Sarah Elizabeth (McKinney) Satterwhite (1832 - 1903)

Born 22 Sep 1832 in Alabama

Ancestors

Wife of William Jackson Satterwhite CSA — married 19 Dec 1850 in Chambers Co. AL

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1903 at age 70 in Delta, Randolph County, Alabama

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Biography

Sarah Elizabeth McKinney in Chambers Co. AL. Sarah b. 22 Sep 1832 AL d. 19 Jan 1903, Delta, Randolph County, Alabama, buried in Old Cool Springs Cemetery also known as the Kerr Family Cemetery. Sarah Elizabeth McKinney Satterwhite was the daughter of Eli McKinney. She m. 19 Dec 1850, William Jackson Satterwhite, CSA b. 25 July 1825 in Georgia d. 22 April 1863, Academy Hospital Chattanooga, TN. Found in Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery record where William is buried, killed at Murfreesboro, 31 Dec. 1862, W. J. Satterwhite, Company G. 22nd Infantry Regiment, Alabama. Which date of death is correct is unknown. May have died of typhoid pneumonia. He appears in the 1860 census of Randolph Co., AL, living next door to Yancy Satterwhite. A descendant of one of William’s slaves, Annie Satterwhite, was the mother of Willie Mays the famous baseball player.

Sarah Elizabeth was born about 1838. Sarah is the child of Eli McKinney and Nancy Gresham. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Eli Mckinney, Monday, July 21, 2014.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVXV-B54

Satterwhite Family history, posted by D. Marshall Satterwhite.

Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKY-HBG : 17 October 2014), Elizabeth Satterwhite, Alabama, United States; citing p. 16, family 119, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,536.