Francis Percival Adams (29 Sep. 1849-10 Feb 1926)

Francis Percival Adams was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. He was the son of James Adams (1810-1870) and his wife, Missouri E. Kilby (1824-1870). Francis Adams attended the University of Virginia in session 48 (1871-1872). He later attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA.

By 1880, he had moved to Reno County, Kansas, and married Orpha C. McGowan (ca. 1859-ca. 1890) of Illinois. In the 1880 census they resided in Castleton, Kansas, where he established a medical practice. The couple had three children, Nellie I., Maude Ellen, and James A. Adams. Around 1892, Francis married his second wife, Nellie Kirkpatrick (1863-1933), and they had two children, Jean Orpha and Dorothy Adams. This family was living in Texas County, Missouri in 1900, in Washington County, Alabama in 1910, and in Okanogan County, Washington in 1920. In these later censuses, Dr. Adams is listed as a farmer.

Francis and Nellie K. Adams are buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan Co., Washington.

References:

• Adams graves, Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan Co., WA. Findagrave.com.
• Ancestry.com. 1850-1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Thomas, David. “Maude Ellen ADAMS of Kansas, d/o Francis Percival ADAMS.” [Message board post] 2 Jan, 2009. http://genforum.genealogy.com/adams/messages/22805.html
• Thomas, David and Gale Wall. “Maude Ellen Adams, b. 1881, Reno County, Kansas.” [Message board thread] 3 Jan. 2009. http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=2735&p=localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.reno
• “United States Census, 1850,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88B-8DS : accessed 14 Dec 2012), Missouri Adams in household of James Adams, Culpeper county, Culpeper, Virginia, United States; citing dwelling 97, family 97, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 941.
• “Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRHJ-HH3 : accessed 14 Dec 2012), James Adams and Missouri E. Kilby, 01 Feb 1843; citing reference P 33, FHL microfilm 30927.

Robert Anderson Bright (23 Mar. 1839-18 Mar. 1904)

Robert Anderson Bright was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the son of Samuel Francis Bright (b. 5 Jan. 1803) and his second wife, Elianna Maria Jerdone Southall (b. 6 Apr. or 20 May 1811-d.Sep. 1839). Robert Bright was educated at Fords and Pryors schools in Williamsburg, the Rev. Pike Powers school in Staunton, and William & Mary College in 1854-1855, before attending the University of Virginia in session 34 (1857-1858). (Bright)

Bright was in service for the entire Civil War, having enlisted in May 1861 in the Peninsula Light Artillery, originally part of the 32nd Light Infantry, Virginia. He attained the rank of captain under Gen. George Pickett, and surrendered with him at Appomattox. (Boelt)

He married Annie “Nannie” Munford (d. 1881) about 1871. They had five children, two of whom died as infants. The surviving children were Robert Southall, Nannie M., and Alexander M. Bright. (U.S. Census)

Bright was a planter and farmer all his life. He served on the Alumni Association Board of the College of William & Mary for several years—in fact, the original portion of the Alumni House is the Bright House, built about 1860—and was active in the Virginia Confederate Veterans organizations. Bright died of pneumonia in 1904, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Williamsburg.

References:

• Ancestry.com. 1850-1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Boelt, Fred. “Confederate gravesites.” Picket Lines (James City Cavalry), Nov. 2011, p. 5. http://www.jamescitycavalry.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/jccnewsletternov2011.pdf
• Bright, Robert Anderson, 1839-1904., “Autobiographical essay of Robert Anderson Bright,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 11, 2013, http://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/7.
• “Family Records of the Southall, Macaulay, Jerdone, Bright and Macon Families.” William and Mary College Quarterly, v.11, no.1 (Jul. 1908), p.29-35.
• “History.” William & Mary Alumni Association. [website] http://wmalumnihouse.com/history/
• Leonard, John, ed. Who’s who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 2nd ed. New York, 1908, p.97.
• National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.
• Robert Anderson Bright tombstone, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, VA. Findagrave.com.

The McCarty Family in Virginia / Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine

Just this week I received my copy of the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine for December 2012. I was excited because two articles written by me and my colleague Brendan P. Fox were published in this issue.

The first article is called “The McCarty Family in Virginia” and relates the story of the McCartys of the Northern Neck, and most especially,  the stories of John M. McCarty and William Page McCarty, each of whom fought famous duels in the nineteenth century. Our second article is called “The McCarty Family: A Brief Genealogical Diversion,” which discusses genealogical details about William Thornton McCarty and James Ball McCarty, the half brothers of William Page McCarty.

