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BROYLES, Marcellus Franklin

BROYLES, Marcellus Franklin

Male 1837 - 1864  (26 years)

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  • Name BROYLES, Marcellus Franklin 
    Birth 16 Jul 1837  Greene County, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1840  Greene County, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 8 Aug 1860  Varnells Station, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Misc 3 Oct 1863  Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    He was transferred to Point Lookout, MD, Prison 
    Misc 3 Mar 1864  Point Lookout, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Send to City Point, VA in a prisoner exchange 
    Death 6 May 1864  Wilderness, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.

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    Burial Aft 6 May 1864  Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carndall, Murray County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I1140  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2018 

    Father BROYLES, Major Cain,   b. 12 Jan 1788, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1864 (Age 76 years) 
    Mother NASH, Lucinda,   b. 10 Aug 1790, Abbeville District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1868, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1810  Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Aft 20 Mar 1810  Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 8 Aug 1860  Varnells Station, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Transfer from U.S. Hospital, Chester, Pennsylvania to Point Lookout prison    		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    		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…
    Prisoner Exchange of Marcellus Franklin Broyles    		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    		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
    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…

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Tennessee.

    2. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Division 9, Greene County, TN Dwelling 1393.

    3. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 11th District, Whitfield County, Georgia Dwelling 1380.

    4. [S97] Phillips Legion Infantry - Co. B - The Dalton Guards.

    5. [S102] Cer, Transfer roster.

    6. [S2] Cemetery data.

    7. [S2] Cemetery data, Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia.

    8. [S302] 1810 Federal Census, Pendleton District, South Carolina.

    9. [S305] 1820 Federal Census, Pendleton County, South Carolina.

    10. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, 3rd Division Or Regiment, Buncombe, North Carolina, Pg 173 of 176.

    11. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Tennessee, Ancestry page 41 of 170.


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