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- Jun 27, 2020
I'm trying to confirm if this Confederate solider was my ancestor.
The soldier:
W.T. Beard, 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Co. D, Private
My ancestor:
William Thomas Beard
BIRTH ABT 1835; Location: ?, ?, Alabama
DEATH ABT. 1865
Wife: Marina E. Combs (Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1858; Location: ?, Madison county, Alabama)
He lived in Madison county, Alabama (near Huntsville), in both the 1850 and 1860 census.
This is one of the poorest branches in my tree. Most all of them were illiterate, so there aren't many records. There is a family story about William being killed by bushwhackers after Civil War, probably because of hard feeling regarding the war. William's step-father-in-law was killed by bushwhackers in an apparently separate incident. That incident is more clearly documented, on his tombstone and other places (when the federal soldiers came through and learned he was a loyal union man, they apparently paid for his tombstone). But I can find anything to support William's story. I have figured out what church they went to. And there is a book, that was made by some relatives that I'd love to be able to find, but apparently it was not circulated widely.
Did William initially enlist and become disillusioned? The date of death is based only on family stories. But it seems likely he died during the war.
The soldier:
W.T. Beard, 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Co. D, Private
- Fold 3 index card (Fold 3 doesn't have the full CMSR, I thought all Confederate CMSRs were digitized there???? Does it exist?)
- NPS soldiers and sailers listing
- Civil War Database listing
- Company listing in a Huntsville newspaper (Enlisted in April 1861)
My ancestor:
William Thomas Beard
BIRTH ABT 1835; Location: ?, ?, Alabama
DEATH ABT. 1865
Wife: Marina E. Combs (Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1858; Location: ?, Madison county, Alabama)
He lived in Madison county, Alabama (near Huntsville), in both the 1850 and 1860 census.
This is one of the poorest branches in my tree. Most all of them were illiterate, so there aren't many records. There is a family story about William being killed by bushwhackers after Civil War, probably because of hard feeling regarding the war. William's step-father-in-law was killed by bushwhackers in an apparently separate incident. That incident is more clearly documented, on his tombstone and other places (when the federal soldiers came through and learned he was a loyal union man, they apparently paid for his tombstone). But I can find anything to support William's story. I have figured out what church they went to. And there is a book, that was made by some relatives that I'd love to be able to find, but apparently it was not circulated widely.
Did William initially enlist and become disillusioned? The date of death is based only on family stories. But it seems likely he died during the war.