Our organization is presently writing a book about Confederate ancestors from Franklin County. If you have an ancestor from here and would be interested in having that ancestor biography or information in the book, I would love to hear from you. Dottie
Dottie, I have a Confederate ancestor from Franklin County, VA, but I can not find out what unit he belonged to. His name is Samuel Puckett. He and his brother Jacob Puckett died of smallpox in April of 1862 (just a couple days a part) in Norfolk, VA. His widow (Susan Snyder Puckett) and children moved to Tazewell County, VA by the 1870 census. By 1877 they were in Ross County, Ohio. All the children moved to Ohio except the oldest son, Thomas, who stayed in Tazewell County, VA. By 1897 Susan was back in Tazewell County, VA because she had applied for a widows pension. The pension does now mention what unit he belonged to. I would assume that it would one of the Franklin or Roanoke County companies. They lived on the Franklin/Roanoke line on Bent Mountain. Does anyone have any information on Samuel Puckett. I had heard that there were entire units wiped out by the smallpox and I believe on the Franklin county units was also. Rick Brown, Chillicothe, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: <Magnolia6@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:46 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Do you have a Confederate ancestor from Franklin County? > Our organization is presently writing a book about Confederate ancestors from > Franklin County. If you have an ancestor from here and would be interested > in having that ancestor biography or information in the book, I would love to > hear from you. Dottie > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this mailing list, send a message to > VAFRANKL-L-request@rootsweb.com containing only the one word > unsubscribe. Leave the subject blank or use the word unsubscribe > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >