Burge, Joshua (b. 1829, d. 1865)

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[Christopher Burge.FTW]

Never returned home from the Civil War.

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman: Born around 1817 in Pike County, Mississippi. Between 1830 and 1840, she went to live with her aunt, Mary Annette Burge McGuire McRae, because of her mother's remarriage.

Around 1839 in Jasper or Clark Counties, Ms., Elizabeth Smith married Larkin Collins. Collins was listed in the 1840 Jasper County, Ms., census; 1845 in Clarke County, Ms.; and in 1850, Jackson County, Ms.

There is a record of Elizabeth and Larkin selling property Jan. 12, 1856, Shubuta, Clarke County, Ms., to Edward Gatlin. Also on Mar. 3, 1856, Larkin Collins witnessed his sister-in-law, Martha Smith Beard, buying land in Clarke County, Ms.

In the 1860 census of Davis Township, Arkansas, Elizabeth and Larkin Collins were listed with Elizabeth being 43 years old; Larkin , 48; both as school teachers.

In 1861, Larkin Collins wrote a Letter of Testimony in Saline County, Ark.: "In testimony whereof, I, Larkin Collins, clerk of the Circuit Court and Exofficio Clerk of the Court of Probate and for the said county of Saline, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county at office in said county, this 9th day of December AD 1861Y" (Probate Book, Page 393, Benton, Ark.) Larkin was the Saline County Clerk between Mar. 1862 and August 1863 after which time handwriting in the Clerk minutes changed; A. R. Hockersmith appears as Clerk in 1865.

In June 1870, Larkin and Elizabeth were shown on the Franklin County, Ar., census in Ozark, Mill Creek Township.

Two known children:

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman: Born around 1841. She married Apr. 27, 1862, Saline County, Ark., to Morgan D. Brown. Officiating was R. J. Coleman. Margaret was around 21; Morgan, around 24.

On a deed dated Feb. 27, 1877, Book G, Page 6262, Saline County, Arkansas, Larkin Collins is listed as Grantee and Morgan D. Brown and wife as Grantors (Larkin sold/gave land to his daughter and son-in-law).

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman:
After the birth of his daughter, Meranda, James W. Smith decided to leave Mississippi because "the Negroes were burning all the crops" (as per Edna Smith Phillips). Smith put his family on a river boat and went up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri, then across the land to Richland, Missouri. In Richland, he and Sarah were teachers at a "subscription" school.

James W. Smith gave written permission for the marriage of Evelyn Truman Smith and Frankie Lumpkin Nov. 9, 1884, Clarke County, Ark. His letter was dated Nov. 5, 1884. (Do not know who Evelyn Smith or Frankie Lumpkin were. df)

In a letter written in 1884, by Henry B. Smith to James William Smith it stated that Wellington Finney was living in Ashley County, Ark., in the swamps.

On Dec. 20, 1886, James W. Smith wrote a letter giving his permission for the marriage of Emma Smith to James H. Bray. They were married Jan. 14, 1887, Clarke County, Ark. (Don't know if Emma was the daughter of James W. Smith. df)

Evelyn Truman Smith married Julia Ann Bray May 8, 1887, Clarke County, Ark. ???????

James W. Smith died in 1896 on a trip from Mississippi to Arkansas; burial place unknown.

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman: In a letter dated Mar. 27, 1892, Horace wrote a letter to his mother, Sarah Ann Benge Smith, stating that he was living with Henry B. Smith in Midway, Drew County, Ark. In another letter in 1892 to his mother, Horace stated that Wellington Finney (his half-brother), was living near Henry B. Smith, his uncle.

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman:

Born Aug. 17, 1821, Ms. Between 1830 and 1840, he went to live with his uncle Nathaniel because he was opposed to the remarriage of his mother.

Henry Burge Smith married around 1846, Attala County, Mississippi, to Nancy J., last name unknown.

Henry was listed on the 1850 Attalla County, Ms., census (don't have data).

