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 descending Date Author Recipient From To
11773 Poe8 May 21, 1862 George Washington Poe James Poe Mobile County, AL

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