James Poe

First Name: James
Last Name: Poe
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL
Biography: 

The Poe family were Fayette County, Alabama farmers. According to the Federal Census of 1860, James Poe (1797-1878) and Mary McMillian Poe (1801-1886) 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.

Authored Letters

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Received Letters

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ID Lettersort ascending Date Author Recipient From To
11773 Poe8 May 21, 1862 George Washington Poe James Poe Mobile County, AL
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
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
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
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
11808 Poe43 June 9, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Nancy Poe Jackson, MS
11804 Poe39 April 4, 1863 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11800 Poe35 January 15, 1863 James J. Randolph James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Talladega County, AL
11797 Poe32 September 23, 1862 James J. Randolph James Poe Talladega County, AL
11794 Poe29 September 13, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Chattanooga, TN
11788 Poe23 August 20, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe Chattanooga, TN
11787 Poe22 August 18, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Chattanooga, TN
11767 Poe2 March 10, 1862 Asa Wallis , Apsey Wallis James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Carroll County, MS
11784 Poe19 July 19, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11781 Poe16 June 27, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe Mobile County, AL
11780 Poe15 June 26, 1862 Riley Jasper Amerson James Poe Mobile County, AL
11779 Poe14 June 15, 1862 George Washington Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , James Rubin Poe , Lemiley Poe , Buckner Mansfield Kimbrell , Elizabeth C. Kimbrell Mobile County, AL
11778 Poe13 June 14, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Mobile County, AL

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