, M, F, W, 26, AL, Keeping House, AL, AL
Crayton, Son, S, M, W, 1, AL, AL, AL
Richard L. Foster, Other, S, M, W, 22, AL, Farming, AL, AL (brother to Jane)
Elias S. Foster, Other, S, M, W, 15, AL, Farming, AL, AL (brother to Jane)

Living next door is Martha Foster, mother of Jane E. Fowler and brother John T.

Living on the other side of Martha is her son, James P. Foster and his wife, Mary A. and their son, John L. James P. is another brother of Jane E. Fowler.

• He appeared on the US Federal census in 1900 in Perry County, Alabama. ¹⁵ Precinct No. 9, Pinetucky, Enumerated June 1, 1900 by William E. Perry, Page 221a & 221b, Dwelling 74, Family 74:

Richard Foster, Head, W, M, May 1859?, 41, Married 19 yrs, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, Yes, Yes, Yes, F 5.3 acres
Casey, Wife, M, F, April 1860, 40, Married 19 yrs, 11 children, 10 living, At home, AL, AL, AL, Yes, Yes, Yes
Tommie, Son, W, M, May 1882, 17, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, 2 yrs school, Yes, Yes, Yes
James, Son, W, M, April 1884, 16, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, 4 yrs school, Yes, Yes, Yes
Edward, Son, W, M, April 1885, 15, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, 4 yrs of school, Yes, No, Yes
Etha (Ethel?) Dau, Dec 1886, 13, S, AL, AL, AL, At School 4 yrs, Yes, Yes, Yes
Isic, (Isaac) Son, W, M, Dec 1887, 12, S, AL, AL, AL, At school 2 yrs, No, No, Yes
Jess, Son, W, M, April 1891, 9, S, AL, AL, AL
Hilard, Son, W, M, May 1893, 7 S, AL, AL, AL
Bazzel, Son, W, M, Feb 1895, 5, S, AL, AL, AL
Etta, Dau, W, F, April 1896, 4, S, AL, AL, AL
Ever, Dau, W, F, May 1898, 2, S, AL, AL, AL

The birthday dates do not match with the ones furnished by R. L. Foster, son of Bazzel.

• He appeared on the US Federal census in 1910 in Perry County, Alabama. Pinetucky Precinct, Enumerated April 22, 1910 by ____, Sheet 6A & B, ED 147, Page 54a & 54b, Dwelling 98, Family 98:

Richard, Head, M, W, 52, Married 29 yrs, AL, AL, AL, English Farmer, Home Farm
Narcissie (Cassie) Wife, F, W, 45, Married 29 yrs. 14 children 11 living, AL, AL, AL, English
James, Son, M, W, 26, S, AL, AL, AL, English Farmer, Home Farm
Bazzle, Son, M, W, 15, S, AL, AL, AL, English, Farm Laborer, Home Farm
Etta, Dau, F, W, 13, S, AL, AL, AL, English
Eva, Dau, F, W, 11, S, AL, AL, AL, English
Parson (Carson), Son, M, W, 10, S, AL, AL, AL, English, Farm Laborer, Home Farm
Collie (Carlos), Son, M, W, 6, S, AL, AL, AL
Martha, Mother, F, W, 84, Wd, 7 children, 6 living, AL, AL, AL, English
Tempie Hamilton, Mother-in-law, F, W, 80, Wd, 6 children, 2 living, AL, SC, AL, English

• He appeared on the US Federal census in 1920 in Bowie County, Texas. Justice Precinct #5, ED 18, Sheet 10a, Roll 1775 Book 2, Page 204, Enumerated January 16, 1920 by Perry C. Beauchamp, Dwelling 186, Family 187:

R. L. Foster, Head, M, W, 61, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, General Farm
Nancy (Cassie), Wife, F, W, 54, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
Etta, Dau, F, W, 22, S, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
Carlos, Son, M, W, 15, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL

Living next door is brother, John Thomas Foster in Dwelling 185.

• Family Notes:Grandpa Dick and Grandma Cassie moved to Bowie County, Texas after the 1910 Census. They are listed on the 1920 Bowie County, Texas Census. After the 1920 Census was taken, they moved back to Perry County, Alabama to take care of their mothers and the Home Farm. They lived there the rest of their life.

• He worked as a Farmer.

• He was Missionary Baptist. HISTORY OF BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH
The Church is located 9 miles south of Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama on Alabama Highway #219 in Perry County, Alabama. Delegates to the Cahawba Baptist and Bibb Baptist Association 1868-1977...R. L. Foster, E. L. Foster, Elias Foster, Alvis Foster, Lois Foster....Church Clerks 1875-1978...Alvis Foster served for 10+ years.....Sunday School Superintendent 1893 E. S. Foster with a membership of 40.

BETHLEHEM CHURCH CEMETERY
Foster, James W. 02/22/1883-12/15/1950
Foster, J. P. 5/5/1854 - 2/3/1926 [note: James Peter Foster h/o Mary Adaline Russell Fowler]
Foster, Mary 2/10/1859 - 4/123/1941 [note: Mary Adaline Russell Fowler w/o James Peter Foster]
Foster, Lester 1/2/1896-4/12/1941 [note: s/o James P. and Mary Foster]
Foster, Ike 12/2/1889-10/31/1960 [note: s/o Richard L. and Cassie Foster]
Foster, Janice 5/2/1954-8/26/1962
Foster, Minnie Estelle 7/31/1895-9/7/1953
Foster, David Bass 4/10/1895-7/29/1971 [note: h/o Emma Smith Foster]
Foster, Emma Smith 3/21/1899-3/5/1966 [note: first wife of David Bass Foster]
Foster, Winton Bruce 5/26/1937-7/24/1939...[note: s/o Woodford W. Foster]
Williams, Etta Foster 9/10/1896-2/3/1937 [note: d/o Richard L. and Cassie Foster and w/o William Union Williams]
Foster, R. L. 4/25/1958-10/20/1943 [note: h/o Cassie Hamilton Foster and s/o Thomas Jr and Martha Baggett Foster]
Foster, Cassie 7/29/1865-3/17/1959 [note: Nancy Catherine "Cassie" Hamilton w/o Richard L. Foster]
Foster, Joe Bob 10/22/1916-4/2/1925
Foster, Nellie T. 10/25/1895-5/16/1976

HARRIS FAMILY CEMETERY - BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY

Foster, Walter C. 1881-1968 [note: Walter Curtis Foster s/o James P. and Mary Foster}
Foster, Altha Elizabeth Asline Legrone 1890-1968 [note: w/o Walter C. Foster]
Foster, C. P. 1/30/1904-8/21/1943 [note: Carlos Pinkney, s/o Richard L. and Cassie Foster and h/o Bessie Taylor Foster]


 

• Family Photo: Taken about 1899.
Left to right back row: Tom, Jim, Ed, Ethel
Front row: Hillard, Bazzle, Richard, Jesse, Cassie, Eva in her lap, Ike, Tempy Hamilton with Etta in her lap. Photo taken before Carson was born in 1900.

