Miles D Thedford (1835 - 1863)

Born 1835 in Cherokee, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth C (Lawrence) Thedford — married 20 Sep 1855 in Smith, Texas, USA

Husband of S E Fitzgerald — married 6 Sep 1860 in Smith, Texas, USA

Died 29 Oct 1863 at about age 28 in Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA

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Biography

Miles was born in 1835. He was the son of William Thedford and Amanda Satterfield.^[1][2]

Miles married in Smith County to two ladies. The first was to Elizabeth C Lawrence.^[3] She died and he married S.E. Fitzgerald.^[4] His children were raised by his parents, William and Jane at Noonday, Tx. He enlisted in Company D, 15th Regt. Texas Vol.^[5] Inf. at Tyler, Texas on June 18, 1862 and was listed on the muster roll dated December 31, 1862 as absent sick. Stories told that he was a guard at the Tyler Stockade, ( Camp Ford ). This is possible, because his brother James Lafayette was also a guard at this camp.^[6]

Miles passed away in 1863 and is buried in the U. S. Veterans' Gravesites in the Noonday Cemetery at Leesburg, Texas.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch Miles Thedford in household of William Thedford, Taylors Ridge Valley, Walker, Georgia, United States citing family 748, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch Miles Thedford in entry for Wm Thedford, 1860.
3. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch M D Theadford and E C Lawrence, 1855 citing Marriage, citing Smith, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,853,160.
4. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch M D Thedford and S E Fitzgerald, 06 Sep 1861 citing Marriage, citing Smith, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,853,161.
5. ↑ Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch M D Thedford, 1862 from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Fifteenth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M323 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 380.
6. ↑ Personal Family Knowledge of Wilma Thedford, 17 January 2004. Notes with Lucy (Wilson) Robinson
7. ↑ National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,, 200m, Name: Miles D Thedford, Service Info.: PVT US ARMY CONFEDERATE STATES, Birth Date: 1835, Death Date: 1863, Cemetery: Noonday Cemetery, Cemetery Address: Leesburg, TX 75451.