This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gAC.2ACE/2737 Message Board Post: In the 1782 index of Heads of Families for Frederick County, there are two Kiles listed - William with 7 souls and Joshua with 5. Both are in the list of Col. Holmes. I have not been able to find out anything more about these two families. Does anyone out there have any info on them? I really need help with these two.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2686.43 Message Board Post: Will Book 19,63 will of Alexander Miller (signed with "X") dated 30 Jun 1834, probated 3 Aug 1835, named as wife Elizabeth. Would be the same couple married in Frederick Co. VA on 27 Apr 1797, her maiden name BARTON. The only issue named in his will, his daughter Maria B. EARLE. She married John B. Earle (named as executor) in Frederick Co. VA 26 Jan 1818. Their two sons named in the will as: Alexander Miller Earle & Archibald Brownley Earle. Above marriages listed in Vogt's marriage book, so if interested you should be able to get a copy of originial marriage bond. I just posted this will, I seem to remember someone e-mail me about Miller and or Earle families.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2686.42.1 Message Board Post: Greetings Dee Ann.. I should have backed up to read all previous notes in this 'track' before answering. Amanda Shackleford married Kimble Gibson Hicks. He either built or added to a house which he named Amandale. (Located just across the county line from Fauquier in Loudoun Co, VA. Not far from Paris.) Evalina Orville Thomas Hicks was the only surviving child of Amanda & Kimble G Hicks, after the Civil War. Amanda's Father: Samuel J Shackleford. Samuel J Shackleford owned "Fairview" .. 1 mile East of Rockland School in Warren Co, VA. Built about 1790. The deeds run from him to" Mrs Amanda Hicks to: Evalina T Byrne to: Rev. T B Shephard Present owner: C Norman Shepherd [WPA Report, abt. 1940] Online at the LVA website. There was more than one Fairview in the vacinity. Only by tracking ownership .. can you keep them straight. Evalina also inherited Amandale from her father. Altogether, I believe she inherited about 5 farms, after the death of her two brothers. (Kim Hicks and Sam Hicks. Sam Hicks m'd Margaret F Edmonds. He dsp. She remarried a cousin and left the area.) Evalina O T Hicks m'd Albert C Byrne. I am in contact with a descendant if you wish more. Information on farms mentioned by a descendant.. and from memory. Whether I remember the correct number or not.. Evalina was the only heir of Kimble G Hicks & Amanda Shackleford.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2686.42 Message Board Post: Will Book 19,26 will of Samuel Shackelford dated 30 Mar 1835, probated 4 May 1835, no wife mentioned, just two daughters: Amanda (unmarried) could be the same woman married Kimble G. Hicks, Vogt's has marriage bond 23 Jun 1835. Should have been named as Amanda Hicks in the will Evelina Thomas married to Townsend W. Thomas Vogt's book has her surname wrong: O'Shackelford

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gAC.2ACE/2736.2 Message Board Post: Cartmell, T. K., Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and their Descendants : a history of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from its formation in 1738 to 1908, compiled mainly from original records of old Frederick County, now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Federick. unknown: unknown, c1909, 614 pgs. The Cartmell book (above) contains a brief Pifer Family bio, including reference to G. Wash. Pifer raising a family at Gravel Springs. It refers to him in the present tense (1909?). Says the name was German, founded here by Henry Pifer (various spellings), his descendant John W, and then John's sons Maj. Elijah and 'Squire John Pifer from about 1830. G. Wash. was a son of Elijah. There's quite a bit more... Don't know if it has pictures or not but none show up on index.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gAC.2ACE/2736.1 Message Board Post: There is a section on this property in "Some Old Homes In Frederick County, Virginia" by Garland Quarles. p. 198 & 199 Called "The Pifer House" No. 113, Gravel Spring Also referenced is "Cartmell, p. 495" assumed to be "Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants" by T. K. Cartmell - this section is on the Richards family. Quarles book lists owners of property as: Isaac Zane 1778 Jacob Fry 1779, Frederick Co. Deed Book 18, p. 236 Henry Richards 1787, FDB 21, p. 764 Conrad Miley 1845, FDB 82, p. 467 (mentions James R. Richards as executor to Henry Richards)) George Washington Pifer 1865. FBD 8, p. 559 Stephen Pifer (son of George) 1917, Frederick Will Book 45, p. 496 Emma Pifer (widow of Stephen) 1959, FWB 63, p. 326 Emory Gregg & Mary Ellen Gregg his wife & M. Ross Farrar, widower 1963, FDB 288. p. 707 "after death of Mr. Gregg, his widow, Mary Ellen Gregg, was married to M. Ross Farrar, and the prop[erty is now owned by M. Ross Farrar and Mary Ellen Farrar, his wife." FDB 354, p. 355 It looks like the 1963 sale was not really outside of the family, but the mother and her new husband. "Historical Records of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Dr. Wilmer Kerns p. 220 Mentions Henry Kerns married Rachel Kackley, whose mother, Catherine (Rudolph) Kackley (widow of Benjamin Kackley) married Henry Richards (1753-1847). This land and families also seem to be connected to "The Richard House" Quarles book, p. 208-209 This section talks about the home being built ant the same time, probably by the same builder. (Same Richards family) Quarles, p. 209-210 "The Richards - Dodson House" also fits into this same category. This property has the Richards family graveyard. 1850 census Household consists of: all born in Germany Conrad Miley, age 54, property value $1500 Catherine Miley, 37, Anthony Newman, 70 Celinia Newman, 66 (Newmans might possibly be Catherine's parents???) 1870 Household: Miley, Conrad, 76, farmer, property value $500 (not unusual after Civil War), b. Switzerland Miley, Catherine, 50, keeping house, b. Switzerland 1870 Census Back Creek, Gravel Springs, VA Pifer, George W, 37, b. VA, property value $3000/personal value $1000, farmer Mary M., 26, b. Switzerland Silas B., 4 Anna M., 2 Living next door to Miley, Conrad, 76 Catherine, 50 Brill, Francis, 13 1880 Pifer, George W., 47 Mary M., 37 Silas, 13 Anna M., 12 Mary M., 9 Margaret, 5 Elijah, 1 Miley, Catherine, 67 (aunt) Brill, Mary, 21 (servant) 1930 census Pifer, Elijah, 51, age at first marriage 28, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. Switzerland, farmer & smith, Emma E., 48, age 1st m. 21, b. VA, parents b. VA Ponton, June Rose, niece, 12, b. OH, father b. VA mother b. OH Barton, Lydia H., boarder, 29 Bayliss, Katherine E., boarder, 19 1910 Miracode, Emma Pifer in household with G. Wash. Pifer, 1910 Census Pifer, G. Wash., 76, married 44 years, b. VA, parentsd b. VA Mary, 66, birth to 6/5 living, b. Switzer/German, parents b. Switz/German Elijah, 32, m 8 years Emma, 28, birth to 1 child/0 living - or maybe 0/0 ************* Census records can give a nice view of family and changes over the years. The photos on the website look really nice - are you restoring? B&B? The Quarles book and the Cartmell book should be of hepl, and check out the Handley Archives in Winchester VA, they will probably have more info that you will find interesting. http://www.hrl.lib.state.va.us/handley/about.asp?p=27 Good Luck!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gAC.2ACE/2736 Message Board Post: For a restoration of an historic farmhouse near Star Tannery and the Frederick County/Shenandoah County border, new owners seek information on Gravel Springs Farm, built 1836 for Henry Richards (1779-1853); purchased 1855 by Conrad Miley (1794-1879) and Catherine M. Miley (1812-1892); and descended to Mary Miley Pifer and husband George Washington Pifer (1833-1917); then to son Elijah Pifer (1878-1959) and wife Emma Elizabeth Sale Pifer (1882-1965), before being sold outside the family in 1963. Of particular interest are early photographs and images of the house and setting, and its occupants, as well as any documents, letters, or recollections of the property. All responses or leads are most welcome. Further information about the house is available at http://www.gravelspringsfarm.com. Many thanks. R. Warnock [email protected]

I was just looking at the Strasburg Lutheran Church Records edited by Klaus Wust and noticed that "Augustin" Graff was recorded in his book as born 9 Sept. 1801, bpt. 21 Nov. 1801, sponsors: Jacob Heit and wife Sarah. I suppose this discrepancy is a typo somewhere along the line. Cathy To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. ~Chinese proverb

Dear KD, My 4th great grandparents were Jacob Grove/Graff and Sarah Windle of Shenandoah. Jacob's father has been listed as Jacob Sr. of Opequon Creek. I have not been able to establish a direct link beyond Jacob Jr.'s generation. Although I was sent info about a Mathias Grove who was widowed three times and had 14 children. It was suggested that Mathias could be the father of Jacob Sr., but there were no real leads or facts about the children of Mathias and his wives. I am a little excited to see your surname is Groves and I am hoping we share a common ancestor and would love to exchange info.I have pasted a family group sheet for Jacob and Sarah at the end of this message. Looking forward to hearing from you. Linda Grove Miller Family Group Record 04 Nov 2004 ======================================================== Husband: Jacob GROVE OR GRAFF (JR.) ====================================================================================================================== Born: 1760/1767 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. Died: 1826 Place: Guernsey Co., Ohio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Married: 8 Jan 1789 Place: Shenadoah Co., Other Spouse: Mary BOWMAN Married: Abt 1810 Place: Shenadoah