Does anyone have a William E. Givens who was a fatality of the Civil War? One source I have states William E. Givens was killed in the Civil War. My William Givens was in Company D, 24th Mississippi, infantry, out of Lowndes County Mississippi, known as the Caledonia Rifles. The roster shown on the Lowndes County , Mississippi, website at rootsweb states those who died in the war would have a star beside the name, but there is not a star beside William E. Givens name, so there is a mix up somewhere in the information. My William Givens was married to Margaret J. Davis and had three children, Silvestor, Louisa, and Samuel. I know nothing about these children. Willam was a brother to Zenas, Newton, James R. and sister Mary M. William E. Givens parents were Samuel Givens and Cynthia Milligan Givens. Zenas lived to be 93 years , died in Scotland, Van Buren, County ,Arkansas and is buried in the Foster Cemetery in Scotland, Arkansas, in 1927. James Givens is thought to be the one found on land records in Van Buren County, Arkansas on land near that of Zenas Givens, so these two were probably brothers, unable to locate any further information on James as to a marriage or children, death or burial place. This Givens family was found on the 1850, Lowndes County Mississippi census. I believe Samuel is buried in the Egger Cemetery in Lowndes, County Mississippi, as well as his grandson, Samuel, son of William E. Givens, as the dates on the headstones match the dates for my Samuel and grandson Samuel. As for the other Givens buried they I haven't discovered their connection to mine , if indeed there is one. My Samuel Givens, b. 1794, served in the War of 1812, enlisting in Ray, (Rhea)Washington County, Tennessee, was living in Lowndes county Mississippi, when he first filed for an 1812 pension, his wife Cynthia had died by the time he filed for his pension, as he is listed as a widower. Thanks, for any information anyone might contribute. Sandra