William A. Elliott (1832 - 1910)

Born 5 Nov 1832 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Died 29 Dec 1910 at age 78 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Pvt. William Elliott served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 8 Jun 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry

William Anthony Elliot was born in Pittsylvania, Virginia on November 5, 1832. Son of James and Mary Coward Elliott, he was with his parents as the second oldest of nine siblings.

On May 6, 1855, William married Martha Worsham. In 1860 in southern Pittsylvania the couple is shown with newborn Elvira Elliott.

William would enlist in the CSA on June 8, 1861, and join the 38th Virginia Infantry, Company E. He was wounded during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He returned to duty in January of 1864.

William survived the war, and by 1880 in Pittsylvania, he and Martha had 7 more children. First child Elvira not present. A later record would show a ninth child, Charles, born in 1882.

Sources

• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/t/Barbara-J-Hathaway-VA/GENE2-0013.html
• *Findagrave 128140914
• 1850 census Pittsylvania, Virginia, William Elliott
• Virginia marriage record, William A. Elliott, Martha Worsham, 6 May 1855, Pittsylvania
• 1860 census Southern Pittsylvania, Virginia, page 156, William Elliott
• Virginia Civil War Service Records, William A. Elliott, 1861, Thirty-eighth Infantry, Pittsylvania Regiment
• 1880 census Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, William A. Elliott