Poe Family Papers, 1858-1901

The Poe family were Fayette County, Alabama farmers. According to the Federal Census of 1860, James Poe (b. ca. 1796) and Mary McMillian Poe (b. ca. 1792) were both from North Carolina. By 1825, the Poes were living in Alabama, where all their children were born. Three of their sons, James R. Poe (b. ca. 1825), William S. Poe (b. ca. 1837), and George W. Poe (b. ca. 1840), served in the Confederate Army. James R. Poe served in the 12th Alabama Cavalry (Malones) and later in the 9th Alabama Cavalry. He was taken prisoner and died at Camp Morton prison camp in Indiana on August 18, 1864, leaving behind a wife, Lemiley, and eight children. William S. Poe and George W. Poe served as privates in Co. I, 32nd Alabama Infantry. George died of measles on June 26, 1862 in Mobile County, Alabama. William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in November 1863 and spent the remainder of the war at Rock Island prison camp in Illinois.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
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Letters

Displaying 1 - 25 of 61
IDsort ascending Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11828 Poe61 William S. Poe Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe
11825 Poe60 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe
11824 Poe59 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Apsanah Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe
11823 Poe58 December 26, 1863 John Wesley Rogers Rhoda Poe Dalton, GA
11822 Poe57 December 16, 1863 William W. Christian Apsanah Poe , Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe Dalton, GA
11821 Poe56 December 6, 1863 John Wesley Rogers Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe Dalton, GA
11820 Poe55 August 26, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe MS
11819 Poe54 August 23, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe , Apsanah Poe MS
11818 Poe53 August 4, 1863 William W. Christian Apsanah Poe , Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Nancy McMillian Chattanooga, TN
11817 Poe52 July 24, 1863 John Wesley Rogers James Poe , Rhoda Poe MS
11816 Poe51 July 23, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Lauderdale Springs, MS
11815 Poe50 July 19, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Lauderdale Springs, MS
11814 Poe49 July 7, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , James Poe Jackson, MS
11813 Poe48 May 30, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe Jackson, MS
11812 Poe47 June 23, 1863 James J. Randolph James Poe Talladega County, AL
11811 Poe46 June 22, 1863 William S. Poe , John Wesley Rogers Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Jackson, MS
11810 Poe45 June 14, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , James Poe Jackson, MS
11809 Poe44 June 8, 1863 William W. Christian Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe , Nancy McMillian Bedford County, TN
11808 Poe43 June 9, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Nancy Poe Jackson, MS
11807 Poe42 May 27, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Apsanah Poe TN
11806 Poe41 May 3, 1863 William W. Christian Apsanah Poe , Nancy McMillian Coffee County, TN
11805 Poe40 April 26, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11804 Poe39 April 4, 1863 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11803 Poe38 March 25, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Tullahoma, TN
11802 Poe37 March 16, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Tuscaloosa County, AL

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