Co.,VA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have not found direct proof linking Sr. to Jr. Husband's father: Jacob GROVE OR GRAFF (SR.) Opequon Creek Husband's mother: UNKNOWN ====================================================================================================================== Wife: Sarah WINDLE (OR WENDEL) ====================================================================================================================== Born:18 Dec 1766 Place: Frederick County,VA Died: Bef 1810 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's father: John Augustine WINDLE (OR WENDEL) Wife's mother: Anna Margaretha BUCHER ====================================================================================================================== Children ====================================================================================================================== 1. Abraham GROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1791 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. Died: 23 Feb 1873 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Elizabeth COFFMAN ====================================================================================================================== 2. Isaac GROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1793 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. ====================================================================================================================== 3. Jacob GROVE (III){+} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 30 Jul 1795 Place: Shenandoah, Va Died: 7 Aug 1859 Place: Falls Tp, Hocking, OH Buried: Place: Gore Cem, Falls Tp, Hocking, OH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Jane STUART Married: 6 Apr 1825 Place: Guernsey, Ohio ====================================================================================================================== 4.Augustus GROVE{+} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1795 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. ====================================================================================================================== 5. Joseph GROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 2 Mar 1797 Place: Strassburg, VA.? Baptism: 28 May 1797 Place: St.Paul's Lutheran Church, Strassburg,VA ====================================================================================================================== 6. SarahJaneGROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 22 Oct 1789 Place:Shenandoah, Va ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Samuel BARR ====================================================================================================================== 7. Benjamin GROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 28 Jun 1799 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. Baptism: 4 Aug 1799 Place: St.Paul's Lutheran Church, Strassburg,VA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse:JaneHITE ====================================================================================================================== 8. AugustusGROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 9 Sep1800 Place: Strasburg, Shenadoah Co.,Va. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Nancy BURNES Married: 18May1823 Place: Guernsey Co., Ohio ====================================================================================================================== 9. Sarah (Sally)GROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: Abt 1802 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. ====================================================================================================================== 10.Mary Ann ( AKA: Maria Ann) GROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born:16Mar1804 Place: Strassburg, Shenadoah Co., VA. Baptism: 19 May 1804 Place: St.Paul's Lutheran Church, Strassburg, VA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: John HITE Married: 7 Dec 1830 Place: ====================================================================================================================== 11.MaryGROVE{+} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1 Jul 1806 Place: Shenadoah Co., Va. Died: 2Aug1845 Place: Falls Tp, Hocking Co., OH Buried: Place: Old Gore Cem, Falls Tp, Hocking, OH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: William STUART Married: 25 Dec 1821 Place: New Washington,Guernsey,OH ====================================================================================================================== 12.BenjaminGROVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born:1808 ====================================================================================================================== + Multiple Parents [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Grove, Groves, Marquis, Marquess > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2735 > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for information about the ancestors and siblings of the following couple. > > "Solomon Groves m. Fanny Marquis, May 10, 1798 C.S" (married by "C. S." means by Christian Streit).--- "9 May 1798 Soloman Groves & Fanny Marquess. Bondsman, Isaac Marquess." > > ==== VAFREDER Mailing List ==== > WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES > Many list members delete > mail based upon subjects [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Grove, Groves, Marquis, Marquess > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2735 > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for information about the ancestors and siblings of the following couple. > > "Solomon Groves m. Fanny Marquis, May 10, 1798 C.S" (married by "C. S." means by Christian Streit).--- "9 May 1798 Soloman Groves & Fanny Marquess. Bondsman, Isaac Marquess." > > ==== VAFREDER Mailing List ==== > WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES > Many list members delete > mail based upon subjects

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2735.1.3 Message Board Post: Marquess Family This name, spelled several ways, has been found in the Maryland records going back to the late 1600’s. Tradition and a few facts lead us to think those with this name, related or not, came to America from Northern Europe and the British Isles. There is evidence to suggest that our branch of the Marquess family can trace to a John Marquess, his name included in a list of members of The All Saints Episcopal Church, (25, April 1710) Sunderland, Maryland. (Calvert County) John died there in 1750, Margarit, may have been his wife’s name, she later married a Mr. Smith. Margarit made a will dated Feb. *, 1744 in which she named four Marquess sons, John, William, James and Kid. William Marquess married Sarah Taylor Sunderland, a widow, and daughter of Isaac Taylor, also of Calvert County, on Aug. 7th 1764. Later they moved to the Valley of Virginia, near Winchester. One son, Isaac Taylor Marquess , born 1772 married, Feb. 1795 to Elizabeth Beavers, born 1774 Loudoun Co., Va. She was a daughter of William and Mary Wyckoff Beavers. William served as a drummer with the Virginia troops and died while stationed in South Carolina, before November 1781. He had married Mary Wycoff 1763, in New Jersey. A son, Moses Beavers, (a brother to Elizabeth) married (17, Nov. 1803) Frederick County, Va.) to Hannah Holbert. About 1808 they settled, on what is now known as the Bolyard farm, on a ridge a few miles south of Rowlesburg, W. Va. Hannah’s grave is located in a small plot about 200 yards above the Bolyard house. We found only a footstone for Moses. The land records in Morgantown, West Va. Show the above Isaac Marquess (Marcus) bought (April 1807) 200 acres of land for 200 lbs. From Stephan Myres. The land was located in what is now southwest Preston County, near Evansville, W. Va. Dorsey and Hazel Goodwin now live on this farm. Soon, Isaac built a grist mill (the first one in this section). In 1811 he purchased another farm of about the same size, next to his and up Little Sandy Creek. Here he had a better place to rebuild his grist mill, a few feet below where the Eby Bridge is now located. Tommy Ice bought and operated this mill in the late 1800’s. Along this part of Little Sandy Creek ran the Old Northwest Trail, later improved and called the Moorefield-Clarksburg Road. (See the Map of Preston by John Wood, 1821 and copied by Porter Stiles, 1975-Kingwood, West Va.) The spot where Isaac rebuilt his mill is indicated on the map as Marks Mill. “An Indian trail going south from the Great Warpath, Near Masontown joined The Northwest Trail at Ice’s Mill.” (Ref. History of Preston County, Wiley-1882, Page 18.) In 1815, Isaac T. Marquess was part of a company of men organized at Morgantown, marched east to Dunkard Bottom when news of peace arrived. (Ref. The Monongalia Story II pg. 416.) See History of the Orr Family, By U. N. Orr, 1912, Journal Press, Kingwood, W. Va., third printed page.) Above compiled from information provided by members and friends of the Marquess families. ***************************************** Preston County West Virginia History, Preston County Historical Society, Kingwood, Wests Virginia, 1979, Library of Congress Number 79-88993, p. 52 Marquess The founder of what is now known as Marquess, WV, located at a crossroads on Sandy Creek, in Reno District, was Isaac Marquess. Records indicate Isaac Marquess located here to build and operate a grist mill. Records on hand show mill activity in 1857 through 1861. The last two known operators of the mill were Nelson Bolyard and William W. Matlick. William Matlick was the owner at the time the mill was destroyed by fire in 1939. The general store at Marquess was started by Isaac Marquess and handed down to J. B. and Jinny Marquess Simpson. This family operated the store their lifetime. Then the store was operated by Ernie H. and Bessie Murray Simpson. This family also operated the E. H. Simpson’s General Store until the passing of Bessie Simpson in 1966. After World War II, J. Murray and Kathleen Boyard Simpson ran the store for a time until Murray elected to go to other work and Bessie continued the store’s operation until 1966. The building and home are now owned by Hugh and Freda Simpson Denison. Hugh and Freda retired January 1, 1977; Freda from the University of Maryland Extension Service and Hugh from the Potomas Edison Company of Maryland. They are now planning a museum country store at this location. SUBMITTED BY HUGH AND FREDA DENISON

