Norval Robert Duckworth (abt. 1833 - 1863)

Born about 1833 in Covington, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 5 May 1863 at about age 30 in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Parents and Siblings

United States Census, 1850^[1]

Father: Patrick C Duckworth b. 1797, North Carolina

Mother:Sarah Duckworth b. 1802, South Carolina

1. William Duckworth b. 1824, South Carolina
2. Elnathan Duckworth b. 1831, Mississippi
3. Nowel Duckworth b. 1833, Mississippi
4. Jacob Duckworth b. 1836, Mississippi
5. Zabard Duckworth b. 1842, Mississippi

Maternal Grandmother: Polly Duckworth b. 1771, North Carolina

Marriage and Children

Phebe (Feley) Wade^[2]

1. Mary J. Duckworth b. 1857^[2]
2. William Carr Duckworth (1858 - 1931)^[2]
3. James Columbus Duckworth (1861 - 1910)^[3]

Military

Duckworth , Norval R.^[4]

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 7th Battalion, Mississippi Infantry

SIDE: Confederacy

COMPANY: C

SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Corporal

SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private

FILM NUMBER: M232 ROLL 11

Death

Event: Siege of Vicksburg

Date: 05 Jun 1863

Place: Vicksburg,Warren,Mississippi

Note: the Siege of Vicksburg, MS during the Civil War

Norvel Duckworth died at the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi during the War Between the States

Burial

Burial: Common Grave Near Battle Of Vicksburg Area^[5]

Find A Grave: Memorial #119597443

[From: Benjamin Duckworth: His Descendants and Related Families, compiled by Sandra Boyd from research by Lucille Skehan]:

He was killed June 5, 1863 during the Battle of Vicksburg.......as can be proved by his Civil War Record, which can be found in the Mississippi Archives......it is true in that a stray bullet from the Union lines killed him, during the celebration that the battle in that area was over.

The following information has been passed down from that generation of Wade relatives, to the present time: During the Battle of Vicksburg, smoke from the guns there was thick enough to be seen in the Big Creek Community of Jones County, in the area of Highway 84 West of Laurel 14 miles. The wives of the fighting men stood in their yards and listened to the booming cannon from the battle..... Norvel Robert Duckworth was the only one of the eight brothers and three brothers-in-law who was killed in battle in the war. Not all were in that particular battle.

[Compilers Note: The 'as the crow flies' distance between the Battle of Vicksburg and the Big Creek Community described above is nearly 100 miles. Forest fires can disperse smoke for many hundreds of miles and I have heard artillery fire from about that distance when living east of the Marine base at Camp Pendleton, California, so the story is totally plausible in my opinion]

• Corporal, Company C, 7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry
• Enlisted 5/12/1862 at Quitman, MS
• Listed as sent to hospital on Sept/Oct 1862 muster roll
• Listed as deserted 9/15/1862 on Nov/Dec 1862 muster roll
• Listed as present on Jan/Feb 1863 muster roll
• On Jun 30 to Oct 31 1863 muster roll, listed as Private, and listed as 'Died'

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (9 November 2014), Nowel Duckworth in household of Patrick C Duckworth, Jones county, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing family 247, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1860 United States Federal Census database on-line. Census Place: Jones, Mississippi; Roll: M653_584; Page: 723; Family History Library Film: 803584. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. ↑ Boyd
4. ↑ The Civil War: Soldier Details, National Park Service, nps.gov
5. ↑ National Parks Service: Confederate Interments: D

• Compiled by Sandra Boyd from research by Lucille Skehan, Benjamin Duckworth: His Descendants and Related Families
• Find a Grave for Norvel Robert Duckworth

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