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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    The Baldknobbers were interesting. My ancestor was Thomas K Jones, was surprised to find a "US vs. Thomas K Jones" file lol. Schwallanscher said: I've wondered if that was the case. I know that in some of the more intense battles just the basic rifle fire could tear down trees as well.found...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    Another thing of note for Elisha F M May is that his grandfather, the Jacob Buzby who served in the American Revolution in South Carolina (my 6th Great Grandfather) was paternally of SSA (Sub-Saharan African) descent. Multiple male descended cousins of Jacob Busby and other Busby's living in...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    I have yet to fully dig into his regiments record, which I'll do, though of note is Having accompanied Hood to Rome, the Second then fell on Sherman's rear, and skirmished almost daily with some loss. The regiment tracked Sherman to Greenesboro, N. C., then escorted President Davis to Georgia...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    Elisha Francis Marion May born 1835 in Talladega County, Alabama and died 1912 in Coleman County, Texas. In 1856 her married Louisa Tipton Berry in Coosa County, Alabama. His parents were Claiborne May and Jane "Jincy" Busby, both born in South Carolina. In the 1860 census he is listed as a...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    William C Thomas in the 11th regiment saw a long history of some of the most significant battles. The battles I've found so far: Missed - First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run (missed by one day due to delays) - July 21, 1861 Seven Days Battles - June 25 - July 1, 1862 Army of Northern Virginia -...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    Unfortunately since I don't know Jesse Thomas's parentage I know nothing of Williams roots up that line. Having recently discovered Rebecca's parentage I know some of that line though am still researching it. Her parents were Christopher Baker married to Agnes Forrester. I know Christopher...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    William C Thomas was born around 1836/1837 in Forsyth County Georgia. He married Amanda Langston Nov 30, 1854 in Gilmer County, Georgia. His father was Jesse Thomas born 1802 in Georgia (unknown exactly where, possibly Franklin County). His mother was Rebecca Baker, they married around 1825 in...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    Thought I'd share the full letter from Miles L Langley to Susan B Anthony, found it interesting. I've just placed an order for a research paper done on Miles in the 1970s in Arkansas, hoping to find some more interesting things. I also found some pretty great debate comments from him during the...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    As it turns out there were three John Pearsons in Newberry at the same time, no known relation between all of them. Mine doesn't connect to the Pearsons descended from Lawrence via paper trail, a possibly male descendant of mine has been Y DNA tested and is a different haplogroup as well. The...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    Isom Paul Langley was born in 1828 in Clark County, Arkansas. In 1851 he married Nancy Jane Bear in the same county. His father was Miles L Langley born 1800 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. His mother was Sally Bulter born about 1800 in Jackson County, Georgia. Miles died in 1831 when...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    I found my 10th Civil War Veteran ancestor. Elisha Francis Marion May, my 4th great grandfather. Of particular interest his maternal grandfather was a Jacob Busby from South Carolina. Paternal descendants of Jacob Busby tested for the most common Sub-Saharan African and African American...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    It definitely has caused me to look at the Civil War in a very complex and diverse light. I was born in the West (Phoenix, Arizona) hence my variety of places my ancestors hailed from, following them across the US map is definitely a case of each generation moving a bit further west. Most come...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    Lol, good catch... Well there might have been some time travel involvedQuite a feat. You were born in 1938 and your father was born in 1948.
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    That's a very good point, I hadn't noticed that range until I listed them out like that. I'm younger than you, but not particularly young, 32. Out of interest I mapped out my descents from the 2x and 5x lines with the age they were when my ancestor (child) was born listed to the right. Looks...
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    MattL's Civil War Ancestry

    So far I have discovered that 10 of my ancestors have served in the Civil War, split amongst both Union and CSA. I recently just did a proper pass to find records to confirm which units they served in and validate that everything matches up. One of them is still speculative, strong family...
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    The Antebellum in Census Numbers

    Yup, pretty much. I've posted some generalized charts regarding how slanted population representation was due to the 3/5ths rule, here are some of the same ones on a per state level. I also don't think I ever posted my elector charts in a general level of CSA vs US so I'll post those and new per...
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    The Antebellum in Census Numbers

    A look from a per State perspective
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    The Antebellum in Census Numbers

    This 1830's blip was bothering me so I redid these with a couple changes 1) 1830 is an average of 1820 and 1840, this also changes the overall average applied to predicted trends 1870+ 2) I changed the charted growth from 120% to 20% to better show the changes between years and trend, I also...
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    The Antebellum in Census Numbers

    Here's a chart with three numbers taken from the 1860 census * Percentage of slave owning households * Percentage of slave owners out of white males 20+ * Percentage of slaves of total population The States have their secession dates listed and are in order of first to secede
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    The Antebellum in Census Numbers

    A good observation. It really reveals itself when looking at the data.
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