How did we get interested in the McCartys? Well, in researching early graduates of the University of Virginia, we discovered that 9 McCartys had attended U.Va. in the first 50 years of its existence.

To purchase a copy of this issue of the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, contact:

Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society
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The cost is $20 per issue for non-members of NNVHS, with a $3 shipping charge per copy.

Yager Family of Page County, Virginia

Nicholas Wesley Yager (1792-1868), a farmer and veteran of the War of 1812 and his wife, Christena Williams Overall (1803-1879) were both born in Virginia and were buried in the Yager Cemetery in Luray, VA. They were the parents of William Overall Yager and Francis Wesley Yager, both of whom attended the University of Virginia. (Keith, “Nicholas Yager”)

William Overall Yager (3 Apr. 1833-20 Jan. 1904) graduated from the Virginia Military Academy in 1852 and attended the University of Virginia in session 30 (1853-1854), where he studied law. He then went to Kansas and served as Engrossing Clerk for the Kansas State Senate before becoming the Probate Judge of Shawnee County, Kansas in 1856. (Allardice; Miller)

William joined the Confederate States Army in 1861 and first served with the First Regiment of Texas. He formed a new cavalry battalion in April 1862–known as Yager’s Battalion Texas Mounted Volunteers (Third Texas Cavalry Battalion)–and he was the commanding officer. He steadily rose in rank, and by the end of the Civil War he was a Colonel and commanding officer of the First Texas (Yager’s) Cavalry (CSA). Later in the War he was brevetted to acting Brigadier-General. He was paroled in San Antonio, Texas on 2 Sep. 1865. He was described as “sociable and devoid in the remarkable degree of the arrogant manner that characterizes many of the officers.” He retained the title of Colonel for the rest of his life. (Allardice; Wm. Yager Obituary)

William married a native of Missouri, Mary Elizabeth Rhodes (30 Jan.1842-12 Sep. 1932) in Guadalupe County, Texas on 23 Jun. 1863. The family left Texas and relocated to Springfield, Page County, Virginia in 1869. Their first daughter, Mary R. Yager, was born in Texas about 1867. Their four other children, William E., Ruth C., Eliza, and Mittie Blanche E. Yager were all born in Virginia. (Frost) In the 1870 U.S. census, William is listed as a “manufacturer of wool goods.”

From 1873 to 1875, William served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and four years later he served one term in the Virginia State Senate. In the 1880 U.S. census he was listed as a “manufacturer.” He was then elected Superintendent of the Page County School Board. He held this office until 1883, when he was elected Treasurer of Page County, serving in this office until 1895. In the 1890 census William was listed as a farmer. At the time of his death at age 71, William was serving as the President of the Page Valley National Bank. He is buried in Yager Cemetery north of Luray, Virginia.

Francis (Frank) Wesley Yager (6 Jun 1835-2 Feb 1889) attended session 30-31 (1853-1855) at the University of Virginia. He studied Ancient Languages, Modern Languages, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Moral Philosophy during his time at the University. During the Civil War he served with Mosby’s Partisan Rangers as a Third Lieutenant in Company C and was promoted to Second Lieutenant of Company B. In Nov. 1864, Mosby asked him to resign because of his incompetence in the position. (Frank Yager Resignation, Fold3.com; Williamson)

On 12 Oct. 1865, Frank married Genevieve Turner Ashby (24 Nov 1844-12 Feb 1896), the sister of a comrade in Mosby’s Rangers. They had two children: Lucy Ashby Yager and Frank W. Yager. The 1870 U.S. census shows them as living in Springfield, Page County, Virginia with William O. Yager and his family. Frank Senior is listed as a “retired merchant.” In 1874 the Frank Yager family moved to Washington D.C., and the 1880 census shows them living there. Frank died and was buried in Washington D.C.

