I79500: JOHN ABNEY (7 Jun 1657

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John ABNEY, the Mayor (bapt. 07 Jun 1657 St. Mary's; bur. 05 Mar 1714 Braunston) m. Tabitha BENNETT & had issue:
1. Rev. John ABNEY
2. Bennett ABNEY
3. Anne ABNEY m. John CLAYTON, a clerk of Leic.
4. Tabitha ABNEY m. Daniel ALCOCK of Leic.
5. Mary ABNEY m. Thomas HOPTON "of St. Martin's Strand"
6. Elizabeth ABNEY m. William SEAL of Shearby

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May 2004 - Confederate flags captured by Illinois soldiers and held by the state of Illinois defying US government mandate to return all CSA flags to their respective States. By the end of the War there were at least 500 Confederate flags in the possession of the U. S. Government. In 1887 President Grover Cleveland ordered the return of the captured flags in possession of the U. S. Government but the order was rescinded following political pressures from Union veteran organizations. However, in 1905 the government returned the captured Confederate flags to the Governor of each of the former Confederate states and to the appropriate border states. Those flags which were not associated with a specific State or where the State of origin was unknown were deposited at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond. Many of the Confederate flags in possession of the Northern States were also return, but Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin along with the Chicago Historical Society retained possession of some of the captured flags.

The following photos and information details the ten captured Confederate flags still held by the State of Illinois. The flags in the collection are of two types -- First National Flags and Battle Flags.
http://www.civil-war.com/searchpages/confsearch.asp

Barlow's Battery Flag
Description
This side is inscribed "32 SHOTS. IN. GUNBOAT. GENL. BRAGG. JUNE 15. 1864. BARLOW'S BATTERY". According the the Illinois Adjutant General's records the flag was captured together with two pieces of artillery, at Brookhaven, Mississipppi by the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Col. J. G. Fonda commanding, August 18, 1864. The red cotton flag measures 51 x 37". The Southern cross is blue with 13 stars. The inscription is sewn separately onto flag using white silk block letters. The flag has a sleeve 2 1/2" wide and red silk ties on the upper point of the sleeve.

Barlow's Battery Flag, Side 2 This side of the flag is inscribed TRUST IN GOD.
Description
Report of Brigadier-General Albert L. Lee, Commander Cavalry Division, Department of Gulf; 22 November 1864: at Brookhaven, Mississippi on 18 November 1864: "At 5 p.m., 17th Colonel Fonda, with 500 men of the Second Brigade, moved on Brookhaven, distance forty-six miles. At daylight on 18th he surprised the town, scattering a small infantry force stationed there and capturing a section of artillery, with caisson. The gunners were many of them shot down at their pieces. He captured about 50 prisoner;..." O.R., Series I, Volume 49, Part 1, pp. 2-3. Barlow's Battery was Barlow's Louisiana Batttery commanded by Capt. William P. Barlow.

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2 John Strother RICE

My Southern Family

JOHN ABNEY

7 Jun 1657 - 5 Mar 1714

ID Number: I79500

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Capt. William P. BARLOW C.S.A.

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ID Number: I97791

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W. R. COUCH

ABT 1850 - ____

ID Number: I69329

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Hazel Ruth JESSEE

Anne MILNER

1649 - ____

ID Number: I56725

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MARY MONTHERMERE

ABT 1298 - ____

ID Number: I41187

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John Strother RICE

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I81929

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My Southern Family

JOHN ABNEY

7 Jun 1657 - 5 Mar 1714

ID Number: I79500

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Capt. William P. BARLOW C.S.A.

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ID Number: I97791

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W. R. COUCH

ABT 1850 - ____

ID Number: I69329

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Hazel Ruth JESSEE

Anne MILNER

1649 - ____

ID Number: I56725

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MARY MONTHERMERE

ABT 1298 - ____

ID Number: I41187

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John Strother RICE

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I81929

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