Private Emory Brock served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: March 1, 1863 Mustered out: Died of pneumonia May 16, 1864 Side: CSA Regiment(s): Company H, 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Emory was born about 1826. He was the son of Elias Brock and Elizabeth Unknown. He passed away in 1865. He was born around 1830 in Anderson County, South Carolina. By 1850, he had moved with his family to Franklin County, Georgia.[1]
In 1851, he married Elizabeth Sheriff in Franklin County.[2] They made their home in Carnesville, Franklin, Georgia, and had five children:[3][4]
Arrie Roxanne (1853-1915)
Sarah C. (1856-1942)
Martha J. (1858-1912)
James Thomas (1859-1903)
William Lawrence (1863-1925)
On March 1, 1863, Emory enlisted as a Private in the Confederate States Army, at Franklin County, Georgia. He was attached to Company H, 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry.[5] He came down with typhoid fever and, after several months of hospital care, then furlough, then relapse, he died of pneumonia on 16 May, 1864, in General Hospital No. 2, Lynchburg, Virginia.[6]
He was buried in Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia.[7]
↑1860 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1860; Census Place: Subdivision, Franklin, Georgia; Page: 673; Family History Library Film: 803121
↑1870 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 51, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: M593_150; Page: 42A; Family History Library Film: 545649
↑Service Record #4 Fold3.com Page 4 - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia 1903-1927
↑Service Record # 9 Fold3.com Page 9 - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia 1903-1927
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYG-V8W : 20 December 2020), Emory Brock in household of Elias Brock, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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