I don't research this family, but Taylor Co. WV jumped out at me. I research that county and Prunytown and Fetterman are right outside the Grafton town limits. The court house is in Grafton and they have a really nice genealogy section in the towns library. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Lubore" <[email protected]> To: "'Norman'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Edward S. Bragg > Norman, > > I am not sure if any of what follows is new to you, but I looked up > Edward > S. Bragg on Ancestry.com and found the following information: > > A record shows an Edward S. Bragg in the 9 Batt'n Virginia Infantry. > (Hansbrough's Battalion.) > > Another record with Source: Index to Compiled Confederate Military > Service > Records > shows Edward S. Bragg enlisted as a Private. > Enlisted in Company A, 9th Battalion Reserves Infantry Regiment > Virginia. > Date of Organization: 9 Aug 1864 > Muster Date: 27 Feb 1865 > > The 1860 Federal Census lists an Edward S. Bragg (35) and wife > Elizabeth > (26) and three children ages 3, 6 and 9 living in Pruntytown , > Taylor > County, Virginia (now WV). > > A record from The Virginia Regimental Histories Series shows an > Edward S. > Bragg with the following history: > Enlisted in Company A, Virginia 9th Infantry Battalion on 13 May > 1861 in > Fetterman (Taylor Co.), WV. > Mustered out on 01 May 1862. > Transferred to Company A, Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment on 01 May > 1862. He > is listed as surviving the war. > > The June 1890 Census, Veterans Schedule lists an Edward S. Bragg, as > a > surviving Confederate soldier from Kanawha District, Braxton Co., > WV as a > Private having served in Co. A, 25th Virginia Infantry from 1861 to > 1865. It > showed him residing in Carlisle, WV and did not report any wounds > incurred. > > The June 1880 Federal Census lists an Edward S, Bragg (57) , Farmer > and wife > Pennelia S. (61) living in Kanawha Magisterial District, Braxton > Co., WV. > Also living with Edward S. were his Mother-in-law Rachel Alkine (85) > and > Niece Lyda B. Clark (11). All are listed as born in Virginia. > > Regards, > Stephen Lubore, Ph.D. > Ashburn, Virginia > Researching Twigg Family from Allegany Co., Maryland > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Norman > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator > > Richard, > > Can you forward this question Kathi Jones-Hudson please. > > Kathi my Gr-Gr-Gr grandfather, Edward S. Bragg, Co, C. 9th Battalion > Va > Inf., was captured in Grafton, VA (now WV) a few months before the > battle a > Gettysburg, Pa. According to the records I got from the National > Achieves he > > was imprisoned at Fort Mc Henry and sent to FT. Monroe Adm Gen., > Hosp. No. 8 > > 10/18/63. I contacted Fort Mc Henry but they say they have not > record. He > survived and was later divorced and re-married. I also have pictures > of his > grave. > > Any idea how I can get a lead > > Thanks in advance. > Norman Collier > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Day" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator > > >> What happened in my family with Harmon C. M. Perrin was a >> bureaucratic >> mistake: the army signed him up as Perron and that is how he shows >> up >> in the Alexandria National Cemetery database. It is all rather >> surprising, since his brother, Thomas L. Perrin, was spelled >> correctly. >> >> Richard Perrin Day >> >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kathi Jones-Hudson wrote: >> >>> >>> Sharon: >>> >>> There are omissions in the VA database. You can inform the >>> cemetery >>> or VA of your gr-gr-uncle's burial and they will add him to the >>> database. Try searching with just the surname, or with the surname >>> and dob or dod to see if they have him listed slightly >>> differently. >>> >>> Kathi Jones-Hudson >>> MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager >>> http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message