In the 1860 Drew County, Ark., census, Henry B. Smith was listed in Troy, Ferguson Township; age 38; as a farmer born in Mississippi. He was also listed there in 1870.

He was listed in the 1880 Ashley County, Ark., census, Bearhouse District.

In a letter written in 1884, by Henry B. Smith to his brother, James William Smith, he stated that Wellington Finney (his half-brother) was living in Ashley County, Ark., in the swamps.

Henry had a grandson also named Henry Burge Smith.

In 1900, Henry B. Smith was listed on the Drew County, Ark., census living with his daughter and son-in-law, Malisa and James Kellem.

Two children of Henry Burge Smith and Nancy J. Smith

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman:

Attalla County, Ms. Nathaniel (1840 census); Henry B. Smith (1850 census)

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman:

Born Aug. 24, 1824, Monticello, Lawrence County, Ms. She told her descendants that she went to live with her aunt, Mary Annette Burge McGuire, (between 1830 and 1840) (as did her sister) (her two brothers went to live with Uncle Nathaniel Burge) because they were opposed to their mother's remarriage.

Martha's first marriage Mar. 31, 1844, St. Stephens, Washington County, , was to Marcus F. Beard. Beard died in 1859, Shubuta, Clarke County, Ms. Her second marriage was to a White.

Martha Smith Beard White was listed on the 1850 Jasper County, Ms., census and purchased land in Clarke County, Ms., Mar. 3, 1856, with Larkin Collins, her brother-in-law, as witness.

In 1860, she was shown in Clarke County; age 36; born in Mississippi. Martha later lived in Newton County, Ms.

In 1870 and 1880, she was on the Newton County, Ms., census (no data given).

Martha Smith Beard White died Mar. 22, 1919, Newton County, Ms.; buried in Hickory, Newton County.


Lawrence County, Ms. Christopher m. 1821; Thomas Burge on deed with William Smith as witness; Thomas W. Burge and William Smith on deeds/notes, 1823, 1824; Mary Annette married, 1828; Thomas W. Burge (1830 census)

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A. Dianne Burge Fogleman:

There was a Benjamin F. Burge that married Martha Seal and had four children: (1) Hiram Burge, born 1860, Ms.; (2) James Burge, born 1871, Ms.; (3) Sarah Burge, born 1876, Ms.; and 4) Edgar F. Burge, born May 16, 1897; died Aug. 20, 1964; married Josie Strahan Martin.

There was also a Benjamin F. Burge (may be the above Benjamin's second marriage) that married Sarah Melissa Henley and had four children: (1) Elmer Burge, wife was Pearl; (2) William Abner Burge, born Dec. 1890, Ms.; married Pearl Strahan; (3) Wallace Eugene Burge, born 1905, Ms.; married Lula Mae Penton; and (4) Olia Burge, born 1908, Ms.; married Homer Scarborough.


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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 23:39:03 EDT
To: ROOTS-L@@rootsweb.com

Subject: Penton Reunion

Sender: roots-in@@bw-3.rootsweb.com

The 24th annual Penton Reunion will be Saturday Oct. 31, 1998, beginning at 10:00 a.m, National Guard Armory, Picayune, Miss. Bring your favorite dish and pictures to share. After the reunion, at 4:00 p.m. we will meet at the Penton Cemetery on George Ford Road, Carriere, Ms.

The Gainesville Volunteer Camp 373 Mississippi Division Sons of Confederate Veterans will honor the memory of those who served in the Confederate Army. Seven of the nine sons of John Penton, an 1812 War Vet. & his wife Mary Polly Dungeon, all joined on March 25, 1862, Gainesville, Ms., D. B Seal's Unit called the "Hancock Rebels" which was consolidated into the Thirty Eighth Calvary Regiment. All returned home safely except one brother, Cpl. Alfred E. Penton, who was killed while on picket duty during the Siege of Vicksburg. Those brothers were: William Alford, Alfred E., Emanuel Jordan, David, George W., John Jeff & Thomas Harrison Penton.

