Nathaniel Lovelace (abt. 1827 - aft. 1910)

Born about 1 Jun 1827 in Halifax, Virginia, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (White) Lovelace — married 4 Jan 1866 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Pvt. Nathaniel Lovelace served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry

Nathaniel Lovelace was born in Halifax, Virginia in June of 1827. His parents John Lovelace and Jane Daniel were married in Halifax in 1822, and were living there in 1830. They moved to Pittsylvania prior to the 1840 census. He married Elizabeth White on 4 Jan 1866 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.

In 1850 in Pittsylvania, John and Jane had six children listed:

John Lovelace M 48 Virginia Jane Lovelace F 48 Virginia

1. Susan Lovelace F 25 Virginia
2. Thomas Lovelace M 23 Virginia
3. Nathl Lovelace M 20 Virginia
4. John Lovelace M 18 Virginia
5. Mary Lovelace F 16 Virginia
6. Sally Lovelace F 14 Virginia

Nathaniel was living in the Laurel Grove area of southern Pittsylvania in 1861 when he enlisted in Company C of the 38th Virginia Infantry. His brother Thomas, in the Danville area, enlisted in Company E of the 38th.

Nathaniel married likely just after the war, and in 1870 in the Dan River area of Pittsylvania, Virginia is noted with wife and two children: Nathaniel Lovelace M 43 Virginia Elizabeth H Lovelace F 37 Virginia

1. Charles F Lovelace M 3 Virginia
2. Ella B Lovelace F 0 Virginia

The 1880 record would show the same foursome, and parents Nathaniel and Elizabeth were still living in the Dan River as of 1910.

Sources

• "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CL9M-JJN2 : 27 March 2020), Nath Lovelace, 4 Jan 1866; citing Marriage Registration, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.

• 1850 census Pittsylvania, Virginia, NATHL LOVELACE

• 1860 census Laurel Grove, Southern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, page 244, NATHAN LOVELACE

• United States Civil War Soldiers index, NATHANIEL LOVELACE, Private, Confederate, 38th Virginia Infantry, Company C

• 1870 census Dan River, Virginia, NATHANIEL LOVELACE

• 1880 census Dan River, PIttsylvania, Virginia, NATHANIEL LOVELACE

• 1910 census Dan River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, NAT LOVELACE