References:

• Allardice, Bruce S. Confederate colonels; a biographical register. University of Missouri Press, 2008, p.410.
• Ancestry.com. 1850-1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
• “Died [Genevieve T. Yager].” The Washington Post [Washington, D.C] 13 Feb 1896: 2.
• “District of Columbia, Births and Christenings, 1830-1955,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F75C-K4K : accessed 09 Mar 2013), Frank W. Yager in entry for Yager, 24 Apr 1875.
• “District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7RC-RDS : accessed 09 Mar 2013), Francis W. Yager, 02 Feb 1889.
• “Frank W. Yager, Resignation, Nov. 12, 1864.” Service folder, National Archives. Fold3.com
• Frost, Cathi Clore. Descendants of Michael Clore and Nicholas Yager. [database online] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clore&id=I43180
• Keith, Arthur Leslie. “Yager Family,” William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, 9, no. 4, (October 1929), p. 275-286.
• Keith, Arthur Leslie. “Nicholas Yager and Descendants,” William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, 9, no. 3, (July 1929), p. 186-200.
• Miller, Aragorn Storm. “YAGER, WILLIAM OVERALL ,” Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fya08), accessed March 08, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
• “Virginia Obituary [William Yager].” The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), 21 Jan. 1904, p.8.
• Williamson, James Joseph. Mosby’s Rangers: A record of the operations of the Forty-third battalion of Virginia Cavalry from its Organization to the Surrender. 2nd ed. rev. and enl. New York, 1909, p. 115.
• Yager Cemetery, Luray, Page County, VA. Findagrave.com

Wyatt Family of Albemarle County, Virginia

Richard Ware Wyatt (1806-1881), of Goochland County, Virginia, and his wife, Harriet King Harris (1811-1888), had two sons and six daughters. Of their children, all except the youngest two girls were born at their home Oak Shade in Goochland County. In 1851, Richard W. Wyatt purchased Clifton, in Albemarle County–a property that had been part of Monticello–and the family lived there from 1851 until 1891.

The sons, Richard Overton Wyatt (18 Apr. 1837-16 Dec. 1861) and James Walter Wyatt (19 June 1841-3 June 1864) attended the University of Virginia. Richard Wyatt attended Randolph-Macon College and received an A.B. degree in 1858, and an A.M. degree in 1860. (Preston) He had joined the Sigma Chapter of Delta Psi fraternity there in 1857. (Delta Psi Fraternity) He then attended the University of Virginia in session 36 (1859-1860), and the next year enrolled in the medical program of the University of Maryland, graduating with an M.D. in 1861. (Cordell) When war broke out, he was appointed as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate service, and assigned to a hospital in Richmond, VA. As S. Bassett French’s notes state, “in the fall of 1861 [Richard Wyatt] contracted a deep cold, and after a most rapid decline [died on the] Dec. 16 following.”

James Wyatt attended sessions 36-37 (1859-1861) at the University of Virginia. He enlisted on 3 Jul. 1861 as a sergeant in the Albemarle Artillery, of which he later became a captain. This unit was organized in June 1861, and was initially designated Company H of the 1st Virginia Artillery and later reduced to the 1st Battalion of Virginia Light Artillery. At the battle of Gettysburg, the unit was attached to W. T. Poague’s Battalion of Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia. James died at the Battle of Cold Harbor.

Both sons were buried in the family cemetery at Clifton, but in 1926 several family members were reinterred at Maplewood Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia.

[Note: Richard Wyatt’s death date is given as 16 Dec. on the family memorial stone and in the S. Bassett French Biographical Series, and 18 Dec. on the death record. James Wyatt’s birth date is given as 9 June on the memorial stone and 19 June in the S. Bassett French Biographical Series. --JLC]

References:

• Ancestry.com. 1850-1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy. Historical sketch of the Universty of Maryland, School of Medicine (1807-1890). Baltimore, MD, 1891, p. 206.
• Delta Psi Fraternity. Catalogue of the members of the fraternity of Delta Psi, compiled to June, 1889. 1889, p. 211.
•  “J. W. Wyatt. Muster roll dated 30 June 1864.” in National Archives. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Virginia. Catalog ID: 586957, record group 109. Fold3.com
• Irby, Richard. History of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia. Richmond, VA, 189?
• “Poague’s Howitzers.” in Draw the Sword; the Gettysburg Monument Project. [blog online] http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/2012/06/poagues-howitzers/
• Preston, Laurie. “Richard Overton Wyatt, Class of 1858 (A.B.) and 1860 (A.M.).” in The Men of Randolph Macon College and the Civil War [blog online]. 19 Nov. 2011. http://rmccivilwar.blogspot.com/2011/11/richard-overton-wyatt-class-of-1858-ab.html
• “Richard Overton Wyatt.” & “James Walter Wyatt.” in S. Bassett French Biographical Sketches, p. 751. Library of Virginia. http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetBF.pl?dir=0071/W0168&card=44 & http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetBF.pl?dir=0071/W0168&card=32
• “Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR7D-8HR : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Richard W. Wyatt in entry for Richd. C. Wyatt, 1817 [sic].
• Wyatt, J. B. Wyatt Family History. [database online] c2008. http://genealogy.kathihill.com/Person/family_group/327129
• Wyatt memorial stone, Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA. Findagrave.com