Other Confederate Veterans to be honored are: Benjamin Franklin Burge, James Marion Burge, Wilson Holland Taylor and John's brother-
in-law, Hiram Lewis.

Invite your family and friends for this memorable occasion. Bring a chair for the cemetery event.

C. Confederate Veterans

Burials in Pearl River County, Mississippi.

BURGE, Allen -1833-1906 -38th Ms. Cav. In Ford's Creek Cemetery , Pearl River County, Mississippi.
BURGE, Benjamin Franklin-1844-1889- 38th Ms. Cav. In Penton Cemetery , Pearl River County, Mississippi.
BURGE, James Marion -38th Ms. Cav. In Penton Cemetery , Pearl River County, Mississippi.
BURGE, John R. -38th Ms. Cav. In George Ford Cemetery , Pearl River County, Mississippi.


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A History of The THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
From Dunbar Rowland's
Military History of Mississippi


Mounted in 1864.
Colonels-Fleming W. Adams, Preston Brent.
Lieutenant -Colonels-Preston Brent, Walter L. Keirn.
Majors-Franklin W. Foxworth, Robert C. McCay
Company A, Holmes County Volunteers, organized 15 March, 1862.
Captains- Walter L. Keirn, John S. Hoskins
First Lieutenant- John S. Hoskins.
Second Lieutenants-J. Clower, Samuel D. Gwin.
Third Lieutenant-T. E. Dyson.
Hancock Rebels, of Hancock County, organized 8 March, 1862
Captain-D. B. Seal.
First Lieutenant-W. F. Seal.
Second Lieutenant-H. J. Stewart.
Third Lieutenant-H. Smith.
Company I, Columbia Guards, of Claiborne County, organized 20
March, 1862.
Captain-F. W. Foxworth.
First Lieutenant-A. E. Foxworth.
Second Lieutenant-J. Applewhite.
Third Lieutenant-W. J. Ball.
Lula White Rebels, organized 1 May, 1862.
Captain-James F. White.
First Lieutenant-Silas F. Kendrick.
Second Lieutenant-Newson Harris.
Third Lieutenant-A. J. Hamilton .
Company H, Price Relief, organized 12 May, 1862.
Captain-William M. Estelle.
First Lieutenant-
Second Lieutenant-Moses H. Curry.
Third Lieutenant-John E. Tarpley.
Wolf Creek Marksmen, organized 1 May, 1862.
Captain-J. M. Dishman.
First Lieutenant-R. J. Hubbard.
Second Lieutenant-R. M. Black.
Third Lieutenant-J. F. Anderson.
Company K, Brent Rifles, of Pike County, organized 26 April, 1862.
Captains-Preston Brent, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel; J. C. Williams.
First Lieutenant-H. S. Brumfield.
Second Lieutenant-D. C. Walker.
Third Lieutenant-J. C. Williams.
Company B, VanDorn Guards, of Claiborne County, organized 19 March, 1862.
Captain-R. C. McCay.
First Lieutenant-J. J. Harper.
Second Lieutenant-W. L. Faulk.
Third Lieutenant-E. T. Harrington.
Company F, Johnston Avengers, organized 3 May, 1862.
Captain-Leander M. Graves.
First Lieutenant-Cornelius McLaurin.
Second Lieutenant-J. J. Green.
Third Lieutenant-William B. Graves.
Company D, Wilkinson Guards, of Wilkinson County, organized 1 April, 1862.
Captains-James H. Jones, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 14 July, 1864.
First Lieutenants-Robert L. F. Bullock, died in Service; Hansford Lanehart, killed at Vicksburg; James L.Henderson, William L. Jenkins.
Second Lieutenants-Hansford Lanehart, James L. Henderson, William L. Jenkins.
Third Lieutenants-James B. Scudder, died in service; James L. Henderson, William L. Jenkins.
Total roll, 123. Complete record on file.
The companies for this regiment had their rendezvous at Jackson, and Colonel Fleming W. Adams was elected May 12, 1862, and later, on the 16th, the other field officers, Brent and Foxworth. The regiment was ordered to Corinth, then occupied by the army under General Beauregard, confronted by the army of General Halleck, and the regiment was there a few days before the evacuation, May 29, when they joined in the retreat toward Tupelo. The whole army suffered seriously from sickness during the occupation of Corinth, and this regiment, being new, lost many by death during May and June. The regiment was ordered to Columbus to recruit about July 1, and in August to Saltillo, where it was assigned to Col. John D. Martin's Brigade of Gen. Henry Little's Division, Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West, which had been left in Northeast Mississippi when General Bragg moved the main army to Chattanooga. Martin's Brigade included also the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Mississippi and Thirty-seventh Alabama. The Thirty-eighth, 332 strong, was on duty in the battle of Iuka, September 19, but not seriously engaged. "My command never fired a shot," Col. F. W. Adams reported, "because I had been ordered so, but it was under a very heavy fire and acted, with but few exceptions, with coolness and courage." Colonel Adams, being injured on the field, turned over the command to Lieut. Col. Brent. Casualties, 4 killed, 4 wounded.