 

Richard married Nancy Catherine "Cassie" HAMILTON-[30] [MRIN: 8], daughter of Robert HAMILTON-[33] and Tempy Emeline DUNKIN-[34], on 13 Apr 1881 in Perry County, Alabama. Nancy was born on 29 Jul 1865 in Perry County, Alabama, died on 17 Mar 1959 in Perry County, Alabama at age 93, and was buried in Mar 1959 in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem, Perry County, Alabama.

Noted events in her life were:

• Family History:Grandma Cassie lived to be 94 years old and was very small in stature but very strong physically. In the latter part of her life she carried a 5 gallon bucket full of pig slop out to the pigs. The 1910 census tells us she bore 14 children and 11 were still living. My grandfather, Robert Thomas (Tommie) told me one time there 14 brother and sisters.

• She appeared on the US Federal census in 1870 in Perry County, Alabama. ¹⁶ Township 21, Range 7, Marion Post Office, Page 455B, Dwelling 63, Family 63:

Emmerline (Tempie) Hamilton, 40, F, W, At Home, AL
Rebecca, 20, F, W, At Home, AL
Catherine (Cassie) 5, F, W, AL

• She appeared on the US Federal census in 1880 in Bibb County, Alabama. Beat 5, Centreville Post Office, Page 310b, Enumerated June 14, 1880 by M. B. Frank, Dwelling 197, Family 197:

Tempie Hamilton, W, F, 40 ?, Wife, At Home, TN ?, TN?, SC
Cassey, W, F, 14, Dau, Laborer, AL, TN, TN ??
David Rodgers, W, M, 25, Farmer, AL, TN (Unknown, a hired man probably)

• She was Missionary Baptist.

   62 F    v. M. E. FOSTER-[138] was born in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama and died in Died in Infancy.
 

Noted events in her life were:

• Name: Probably Martha Elizabeth Foster.

 

   63 M    vi. John Thomas FOSTER-[139] was born on 3 May 1861 in Coosa County, Alabama, died on 17 Feb 1940 in Maud, Bowie County, Texas at age 78, and was buried in Feb 1940 in Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. Pinetucky Post Office, Page 395, NA Film #T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028, Enumerated June 11, 1880 by Robert J. Jones, Page 395b, Dwelling 34, Family 34:

John T. Foster is 19 years old living in the household of his mother, Martha Foster.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1900 in Perry County, Alabama. Precinct No. 9, Pinetucky Post Office, Enumerated June 1, 1900 by William E. Perry, Page 221b, Dwelling 75, Family 75:

John T. Foster, Head, W, M, Apr 1861, 38, Married 15 yrs, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, Yes Yes Yes
Mollie, Wife, W, F, May 1866, 33, Married 15 yrs, 6 children, 6 children living, AL, AL, AL, Yes, No, Yes
Tommie, Son, W, M, Dec 1887, 12, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, 2 yrs of school, Yes, Yes, Yes
Richard, Son, W, M, June 1890, 9, S, AL, AL, AL
Charley, Son, W, M, April 1893, 7, S, AL, AL, AL
Alice, Dau, W, F, Feb 1895, 5, S, AL, AL, AL
Ella, Dau, W, F, Dec 1897, 2, S, AL, AL, AL
Baby No Name, Dau, W, F, Apr 1900, 2 mos, AL, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Bowie County, Texas. Precinct # 2, Page 224a/224b, Sheet No. 13a/b, Dwelling 244, Family 246:

John T. Foster, Head, M, W, 49, AL, AL, AL
Mollie T., Wife, F, W, 44, AL, AL, AL
John T., Son, M, W, 22, AL, AL, AL
Charlie, Son, M, W, 17, AL, AL, AL
Alice, Dau, F, W, 14, AL, AL, AL
Ella, Dau, F, W, 12, AL, AL, AL
Nettie, Dau, F, W, 9, AL, AL, AL
Alvin, Son, M, W, 7, TX, AL, AL
Lester, Son, M, W, 4, TX, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1920 in Bowie County, Texas. Precince #5, Enumerated January 16, 1920 by Perry C. Beauchamp, Sheet #10, Roll 1775 Book 2, Page 204, Dwelling 185, Family 186:

John Foster, Head, M, W, 58, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, General Farm
Mary (Mollie), Wife, F, W, 55, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
Alvin, Son, M, W, 17, S, In School, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL
Lester, Son, M, W, 14, S, In School, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL

Living next door in Dwelling 186 is brother, Richard L. Foster, wife and two children.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1930 in Bowie County, Texas. Justice Precinct #5, Dwelling 193, Family 200:

Eugene G. Mills, Head, RE $600, M, W, 48, Marriage age 24, TX, MS, TN
Alice, Wife, F, W, 33, Marriage age 21, AL, AL, AL
Floyd, Son, M, W, 13, W, TX, TX, AL
Hughes, Son, M, W, 12, S, TX, TX, AL
Ruby, Dau, F, W, 10, S, TX, TX, AL
John Foster, Father-in-law, M, W, 69, Marriage age 24, AL, AL, AL
Mollie, Mother-in-law, F, W, 65, Marriage age 19, TX, AL, IN
Ira Spencer, Boarder, M, W, 20, S, TX, MS, TX

 

John married Mollie Talitha RICHIE-[140] [MRIN: 65], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 7 Jun 1885 in Perry County, Alabama. Mollie was born on 17 Oct 1865 in Perry County, Alabama, died on 23 Aug 1962 in Bowie County, Texas ¹⁷ at age 96, and was buried in Aug 1962 in Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.

 

   64 M    vii. Elias Sauter "Uncle Buddy" FOSTER-[141] was born on 11 Sep 1863 in Coosa County, Alabama, died on 10 Sep 1941 in Maud, Bowie County, Texas at age 77, and was buried in Sep 1941 in Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. Beat 9, Pinetucky Post Office, Page 395b, Enumerated June 7, 1880 by Robert J. Jones, NA Film #T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028, Dwelling 33, Family 33:

Elias S. Foster and brother Richard L. Foster were living with their sister Elizabeth Jane and her husband William Wiley Fowler, son of Miles. Living next door is their mother, Martha Foster and brother John T. Foster. On the other side of their mother is another brother, James Peter Foster and his family.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1900 in Perry County, Alabama. Precinct #9, Pinetucky Post Office, Roll 36 Book 1, Page 218a, Enumerated June 1, 1900 by William E. Perry, Dwelling 28, Family 28:

Elias S. Foster, Head, W, M, Sept 1863, 36, Married 13 yrs, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, Yes, Yes, Yes
Rachel D., Wife, W, F, 32, Married 13 yrs, 5 children 4 living, Al, SC, AL, Yes, Yes, Yes
Ellen, Dau, W, F, July 1890, Age 9, S, AL, AL, AL, At School
Elbert H., Son, W, M, Jan 1893, 7, S, AL, AL, AL
Ernest J., Son, W, M, Fed 1895, 5, S, AL, AL, AL
Culmon L., Son, Jan 1898, 2, S, AL, AL, AL
Martha, Mother, W, F, Mar 1826, 75, Wd, AL, AL, AL, Yes, Yes, Yes

Elias, Rachel and family moved to Maud, Bowie County, Texas, shortly after June 1, 1900. Martha Foster, mother, moved into the home of another son, Richard L. Foster.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Bowie County, Texas. Precinct #2, Sheet No. 10b, Page 250b, Dwelling 176, Family 172:

Elias S. Foster, Head, M, W, 46, AL, AL, AL
Rachel D., Wife, F, W, 44, AL, AL, AL
Elbert H., Son, M, W, 17, AL, AL, AL
Earnest J., Son, M, W, 15, AL, AL, AL
Culmon L., Son, M, W, 12, AL, AL, AL
Zelma, Dau, F, W, 6, TX, AL, AL
Otis I., Son, M, W, 3, TX, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1920 in Bowie County, Texas. Precinct #5, Page 198b, Dwelling 79, Family 80:

E. S. Foster, Head, M, W, 56, AL, AL, AL
Rachel, Wife, F, W, 53, AL, AL, AL
Zelma, Dau, F, W, 15, TX, AL, AL
Ottis, Son, M, W, 12, TX, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1930 in Bowie County, Texas. Precinct #5, Page 28-14a, Dwelling 72, Family 72:

Elias S. Foster, Head, M, W, 66, Marriage age 24, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Merchant, Filling Station
R. D., Wife, F, W, 63, Marriage age 21, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
I. O., Son, M, W, 23, S, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, General Farm

• Tax Roll: Poll Tax Roll, 1904, Bowie County, Texas. ¹⁸ E. S. Foster is listed on the Poll Tax Roll of 1904 as 41 years old, white, living in Bowie County, Texas for 4 years as a Farmer.

• His funeral was held in 1941. ¹⁹ Elias S. Foster's funeral was held by Bowden Funeral Home, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. He was 78 years old when he died at his home in Maud, Bowie County, Texas.

• He served in the military. He was in the U.S. Army during World War I.

 

Elias married Rachel Desmond "Dessie" FOWLER-[142] [MRIN: 66], daughter of Miles FOWLER-[1765] and Jane FONDREN-[1833], on 12 Jan 1888 in Perry County, Alabama. Rachel was born on 11 Sep 1866 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, died on 22 Dec 1966 in New Boston, Bowie County, Texas at age 100, and was buried in Dec 1966 in Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.

Noted events in her life were:

• Family Notes:Aunt Dessie was 100 years old when she died. She was living with her son Otis Ivan Foster in Maud, Bowie County, Texas. She died at home. They lived about a mile southwest of the Maud city limits on Hwy 67 going toward Dallas.

14. John M. BAGGETT-[208] (John Anderson³, John², Unknown¹) was born about 1828 in Bibb County, Alabama and died on 15 Aug 1863 in Captivity in Petersburg, Virginia in Civil War about age 35.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: ¹Their first child, Elizabeth Jane was born December 17, 1858 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama. John, a farmer, purchased 40.215 acres near Rockford in Coosa County February 1, 1860. Apparently John had not built a house on the property by the time of the 1860 Census as he, Mary and Elizabeth was living with his mother-in-law Jane Foster. (Ginsey Jane)

John and Mary were blessed with the arrival of their first son, William Archie September 26, 1860. John farmed and probably began construction of a small home for his family. However, life would soon change. War between the States. Like his brothers, brothers-in-law and neighbors, thirty-two year old John enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private March 20, 1862 in the 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F...known as the Tallassee Guards. The 13th Alabama was in heavy fighting during various campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia. Mary continued to live in Rockford there their third child, John Anderson was born April 17, 1863.

On July 1, 1863 in the Battle of Gettysburg, John was captured. According to Ft. McHenry Prison "his DATE OF REGISTRATION: July 5, 1863...DATE OF DISPOSITION: unknown...PLACE OF DISPOSITION: Fort Delaware. John died August 16, 1863 while in captivity near Petersburg, Virginia. His residence at that time was Central Institute. John left a young widow and three children ages 4 years 4 months, 2 years 6 months, and 1 year 4 months. According to family stories, Mary hid the children in the chimney to keep Yankee soldiers from finding them. Mary and sons, Archie and John are shown on the 1880 Census for both Coosa County and Tuscaloosa County having moved to the McMaths Precinct of Tuscaloosa County after the Coosa Census was taken June 12, 1880. Her daughter, Jenney had married and was living in Fayette County, Alabama with her husband, Jackson Taff and children Mary and Malinda. Mary died June 8, 1891 and was buried at Bucksville Cemetery in Bucksville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Sources:
Bucksville Cemetery on Tannehill Parkway Bucksville Tuscaloosa County Alabama
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History Civil War Database
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History A Roster For The Tallassee Guards Co F 13th Alabama Infantry 1861-1865
Spring Hill Cemetery Tuscaloosa County Alabama
ADAH...Alabama Department of Archives & History Ft. McHenry Prison Records Historical Notes "Gettysburg 07/01/63
Brenda Baggett Lowe descendant of John M. and Mary Foster Baggett
Census Records

• Military Service & History: ¹⁰John Baggett was in Company F, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Tallassee Guards. According to information at the Alabama Archives prepared by his regiment on December 31, 1864, Baggett was captured on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), imprisoned at Fort Delaware and died there on August 15, 1863. An Atlanta newspaper article on the 13th Alabama's Gettysburg casualties dated September 4, 1863 also confirms him as "Missing" at Gettysburg. (Source: Tamra Stephens<tamra13ala@bellsoutyh.net>)

Received from the State of Alabama Archives & History Web Site (http://archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=5938)

Last Name: Baggett First Name: John MI:
Date of Birth: Marital Status: Married
Birth Information: USA, Georgia ?? Occupation: Farmer
Date of Death: 1863/08/15 0
Death Information:
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch: Infantry
Regimental Unit: 13th Alabama Regiment
Company Unit: F
Co. Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority: Historical record roll dated near Petersburg Va Dec 31 1864
Enlistment Date: 1862/03/20
Enlistment Information: Age 32, Alabama, Coosa, Private
Engagements: Absent captured Gettysburg July 3, 1863 to and including Gaines X Roads July 25, 1863. Captured Gettysburg July 1, 1863.
Engage. con't::
Remarks: Residence Central Institute; Conscript assigned May 10, 1863; Died in captivity
Remarks con't:

History of the 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment

The 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, July 19, 1861, and at once proceeded to Virginia. Ordered to Yorktown, it was there brigaded under General Rains. It lay at the place till the army fell back on Richmond the following spring. At Seven Pines the regiment was engaged warmly, and the casualties were 7 killed and 45 wounded. Held in reserve during the battles in front of Richmond, it was nevertheless subjected there to a destructive fire, from which it suffered severely. As part of Archer's brigade, under Colquitt of Georgia, the regiment took part in the first Maryland campaign, losing lightly at Boonsboro, but heavily at Sharpsburg. The winter was passed on the Rappahannock, and its monotony was relieved by the frightful repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg, of which the 13th was a witness; and where it suffered lightly. Colonel Fry led the brigade in the assault on Hooker at Chancellorsville, and there the 13th lost half of the 460 men with which it went into the battle. It was in the Pennsylvania campaign, and at Gettysburg its colors were planted on the crest of the ridge, where they were torn to shreds, and the regiment was again terribly mutilated. Retiring to Virginia, the 13th passed the winter of 1863-64 mostly in camp. At the Wilderness the regiment actively participated, and the loss was comparatively heavy. It took part in the subsequent operations around Petersburg, being now in the brigade of General Sanders of Green. - the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments - subsequently commanded by General W. H. Forney of Calhoun. Under Colonel Aiden the remnant of about 100 men surrendered at Appomattox. Of the 1,245 men on its rolls, about 150 were killed in battle, or died of wounds, 275 died of disease, 64 were transferred, and 202 were discharged.

FORT DELAWARE POW PRISON

Built on marshy Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, Fort Delaware was a Union prison especially dreaded by the Confederates. Originally designed to house 2,000, its capacity had been increased to 8,000 by 1863, with officers housed in stone buildings and the men in tents or flimsy wooden barracks sinking in the sodden, malodorous ground.

Fort Delaware was located on a tiny island in the middle of the Delaware River. It was known locally as "Pea Patch". Folklore suggests that a boat carrying peas was grounded on its soft shores, which resembled more of a swampy collection of grass than any solid land, and soon there sprouted the crop from which it derives its name. Unheeded by most travellers, and virtually invisible on maps of the time, Pea Patch was hitherto unhindered by human progress with only one exception. New Jersey resident Dr. Henry Gale had used Pea Patch as a private hunting and fishing preserve for years before the war of 1812 broke out. In 1813 the United States military approached Gale with a $30,000 offer for the Island but he refused. The military appealed to the Delaware State Legislature, which ceded the island to them on May 27, 1813. Gale received nothing.

As Civil War drew inevitably closer, Fort Delaware underwent a dramatic transformation from a community of civilian tradespeople to a military garrison. Troops were moved to wartime status and construction efforts began to focus on the interior. Captain Augustus A. Gibson was assigned as the Commandant of the Garrison and troops began to outnumber civilians in residence. By April, the work of mounting the sea coast artillery began in earnest.
Batteries of heavy artillery troops were being assigned to Fort Delaware and the long days of drills, formations, and exercises that would continue throughout the Civil War began.

Actual construction on the first fort on the island began in 1819, but a fire destroyed much of the work in 1831. In 1832, Major Richard Delafield requested $10,000 to tear down the remaining structure and begin building quarters for the workers needed to renew construction. That structure would be deemed weak in 1833 and torn down.

Confederate prisoners began arriving at Fort Delaware, for what was thought to be temporary imprisonment, in July of 1861. Tourists flocked to the Fort to sneak looks at the prisoners (and actually helped to facilitate the Fort's first prisoner escape). Civilians paid laborers, who were still working on the construction of the fort, more than their day's wage to cruise them to the island so they could watch the drills as if they were an exhibition. Fort Delaware was the country's most modern wonder - a feat of engineering to behold - and citizens were understandably in awe.

1862 brought the first political prisoners to Fort Delaware. The state's tenuous position as a border state and the army's crackdown on civilians who expressed secessionist sentiments contributed to arrests of dissidents. By the fall, 129 political prisoners were being held at the Fort.

As the battles of the Civil War became bloodier and more frequent, the need to house surrendered or captured Confederate troops grew more urgent. Fort Delaware was a logical choice for prisoner confinement - it was remote enough to hinder escape, strong enough to withstand any attack by the weak Southern navy, and near enough to the Southern states to facilitate the business of prisoner exchange. Fort Delaware's place in history was assured...not as the site of a brave stand in battle, as originally conceived, but as an infamous prison for the unfortunate flotsam of America's bloodiest war. While the facility was ill equipped to house the numbers of prisoners who came to inhabit the island, Fort Delaware was not as cruel or deadly as other Civil War era prisons. The statistics show that a smaller percentage of men died there than in most other prisons. Even though disease, dirty drinking water, and poor nutrition were rampant at Fort Delaware, they did not engulf the population as drastically as they did in other prisons. Confederates were given a wooden bunk in a barracks, and were exposed to the elements . The accomodations differed very little from their guards, who were housed in similar quarters. Overcrowding and the swampy nature of the island led to infestations of lice, rats, malaria-infected mosquitos, and other vermin. Dysentery, small pox, and other diseases were common and even epidemic on occasion. A 600-bed hospital and a separate pestilence residence were constructed to better deal with the various maladies that afflicted the island residents. A staff of well-trained surgeons tended to the sick with equal concern for Union, Confederate, and civilian life.

Many prisoners arrived with nothing more than tattered rags on their backs. Some were marched from the battlefield without shoes. Some Union guards, usually those with the least experience, meted out cruel punishments. Others (usually combat veterans) were fair and considerate. Contact with families was limited to single page letters due to the overwheling volume of mail that had to be screened by clerks. Following the battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg in the summer of 1863, the prison population swelled by more than 12,500 new arrivals. Including the guards, garrison troops, construction laborers, and other residents, the population on Pea Patch Island approached that of Wilmington, Delaware's largest city. All were huddled together on 75 swampy acres. In three and a half years, more than 30,000 unfortunates passed through the gates of the island fortress. More than 2,400 died on the island, the vast majority of whom were buried at Finn's Point, New Jersey, just across the river from the fort.
(Source: http://www.visitthefort.com/historyx.html)

The commandant of Fort Delaware, Brig.Gen. Albin F. Schoepf, a Hungarian refugee, was nicknamed "General Terror". The inmates were described as "looking like the vanguard of the Resurrection ....Scores seemed to be ill, many were suffering from scurvy, while all bore marks of severe treatment in their faces and wasted forms".
Often, the only way for an inmate to obtain fresh food was from local civilian sympathizers or from Northern "suttlers" who set up shop within prison walls. Those with money would buy the much needed food, while the less fortunate inmates could only barter pieces of their uniforms or prison-made crafts for a few vegetables or pieces of fruit.
Water was another problem, as one prisoner wrote: "The standing rainwater breeds a dense swarm of animalculae and when the interior sediment is stirred up...the whole contents become a turgid, jellified mass of waggle tails, worms, dead leaves, dead fishes, and other putrescent abominations...the smell of it is enough to revolt the stomach...to say nothing of making one's throat a channel for such stuff."
Even an 1863 outbreak of smallpox and calls for improvements from the U.S. surgeon general failed to move Col. William Hoffman, commissary general of Union prisons. Confederate prisoners continued to languish in Fort Delaware until two months after the war had ended. (Source: http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/delaware.html)

The 2,436 confederate casualties of Fort Delaware (almost all by disease) were interred on the New Jersey shore of the Delaware less than a mile from the Fort. Today, the cemetery is Finns Point National cemetery.
(Source: http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/ftdelaware4.htm)




 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. John,22, is living in the household of his mother, Elizabeth Baggett, in Dwelling 1176.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. Mt. Olive Beat, Page 285, Dwelling 397, Family 397:

Living with his mother-in-law, Ginsey Jane Foster.

Jane Foster, 60, Farmer, RE $200, SC
Richard, 18, Farmer, AL
John Baggett, 32, Farmer, AL (son-in-law)
Mary Baggett, 22, AL (daughter)
Sarah LeGal, 12, AL (granddaughter)
Elizabeth Baggett, 1, AL (granddaughter)
 

• He worked as a Farmer.