Daniel Alexander Zimmerman (1 May 1833-25 Oct. 1861)

Daniel A. Zimmerman (listed as “A. D. Zimmerman” in the University Catalogue), was born at Darlington Court House, South Carolina. He was the son of Dr. John Perkins Zimmerman (1802-1863) and his wife, Mary Caroline DuBose (b. 1805). Daniel Zimmerman attended the University of Virginia in sessions 30-31 (1853-1855), then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1856.

Dr. Zimmerman married Laura Virginia Law (1836-1915), and the couple had two children, Mary Elizabeth and Edward Zimmerman (d. young). I was not able to discover what Dr. Zimmerman died of. There are three Daniel Zimmermans from South Carolina listed in the records of Confederate service, but all of them survived after 1861.

Daniel and his wife and children are buried in the Law Cemetery, in Darlington County, SC.

References:

• Biographical directory of the South Carolina Senate, 1776-1985, v.3. Columbia, SC, 1986.
• Fold3.com [database online]
• “United States Census, 1860,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZTF-4HQ : accessed 9 June 2012), D A Zimmerman, Darlington, South Carolina.
• Zimmerman tombstones, Law Cemetery, Darlington County, SC. Findagrave.com (accessed 6/8/12).

Daniel Giraud Wright (1 Jun. 1840-19 Feb. 1922)

Daniel Giraud Wright was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was the son of coffee trader Robert Clinton Wright (1822-1879) of Baltimore, Maryland and Rio de Janeiro, and his wife, Anna Selina Anderson. (Hardy)

Daniel Wright attended the University of Virginia in sessions 34-35 & 37 (1857-1859 & 1860-1861). When the Civil War began in his last year, he enlisted as a private in Company H of the 1st Maryland Regiment, CSA. From 1862 to Dec. 1863, he served in Company C, and later in Company D of the 1st Virginia Regiment, and from Dec. 1863 to the end of the war he served in Mosby’s Partisan Rangers, Company D of the 43rd Virginia Calvary. He was captured in 1864 and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war. After the Civil War, Wright joined the bar in Baltimore, MD, and practiced as a lawyer.

On 8 Nov. 1871, he married Louisa Sophia Wigfall (1846-1915), daughter of Senator Louis Trezevant Wigfall (who was in both the U.S. and the Confederate States Senates). Their only child was William Henry DeCourcy Wright. (Hardy) In 1888, Daniel Wright was elected to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, MD, a position in which he served until 1910. (Hall) In 1896, Judge Wright was one of the charter members of the Maryland State Bar Association. Louise Wigfall Wright was the founder of the Baltimore #8 Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and was the first president of the Maryland UDC. She was the author of a memoir, A Southern Girl in ’61; the War-Time Memories of a Confederate Senator’s Daughter, which was published in 1905.

Judge and Mrs. Wright and their son are buried in the Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery in Owings Mills, Maryland.

References:

• “Daniel Giraud Wright (1840-1922)” Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series). [website]
• Emory, Mary Edwardine Bourke. Colonial families and their descendants. Baltimore, MD, 1900, p. 117.
• Hall, Clayton C., ed. Baltimore: Its History and its people. New York, 1912, v. 1, p.634.
• Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial families of the Southern states of America. New York, 1911, p.535-536.
• Tombstones of the Wright family, Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, MD. Findagrave.com.

U.Va. Magazine Article About Slavery

This is a very interesting article from University of Virginia Magazine about slavery at the University of Virginia.

http://uvamagazine.org/features/article/unearthing_slavery_at_the_university_of_virginia#.UUHQFzeGmWO

Ezekiel Pickens Anderson (12 July 1842-31 Mar. 1923)

Ezekiel P. Anderson was born in the Piedmont region of South Carolina; he was the son of Robert Anderson III (1811-1892) and his wife, Mary Barksdale Pickens (1810-1894). Later in life, he was proud of the fact that 3 of his 4 grandfathers had fought in the battle of Cowpens, SC, in the American Revolution (though one had fought on the British side).  When he was 16, his family moved to Meridien, Mississippi. He was not yet out of school when the Civil War broke out, and Ezekiel joined the Confederate Army as a 2nd lieutenant of Company H, 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Less than a year later, he had raised an independent cavalry unit, and as its captain, served under General Nathan Bedford Forrest for the rest of the war.

