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Singleton Posey (1830 - 1866)

Pvt. Singleton Posey
Born in Autauga County, Alabama, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 7 Jan 1849 in Coosa County, Alabama, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 35 in Coosa County, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

Roll of Honor
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.

Sources

  1. "Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXKX-FPT : Wed Oct 04 06:32:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Singleton Posey, 1862.
  2. "United States Census, 1860", 2nd Subdivision, Coosa County, Alabama. FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD6-FCG : 13 December 2017)
  3. 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)

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DNA Connections
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