Private Singleton Posey Died of Wounds during Civil War.
Singleton was born in 1830. He was the son of Squire Posey and Jane Pate.
Singleton Posey volunteered a Loachapoka, Lee County, Alabama on May 3, 1862, as a private in Company B., 34th Alabama Infantry, the same outfit as his brother , Gilbert, joined. He was captured by Federal troops and parolled as a prisoner of war at Talladega, Alabama on July 8, 1865. The 34th fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Atlanta. [1]
1860 United States Census - Coosa County, Alabama [2]
Singleton Posey Male 29 Al
Margaret Posey Female 28 Ga,
Nathaniel Posey Male 7
Appleton Posey. Male 5 Ala
Nalder Posey Male 3 Ala
Mary J Posey Female 0 Ala
He died of his wounds on April 15, 1866 in Coosa County, Alabama. He is buried at the Baxley Cemetery, Coosa County, Alabama.[3]
Singleton's descendants remember his wife relating how she could pull a silk handkerchief through his wound to clean it out.
Research Notes
The Posey Mill Cemetery has a Memorial Grave marker for Singleton.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35206250/singleton-posey: accessed 28 November 2023), memorial page for Singleton Posey Sr. (3 Sep 1830–15 Apr 1866), Find A Grave: Memorial #35206250, citing Baxley Cemetery, Coosa County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by W.D. Hosey (contributor 46850918)
See Also:
”Some Descendants of Francis & Malinda Posey”, Page 13. By Betty Drake, Collection.
“God Rest Ye Merry Soldiers”, by James Melvor (Viking/Penguin-2005).
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," Singleton Posey and Martha M. Morris, 07 Jan 1849; Coosa Co, Al. FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKZ3-73VB : 6 November 2017), Singleton Posey and Martha M. Morris, 07 Jan 1849; citing Coosa, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,263.
“The Posey Family in America”, by Lloyd Franklin & Betty Drake Posey, 1971.
"Posey, Singleton BATTLE UNIT NAME: 34th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Confederacy COMPANY: B, SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private, SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private, ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M374 ROLL 36, PLAQUE NUMBER:
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Singleton 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 Singleton: