Kathy, have you seen this AR civil war board http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/arcwmb/ someone there might can tell you if your Walter and/or Amanda ever filed for a pension. There is also a MS board where you can post some your questions and maybe someone can help. Rhonda On 1/11/08, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Kathye_Upham > Surnames: NUNNELEE, NUNELLY, NUNLEY, NUNALLY, NUNNELLEE > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.bradley/3404/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I need some help with the most misspelled surname ever.... > ............ NUNNELEE (the rarest of all spellings) > > The following list of soldiers is from the online soldiers and sailors > site > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm > The first 4 names are undoubtedly the same man and possibly the 5th man is > too and he's the soldier I'm interested in: > William H. NUNNELEE > Co D 20th MS Inf CSA > W.H. NUNNLEE > Co D 20th MS Inf CSA (aka William H. NUNLEE) > W.N. NOMLEY > Co D 20th MS Inf CSA (aka William N. NANNELEE) > W.H. MUNLER > Co D 20th MS Inf CSA (aka William H. NUNNELEE) > W. MINNELLE > 20th MS Inf CSA > A. MUMLEY > Co E 20th MS Inf CSA > > I am trying to identify Walter H. NUNNELEE born abt 1833 AL > married Amanda [unknown and per the 1910 census she had been married > before] about 1869 most likely in MS > 1850 - not found yet > 1860 - not found yet > 1870 Meridian, Lauderdale Co MS as Walter H. NUNELLY > 1880 Pennington, Bradley Co AR as Walter H. NUNLEY > 1900 Pennington, Bradley Co AR as Walter H. NUNNELEE > 1910 Pennington, Bradley Co AR as Walter H. NUNNELEE > > On the Bradley Co AR GenWeb list of civil war soldiers I found the > following: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbradle/military/civil_war4.html > "W.H. NUNNELLEE enlisted in Company "D" 20th Mississippi serving from > 1861-1865. Wife Amanda. He died Nov 10, 1911." > > 1st QUESTION > Did the "W.H. NUNNELLEE" service information come from his > or his wife's pension application? > OR, was the information found on soldier "W.H. NUNNLEE" assumed to be > Walter H. Nunnelee but isn't ? > > 2nd QUESTION > Was "W.H. NUNNELLEE" Walter or William ? There were NO > other Nunnelee's (any spelling) in Lauderdale Co MS or Bradley Co AR when > Walter and his family lived there and according to the census he could not > read or write..... so where did he come up with the very rare spelling > N-u-n-n-e-l-e-e ... (did a family member spell it for him?) or (was the > census taker familiar with that spelling...not too likely as the closest > Nunnelee's lived all the way across the state) > > 3rd QUESTION > Walter's wife Amanda died Nov 1916 in Bradley County .... > does anyone know where she or Walter are buried? > > FYI ... I descend from a long line of Walter Nunnelee's so it's very > important to me to identify the man who died in Bradley Co AR..... perhaps > he was orphaned young as there were never any recognizable family in the > places he lived? > > Kathye > n540 at att.net > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >