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Note: Middle name may be Alford per info from Ken Nixon <ycowboy@@ix.netcom.com> on Sept 30, 2010. He is trying to find the source of his information.
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From: gwn71667@@yahoo.com
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com
Sent: 4/3/2010 4:15:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: nixon news article
Hello Valerie,
I have gone back to the library in Pine Bluff to look at an article on AJN that I was unable to make a copy of. The microfilm is so dark that in some places you can't make out what it is saying and will not make a copy. I got a lady from the library to help me and we got it to where you can read most of it but still could not make a copy. I made notes on what I could read.
The name of the article is " Sudden Deaths in Nixon Family" and was published on Saturday, December 17, 1910 in the "Pine Bluff Daily Graphic." In the article, AFN talks about his brother AJN dying from injuries he suffered in a fall from a wagon near his home in Lincoln Co., and goes on to talk about other brothers having accidents or dying in the war.
It mentions J. F. Nixon being killed at the second battle at Manassas in 1862 and another brother >>> W. A. NIXON ( microfilm really dark here so not 100% sure of name ) was killed before the end of the war. <<<
J. H. Nixon was killed in 1888 after a team and wagon was involved in a runaway. the article talks about survivors being A. F. Nixon of Pine Bluff and ( dark spot ) X number of brothers in Georgia.
I am going to check in Little Rock to see if I can find the article there and get a copy.
Wayne
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GEORGIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIER INDEX - Page 207 - Nicks thru Norten
141641-142457
Compiled and formatted by Keith Giddeon
Info and F.A.Q. at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/military/gsi/index.html
GSI # LAST NAME FIRST NAME COMPANY UNIT SERVED ENROLL RANK DISCHARGE RANK GSI #
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141960 Nixon William A. C 36th Reg't Ga Inf. (Villepigue's) Private Private 141960
141961 Nixon William A. G 3rd Inf. Reg't Private Private 141961 - - - -
Georgia: Bibb County: 1st COMPANY C
1st CONFEDERATE REGIMENT INFANTRY
BROWN INFANTRY
1st Company C
1st Confederate Regiment Infantry
Army of Tennessee
Bibb Co., Georgia
Brown Infantry
*Originally Co. C, 36th (Villepigue's), Regiment Ga. Infantry.
Designation changed to 1st Regiment Confederate Infantry January 31, 1862.
Privates:
Nixon, William A., - Private, March 18, 1861. Discharged by expiration of term of service March 18, 1862.
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Company G, 3rd Regiement
Richmond Co., Georgia
"Confederate Light Guards"
Nixon, William A. - Private, October 2, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. On detached duty April 30 - August 31, 1864. Transferred to Blodgett's Battery Georgia Light Artillery.
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@@hot.rr.com
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MUSTER ROLL OF 1st COMPANY *I, 3d REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
C. S. A.
RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA
*This company was originally designated 1st Co. I, 3d Regiment Ga. Infantry. It was detached from this regiment, under Special Order No 242, Hdqrs. Richmond, Va. and became Blodgett's Battery Ga. Light Artillery August 5, 1861. This company was designated Co. C, 2d Battn. Ga. Reserve Light Artillery in August 1861. Upon the resignation of Captain Blodgett, May 21, 1862, John Milledge, Jr., was elected Captain and it became known as Milledge's Battery Ga. Light Artillery.
Nixon, William A.----See private Co. G.
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From: morris.judithc@@gmail.com
To: nixonjohnwgenealogy@@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 10/3/2010 4:13:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: [nixonjohnwgenealogy] JWN'S *other* children
responding to Ken's message about several 'lost' children of JWN.
Wondering if this might be the right William A. Nixon (b. abt. 1834)
(see attached file downloaded from footnote.com)
William A Nixon, Private, Co. C, 1st Confederate Regiment, Georgia Volunteers
age 26 as of discharge document dated 17 March 1862
born Greene County, Tennessee
Enlisted 18 March 1861 at Macon, Georgia for a one-year term
Plasterer by profession
5 ft. 8-1/2 in. tall, slight build, blue eyes, dark hair
(appears to have served under 1st Lt. F. L. Nixon -- interesting)
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