Re: Miley Family in Miss.
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Re: Miley Family in Miss.
Callie Bliss 5/24/02
Callie, having read your last response to me, I think I need to try to summarize what I know about the "Barney Miley" I am trying to locate and associate with the correct Miley family group. These three characteristics apply to my Barney Miley:
1. In 1850-1870, he was living in the northwest portion of Attala County near Rocky Point which lies between Hesterville (in Attala County) and West (in Holmes County)
2. During the Civil War, he accidentally shot himself in the leg and had to have his leg amputated.
3. At some point during the Civil War, he was away from his unit without permission and was called a deserter by the locals near where he lived.
As strange as it may seem, that is all I know for a fact about "my Barney Miley."
Now let's consider some additional Miley data that "fits" one or more of these three characteristics:
1. Either A.B. Miley (b. abt 1824 in MS), who appears in the 1850 Attala County census OR Barney Miley (b. abt 1824 in GA), who appears in the 1860 Attala County census could satisfy Fact #1, above. To my knowledge, there were no other Male Mileys who were called Barney in Attala County during the 1850-1870 time period. I feel safe that the man I am after is one of these two. Despite both of them having been born in abt the same year, I do not feel sufficient evidence exists to claim that they are both the same man separated by 10 years between censuses. Why? Because they have different wives and different birth states (see my immediately previous posting). Further, in 1850, he used the initials "A.B." and in 1860 the name "Barney." So, it seems we must select one or the other of these two candidate Mileys, but not both.
2. As for Civil War service, there was an A.B. Miley, Private who served in Co. H. and G., 1st Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (information taken from Attala County Descriptive Register, 1864-1865). This A.B. Miley shows up on an October 30 to 31st, 1862 Company Muster Roll as having enlisted on July 21, 186? in Attala County and having been absent on October 30 to 31st due to a sickness furlough from October 20 to 5 November. During November and December, A.B. Miley was marked as present. This A.B.Miley seems to satisfy Fact # 2 and 3 (to the extent of having participated in the Civil War) but his service record shows no mention of desertion and nothing to indicate that he lost a leg (which could have happened after the CW).
3. There is also a muster roll record for an A. B. Miley who served in D. Love's Company of the 1st (Kings) Mississippi Infantry (State Troops). I have no idea if this is one and the same A.B. Miley as in 2, above.
4. In reviewing muster rolls for Attala County Regimental Units, I have been unable to find any record for an Attala Countian in the Civil War named "Barney Miley", just A.B. Miley as described above. That does not, however, rule out the possibility that the Barney Miley of the 1860 census could also have been a CSA soldier. I may just not have found any record of him yet.
5. The only reason I claim Henry Miley(b. 1782) was A. Barney Miley's father is that I found a Miley family group sheet prepared by Joyce Sanders in the Attala County library that claims that A. Barney (b. 1824 in MS)'s father was Henry (b. 1782). Joyce's work, extending over 30 years, has usually been very reliable.
6. I am unable to comment on Patti Winningham's (who I do not know) theory that Andrew Barnwell Miley (b. abt 1824 MS)'s father was Martin Miley (b. 25 Mar 1796), Henry's younger brother. I do note that Martin is in the Attala County 1840 census. However, if Andrew Barnwell Miley (b. abt 1824 were his son, then Andrew Barnwell would have been abt 16 years old in 1840. The 1840 Attala County census entry for Martin Miley does not show a male child age 16, just two males under 5 and 2 males between 5 and 10 years of age. So, that brings me back to Henry as Andrew Barnwell Mileys father and not Martin (unless I have missed something here, Callie)
I hope this adds something to our discussion, Callie. This is my way of thinking through a problem such as this one. It is my hope that you or another Miley researcher you know may recognize something in what I have included here that may help advance my search in the right direction.
Thanks for your interest.
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