| Name: POUNCEY, ABEL JOHN (listed on muster roll as A. J. Pouncy) | |
| Rank: Private | |
| Enlisted: 2 August 1861 at Westville, Dale County, Alabama | |
| Service History: | |
| Date of Birth: 6 January 1840 | Place of Birth: Alabama |
| Date of Death: 19 October 1861 (typhoid) | Place of Death: Haymarket, Virginia |
| Buried: Virginia | |
| Father: Jesse B. Pouncey (b 7 September 1805 in Marlboro County, South Carolina, d 3 July 1886 in Dale County, Alabama) | |
| Mother: Margaret Jane Donnell (b 14 August 1818 in Guilford County, North Carolina, d 1 October 1902 in Clayhatchee, Alabama), daughter of Daniel Donnell and Elizabeth Thompson. | |
| Spouse(s): Not married | |
| Children: None | |
| Occupation: Farmer | |
| Residence(s): Daleville, Dale County, Alabama | |
| Other:
Brother of William Thompson Pouncey and
Samuel
Ryals Pouncey, brother-in-law of Thomas
Sidney Mills. Southwestern Baptist Newspaper, 19 Dec 1861: "Abel John Pouncey, who was in the service of his country on the plains of Virginia, has been called to his long home." Brothers Jessie Irvin Pouncey and Joseph Franklin Pouncey (Co A, 6th Alabama Cavalry) also served. |
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| Photographs:
Jesse and Margaret Pouncey,
parents of |
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| Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming | E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net |
