Joel Pope ABNEY
M, b. 5 August 1839, d. 23 August 1869
- Relationship
- 3rd cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Joel Pope ABNEY, son of Hardy ABNEY and Martha ROAN, was born on 5 August 1839 in Alabama.
Joel Pope ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of Martha ROAN in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama.1
Joel Pope ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1860 in Tompkinsville, Choctaw County, Alabama. The household was listed as J. P. Abney, 20 year old male, who was born in Alabama.2
Joel saw military service between 1861 and 1865 in Alabama where he enlisted as a private in Co. C 54th Alabama Infantry, CSA and rose to rank of captain. Records show that he served as 2nd and later 1st lieutenant of Co. C 54th Alabama Infantry and captain of Co. H 37th Alabama Infantry. He distinquished himself at Vicksburg.3
Joel married Emma Walker on 2 January 1866 in Sumter County, Alabama.4
Joel Pope ABNEY died on 23 August 1869 in Butler, Choctaw County, Alabama, at age 30.5 He was buried in Butler City Cemetery.5
His obituary appeared 26 August 1869 in the The Choctaw Herald, published in Butler, Alabama. We are again called upon to record the death of another of our best citizens, Mr. Joseph[sic] P. Abney, who died at his residence near this place on last Monday, 23rd inst... He leaves a fond wife and a devoted child, a little daughter to mourn his untimely death.6
His obituary appeared 2 September 1869 in the The Choctaw Herald, published in Butler, Alabama. "Died, at his residence two miles south of Butler, on the 23rd day of August 1869, Capt. Joel P. Abney, aged 30 years and 18 days."6
Joel Pope ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of Martha ROAN in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama.1
Joel Pope ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1860 in Tompkinsville, Choctaw County, Alabama. The household was listed as J. P. Abney, 20 year old male, who was born in Alabama.2
Joel saw military service between 1861 and 1865 in Alabama where he enlisted as a private in Co. C 54th Alabama Infantry, CSA and rose to rank of captain. Records show that he served as 2nd and later 1st lieutenant of Co. C 54th Alabama Infantry and captain of Co. H 37th Alabama Infantry. He distinquished himself at Vicksburg.3
Joel married Emma Walker on 2 January 1866 in Sumter County, Alabama.4
Joel Pope ABNEY died on 23 August 1869 in Butler, Choctaw County, Alabama, at age 30.5 He was buried in Butler City Cemetery.5
His obituary appeared 26 August 1869 in the The Choctaw Herald, published in Butler, Alabama. We are again called upon to record the death of another of our best citizens, Mr. Joseph[sic] P. Abney, who died at his residence near this place on last Monday, 23rd inst... He leaves a fond wife and a devoted child, a little daughter to mourn his untimely death.6
His obituary appeared 2 September 1869 in the The Choctaw Herald, published in Butler, Alabama. "Died, at his residence two miles south of Butler, on the 23rd day of August 1869, Capt. Joel P. Abney, aged 30 years and 18 days."6
Last Edited=20 Dec 2016
Children of Joel Pope ABNEY and Emma Walker
- Helen Eloise ABNEY7 b. 15 Nov 1866, d. 6 Dec 1958
- Joel Pope ABNEY b. 9 Nov 1869, d. 16 May 1899
Citations
- [S265] 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Martha Abney household #42-42, pg. 260.
- [S482] 1860 U. S. Census, Choctaw County, Alabama, J. P. Abney household No. 22, pg. 471.
- [S37] Joel Pope Abney, Confederate Service Records.
- [S175] ADAH Surnames Files;, Abney surname.
- [S422] Choctaw County Heritage Book Committee, Heritage of Choctaw County, pg. 58.
- [S978] Larry E. Caver, Abstracts from Alabama Newspapers, Vol. 1, pg. 4.
- [S175] ADAH Surnames Files;.
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