Pleasant
Green
Light
Born in Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John Russell Light
and Christian (Morgan) Light
Brother of
Newton F Light, Mary Ann Light, John M Light, Daniel Franklin Light, James M Light, Laura Louvinia Light, Joseph Clinton Light, Benjamin Jackson Light and Alice M Light
Husband of
Flora Elvira (Mooney) Light
— married
28 Feb 1858 in Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Husband of
Adah Josephine (Barnhill) Light
— married
1 Oct 1883 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alminia Light, Charles C Light, James William Light, Jason Lamar Light, Lunettie A (Light) Pevehouse, Anthony Lee Light, Molly E Light, George Otis Light, Nora A Light, David Light and Willie Isora Light
Died
at age 52
in Walcott, Greene County, Arkansas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2015
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Biography
1st Corporal Pleasant Light served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Georgia Infantry
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Georgia Infantry
Pleasant Green Light served in the Confederate Army in Co. L.(later New Co. N) 38th Georgia Infantry, attaining the rank of 1st Corporal. Wounded in Virginia; his mother went to Virginia to bring him home. Information gathered from www.familysearch.org , Family group record ancestral file v4.19
- Posted by Jimmy Perkins
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYG-MMW : 12 April 2016), Plesant G Light in household of John R Light, Forsyth county, Forsyth, Georgia, United States; citing family 1217, NARA microfilm...
- "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW3W-74M : 11 February 2018), Pleasant G. Light and Flora E. Mooney, 28 Feb 1858; citing Forsyth, Georgia; FHL microfilm 329,927.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC3-RNZ : 7 June 2019), Pleasant G Light, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWW-DN6 : 24 August 2017), Green Light, Cache, Greene, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 101, sheet 247A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Wa...
- "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7SZ-SWT : 10 February 2018), P. G. Light and Ada Hicks, 02 Oct 1883; citing Greene,Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,301,913.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #76666072 memorial page for Pleasant Green Light (3 Mar 1837–24 Jun 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76666072, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Walcott, Greene County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Pamela (contributor 47334090) .
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