William Dougherty (abt. 1830)

Born about 1830 in Scott, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

User ID: BFC0AEB0-F887-41A7-BB1C-5E75B9955869

Record ID Number: MH:IF9177

Date: ABT 1830

Place: Scott, Virginia, USA

Death

Death:

User ID: B3B73733-88D3-48FD-BC7E-2C985A4A98C3

Record ID Number: MH:IF9178

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I337

User ID

User ID: F394BB17-8F1C-4AFD-949D-40739A1FCD63

UPD

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Note

Note: "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DP-XQ6 : accessed 17 May 2012), William Dougherty in household of John Dougherty, Scott county, part of, Scott, Virginia, United States

"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR9F-3LZ : accessed 28 May 2012), William Dougherty, 1856.

Note: Joined Captain S. P. McConnell's Company Trigg's Battalion Partison Rangers enlisted August 16, 1862 (or Virginia’s 27th Battalion Cavalry) in Scott Co., Va by S. P. McConnell. This unit was merged into 25th Cavalry Va. Company A in April of 1864.

Present to September 13, 1863 and promoted to Sgt. and served to June 4, 1864 when he was admitted to CSA General Hospital in Charlottesville, Va with "Typhoides" CSA records until December 1864 indicate absent sick on surgeons certificate. Likely absence remainer of war.

Served with brother Jessee in same company

National Archives Catalog ID: 586957

National Archives Catalog Title: Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations , compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865

Record Group: 109

Roll: 0181

Military Unit: Twenty-fourth Battalion, Partisan Rangers (Scott's Battalion) AND Twenty-fifth Cavalry

Virginia’s 27th Battalion Partisan Rangers was formed in September, 1862, with seven companies, later increased to nine. The unit served in General Hodge's and W.E. Jones' Brigade and participated in various engagements in East Tennessee and western Virginia. During April, 1864, it contained 240 effectives, and in July it merged into the 25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Edmundson was in command.

Note there was another William P Dougherty (Private Company A 22nd Cav) from Scott Co, but he died in May 15, 1865 in a Union Prison camp in Ohio, this William P. was likely a 1st cousin?

Sources

• WikiTree profile Dougherty-306 created through the import of Wiki Tree.GED on Jun 30, 2012 by Dale Smith. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dale and others.