Levi
Maddox
Born in Marion, Alabama, United States
Son of Levi Maddox
and Elizabeth Jeffries (Hicks) Maddox
Brother of
Daniell Maddox, Leah Harriet (Maddox) Humphreys, Susan Jefferies (Maddox) Moore, Thomas Green Maddox Sr., John Young Maddox, Young Andrew Maddox [half] and Benevedas V. Maddox [half]
Husband of
Martha M. (Henderson) Berry
— married
1862 in Guadalupe County, Texas
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Levi (Maddox) Redford
Died
at about age 27
in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2011
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Biography
Levi was born in 1837 in Marion, Alabama. He was the son of John Maddox and Elizabeth Hicks. By 1860 he had moved to Texas On 27 Mar 1862 in Guadalupe, Texas he married Martha M Henderson. They had one known child, Margaret Levi Maddox (b. 1862 - d. 1938, m. James Redford).
Levi Maddox served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: May 1862
Mustered out: 4 Feb 1864 (DPW)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. M, 6th Regiment, Texas Infantry
Enlisted: May 1862
Mustered out: 4 Feb 1864 (DPW)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. M, 6th Regiment, Texas Infantry
In May 1862 he enlisted as a Private with Co. M, 6th Regiment Texas Infantry. On 30 May 1862 he was sick and in the hospital in Petersburg, Virginia[1] then back to serve in June 1862.
In January 1863 he is shown on the roster of Confederate Army captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas on 11 Jan 1863 and was received in the Camp Butler, Illinois on 31 Jan 1863. From Jan through Nov 1863, it is a bit unclear where he was.
On 25 Nov 1863 he was wounded slightly at Missionary Ridge (in Chattanooga, TN[2]) then taken capture by the Union on 27 Nov 1863[3] in Ringgold, Virginia[4] and was first sent to a military prison in Louisville, KY. From there he was sent to Rock Island, Illinois in Dec 1863[5] where he was recorded as entering on 13 Dec 1863. While the cause is unknown, he died in Rock Island on 4 Feb 1864 and was buried at the Rock Island Confederate Cemetery.
His brother John Young Maddox also died during the Civil War, on 6 Feb 1862 at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/14527332
- ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/14527349
- ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/14527356
- ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/14527360
- ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/14527405
- First-hand information as remembered by Family memories/records, Cemetery Records, Magoffin County Society or "Pedigree Resource File," database, Family Search.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9119734/levi-maddox: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for Pvt Levi Maddox (1837–4 Feb 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9119734, citing Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by HGWells (contributor 49850702).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Levi by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Levi:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Levi by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Levi:
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~1.56%
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Maddox-357 and Maddox-1866 appear to represent the same person because: The Levi Maddox that married Martha Henderson is also the same Levi Maddox that is the son of (John) Levi Maddox and Elizabeth (Hicks) Maddox
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