Harris Hardin Averett

First Name: Harris
Middle Name(s): Hardin
Last Name: Averett
Unit: 
Co. B, 55th Alabama Infantry
Residence (County): 
Tallapoosa County, AL
Biography: 

Harris H. Averett (b. ca. 1834) was a resident of Tallapoosa County, Alabama and served in Co. B, 55th Alabama Infantry. At the time of the Federal Census of 1860, Averett and his wife, Malinda (b. ca. 1836), were living in the Realtown neighborhood, where Averett made his living as a mechanic. They had married in January 1857. The Averetts had at least two children, Amon (b. ca. 1859) and Hattie (b. ca. 1863). Harris H. Averett died of disease in October 1863 while in the Confederate service.

Authored Letters

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ID Lettersort descending Date Author Recipient From To
11460 Averett1 July 18, 1862 Harris Hardin Averett Malinda Averett Clarke County, AL Tallapoosa County, AL
11462 Averett3 August 18, 1863 Harris Hardin Averett Malinda Averett AL Tallapoosa County, AL
11464 Averett5 August 25, 1863 Harris Hardin Averett Malinda Averett AL Tallapoosa County, AL
11467 Averett8 Harris Hardin Averett Malinda Averett AL Tallapoosa County, AL

Received Letters

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ID Lettersort descending Date Author Recipient From To
11469 Averett10 Malinda Averett Harris Hardin Averett Tallapoosa County, AL
11461 Averett2 August 2, 1862 Malinda Averett Harris Hardin Averett Tallapoosa County, AL
11463 Averett4 August 25, 1863 Malinda Averett Harris Hardin Averett Tallapoosa County, AL
11465 Averett6 September 4, 1863 Malinda Averett Harris Hardin Averett Tallapoosa County, AL
11466 Averett7 September 11, 1863 Malinda Averett Harris Hardin Averett Tallapoosa County, AL
11468 Averett9 October 2, 1863 Malinda Averett Harris Hardin Averett Tallapoosa County, AL

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