Marcellus Franklin BROYLES

1837 - 1864  (26 years)

• Name	Marcellus Franklin BROYLES
  Born	16 Jul 1837	Greene County, Tennessee, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	Greene County, Tennessee, United States   [1]
  	Census lists the following: Males < 5 years: 1 (Marcellus-3) Males 5-10: 1 (Walter-8) Males 10-15: 2 (Edwin-11 and William-14) Males 15-20: 1 (George-16) Males 50-60: 1 (Cain-52) Females: 40-50: 1 (Lucinda 49 or 50)
  Residence	9 Nov 1850	Division 9, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [2]
  	Farmer
  Residence	8 Aug 1860	Varnells Station, Whitfield, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Farm laborer
  Military	Between 1862 and 1864  [4]
  	Phillips Legion Infantry
  	Marcellus Franklin Broyles - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Sent to Chester, Pa hospital from Fort Delaware 7/19/1863 indicating that he may have been wounded, Sent to Point Lookout 10/4/1863, We know he was exchanged in early 1864 because he shows up on a Confederate clothing receipt record with the notation "par(oled) ex(changed) pris(oner), KIA 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Brother of Walter Long Broyles, Born 7/16/1837 in Anderson District, SC to Major Cain and Lucinda Nash Broyles
  Misc	3 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
  Misc	3 Oct 1863	Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States   [5]
  	He was transferred to Point Lookout, MD, Prison
  Misc	3 Mar 1864	Point Lookout, Maryland, United States   [5]
  	Send to City Point, VA in a prisoner exchange
  Died	6 May 1864	Wilderness, Virginia   [4]
  	Cause: Killed during The Battle of the Wilderness
  	Marcellus did indeed die at the Wilderness. My great-great grandfather, William Lowndes Broyles, his brother went to Virginia to claim the body and bring it home. Marcellus and his brother, Walter are buried at the Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Crandall, Murray Co., Georgia with their mother, Lucinda Nash Broyles. Their father, Cain Broyles, is buried at Shady Grove Baptist Church near Belton, SC. the story is told that when William Lowndes returned with the body, he was covered with lice and would not come into the house. He took his clothes off in the yard and had them boiled and he bathed in the yard before coming in the house. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BROYLES/2004-07/1090269246
  Buried	Aft 6 May 1864	Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carndall, Murray County, Georgia   [6]
  Person ID	I1140	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Major Cain BROYLES,   b. 12 Jan 1788, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States ,   d. 26 Apr 1864  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Lucinda NASH,   b. 10 Aug 1790, Abbeville District, South Carolina, United States ,   d. 31 Oct 1868, Georgia  (Age 78 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1810	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [7]
  Residence	Aft 20 Mar 1810	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [8]
  	Listed following the listing for his father, Aaron, are Cain and Lucinda Broyles. They were both listed as being between 16 and 25. Click here to read 1810 Census.
  Residence	1820	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [9]
  	The census seems to have too many males in the household for Cain and Lucinda. Perhaps they were not all their children. It lists one male and one female between 26 and 45. These would have been Cain (32) and Lucinda (30). It lists two females less than ten (Mary and Frances). Listed are two males less than ten (Erasmus Seneca and John Milton). Listed is one male between ten and sixteen (unknown) and one male between sixteen and eighteen (unknown).
  Residence	1830	3rd Division Or Regiment, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States   [10]
  	The census reported: 1 Male 40_50: Cain would have been 42 2 Males 10-15: Erasmus Seneca-15, John Milton-12 2 Males 5-10: Aaron-9, George-7 2 Males <5: William-4, Edwin-1 1 Female 30-40: Lucinda about 40 1 Female 15-20: Francis about 17
  Residence	1840	7th Civil District, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [11]
  	His name was recorded "Cain Broyls." Census lists the following: Males < 5 years: 1 (Marcellus-3) Males 5-10: 1 (Walter-8) Males 10-15: 2 (Edwin-11 and William-14) Males 15-20: 1 (George-16) Males 50-60: 1 (Cain-52) Females: 40-50: 1 (Lucinda 49 or 50)
  Residence	9 Nov 1850	Division 9, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [2]
  	Farmer
  Residence	8 Aug 1860	Varnells Station, Whitfield, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Farmer
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Transfer from U.S. Hospital, Chester, Pennsylvania to Point Lookout prison This documents the transfer of Marcellus Franklin Broyles and Erasmus R. Broyles from the U.S. Hospital in Chester, Pennsylvania to the Union Army prison at Point Lookout, Maryland on October 3, 1863. This suggests that uncle and nephew may have known one another even though they were in different military organizations.
  		Marcellus Franklin Broyles captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 Information shown on this record: Name: Broyles, M. F.      Rank: Private Regiment: Phillips GA Legion      Company: B Where & when captured: Gettysburg, PA      3 July, 1863 Where & when sent for exchange: City Point, VA     30 July, 1863 Remarks paroled and sent to City Point for exchange 27 Feb. 1865
  		Prisoner Exchange of Marcellus Franklin Broyles This documents the transfer of Marcellus Franklin Broyles and many others from the Union military prison at Point Lookout, Maryland back to the South.
  		Prisoner Transfer This page from a ledger shows both Marcellus Franklin Broyles and Erasmus R. Broyles included in a prisoner exchange from Point Lookout on March 3, 1864.

  
  

  Headstones

  Marcellus Franklin Broyles Marcellus Franklin Broyles - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Sent to Chester, Pa hospital from Fort Delaware 7/19/1863 indicating that he may have been wounded, Sent to Point Lookout 10/4/1863, We know he was exchanged in early 1864 because he shows up on a Confederate clothing receipt record with the notation "par(oled) ex(changed) pris(oner), Killed in Action 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Brother of Walter Long Broyles, Born 7/16/1837 in Anderson District, SC to Major Cain and Lucinda Nash Broyles

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Tennessee. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Division 9, Greene County, TN Dwelling 1393. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 11th District, Whitfield County, Georgia Dwelling 1380. [S97] Phillips Legion Infantry - Co. B - The Dalton Guards. [S102] Cer, Transfer roster. [S2] Cemetery data. [S2] Cemetery data, Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia. [S302] 1810 Federal Census, Pendleton District, South Carolina. [S305] 1820 Federal Census, Pendleton County, South Carolina. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, 3rd Division Or Regiment, Buncombe, North Carolina, Pg 173 of 176. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Tennessee, Ancestry page 41 of 170.