John married Mary FOSTER-[207] [MRIN: 97], daughter of Thomas FOSTER Sr.-[128] and Ginsey Jane FOWLER-[129], on 2 Feb 1858 in Coosa County, Alabama. Mary was born on 21 Mar 1836 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 8 Jun 1891 in Probably Tuscaloosa County, Alabama at age 55, and was buried in Jun 1891 in Bucksville Cemetery, Bucksville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. Mary, 12, is living in the household of her father, Thomas Foster, in Dwellin 1171.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. Martha and husband, John Baggett, are living in the household with her mother, Ginsey Jane Foster, in Dwelling 397.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Coosa County, Alabama. Beat 12 Township 20, Range 5, Dist 153...June 12 1880, Page 16, Lines 24-25...Dwelling 126, Family 130:

Mary Bagget, Head, W, F, 42, AL, WD, Keeping house, SC, SC
Archie, son, W, M, 19, AL, Farm Laborer
John, Son, W, M, 17, AL, Farm Laborer

This census was taken before they moved to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. They were on that census also.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. McMaths Post Office, Page 544b, NA Film #T9-0033, Family History Library Film 1254033:

Mary Bagget, Self, Wd., F, W, 42, AL, Keeping House, SC, SC
Archie, Son, S, M, W, 19, AL, Farm Laborer, AL, AL
John, Son, S, M, W, 17, AL, Farm Laborer, AL, AL

Living next door to niece Sarah Legal in the household of Lavenia McMath and family.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   65 F    i. Elizabeth Jane BAGGETT-[5120] was born on 17 Dec 1858 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died on 3 Jun 1938 in Fayette, Pickens County, Alabama at age 79, and was buried on 5 Jun 1938 in Hickman Cemetery, Greenpond, Pickens County, Alabama.
 

Elizabeth married Edwin Andrew Jackson TAFF-[5121] [MRIN: 1982], son of George Washington TAFF-[6059] and Malinda RENFRO-[6060], on 15 Dec 1875 in Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama. Edwin was born on 8 Sep 1834 in Girrard, Russell County, Alabama, died on 27 Jan 1924 in Tannehill, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama at age 89, and was buried in Jan 1924 in Hickman Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Fayette County, Alabama. Family History Library Film 1254013, NA Film Number T9-0013, Page 426B:
Jackson Taff, Self, W, M, 36, M, Farmer, AL, AL, AL
Jenney, Wife, W, F, 21, M, Keeping House, AL, AL, AL
Mary A., Dau, W, F, 2, S, AL, AL, AL
Malinda J., Dau, W, F, 4 mos, S, AL, AL, AL
 

• Cemetery Records: Hickman Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, located Eastern Valley Road & Hickman Chapel Road, Greenpond.

Unable to locate the graves of Elizabeth Jan Baggett Taft/Taff or Edwin Andrew Jackson Taft/Taff.

   66 M    ii. William Archie BAGGETT-[5122] was born on 26 Sep 1860 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died on 24 Feb 1896 in Alabama at age 35, and was buried in Feb 1896 in Bucksville Cemetery, Bucksville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
 

William married Mary Jane CARROLL-[6072] [MRIN: 2270], daughter of Thomas L. S. CARROLL-[25690] and Mary G. UNKNOWN-[25691], on 10 Jan 1883 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama at home of T. L. Carroll.¹ Mary was born about 1868 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died in 1944 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama about age 76, and was buried in 1944 in Bucksville Cemetery, Bucksville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

   67 M    iii. John Anderson BAGGETT III-[5123] was born on 17 Apr 1863 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died on 14 May 1947 in Alabama at age 84, and was buried in May 1947 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He was named after Grandfather and Father.

• Death Record: ²⁰Name: John A Baggett
Death Date: 12 Jun 1947
Death County: ??
Volume: 25
Certificate: 12491
Roll: 5

• He owned land. Name: JAMES A BAGGETT
Land Office: HUNTSVILLE
Document Number: 8983
Total Acres: 158.13
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 17315
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: October 06, 1894
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Land Description:
1 W½SE HUNTSVILLE No 10S 6W 8
2 NESE HUNTSVILLE No 10S 6W 8
3 NESW HUNTSVILLE No 10S 6W 8
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Name: JAMES A BAGGETT
Land Office: MONTGOMERY
Document Number: 7161
Total Acres: 159.75
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 13125
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: June 1, 1891
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Land Description:
1 N½SW ST STEPHENS No 4N 10E 26
2 W½NW ST STEPHENS

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1900 in Pickens County, Alabama. Precinct 1, Shelton, Enumerated June 14 by Rollin S. Richardson, Sheet No. 10, Page 740B, Dwelling 182, Family 183:

John A. Baggett, Head, W, M, Apr 1863, 37, Married 14 yrs, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, Can Read and Write
James E., Wife, W, F, Oct 1864, 35, Married 14 yrs, 5 children, 5 living, AL, AL, AL, Can Read and Write
James W., Son, W, M, Mar 1888, 12, S, AL, AL, AL, In School, Can Read and Write
John O., Son, W, M, Jan 1890, 10, S, AL, AL, AL, In School, Can Read and Write
Lorie M., Dau, W, F, Mar 1892, 8, S, AL, AL, AL, In School
Susan R., Dau, W, F, Aug 1894, 5, S, AL, AL, AL
Edward E., Son, W, M, Oct 1897, 2, S, AL, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Precinct 2H, Reese, Enumerated April 18, 1910 by James V. Dillard, Sheet No. 2 A, Enumeration District 139, Page 857, Dwelling 22, Family 22:

James A. Baggett, Head, M, W, 47, Married 3 yrs, AL, AL, AL, English, Farmer, General Farm Can Read and Write
Nola J., Wife, F, W, 30, Married 3 yrs, 1 child, 1 living, AL, AL, AL, English, Can Read and Write
Ollie, Son, M, W, 19, S, AL, AL, AL, English, Farm Laborer, Home Farm, Can Read and Write
Birdie, Dau, F, W, 15, S, AL, AL, AL, English, Farm Laborer, Home Farm, Can Read and Write
Edward E., Son, M, W, 11, S, AL, AL, AL, English, Farm Laborer, Home Farm, Cannot Read and Write
James T., Son, M, W, 1 yr, 4 mos, S, AL, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1920 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Moore's Bridge Precinct #3, Enumerated January 5, 1920 by Nos. W. Boneth, Enumeration District No. 103, Sheet No. 2A, Dwelling 23, Family 23:

John A. Baggett, Head, M, W, 56, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, General Farm
Nola J., Wife, F, W, 36, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
James T., Son, M, W, 10, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
Claude C. Son, M, W, 7, S, In School, AL, AL, AL
Onie, Son, M, W, 4 yrs, 11 mos, S, AL, AL, AL
Pearl, Dau, F, W, 4 yrs, 11 mos, S, AL, AL, AL
Annie L., Dau, F, W, 3 yrs, 2 mos, S, AL, AL, AL
J(??) Bias, Son, M, W, 5 mos, S, AL, AL, AL
 

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1930 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Moore's Bridge Precinct 3, Enumerated T. J. Crawford (no date), Enumeration District No. 6, Sheet No. 5A, Dwelling 81, Family 85:

