----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis J. Francis <fran@ees.eesc.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 12:20 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR-IRISH] [Fwd: ] > Margaret wrote: > > My great great grandfather was a landowner in Shelby County Tennessee. > His last name is Abernathy (Abernethy). He was wounded fighting > Sherman's Army. Would you be able to tell me how I could find out > about him > Any of these him? - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Company G, Capt. R.S. Abernathy Robert S. Abernathy - Resigned, December 3, 1862 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Company I 47th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Abernathy, David Hugh Boyd -- Born 07/04/1838 - Died 02/08/1931 - Buried in the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, NW of Lafayette, Al. 3rd Sgt, Wounded, The Wilderness. Abernathy, James W. T. -- Born 08/03/1833 - 03/26/1917 - Buried in the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, NW of Lafayette, Al. 2nd Cpl. Abernathy, Samuel Joseph Stuart -- Born 04/16/1840 - Died 02/27/1929 - Buried in Palo Pinto Cemetery, Palo Pinto County, Tx. 4th Sgt. Abernathy, William F. -- Born 01/19/1838 - Died 07/20/1929 - Buried at Lebenon Presbyterian Church, Chambers County, Al. Pvt, Paroled, Appomattox. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Abernathy, Jesse, 29. Company A. 4th Regiment - Texas Mounted Volunteers. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 53rd TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT CSA Colonel-Alfred H. Abernathy Captain Alfred H. Abernathy Co. "C". Men from Giles County Enrolled December 13, 1861. At the reorganization in 1862 William H. Wilkes was elected lieutenant colonel in place of Thomas F. Winston. Colonel Abernathy resigned. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- COMPANY C, "DIXIE RANGERS" 65th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. Abernathy, Miles (or Abbernathy) -- Private Aug. 21, 1863. In Newnan, Ga., hospital, sick, Dec. 21, 1863. Absent without leave Feb. 1864. In Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., with rheumatism Apr. 6-10, 1865. Pension records state he was discharged at Station 96, S. C., at close of the war. (Born in Lincoln Co., N. C., in 1822.) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ H. W. Abernathy, Captain. 7th Regiment Infantry. BATTALION OF CAVALRY--SPRUILL'S LEGION. North Carolina. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Abernathy to Yell Genealogical Data. Tennessee State Library and Archives. http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/techsvs/mfoad.htm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Shelby County Tennessee http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnshelby/ SHELBY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOURCES http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/factshel.htm Desoto Joe/The Record Man