Newton McDonald Brown Scrimshire enlisted in the Confederate Army on April 20, 1862, at Quitman, Clarke Co., MS. He was a private in Co. C, 7 Batt'n MS Vols. (Capt. S. C. Pearson's Company, Lieut. Col. J. S. Terral's Battalion, MS Vols.) Captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863; paroled at Vicksburg July 10, 1863. His last record shows that he was still in Parole Camp on Oct 18, 1863. Newton was the son of William B. Scrimshire and Sarah Duckworth Scrimshire. Born 7 Mar 1843 in Stewart Co., GA; died 29 Mar 1925 in Meridian, MS; buried in Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Clarke Co., MS. He married Mary Ann Mahala Sikes on 14 Mar 1867 in Clarke Co., MS. Mahala was born 11 Nov 1838 in Eufala, Barbour Co., AL and died 11 Feb 1919 in Clarke Co., buried in Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Clarke Co., MS. Erline Steed ehsteed@aol.com