Martin V. Barkley

First Name: Martin
Middle Name(s): V.
Last Name: Barkley
Unit: 
Co. D., 18th South Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Laurens County, SC
Biography: 

Martin V. Barkley resided in Laurens County, South Carolina. The Barkleys were a farm family from Anderson District, South Carolina. He was one of three sons of Josiah M. and Elizabeth Barkley served in the Confederate Army. Brothers George R. (b. ca. 1833) and Martin V. Barkley (b. ca. 1838) served as privates in Co. D, 18th South Carolina Infantry. Martin was listed as absent because of wounds in August 1864 but survived and eventually settled on a farm in neighboring Greenville County.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10689 Barkley4 November 1, 1861 Martin V. Barkley John B.O. Barkley Anderson County, SC
10697 Barkley11 June 23, 1862 George R. Barkley , Martin V. Barkley Eliab Hazard Barkley James Island, Charleston County, SC
10711 Barkley19 June 5, 1863 Martin V. Barkley Josiah M. Barkley , Elizabeth Barkley Jackson , MS Anderson County, SC
10713 Barkley21 October 13, 1863 George R. Barkley , Martin V. Barkley Josiah M. Barkley , Elizabeth Barkley , Eliab Hazard Barkley , Anah Lucinda McCalister Barkley James Island, Charleston County, SC Anderson County, SC
10714 Barkley22 October 18, 1863 George R. Barkley , Martin V. Barkley Josiah M. Barkley , Elizabeth Barkley , Eliab Hazard Barkley James Island, Charleston County, SC Anderson County, SC

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10690 Barkley5 February 1, 1862 John B.O. Barkley Martin V. Barkley Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
10692 Barkley7 February 26, 1862 John B.O. Barkley Martin V. Barkley Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
10694 Barkley9 March 9, 1862 John B.O. Barkley Martin V. Barkley Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
10699 Barkley12 June 23, 1862 Josiah M. Barkley , Elizabeth Barkley George R. Barkley , Martin V. Barkley Anderson County, SC
10717 Barkley24 December 7, 1863 John B.O. Barkley George R. Barkley , Martin V. Barkley Anderson County, SC
10725 Barkley29 June 13, 1864 Nancy Richardson Martin V. Barkley Attala County, MS

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