John A. Baggett, Head, M, W, 67, Married 27 yrs, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Speaks English, Farmer, General Farm
Nola J., Wife, F, W, 50, Married 27 yrs, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Can Speak English
Herman, Son, M, W, 21, S, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Can Speak English, Farm Laborer, General Farm
Clarence, Son, M, W, 17, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Speaks English, Farm Laborer, General Farm
Ivery, Son, M, W, 15, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Speaks English, Farm Laborer, General Farm
Pearly, Dau, F, W, 15, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Speaks English, Farm Laborer, General Farm
Annie L., Dau, F, W, 13, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Speaks English, Farm Laborer, General Farm
Birs, Son, M, W, 11, S, In School, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Speaks English, Farm Laborer, General Farm

John married James Ella WINDHAM/WINDOM-[5124] [MRIN: 1983], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 11 Jul 1881 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by L.S.E. Tannehill. James was born on 24 Oct 1864 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, died on 6 Mar 1906 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama at age 41, and was buried in Mar 1906 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

John next married Nola J. WINTERS-[25687] ²¹ [MRIN: 8768], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 17 Oct 1907 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

 

15. Elias C. BAGGETT-[211] (John Anderson³, John², Unknown¹) was born about 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama and died after 1884 in Pinetucky, Perry County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama. Elias was living in the household of his mothe, Elizabeth Baggett, in Dwelling 1176.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1860 in Coosa County, Alabama. Mt. Olive Beat, Page 185, Dwelling 394, Family 394:

Elias Baggett, 30, M, Farmer, RE $500, AL
Elizabeth, 27, F, Wife, AL
Lavenia, 1, F, Dau, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. Perryville, Pinetucky Post Office, Page 398, NA Film Number T9-0028, Family History Library Film 1254028, Dwelling 75, Family 75:

Elias C. Baggett, Self, M, M, W, 51, AL, Farming, GA, GA
Elizabeth, Wife, M, F, W, 46, AL, Keeping House, GA?, SC
Crocket, Son, S, M, W, 18, AL, Farming, AL, AL
James M., Son, S, M, W, 10, AL, Farming, AL, AL

 

• He served in the military. ²² Elias Baggett was 34 years old when he enlisted February 28, 1862 in Montgomery as a Private in the 46th Alabama Infantry, Companys A & E under Captain George E. Brewer in Company A. He was mustered in March 1, 1862. Elias received $50.00 enlistment bounty. His physical description: 5' 8", dark hair, dark complexion, gray eyes. He was paroled June 19, 1865 in Montgomery.

Nancy Foster, Centreville, Alabama furnished the information about Elias being in the Civil War. This information was furnished to Nancy on April 1984 by James E. Baggett, a descendant of Elias.
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Received from Alabama Department of Archives & History Web Site
http://archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=5911

Last Name: Baggett First Name: E MI: C
Date of Birth: Marital Status: Married
Birth Information: USA, Georgia Occupation: Farmer
Date of Death: Enlistment Date: 1862/02/24
Death Information: Enlistment Information: Age 34, Alabama, Rockford, Private.
Discharge Date: Engagements:
Present Tagewell, Tenn, Aug 4 62
Deserted Port Gibson Miss May 1 63 to close of war
Discharge Information: Engage. con't:
Branch: Infantry Remarks: Deserted from Vicksburg, Miss, Mar 63
Regimental Unit: 46th Alabama Regiment Remarks con't:
Company Unit: A
Co. Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority: Record roll compiled by George F. Brewer, Sep 7, 1865

 

• Military History: ²³The 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Loachapoka, in the spring of 1862. Shortly after, it was sent to east Tennessee, and had several casualties in the fight at Tazewell. The regiment was in the weary march into Kentucky, in Stevenson's division, but did no fighting. When the army returned to Tennessee, the 46th was placed in a brigade with the 20th, 23rd, 13th, and 31st Alabama, under General Tracy. In December, with all of Stevenson's division, the regiment was sent to Mississippi. In the battle of Port Gibson, where its brigadier fell, the regiment suffered severely. A few days later it was engaged at Baker's Creek, where its casualties were numerous, and where half the regiment was captured, including the field officers. The remainder were besieged in Vicksburg, suffering severely, and were captured with the fortress. Re-organized at Demopolis, with General Pettus in command of the brigade, the 46th rejoined the Army of Tennessee. It lost considerably at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, and made its winter quarters at Dalton. At Crow's Valley it was engaged, with several casualties. In the almost constant fighting from Dalton to Atlanta, the ranks of the 46th were thinned and at Jonesboro it list of casualties was large. Marching with Hood into Tennessee, it was one of the three regiments that made the brilliant fight at Columbia, where its loss was considerable. The 46th lost several killed and wounded at Nashville, and quite a number captured. It was the rear guard on the retreat, and the brigade was complimented by General Hood in special orders for its services there. Transferred to North Caroline, the 46th was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville, with severe loss in the latter. Consolidated with the 23rd Alabama, with J. B. Bibb of Montgomery as colonel, (Colonel Woods was transferred to the 19th Alabama,) Osceola Kyle as Lieutenant Colonel, and J. T. Hester of Montgomery as Major, the 46th was surrendered at Salisbury by Captain Brewer, who had commanded it for two years.

• He owned land Elias owned about 200 acres in Perry County, Alabama. Land Records: Alabama
Document number: 13787 Description number: 1
Number of acres 40.2200 Accession number: AL4440_.071
Patentee Surname: Baggett Patentee given name: Elias C.
State name: Alabama
Volume: 4440 Page number: 71
Land Office: Montgomery Aliquot part reference: NWSE
Section number 9
Township: 22 North Range: 19 East
Merdian or special survey area: St. Stephens Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: March 1, 1858
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N
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Land Records: Alabama
Document number: 1431 Description number: 2
Number of acres: 80.4300 Accession number: AL4450_.121
Patentee Surname: Baggett Patentee given name: Elias C.
State name: Alabama
Volume: 4450 Page number: 121
Land Office: Montgomery Aliquot part reference: NESW
Section number: 9
Township: 22 North Range: 19 East
Meridian or special survey area: St. Stephens Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: February 1, 1860
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N
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Land Records: Alabama
Document number: 529 Description number: 2
Number of acres: 80.3600 Accession number: AL4590_.477
Patentee Surname: Baggett Patentee given name: Elias C.
State name: Alabama
Volume: 4590 Page number: 477
Land Office: Montgomery Aliquot part reference: NESE
Section number: 8
Township: 22 North Range: 19 East
Meridian or special survey area: St. Stephens Meridian
Misc. document number: 282
Title transfer authority: Homestead Entry Orig.
Combined signature date: April 1, 1876
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N
 

• He was described physically. 5' 8", dark hair, dark complexion, gray eyes. He was paroled June 19, 1865 in Montgomery.


 

• Military Muster Rolls: ¹⁰ Muster Roll of Elias's enlistment into Company A, 46th Alabama Infantry Volunteers, Captain Geo E. Brewer.

• Family History:Elias C., son of John Anderson and Elizabeth Robinson Baggett was born about 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama. He married Elizabeth Foster July 22, 1852 in Coosa County, Alabama. Justice of the Peace Henry W. Cox performed the marriage ceremony. Elizabeth was born about 1833, the daughter of Thomas Ginsey Jane Foster. Elias and Elizabeth had at least four children.

He purchased land in Coosa County through the United States Government Land Patents. The first purchase was on March 1, 1858 Document 13787 for 40.22 acres NWSE Section 9 Township 22 N Range 19E and the second on February 1, 1860 Document 14331 for 80.43 acres SWNE and NESE Section 9 Township 22 N Range 19E. In 1860, his property was valued at $500.00.

Elias enlisted in the 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment February 24, 1862 at age 34. He was present at Tagewell, Tennessee August 4, 1862. He deserted at Port Gibson...Vicksburg, Mississippi May 1, 1863 to the end of the war.

He purchased 80.36 acres in the SWNW and NWSW quarters of Section 9 Township 22N Range 19E on April 1, 1876. It is believed he and his family migrated to Perryville, Perry County, Alabama after April 1876.

It is not known where Elias is buried. It is believed Elizabeth is buried in Bowie County, Texas.

 

Elias married Elizabeth FOSTER-[212] [MRIN: 99], daughter of Thomas FOSTER Sr.-[128] and Ginsey Jane FOWLER-[129], on 22 Jul 1852 in Coosa County, Alabama.⁷ Elizabeth was born about 1834 in Bibb County, Alabama, died after 1910 in Probably Bowie County, Texas, and was buried in Probably Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.

Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried. If Elizabeth is buried in the Center Ridge Cemetery in Maud, her grave would be unmarked and is unknown. It is not listed in the cemetery files.

• She appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Bowie County, Texas. Precinct No. 2, Page 241a, Sheet 1a, Dwelling 8, Family 8:

Elizabeth, 72, is living in the household of her son James M. Baggett
 

Children from this marriage were:

   68 F    i. Lavenia BAGGETT-[5125] was born about 1859 in Perry County, Alabama.
 

   69 M    ii. Elias C. BAGGETT Jr.-[5126] was born in May 1860 in Perry County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1900 in Houston County, Texas. 1900 Houston County, Texas Census, page 20A, Household 352, Family 360:

E. C. Baggett, Head, W, M, May 1860, 40, Married 19 yrs, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, Cannot Read and Write, Speaks English
M. F., Wife, W, F, About 1860, 40, Married 19 yrs, 6 children, 6 living, AL, AL, AL, Cannot Read, Can Write
Nevada, Dau, W, F, Aug 1885, 15, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, In School, Cannot Read, Can Write
Walter, Son, W, M, Apr 1886, 13, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, In School, Cannot Read, Can Write
Ida, Dau, W, F, Oct 1888, 11, S, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer, In School, Cannot Read or Write
Absolom, Son, W, M, Apr 1892, 8, S, AL, AL, AL
Delany, Son, W, M, Apr 1895, 5, S, AL, AL, AL

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Bowie County, Texas. 1910 Bowie County, Texas Census, Precinct 2, Enumerated Sept 23, 1910 by M. Murphy, Roll 1533 Book 2, Page 250, Dwelling 185, Family 181:

Elias C. Baggett, Head, M, W, 48, Married 25 yrs., AL, AL, AL, English, Farmer, General Farm,
Mary F., Wife, F, W, 41, Married 25 yrs., 6 children, 5 living, AL, AL, AL, English
James W., Son, M, W, 21, S, AL, AL, AL, English, Farmer, General Farm
Ida, Dau, F, W, 19, S, AL, AL, AL, English
Can't read, Dau, F, W, 14, S, AL, AL, AL, English

• Notes:Elias and Mary are not listed in the cemetery at Maud. They may have moved back to Houston County sometime after the 1910 census.

Elias married Mary F. MIZZELL-[5127] [MRIN: 1984], daughter of Joseph MIZZELL-[1778] and Harriet FOWLER-[1761], on 18 Aug 1881 in Perry County, Alabama. Mary was born about 1860 in Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama.

   70 M    iii. Crockett BAGGETT-[5128] was born about 1862 in Coosa County, Alabama.


 

   71 M    iv. James Madison BAGGETT-[2588] was born on 3 Oct 1870 in Perry County, Alabama, died on 18 Oct 1937 in Maud, Bowie County, Texas at age 67, and was buried in Oct 1937 in Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• Notes:The Baggett Family information was provided by Charles Baggett and Betty Baggett Fields Smith, descendants.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Perry County, Alabama. The 1880 Perry County, Alabama Census Pinetucky Post Office. Household 75, Family 75. Enumerated June 11, 1880 by Robert J. Jones, Page 398:

Elias C. BAGGETT Self M Male W 51 AL Farming GA GA
Elizabeth BAGGETT Wife M Female W 46 AL Keeping House GA SC
Crocket BAGGETT Son S Male W 18 AL Farming AL AL
James M. BAGGETT Son S Male W 10 AL Farming AL AL
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Source Information:
Census Place Perryville, Perry, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254028
NA Film Number T9-0028
Page Number 398D

• Migrated: 1896. James and Louvenia Foster Baggett moved to Maud, Bowie County, Texas in 1896 from Perry County, Alabama.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1900 in Bowie County, Texas. The 1900 Bowie County, Texas Census Precinct #2 June 28, 1900, J. B. Jefferies enumerator, House 665, Family 669:

Jas W. Baggett Head W M Oct 71 Age 28 Born AL
Lou M. Wife W F July 81 Age 18 Born AL
Wm. A. Son W M Oct 96 Age 3 Born TX
Chas M. W M Oct 98 Age 1 Born TX

They lived next door to Balus A. Foster, brother to Louvenia.
 

• Tax Roll: 1904, Bowie County, Texas. J. M. Baggett is listed on the 1904 Bowie County, Texas Poll Tax Roll as 34 years old, white, years in Texas as 8, years in Bowie County as 6, occupation Farmer.

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1910 in Bowie County, Texas. 1910 Bowie County, Texas, Precinct No. 2 Census, cd page 241a, sheet 1a, Household #8, Family #8:

James Baggett, Head, M, W, 37, AL, AL, AL
Nellie L., Wife, F, W, 28, AL, AL, AL
Archey, Son, M, W, 13, AR, AL, AL
Charley, Son, M, W, 12, TX, AL, AL
Daney, Dau, F, W, 9, TX, AL, AL
Melvin, Son, M, W, 8, TX, AL, AL
Marvin, Son, M, W, 5, TX, AL, AL
Lottie, Dau, F, W, 3, TX, AL, AL
Authur, Son, M, W,10 mos, TX, AL, AL
Living in same household:
Elizabeth Baggett, Mother, F, W,72 (should be 76),AL (can't read parent's state

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1920 in Bowie County, Texas. Justice Prec #5, Enumerated January 13, 1920 by Perry C. (can't read), Roll 1775 Book 2, Page 203, Dwelling 126, Family 127:

J. M. Baggett, Head, M, W, 49, M, Can Read, Cannot Write, AL, AL, AL, Farmer, General Farm
Nettie, Wife, F, W, 39, M, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL
Archie, Son, M, W, 23, S, Can Read and Write, AL, AL, AL, Farm Laborer
Charles, Son, M, W, 21, S, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL, Farm Labore
Dovie, Dau, F, W, 18, S, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL
Melvin, Son, M, W,17, S, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL
Marvin, Son, M, W, 15, S, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL
Lottie, Dau, F, W, 13, S, Can Read and Write, TX, AL, AL
Thelton, Son, M, W, 8. S, Cannot Read and Write, TX, AL, AL
Fannie, Dau, F, W, 3, S, TX, AL, AL

They live next door to Harvey M. Seals and Family.

• He was Primitive Baptist.

• He worked as a Farmer.

 

• Tombstone:James M. & Louvenia M. Foster Baggett Grave.

 

James married Louvenia Malnetti "Nettie" FOSTER-[2066] [MRIN: 1043], daughter of Balus Augustus FOSTER-[1862] and Mary Loucinda "Tennie" SHAVER-[2064], in 1895 in Perry County, Alabama. Louvenia was born on 10 Jul 1881 in Perry County, Alabama, died on 20 Jul 1969 in Maud, Bowie County, Texas at age 88, and was buried in Jul 1969 in Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Bowie County, Texas.

Noted events in her life were:

• She was Primitive Baptist.

 

• Tombstone:Grave of James M. Baggett and Louvenia Foster Baggett in the Center Ridge Cemetery, Maud, Texas.

20. Joel B. CHILDRESS-[25600] (Bedia BAGGETT³, John², Unknown¹) was born on 2 Oct 1824 in Bibb County, Alabama, died on 15 Mar 1903 in Chilton County, Alabama at age 78, and was buried in Mar 1903 in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Alabama Hwy 183, Jemison, Chilton County, Alabama.
 

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the U.S. Federal census in 1880 in Chilton County, Alabama. Benson, Beat 1, Enumerated Jun 9, 1880 by James A. Dudley, Roll T9_6, Family History Film 1254006, Page 38, Dwelling 144, Family 146:

Joel B. Childress, Self, M, M, W, 55, Farmer, AL, SC, GA
Alpha A., Wife, M, F, W, 40, Keeping House, AL, GA, GA
Alfred, Son, S, M, W, 20, Works on Farm, AL, AL, AL
Mardics R. C., Son, S, M, W, 11, AL, AL, AL
Jasper N., Son, S, M, W, 9, AL, AL, AL
William P., Son, S, M, W, 7, AL, AL, AL
Joel T., Son, S, M, W, 4, AL, AL, AL
Alpha A. C., Dau, S, F, W, 2, AL, AL, AL
Katie Butler, Other, S, F, W, 21, Works on Farm, AL, AL, AL

• He served in the military. He served in the 29th Alabama Infantry, Co. D.

Joel married Parmelia "Amelia" DAVIS-[25603] [MRIN: 8745], daughter of Mordecai DAVIS-[25604] and Unknown, on 1 Nov 1846 in Chilton County, Alabama.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   72 F    i. Mary Garner CHILDRESS-[25608] was born about 1847.
 

   73 F    ii. Lucinda D. CHILDRESS-[25609] was born on 1 Oct 1849 and died on 28 Nov 1886 at age 37.
 

Lucinda married William Gant RIGGINS-[25610] [MRIN: 8749], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.

   74 F    iii. Martha E. CHILDRESS-[25611] was born on 29 Apr 1852 and died on 3 Jul 1862 at age 10.
 

   75 F    iv. Sally Jane CHILDRESS-[25612] was born on 20 Jul 1854 and died on 31 Oct 1931 at age 77.
 

Sally married Warren Faust MADDOX-[25613] [MRIN: 8750], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.

   76 M    v. Mose Lindsey CHILDRESS-[25614] was born on 13 Apr 1857 and died on 1 Apr 1935 at age 77.
 

Mose married Mary Jane Young LAMMEY-[25615] [MRIN: 8751], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.

Mose next married Laura Adeline Jeffers CONRAD-[25616] [MRIN: 8752], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.

   77 M    vi. Alfred David CHILDRESS-[25617] was born on 4 Jul 1859 and died on 6 Feb 1889 at age 29.
 

Alfred married Mary FRAZIER-[25618] [MRIN: 8753], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.

Joel next married Alpha Ann ROBINSON-[25605] [MRIN: 8747], daughter of Mordecai ROBERSON-[25606] and Eunice UNKNOWN-[25607], on 1 Nov 1866 in Shelby County, Alabama. Alpha was born on 6 Feb 1838 in Talladega County, Alabama, died on 19 Nov 1930 in Chilton County, Alabama at age 92, and was buried in Nov 1930 in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Alabama Hwy 183, Jemison, Chilton County, Alabama.
 

Children from this marriage were:

   78 M    i. Mordicai R. Clarence CHILDRESS-[25619] was born on 11 May 1869 in Chilton County, Alabama and died on 19 Nov 1933 at age 64.
 

   79 M    ii. Jasper Newton CHILDRESS-[25620] was born on 18 Dec 1870 in Chilton County, Alabama and died on 13 Dec 1957 in Chilton County, Alabama at age 86.
 

   80 M    iii. William Pinkney CHILDRESS-[25621] was born on 27 Dec 1872 and died on 24 Aug 1955 in Sylacuga, Alabama at age 82.
 

   81 M    iv. Joel Thomas "Square" CHILDRESS-[25622] was born on 23 Jun 1875 and died on 23 Aug 1961 in Jemison, Chilton County, Alabama at age 86.
 

   82 F    v. Alpha R. "Alphie" CHILDRESS-[25623] was born about 1878 and died about 1918 about age 40.
 

Alpha married Ezekiel "Zeke" ATCHESON-[25624] [MRIN: 8754], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 2 Apr 1896 in Hilton County, Alabama. Ezekiel was born about 1859.

   83 M    vi. John CHILDRESS-[25625] .

 

Sources

1. (1331 Coldwater Road
Woodstock, Alabama 35188-3214).

2. davidsr@tx-wooddell.net.

3. Bibb County, Alabama Marriage Records to 1825.

4. Genealogy. com 1830 Census.

5. http://www.ancestry.com.

6. Information taken from the Marriage Certificate.

7. Bibb County, Alabama Marriage Records, 1800-1900.

8. Family Search-http://www.familysearch.org.

9. Nancy Foster, Centreville, Alabama furnished by James E. Baggett, April 1984.

10. Department of Alabama Archives & History.

11. 1860 Coosa County, Alabama, Page 278.

12. Alabama Department of Archives & Hilsory, Montgomery, Alabama.

13. http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/flags/031.html.

14. http://www.members.tripod.com/~PLPOW/POWDead_F-K.htm.

15. Census Microfilm Records, Page 221a - Genealogy.com.

16. 1870 Perry County, Alabama Census, Twp. 21, R 9, Page 8.

17. Death list her name as Mollie Talitha Richie.

18. Bowie County, Texas Poll Tax Roll.

19. Bowie County Gen Web Records of Funerals.

20. Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 Record.

21. Ancestry.com.

22. http://46th.tripod.com/co-a-bio.html.

23. Co. A, 46th Alabama Infantry - http://46th.tripod.com/co-a-bio.html.

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