I had hoped to attend the Union Reunion, but I will not be able to be there. (My wife is retiring after 40 years in public education, and several retirement events are slated for that week-end.) But I would like to make contact with anyone researching the family of Martin Batte Lee and his children. Thanks. Martin Batte Lee (22 April 1798, Johnston Co NC - 28 March 1884, Union Parish La) - m Lavincy (Lavincia) Louisa Albritton (b 4 August 1800, Pitt Co NC - 10 January 1863, Union Parish). They arrived in Union Parish from Alabama in 1846. Both are buried in the Taylor Cemetery, UP. Children: 1. Lavincy Ann (Jinney) Lee (4 Aug 1818, Wilkinson Co, Ga - 10 January 1846, Wilcox Co, Ala) m William Haywood Gulley (b 1812 North Carolina). 2. Penelope Jane (Pennie) Lee (2 May 1820, Wilkinson Co Ga - 17 Dec 1893, Union Parish La) m James Arnett Hayes (b 1813 - 6 Feb 1867). 15 children. 3. Nancy Harriet Lee (1 Jan 1822, Wilcox or Dallas Co, Ala - 4-6 December 1863, in Sabine Parish La - m William Parrott (b 1811, Ga, - d 4-6 December 1863, Sabine Parish La.) My g-grandparents. 4. Mary Martha Ann (Polly) Lee (14 Sept 1823, Wilcox Co Ala - 21 June 1864, Union Parish, La.) - m Robert Matthews (Mathews). 5. Susan D Lee (16 Oct 1825, Wilcox Co Ala - 14 April 1960, Union Parish, La) m James Madison Williams (b 1827 SC - April 1865). 6. Sarah (Sallie) Caroline Lee (1 Sept 1827, Wilcox Co Ala - 8 August 1848, Union Parish La) - m --?-- Green. 7. John Martin Lee, Sr. (24 July 1829, Wilcox Co, Ala - 30 June 1893, Union Parish, La) - m Mary Jane Taylor Windes (14 June 1831, Union Parish - 18 October 1903). 8. Holland (Hollana) Lee (6 August 1831, Wilcox Co Ala - 14 June 1864, Union Parish) - m (1) Thomas Brantley (b 1809, Bladen Co NC - d 23 Sept 1856); (2) William Abney (Abe) Slosson (b Jan 1825 Ala). 9. Permelia Laviney Lee (6 Jan 1834, Wilcox Co, Ala - 29 Dec 1869, bur Wards Chappel Cemetery, Union Parish) - m Elijah Hubbard (Hub) Ward (23 May 1853 - 17 May 1937). 10. Louisa Ann (Lucy) Lee (27 Sept 1837, Wilcox Co, Ala - 26 April 1888, Union Parish, La) - m John Jordan Aulds. 11. Martha Ann Hasseltine Lee (29 Sept 1839, Wilcox Co, Ala - 29 Sept 1857) m Thomas John Brantley (24 Nov 1835 - 1911). 12. Elizabeth Anne (Lizzie) Lee (12 May 1842, Wilcox Co, Ala - 18 January 1885, Union Parish La) - m George W Hicks (b 1832). I hope it's a great Reunion. Robert E (Bob) Parrott, Knoxville TN [email protected]

I am researching the following Union Parish families: WATSON and RINEHART....... Greg Aymond.........Alexandria, La. [email protected] Gregory R. Aymond [email protected]

I am researching the following lines: Liggin, Wynn, Tabor, Pyron, Kelley, Le Guin, Edmunds and Wyatt. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the reunion due to events that have transpired at my office. I will be coming to Shiloh this next weekend to attend the church reunion and to visit an elderly aunt who is seriously ill. I will bring up my genealogy material and leave it at Shiloh Church. I am truly sorry to be missing out on this and hope it goes well. Maradee Cryer (Baton Rouge)

Does everyone that is planning to attend the reunion have reservations or other accomadations? I have family to stay with, but I was wondering how everyone else is fairing. Gina

Please contact [email protected] Thanks, Rena Anderson Pittman

I though everyone would be interested in hearing that we now have 40 people registered for the reunion. Maradee has run some announcements in several newspapers and Mary Odom has put reunion on the Union Parish cable TV's announcement channel. Mary also made contact with a lady who writes for the Bernice Banner. Mary mailed her some information on the reunion and then I gave her a phone call. She is going to write her column this week on the reunion and will try to attend the reunion for a follow-up column. As it turns out her aunt ( but not by blood, she was raised by her grandmother) was my real great-aunt who lived next door to us when I was little. Even though she is not blood kin she has kept up with the family like they were and has a lot of genealogical information that I have been looking for. Everyone should bring all that they can to the reunion you never know who you will meet. Sue

Hi all. I just loaded this to the Union archives. It is a court doc. from one of Bruce's (hubby's) ancestors from Union Pr. I would LOVE to know more about this situation!!! Just call me Nosey Rosey!! LOL Robert F. Farrar: Act Restitution Manetta V. Farrar, Wife. State of Louisiana Parish of Union Be it remembered that on this the twenty eighth (28th) day of January AD One thousand eight hundred and ninety five (1895) before me James M. Smith, Clerk of the Third Judicial District Court, Ex Officio, Recorder Ex Officio Notary public, I , duly commissioned qualified and acting in and for the aforesaid Parish and State personally came and appeared Robert F Farrar and Mrs. Maneta V. Farrar his wife residents of said parish and state who publicly declared and made known to me said Clerk Recorder Notary in the presence of the undersigned lawful witnesses as follows: the said Robert F Farrar declared that he intermarried with his said wife whose maiden name was Mineta V. Wood before their marriage on November 5th 1857 in this Union Parish LA, Then(?) Since their said marriage his said wife received by gift and donation from her Father and Mother John Wood and Jennetta Wood, now deceased, late residents of Union Parish, LA, the following personal Property aggrigating in value the sum of seven thousand and thirty dollars to wit: two mules worth three hundred dollars. Forty five head of hogs worth two hundred and twenty four dollars. Six cows and calves worth ninety dollars, Three yearlings worth fifteen dollars evidenced by deed of gift of date October 22, 1866 and recorded in this office in Deed Book "L" pages 336 & 337 and that his said wife received as a gift and donation from her said Mother and Father soon after their marriage Household furniture valued at Fifty Dollars and two cows and five hogs valued at Fifty Dollars making the aggrigate Seven thousand and thirty dollars which said property was the separate peripheral property of his said wife and all of which said property has been used and disposed of by him for his own use and benefit and appropriated to his own use purpose and benefit, and the said Robert F Farrar further declares and acknowledges himself to be (bottom line of copy on this page unreadable).......... Page 2 said wife, he makes their restitution and sells, transferrs, conveys and delivers in part payment unto his said wife, Mrs. Maneta V Farrar the following described land with al the buildings and improvements thereon situated in said Parish and State to Wit: The North West quarter of South east quarter of Section thirteen (13) in Township twenty three (23) north of Range One (1) East containing Forty (40) acres more or less valued at one hundred and fifty dollars. Twenty five hundred pounds of pork more or less, valued at seventy five dollars. Ten cows and 2 calves valued at Sixty dollars. One old two horse wagon valued at Ten dollars. Two thousand pounds of fodder more or less valued at fifteen dollars and fifty bushels of sweet potatoes more or less valued at Twenty and 50/100 Dollars amounting in the aggregate to the sum of Five hundred seventy Two & 50/100 Dollars and the said Maneta V Farrar wife of said husband declares that she accepts and receives the ?herein? above described and conveyed property at the valuation placed therein in part payment and settlement of debt due her by her said husband and agrees that the herein conveyed property to be as valued above shall go as a credit on her said debt and she further declares that she takes possession and assumes the control and management of the herein conveyed property as her separate, ?parasshenal? property. This done, read, signed and passed at the residence of O P Wood in the town of Farmerville, La. (Not being convenient for said Mrs. Farrar to appear at my office) on the day and date above written in the presence of Charles B Roberts and Oliver P. Wood, two lawful witnesses called for the purpose, who sign with and approves and me said Clerk Recorder & Notary and C Attest Chas B Roberts R F Farrar O P Wood Maneta V (X) Farrar Jas M Smith Clerk Recorder & Notary Above and correct record this January 28th AD 1895 B T Pleasant (this name is at the bottom Of page and hard to read)

Hi Jan, I have two acts of Restitution from my Union Parish guys that read almost exactly the same except for the property. I questioned several people about it and they said it was common practice back then when the wife had brought property into the marriage or had inherited property during the marriage. >From what I understood it was the husbands way of repaying his wife for the use of her property or something close to that. I also found one in Caldwell that said almost the same thing. Hope this helps, Debi

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Can somebody do a census look up for me,,, 1910..union parish for JAMES A. OUCHLEY AUCHLEY USERY I really could use some help with this name.. if it is not in the 1910... maybe 1920..... good luck..thank you for your time I really do appreciate anybody that can help.. till nexttime shirley ouchley searching these surnames ELAM..FARMER....FELLOWS..CATTERIN OUCHLEY...ACREE,,TAYLOR..HARVEY BUCKALEW...JONES...GAINES... LOUISIANNA

The Reunion URL is: <http://129.119.39.10> Spread the word about the reunion. People can register on site the morning of the reunion. Sue Jan Craven wrote: > Hi > Of course you can post it at the reunion. > Anything in the Union LaGenWeb archives can be printed out and > posted/distributed there. Just wish we had more to share with > folks. > Karen is going to add this to the archives, so it will be there > if you "loose" it <g>. > I am still now sure if I can make the reunion. > Would someone please post the url for the reunion page again for > this lazy south LA gal? I really need to get some family > group sheets sent in whether I can go or not! > Jan

In a message dated 5/2/99 11:21:35 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Should each registrant bring a card table to display on and possibly an easel or bulletin board? Easy/folding chair ?? If the church has enough long tables for each registrant to use, that is fine, but if not--maybe we should each bring our own. And anything else you can think of......mary margaret >> Mary Margaret and all others attending: If possible, you may wish to bring a folding table to display your stuff on. I'm not certain of the current count. The church does have several tables, but there may not be enough when you consider having to have a place for food as well. There should be enough chairs. However, they are the metal folding kind. You may find a lawn chair from home more comfortable. There are no bulletin boards in the fellowship hall. If you have something you want to hang (maps, etc) you may want to bring an easel or straight pins that will not leave a hole in the paneling. If you have questions, please email me. I'll be glad to help in any way. Roy Austin

Just wanted to give my thanks for the posting of the Pryor info. Pryor and Dawson connect into the lines I'm researching......WADE.....as well as Kilgores having been neighbors and apparently closely associated with the HOPKINS, another Union Parish line, in Wilkes Co., GA. WADE and HOPKINS marry in Union Parish. Hope to make the reunion. Have a great weekend all, Tana

Hi Of course you can post it at the reunion. Anything in the Union LaGenWeb archives can be printed out and posted/distributed there. Just wish we had more to share with folks. Karen is going to add this to the archives, so it will be there if you "loose" it <g>. I am still now sure if I can make the reunion. Would someone please post the url for the reunion page again for this lazy south LA gal? I really need to get some family group sheets sent in whether I can go or not! Jan At 03:57 PM 4/30/1999 -0500, mmtrahan wrote: >Jan---thank you so much for sharing with us.....Could we have this posted at the >Reunion? mary margaret selig-trahan > >Jan Craven wrote: > >> Letter by W. L. Hodge. Reminiscenses of the Civil War. Union Parish, LA. >> Note: this is from the papers of Errye Pryor Hampton. Source is not >> stated. Paper is yellowed and worn and is type written from the original. >> Looks to me like it was published in the newspaper at some point, but what >> I have doesn't say when. Even if you don't "belong" >> to any of these folks, I think you will enjoy reading this. >> Hope so anyway..... >> Jan >> >> SKETCH OF A PROMINENT FAMILY >> An Old Schoolmaster Writes Interesting Reminiscences of Civil War >> >> I have recently heard the news of the death of my good friend W. K. >> Pryor. I have known the Pryor family from boyhood, Mr. Stokes Pryor and my >> mother being first cousins. Mr. S. Pryor was also a first cousin to (the) >> Rev. J. W. Melton. >> >> When the Civil War began in April, 1861, there were ten children in the >> Pryor family-one girl and nine boys. The girl had been married several >> years to Charlie Heard, a first cousin to Ex-Governor Heard. He gave his >> life in defense of the South. Two of his daughters live at Spearsville, >> Louisiana- Mrs. Will Cherry and Mrs. John Cobb. >> >> The Pryor family moved from Alabama to Louisiana after the close of the >> Civil War, leaving the oldest son, R.Q. Pryor, in their old home. I have a >> letter from him giving his recollections of the Civil War, which I will quote: >> >> "When the guns fired at Fort Sumpter, South Carolina, I was 19 years >> old, going to school at Dalton, Georgia. The next day my friend and >> relative, W. L. Hodge, and myself laid down our books and took the train >> for home. When we reached Montgomery, Alabama, we took a stage for Selma, >> where we arrived at sunrise the next morning. After lunch, we joined the >> Selma Cadets., N.H.R. Dawson, Captain. We hired a team late in the day and >> started for home, overtaking my father in the road. He said, with tears >> trickling down his cheeks: "My son, I didn't vote for Secession; I was in >> favor of Mr. Lincoln taking his seat and telling him 'if you violate our >> Constitution, we will raise the stars and stripes and fight in the Union; >> but since Alabama seceded, if you die, die with your face to the foe.' We >> reached home after dark >> that day and left the next morning before light, taking my next oldest >> brother, John W. Pryor, with us. We left Selma for Virginia, April 16, >> and were under General Joseph W. Johnston at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, >> where my comrade, W. L. Hodge, swam across the Potomac river, 60 miles >> from Washington, D.C. Our first battle was fought at Manassas July 21st, >> 1861, where I was slightly wounded. At the second battle of Manassas, I was >> shot through my right side and breathed out of the wound until the blood >> ran and clogged up the wound. At the battle of Chicamauga, our color >> bearer was shot down and my brother, George A. Pryor, took up the colors. >> General Hood rode up and asked what regiment it was; brother told him >> "Fourth Alabama. General >> Hood asked him to give him the colors; he said, 'You can't get them; I Will >> carry then anywhere you say.'" >> >> "Brother George was killed near Knoxville, Tennessee. Brother John was >> killed in 1862 at the battle of the Wilderness. I was again shot through >> the body on the right side above the former wound. This wound up my service >> in the war. My brother, Ben Pryor, was serving in the war at the close." >> >> Those recollections make me want to give a few of my reminiscences of >> the Civil War. At the battle of the Wilderness, General Grant was >> Commander-in-Chief of the Union armies. Sherman at Chattanooga commanded a >> hundred thousand men. General Butler with fifty thousand was sent against >> Richmond. General Grant commanded one hundred and fifty thousand effective >> fighting soldiers. General Phil Sheridan commanded his cavalry. The >> Wilderness battle was but a few miles from Chancellorsville where General >> Hooker was defeated the year before; and where Stonewall Jackson was >> mortally wounded. General Grant's baggage train was sixty miles long- as >> long as the entire distance from the Rapidan to Richmond. Lee's army, >> consisting of only sixty-two thousand men, crept into the tangled >> wilderness where Grant would have to fight him without cannon, Grant having >> so many more cannon than Lee. >> >> From the dawn of May 5th, 1864, till far into the night the conflict >> raged. Lee had pushed the blue lines back a hundred yards, captured four >> guns and a number of prisoners. At daylight, the morning of the sixth, they >> were at it again. As the Confederate right wing crumpled and rolled back, >> Longstreet threw his corps into the breech. Lee himself rode forward to >> lead the charge and restore his line. At sight of him, rose the cries: "Lee >> to the rear! Go >> back, General Lee! We'll settle this! With a yell., our army took the >> field. General Wardsworth, at the head of his division, was mortally >> wounded and fell into our hands. He was formerly Governor of New York and >> impressed me as >> being an able and polished man. I later learned he was a relative of Brother >> J.U.H. Warton. In two days Grant lost sixteen thousand men; Lee as many in >> proportion to numbers. >> >> The next fighting was at the "Bloody Angle" of Spotsylvania. For five >> days Grant tried in vain to break Lee's trenches. He gave it up. The >> devotion of Lee's men was a mania. He was unconquerable in a square hand to >> hand fight In the woods. The next battle was second Cold Harbor. With the >> first streak of dawn, four-thirty, Grant's army charged. TEN THOUSAND MEN >> IN BLUE FELL IN TWENTY MINUTES! >> >> Nothing like it had, to this time, happened in, the history of man. In >> the thirty days since Grant had met Lee in the Wilderness, the Northern >> army had lost sixty thousand men, among the bravest of our race. Lee's >> losses were as great in proportion to the number he commanded. Next the >> armies of Petersburg lay behind thirty-five miles of deep trenches. Grant's >> new plan of campaign was digging a tunnel under Lee's fortress before >> Petersburg. He gathered sixty-five thousand men with his Black Legions, >> before the tunnel. The tons of powder were stored under the fort, and the >> fuse set July 31st, 1864 was about four hundred yards from the fort when it >> was blown up. A huge hole had been torn in Lee's fortifications one hundred >> yards long and sixty feet wide and twenty-five feet in depth. Lee reached >> the field and took command. Mahone's men came to the rescue. The Black >> Battalion was ordered to charge. The whole Southern line dashed on the >> advancing Black Legions in a countercharge and the yell of white victory >> ran, over the field. At the bottom of the pit the heap was ten feet deep in >> dead men. Again Grant failed to take Petersburg. We buried a thousand of >> his men next day. >> >> When our Brigadier-General Sandres from Alabama formed us into line to >> charge the craters, he said: "Men, I don't command you to take that line, >> but follow me." And we did follow to the very jaws of the crater, helping >> to bring the dead from the pit, having to step over dead men while bringing >> them out Generals Lee and Beauregard witnessed the charge. >> >> I could write much more of my experiences in the but desist, for it >> would take the whole space of your paper to publish it. I will conclude by >> saying the Pryor boys were good soldiers, possessing courage of a high >> degree. When I found R.Q. Pryor the night of May 6, he was lying on a >> blanket in the woods, his wounds not dressed because the surgeon in charge >> thought it impossible for him to live. I told the surgeon; "Pryor says, >> "You think I can't live -and have not dressed my wound.' " The surgeon had >> him placed on the operating table, turned him on his side and cut the >> bullet out of his back without using an anaesthetic, Pryor not even >> groaning. The surgeon said: "Pryor, I'll >> be damned if you don't get well again. Pryor's mother was a sister of Mr. >> George A. Killgore. Mrs. Pryor never failed In the courage and sacrifice >> that gave the South its enthusiasm and endurance. >> >> When Lee's army, a small band of ten thousand, surrendered, April 19, >> 1865, General Grant gave us generous terms. All officers retained their >> swords and every horse went home for spring plowing. He merely required >> out paroles not to take up arms again. I have mine enclosed in a small >> frame. I walked most of the way home from Appomattox Court House to >> Perryville, Alabama. Lee's last words to us worst "My heart's too full for >> speech my men. I have done for you all that was in my power. You have done >> your duty; we leave the rest to God. Go quietly to your homes now and work >> to build up our ruined country. Obey the laws and be as good citizens as >> you have been soldiers. I'm going to try to do this; will you help me." >> >> W. L. Hodge >> Simsboro, Louisiana >> April 6, 1922 > > >

Hi! I just wanted to remind everyone that this book by Mr. Nolan is the First of Four Volumes. If the names aren't in here and your going to the reunion, drop in at the Farmerville Library. They have all Four Volumes there. Debi

Jan---thank you so much for sharing with us.....Could we have this posted at the Reunion? mary margaret selig-trahan Jan Craven wrote: > Letter by W. L. Hodge. Reminiscenses of the Civil War. Union Parish, LA. > Note: this is from the papers of Errye Pryor Hampton. Source is not > stated. Paper is yellowed and worn and is type written from the original. > Looks to me like it was published in the newspaper at some point, but what > I have doesn't say when. Even if you don't "belong" > to any of these folks, I think you will enjoy reading this. > Hope so anyway..... > Jan > > SKETCH OF A PROMINENT FAMILY > An Old Schoolmaster Writes Interesting Reminiscences of Civil War > > I have recently heard the news of the death of my good friend W. K. > Pryor. I have known the Pryor family from boyhood, Mr. Stokes Pryor and my > mother being first cousins. Mr. S. Pryor was also a first cousin to (the) > Rev. J. W. Melton. > > When the Civil War began in April, 1861, there were ten children in the > Pryor family-one girl and nine boys. The girl had been married several > years to Charlie Heard, a first cousin to Ex-Governor Heard. He gave his > life in defense of the South. Two of his daughters live at Spearsville, > Louisiana- Mrs. Will Cherry and Mrs. John Cobb. > > The Pryor family moved from Alabama to Louisiana after the close of the > Civil War, leaving the oldest son, R.Q. Pryor, in their old home. I have a > letter from him giving his recollections of the Civil War, which I will quote: > > "When the guns fired at Fort Sumpter, South Carolina, I was 19 years > old, going to school at Dalton, Georgia. The next day my friend and > relative, W. L. Hodge, and myself laid down our books and took the train > for home. When we reached Montgomery, Alabama, we took a stage for Selma, > where we arrived at sunrise the next morning. After lunch, we joined the > Selma Cadets., N.H.R. Dawson, Captain. We hired a team late in the day and > started for home, overtaking my father in the road. He said, with tears > trickling down his cheeks: "My son, I didn't vote for Secession; I was in > favor of Mr. Lincoln taking his seat and telling him 'if you violate our > Constitution, we will raise the stars and stripes and fight in the Union; > but since Alabama seceded, if you die, die with your face to the foe.' We > reached home after dark > that day and left the next morning before light, taking my next oldest > brother, John W. Pryor, with us. We left Selma for Virginia, April 16, > and were under General Joseph W. Johnston at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, > where my comrade, W. L. Hodge, swam across the Potomac river, 60 miles > from Washington, D.C. Our first battle was fought at Manassas July 21st, > 1861, where I was slightly wounded. At the second battle of Manassas, I was > shot through my right side and breathed out of the wound until the blood > ran and clogged up the wound. At the battle of Chicamauga, our color > bearer was shot down and my brother, George A. Pryor, took up the colors. > General Hood rode up and asked what regiment it was; brother told him > "Fourth Alabama. General > Hood asked him to give him the colors; he said, 'You can't get them; I Will > carry then anywhere you say.'" > > "Brother George was killed near Knoxville, Tennessee. Brother John was > killed in 1862 at the battle of the Wilderness. I was again shot through > the body on the right side above the former wound. This wound up my service > in the war. My brother, Ben Pryor, was serving in the war at the close." > > Those recollections make me want to give a few of my reminiscences of > the Civil War. At the battle of the Wilderness, General Grant was > Commander-in-Chief of the Union armies. Sherman at Chattanooga commanded a > hundred thousand men. General Butler with fifty thousand was sent against > Richmond. General Grant commanded one hundred and fifty thousand effective > fighting soldiers. General Phil Sheridan commanded his cavalry. The > Wilderness battle was but a few miles from Chancellorsville where General > Hooker was defeated the year before; and where Stonewall Jackson was > mortally wounded. General Grant's baggage train was sixty miles long- as > long as the entire distance from the Rapidan to Richmond. Lee's army, > consisting of only sixty-two thousand men, crept into the tangled > wilderness where Grant would have to fight him without cannon, Grant having > so many more cannon than Lee. > > From the dawn of May 5th, 1864, till far into the night the conflict > raged. Lee had pushed the blue lines back a hundred yards, captured four > guns and a number of prisoners. At daylight, the morning of the sixth, they > were at it again. As the Confederate right wing crumpled and rolled back, > Longstreet threw his corps into the breech. Lee himself rode forward to > lead the charge and restore his line. At sight of him, rose the cries: "Lee > to the rear! Go > back, General Lee! We'll settle this! With a yell., our army took the > field. General Wardsworth, at the head of his division, was mortally > wounded and fell into our hands. He was formerly Governor of New York and > impressed me as > being an able and polished man. I later learned he was a relative of Brother > J.U.H. Warton. In two days Grant lost sixteen thousand men; Lee as many in > proportion to numbers. > > The next fighting was at the "Bloody Angle" of Spotsylvania. For five > days Grant tried in vain to break Lee's trenches. He gave it up. The > devotion of Lee's men was a mania. He was unconquerable in a square hand to > hand fight In the woods. The next battle was second Cold Harbor. With the > first streak of dawn, four-thirty, Grant's army charged. TEN THOUSAND MEN > IN BLUE FELL IN TWENTY MINUTES! > > Nothing like it had, to this time, happened in, the history of man. In > the thirty days since Grant had met Lee in the Wilderness, the Northern > army had lost sixty thousand men, among the bravest of our race. Lee's > losses were as great in proportion to the number he commanded. Next the > armies of Petersburg lay behind thirty-five miles of deep trenches. Grant's > new plan of campaign was digging a tunnel under Lee's fortress before > Petersburg. He gathered sixty-five thousand men with his Black Legions, > before the tunnel. The tons of powder were stored under the fort, and the > fuse set July 31st, 1864 was about four hundred yards from the fort when it > was blown up. A huge hole had been torn in Lee's fortifications one hundred > yards long and sixty feet wide and twenty-five feet in depth. Lee reached > the field and took command. Mahone's men came to the rescue. The Black > Battalion was ordered to charge. The whole Southern line dashed on the > advancing Black Legions in a countercharge and the yell of white victory > ran, over the field. At the bottom of the pit the heap was ten feet deep in > dead men. Again Grant failed to take Petersburg. We buried a thousand of > his men next day. > > When our Brigadier-General Sandres from Alabama formed us into line to > charge the craters, he said: "Men, I don't command you to take that line, > but follow me." And we did follow to the very jaws of the crater, helping > to bring the dead from the pit, having to step over dead men while bringing > them out Generals Lee and Beauregard witnessed the charge. > > I could write much more of my experiences in the but desist, for it > would take the whole space of your paper to publish it. I will conclude by > saying the Pryor boys were good soldiers, possessing courage of a high > degree. When I found R.Q. Pryor the night of May 6, he was lying on a > blanket in the woods, his wounds not dressed because the surgeon in charge > thought it impossible for him to live. I told the surgeon; "Pryor says, > "You think I can't live -and have not dressed my wound.' " The surgeon had > him placed on the operating table, turned him on his side and cut the > bullet out of his back without using an anaesthetic, Pryor not even > groaning. The surgeon said: "Pryor, I'll > be damned if you don't get well again. Pryor's mother was a sister of Mr. > George A. Killgore. Mrs. Pryor never failed In the courage and sacrifice > that gave the South its enthusiasm and endurance. > > When Lee's army, a small band of ten thousand, surrendered, April 19, > 1865, General Grant gave us generous terms. All officers retained their > swords and every horse went home for spring plowing. He merely required > out paroles not to take up arms again. I have mine enclosed in a small > frame. I walked most of the way home from Appomattox Court House to > Perryville, Alabama. Lee's last words to us worst "My heart's too full for > speech my men. I have done for you all that was in my power. You have done > your duty; we leave the rest to God. Go quietly to your homes now and work > to build up our ruined country. Obey the laws and be as good citizens as > you have been soldiers. I'm going to try to do this; will you help me." > > W. L. Hodge > Simsboro, Louisiana > April 6, 1922

Letter by W. L. Hodge. Reminiscenses of the Civil War. Union Parish, LA. Note: this is from the papers of Errye Pryor Hampton. Source is not stated. Paper is yellowed and worn and is type written from the original. Looks to me like it was published in the newspaper at some point, but what I have doesn't say when. Even if you don't "belong" to any of these folks, I think you will enjoy reading this. Hope so anyway..... Jan SKETCH OF A PROMINENT FAMILY An Old Schoolmaster Writes Interesting Reminiscences of Civil War I have recently heard the news of the death of my good friend W. K. Pryor. I have known the Pryor family from boyhood, Mr. Stokes Pryor and my mother being first cousins. Mr. S. Pryor was also a first cousin to (the) Rev. J. W. Melton. When the Civil War began in April, 1861, there were ten children in the Pryor family-one girl and nine boys. The girl had been married several years to Charlie Heard, a first cousin to Ex-Governor Heard. He gave his life in defense of the South. Two of his daughters live at Spearsville, Louisiana- Mrs. Will Cherry and Mrs. John Cobb. The Pryor family moved from Alabama to Louisiana after the close of the Civil War, leaving the oldest son, R.Q. Pryor, in their old home. I have a letter from him giving his recollections of the Civil War, which I will quote: "When the guns fired at Fort Sumpter, South Carolina, I was 19 years old, going to school at Dalton, Georgia. The next day my friend and relative, W. L. Hodge, and myself laid down our books and took the train for home. When we reached Montgomery, Alabama, we took a stage for Selma, where we arrived at sunrise the next morning. After lunch, we joined the Selma Cadets., N.H.R. Dawson, Captain. We hired a team late in the day and started for home, overtaking my father in the road. He said, with tears trickling down his cheeks: "My son, I didn't vote for Secession; I was in favor of Mr. Lincoln taking his seat and telling him 'if you violate our Constitution, we will raise the stars and stripes and fight in the Union; but since Alabama seceded, if you die, die with your face to the foe.' We reached home after dark that day and left the next morning before light, taking my next oldest brother, John W. Pryor, with us. We left Selma for Virginia, April 16, and were under General Joseph W. Johnston at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, where my comrade, W. L. Hodge, swam across the Potomac river, 60 miles from Washington, D.C. Our first battle was fought at Manassas July 21st, 1861, where I was slightly wounded. At the second battle of Manassas, I was shot through my right side and breathed out of the wound until the blood ran and clogged up the wound. At the battle of Chicamauga, our color bearer was shot down and my brother, George A. Pryor, took up the colors. General Hood rode up and asked what regiment it was; brother told him "Fourth Alabama. General Hood asked him to give him the colors; he said, 'You can't get them; I Will carry then anywhere you say.'" "Brother George was killed near Knoxville, Tennessee. Brother John was killed in 1862 at the battle of the Wilderness. I was again shot through the body on the right side above the former wound. This wound up my service in the war. My brother, Ben Pryor, was serving in the war at the close." Those recollections make me want to give a few of my reminiscences of the Civil War. At the battle of the Wilderness, General Grant was Commander-in-Chief of the Union armies. Sherman at Chattanooga commanded a hundred thousand men. General Butler with fifty thousand was sent against Richmond. General Grant commanded one hundred and fifty thousand effective fighting soldiers. General Phil Sheridan commanded his cavalry. The Wilderness battle was but a few miles from Chancellorsville where General Hooker was defeated the year before; and where Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded. General Grant's baggage train was sixty miles long- as long as the entire distance from the Rapidan to Richmond. Lee's army, consisting of only sixty-two thousand men, crept into the tangled wilderness where Grant would have to fight him without cannon, Grant having so many more cannon than Lee. From the dawn of May 5th, 1864, till far into the night the conflict raged. Lee had pushed the blue lines back a hundred yards, captured four guns and a number of prisoners. At daylight, the morning of the sixth, they were at it again. As the Confederate right wing crumpled and rolled back, Longstreet threw his corps into the breech. Lee himself rode forward to lead the charge and restore his line. At sight of him, rose the cries: "Lee to the rear! Go back, General Lee! We'll settle this! With a yell., our army took the field. General Wardsworth, at the head of his division, was mortally wounded and fell into our hands. He was formerly Governor of New York and impressed me as being an able and polished man. I later learned he was a relative of Brother J.U.H. Warton. In two days Grant lost sixteen thousand men; Lee as many in proportion to numbers. The next fighting was at the "Bloody Angle" of Spotsylvania. For five days Grant tried in vain to break Lee's trenches. He gave it up. The devotion of Lee's men was a mania. He was unconquerable in a square hand to hand fight In the woods. The next battle was second Cold Harbor. With the first streak of dawn, four-thirty, Grant's army charged. TEN THOUSAND MEN IN BLUE FELL IN TWENTY MINUTES! Nothing like it had, to this time, happened in, the history of man. In the thirty days since Grant had met Lee in the Wilderness, the Northern army had lost sixty thousand men, among the bravest of our race. Lee's losses were as great in proportion to the number he commanded. Next the armies of Petersburg lay behind thirty-five miles of deep trenches. Grant's new plan of campaign was digging a tunnel under Lee's fortress before Petersburg. He gathered sixty-five thousand men with his Black Legions, before the tunnel. The tons of powder were stored under the fort, and the fuse set July 31st, 1864 was about four hundred yards from the fort when it was blown up. A huge hole had been torn in Lee's fortifications one hundred yards long and sixty feet wide and twenty-five feet in depth. Lee reached the field and took command. Mahone's men came to the rescue. The Black Battalion was ordered to charge. The whole Southern line dashed on the advancing Black Legions in a countercharge and the yell of white victory ran, over the field. At the bottom of the pit the heap was ten feet deep in dead men. Again Grant failed to take Petersburg. We buried a thousand of his men next day. When our Brigadier-General Sandres from Alabama formed us into line to charge the craters, he said: "Men, I don't command you to take that line, but follow me." And we did follow to the very jaws of the crater, helping to bring the dead from the pit, having to step over dead men while bringing them out Generals Lee and Beauregard witnessed the charge. I could write much more of my experiences in the but desist, for it would take the whole space of your paper to publish it. I will conclude by saying the Pryor boys were good soldiers, possessing courage of a high degree. When I found R.Q. Pryor the night of May 6, he was lying on a blanket in the woods, his wounds not dressed because the surgeon in charge thought it impossible for him to live. I told the surgeon; "Pryor says, "You think I can't live -and have not dressed my wound.' " The surgeon had him placed on the operating table, turned him on his side and cut the bullet out of his back without using an anaesthetic, Pryor not even groaning. The surgeon said: "Pryor, I'll be damned if you don't get well again. Pryor's mother was a sister of Mr. George A. Killgore. Mrs. Pryor never failed In the courage and sacrifice that gave the South its enthusiasm and endurance. When Lee's army, a small band of ten thousand, surrendered, April 19, 1865, General Grant gave us generous terms. All officers retained their swords and every horse went home for spring plowing. He merely required out paroles not to take up arms again. I have mine enclosed in a small frame. I walked most of the way home from Appomattox Court House to Perryville, Alabama. Lee's last words to us worst "My heart's too full for speech my men. I have done for you all that was in my power. You have done your duty; we leave the rest to God. Go quietly to your homes now and work to build up our ruined country. Obey the laws and be as good citizens as you have been soldiers. I'm going to try to do this; will you help me." W. L. Hodge Simsboro, Louisiana April 6, 1922

