Son of Pearley Dunaway and Sarah Perkins Greer from Pike County, Mississippi. He is listed with his parents on the 1850 Census.[1] He enlisted on April 25, 1862 at Holmesville, Mississippi for "3 years or the war". Listed on August 29, 1864 as "sick in hospital", but later returned. He lost two brothers in the war, Pvt. John C. Dunaway killed at Corinth, Mississippi on October 4, 1862 and Pvt. William Dunaway mortally wounded in July, 1864 and died in Atlanta, Georgia August 14, 1864.[2]
This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[3] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.
Military
Company E. 33rd Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A.
Pinkney Dunaway: United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
Name: Pinkney Dunaway
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: from 1861 to 1865
Event Place: Mississippi, United States
Event Place (Original): Mississippi
State or Military Term (Original): Mississippi
Military Side: Confederate
Military Company: E
Military Unit: 33rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: Private
Note: _
Note (Original): _
Affiliate Publication Number (Original): M232
Affiliate Publication Title (Original): Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Mississippi.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-WKF : 22 December 2020), Pinckney Dunaway in household of Perley Dunaway, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6546927/pinkney-dunaway : accessed 07 January 2022), memorial page for PVT Pinkney Dunaway (16 Mar 1837–30 Nov 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6546927, citing McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Tim Burgess (contributor 47983260) .
↑ Dunaway-379 was created by David Keys through the import of WilliamElishaThornhill.ged on Jul 10, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
↑ "Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFGQ-YXZ : 4 December 2014), Pinkney Dunaway, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Thirty-third Infantry, A-D, NARA microfilm publication M269 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 351.
Notes
Note N6Pinkney DUNAWAY BIRTH: 10 MAR 1837, Pike Co,MS DEATH: 30 NOV 1864, Franklin,TN,(Civil War) Father: Pearley DUNAWAY Mother: Sarah "Sally" Perkins GREER Family 1: Lydia "Leddy" Ann THORNHILL Jessie Allen DUNAWAY Oliver Webster DUNAWAY Joseph William "Bill" DUNAWAY
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