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Great-great-great-grandfather:
William
Ezekiel Gibson
b 30 November 1803 in Cowpens, Union County, South Carolina , killed in
action 17 March 1863
at the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia
Son of William and Frances Gibson |
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Great-great-grandfather:
Pvt. John
S. Gibson
Co D, "Jake Curry Guards", 19th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 22 August 1839 in Jonesville, South Carolina,
d 10 March 1910 in Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Enlisted
13 August 1861 at Gadsden, wounded at Shiloh, captured 8 April 1862, discharged
25 October 1862 (disabled, it took him a year to walk home to
Alabama)
Married Lucy
Jane Knight
John
S. Gibson at Shiloh
Son of William Ezekiel Gibson
bur
Beulah Christian Church Cemetery,
Chambers County, Alabama |

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Pvt. George
William Gibson
Co D, 19th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 17 November 1830 in Union County, South Carolina, d 16
November 1915 in Lee County, Alabama
Son of William Ezekiel Gibson |
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Pvt. William
Smith Gibson
Co. C, 34th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1 November 1843 in Union County, South Carolina, d 27 August 1895 in
Wedowee, Alabama
Son of William Ezekiel Gibson
bur Mt. Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Ophelia, Randolph County,
Alabama |
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Pvt. Jasper Washington Gibson
Co H, 31st Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 15 November 1845 in Union County, South Carolina, d 16 January 1912 in
Lee County, Alabama
Enlisted 7 May 1862, Randolph County
Son of William Ezekiel Gibson |
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Pvt. Harrod
W. Gibson
Co. D, 19th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Claim for personal possessions filed by widow Jane on 24 June 1863; date and place of death unknown
Son of William Ezekiel Gibson |
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Pvt. George
Washington Gibson
Co. H, 31st Alabama Infantry
Regt., CSA
b abt 1818 in Union County, South Carolina, d 12 July 1863 in Jackson
Mississippi
Enlisted 1 April 1862 in Wedowee,
Alabama; description: Hair, dark. Eyes, black. Complexion, dark. Height 5'8"
Brother of William Ezekiel Gibson |
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Pvt. Jasper Newton Gibson
Co G, 31st Alabama Infantry
Regt., CSA
b 4 November 1843 in Union, South Carolina, d 4 July 1862 in
Knoxville
Son of George Washington Gibson and Barbery Knight
bur Confederate Cemetery, E.
Knoxville, Tennessee |
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Pvt. Jesse Liles
Capt. Wood's Company, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1830 in Union County, South Carolina, d 7 February 1902 in Chambers
County, Alabama
Enlisted July 1861 at Opelika, discharged April 1865
Son of Chaney Gibson and William Liles |
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Pvt. Joseph Liles
Co K, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1840 in Union County, South Carlina
Enlisted 5 September 1861 in Chambers County
Son of Chaney Gibson and William Liles |
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Pvt. Williams Liles
Co K, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1842 in Chambers County
Enlisted 5 September 1861
Grandson of Chaney Gibson and William Liles |
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Lt. (Rev.) John Lake Youngblood
Co H, 18th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA and Co D, 5th Alabama Infantry
Regt., CSA
b 3 June 1835 in Edgefield District, South Carolina; d 27 June 1902 in
Pike County, Alabama
"At the outbreak of the war he joined the Co. "H" 18th
Alabama, the company being commanded by Capt. Hamner. He was elected
Lieutenant and served for some time, but later resigned and joined in
Nov. '62 Co. "D" of the 5th Alabama in the army of Northern
Virginia, this company being commanded by Capt. Jonathan W. Williams,
now of Greensboro, Ala. Capt. Williams declared the deceased, after long
comradeship with him, the best and purest man that he had ever seen, and
said that as a right-hand bower to the Chaplain he was a power in
Moralizing the regiment." (Troy Messenger)
Grandfather of Mary Youngblood Gibson
bur Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Pike County, Alabama |
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Pvt. David B. Youngblood
Co H, 18th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 1839 in Pike County, Alabama, killed 6 April 1862 at the Battle of
Shiloh
Brother of John Lake Youngblood |
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Pvt. James J. Youngblood
Co H, 18th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b abt 1842 in Pike County, Alabama, killed at the Battle of New Hope
Church
Brother of John Lake Youngblood |
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Pvt. Jacob Bean Youngblood
Co D, 5th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 7 April 1841, d 20 January 1921 in Pike County, Alabama
Brother of John Lake Youngblood
but Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery, Pike County, Alabama |
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Sgt. Thomas Jefferson Youngblood
Co H, 18th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 15 September 1842 in Fariorville, Bullock County, Alabama, d 25 March
1921 in Pike County, Alabama
"He enlisted as a private in Company H, Eighteenth Alabama
infantry, March 10, 1862, and during the last year of the war served as
sergeant. He engaged in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, New Hope
Church, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, besides
other smaller engagements. At Chickamauga he was twice wounded and at
the siege of Atlanta was wounded by a piece of flying shell. He served
gallantly as a member of the rear guard in Hood’s army in the retreat
from Nashville; was at the siege of Spanish Fort, and surrendered with
Gen. Richard Taylor in May, 1865. For his gallantry at Spanish Fort,
where he was given command of a picked band of men and entrusted with a
perilous and difficult duty, Sergeant Youngblood received public
commendation from his commander, Brig. Gen. James T. Holtzclaw."
(Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits)
Brother of John Lake Youngblood
bur Goodhope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Alabama |
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Pvt. Jesse Thomas Arnett
Capt. B. H. Ford's Co., 1st Alabama Cavalry (Mounted Infantry), CSA
Father of John Morrow Arnett
bur Salem Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Randolph County, Alabama |