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2735.1.2 Message Board Post: By the way, Isaac move to the border of what is now Preston and Taylor Counties of WV. He had a flour mill there and the comunity is now named Marquess, Preston Co., WV. At one time a descendant was trying to re-establish the general store and turn it into a bed and breakfast. I do not know if that ever happened.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2735.1 Message Board Post: This may be a little remote, but if the Isaac mentioned was a brother, this could be him, possibly living with relatives (note Haymond boy also named Isaac). 1860 > VIRGINIA > TAYLOR > PRUNTYTOWN P O Series: M653 Roll: 1381 Page: 586 MARQUIS ISAAC 90 M W VA VA TAYLOR PRUNTYTOWN P O He was living with a 49 yr old miller, Calder Haymond 53, and Elizah Haymond 49, plus children Isaac 21, Mary 19, Eliz'th 12, and Lewis C. 10, all Haymonds, all b VA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grove, Groves, Marquis, Marquess Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2735 Message Board Post: I am searching for information about the ancestors and siblings of the following couple. "Solomon Groves m. Fanny Marquis, May 10, 1798 C.S" (married by "C. S." means by Christian Streit).--- "9 May 1798 Soloman Groves & Fanny Marquess. Bondsman, Isaac Marquess."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2734.1 Message Board Post: Death of Elizabeth Ellen Miller included in my Frederick Co. VA Death Registry Book 1853-1870, e-mail me if interested. You will find the surname Miller in all my books. I do not know if your Miller. I have Wm. Miller in my family tree, but he died in present day Warren Co. VA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2733.3.1 Message Board Post: Hiscouple were married in Clarke Co. VA. E-mail me if interested in my books.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Miller, Wiley, Carver, Lemley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2734 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the above families. Robert C. Miller married Elizabeth Wiley in 1786. Robert C. Miller, Jr. married Elizabeth D. Carver in 1825 and James W. Miller married Elizabeth Ellen Lemley in 1851 all in Frederick County, VA. Looking for more information to fill out their lives. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2733.3 Message Board Post: Marriages should be available from 1853. THere is a bond book and a marriage book for both Winchester and Frederick County available at the Handley Regional Library archives in Winchester.

Is the posts for all, and does that price just include that listings you posted or for marriages? sorry confused

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Augustus Bridges Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2732.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I did not have the church information. As you stated, I thought it a bit odd he was so old when he went to war as well but I didnt think anything else of it because of the records. It would make sense about Jackson County/Thrall's Artillery which was mentioned to me in another post. I will follow these leads. I am 1 county away from Bradley County, Arkansas. I cant thank you enough. I have wondered if his name was changed at some point for some reason. Thank you again for the wonderful links you provided. Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2732.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You may have all this, but I do see an Augustus in the NPS's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: Augustus Bridges Regiment Name Capt. Thrall's Battery, Arkansas L. Art'y. Side Confederate Company Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Film Number M376 roll 3 Have you been able to check for possible pension records with the Confederate state he lived in, in this case I guess Arkansas? You might also try to locate a site or history of his unit. It was also known as the Jackson Light Artillery, formed in Jackson Co. See http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/jackson.html which lists Augustus as follows: Bridges, Augustus—Private; enlisted at Jacksonport, June 15, 1861. By his age in 1850, your Augustus would have been 54 when the war began??? An Augustus Bridges is also mentioned at the following site re early members of a Bradley Co. AR church: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/enon_missionary_baptist_church.htm Good luck!