Debi Are there any Vinson's listed in your book. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Al Vinson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 10:39 PM Subject: Cemetery Inscriptions by W.C. Nolan >Hi Guys! > >I've been meaning to post this but keep forgetting. I recently purchased >Volume 1 of CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA by W.C. NOLAN. >There are 46 cemeteries in this volume with their locations. Included are >both Antioch's, Bethel, Liberty, Evergreen, Zion Hill.... There are several >small family cemeteries in this Volume. > >The book is indexed and if anyone would like me to look up someone or a >Cemetery location before your trip just let me know and I'll be happy to. > >I also just purchased the 1830, 1840 & 1850 CLAIBORNE Parish census and the >CLAIBORNE 1850 Mortality Schedule and Slave Holders Schedule. Some of the >early Union Families who were in the western section may have first been in >Claiborne. I've found two of my families that were later in Union Parish >were first over in Claiborne. The boundary line changed between the two >parishes Mar 23, 1867 and Union took in one half section of Claiborne. > >Debi Antley Murphy > >

Hi Guys! I've been meaning to post this but keep forgetting. I recently purchased Volume 1 of CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA by W.C. NOLAN. There are 46 cemeteries in this volume with their locations. Included are both Antioch's, Bethel, Liberty, Evergreen, Zion Hill.... There are several small family cemeteries in this Volume. The book is indexed and if anyone would like me to look up someone or a Cemetery location before your trip just let me know and I'll be happy to. I also just purchased the 1830, 1840 & 1850 CLAIBORNE Parish census and the CLAIBORNE 1850 Mortality Schedule and Slave Holders Schedule. Some of the early Union Families who were in the western section may have first been in Claiborne. I've found two of my families that were later in Union Parish were first over in Claiborne. The boundary line changed between the two parishes Mar 23, 1867 and Union took in one half section of Claiborne. Debi Antley Murphy

I would like to have William 'Billie' Grafton's obituary...thank you. mary margaret Gina Sherrard wrote: > I have the following obits, if anyone wants a copy. > > Georgia Marie Gardner > > William R. (Billie) Grafton > > William G. Stinson Sr. > > Raymond Lee > > Louise McDougle Bishop > > Frank Davidson > > Louise Williams Jones > > Clara Harvey Lockwood > > Taylor Gray Bayles > > Ben Werner Harvey > > Ben F. Hayes Jr. > > Lori Kilcrease > > Herman E. Mike > > Edna C. Ward > > Virgie T. Harlow > > Hope these help. > Gina Sherrard