After the war, he attended the University of Virginia in session 43 (1866-1867), and graduated in the Law Department. Within a few years, he had set up his law practice in Waxahachie, Texas, and for fifty years was one of the foremost lawyers in north Texas.

In 1873, he married Margaret Elizabeth “Lizzie” Watson (1856-1941). Their children were Mary Elizabeth, Edmund Pickens, Robert Frederick (d. young), Margaret (d. young), Gertrude (d. young), John Berwick, Benjamin Watson, Rosalie Ruth, and Cleo Barksdale Anderson. At the age of 80, E. P. Anderson died of “acute nephritis” and was buried in the Waxahachie City Cemetery.

References:

• Ancestry.com. 1850-1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Anderson tombstones, Waxahachie City Cemetery, Texas. Findagrave.com
• Cunningham, Debra E. Esker/Fricke Family Tree. [database online] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14275764/family?fpid=278513208
• Johnson, Frank W. A History of Texas and Texans. Chicago, IL, 1916, v.5, p.2487-2489.
• “Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFLK-6ZX : accessed 03 Mar 2013), E Pickens Anderson, 1861
• “Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3CT-QSS : accessed 03 Mar 2013), Ezekiel Pickens Anderson, 1923.

Robert Emmett Amis (30 Jul. 1840-12 Nov. 1876)

Robert Emmett Amis (called “Amie”) was the son of Junius Amis (b. ca. 1815-d. before 1860), a planter, and his wife, Henrietta Hawkins (b. ca. 1821). He was born in North Carolina, but the family soon moved to Mississippi, and by 1850 had settled in Madison Parish, Louisiana.

He attended the University of Virginia in session 37 (1860-1861). On 21 May, 1861, Emmett Amis entered Confederate service at Richmond, Louisiana, and served as a private in the 4th Battalion (the Madison Infantry) of the Louisiana Infantry, Company A. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant in December 1861. His pay records state that he was Acting Asst. Quarter Master for the 4th Battalion in the early part of 1863. He was struck from the rolls for excessive absence in May 1864, having been “absent without leave since May 1863.” He surrendered at New Orleans on 26 May 1865, and was paroled on 6 Jun. 1865. (Scriber; Louisiana, Confederate Pensions)

On 25 Oct. 1865, he married Julia Frances (Turpin) Woodburn (1842-1911), called “Fanny.” She was a widow with a small daughter; Kate Stone called her “that fascinating little widow at Oak Ridge.” (Stone, 364) They lived at Fortune’s Fork plantation in Talullah, Louisiana. Emmett died in 1876 of apoplexy, and was buried in the Fortune’s Fork Burying Ground at the plantation. (Louisiana, Confederate Pensions)  In 1879, Fanny was listed as the owner of Fortune’s Fork in the Madison Parish tax rolls. (Sevier)

[Note: Amis’s birth date is from the U.Va. Matriculation Books; his death date was found in the Louisiana, Confederate Pensions records. -- JLC]

References:

• “Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3M6-XJL : accessed 23 Feb 2013), Fannie Turpin Amis, 19 Apr 1915.
• National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
• “North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8BJ-B8M : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Junius Amis and Henretta Hawkins, 19 Aug 1837; citing reference , FHL microfilm 6330285.
• Scriber, Terry G. & Theresa Arnold-Scriber. The Fourth Louisiana Battalion in the Civil War; a history and a roster. Jefferson, NC, 2008, p. 272, 276.
• Sevier, Richard P. “Madison Parish Resident Tax Rolls for 1879 and Surnames A-G.”  c2010. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lamadiso/taxrolls/mptr7981ag.htm
• Stone, Kate. “Brokenburn: The Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868.” Louisiana State University Press, 1972.
• “Widows Application for Pension no. 6059, Fanny Turpin Amis.” Louisiana, Confederate Pensions,1898-1950. Images. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : accessed 2013. Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14056-4955-5?cc=1838535&wc=9172653