In the attack of the combined forces of Price and VanDorn upon Rosecrans at Corinth, October 3, 1862, Martin's Brigade charged the outer works at an angle where they were exposed to an enfilading fire and many were killed, among them Colonel Martin. In the attack upon the inner batteries, next day, there was further loss. The brigade moved across the railroad and charged the works over obstructions under a heavy fire of artillery, and in danger of being flanked by the enemy.

Among the wounded mentioned by General Price was Captain Keirn of the Thirty-eighth. The casualties of the regiment, including the three days' fighting, were 4 killed, 31 wounded. After Grant had advanced from Memphis on the line of the Central Railroad, in November and December, 1862, and had retreated, Hebert's Brigade, including the Thirty-eighth, was sent to Vicksburg and stationed at Snyder's Bluff, on the Yazoo River, north of the city. The regiment was reported in February, 1863, 264 present and absent. In the April return, Col. Preston Brent, commanding. General Forney succeeded Maury in command of division in April. The regiment, with Hebert's Brigade, moved from Snyder's Bluff to Vicksburg on the night of May 17-18, and by eight in the morning of the 18th, was in position on the line of the brigade, covering the Jackson and Graveyard roads. After the assault of May 22 had been repulsed, the Thirty-eighth was moved, June 2, to a position along the Jackson road, between the Third and Twenty-first Louisiana, and on June 25th, the day of the mine explosion under the redan occupied by the Third Louisiana, the Sixth Missouri was put in between the Thirty-eighth and that Louisiana regiment. At this time the men were not only engaged in defending their line, but also in rebuilding and raising the works to meet the constant approach of the Union works. July 2 another and more serious mine explosion destroyed the main redan near the Jackson road.
July 4 the brigade stacked arms in front of the works they had so gallantly defended, and marched to the rear to bivouac camp where they were paroled. The Thirty-eighth had 35 killed, including Captains L. M. Graves and W. A. Selph and Lieut. H. Lanehart, and 39 wounded, during the forty-seven days defense of their line. Capt. D. B. Seal was paroled as commanding officer. The Vicksburg troops were furloughed to reassemble at the parole camp at Enterprise, where they remained until declared exchanged in December. In January, 1864, the regiment was mounted, by order of General Polk, then commanding the department, and the remainder of the service of the command was as mounted infantry. The Fourteenth Confederate Regiment was consolidated with it, and later the Third Mississippi Cavalry.

Following are some mentions of the command in the early part of 1864:

Company D, Capt. James H. Jones, was posted at Woodville, seventy-two present and absent, February, 1864. Maj. R. C. MaCay was ordered March 24, with his detachment of the regiment, to operate east of Pearl River, collecting stragglers and deserters; Captain Estelle, commanding detachment, to report to MaCay at Jackson: April 3, "The Thirty-eighth Mississippi, Major McCay, mounted, now below Jackson, ordered to report to Ross for duty." Company D, Thirty-eighth, Capt. James H. Jones, in Scott's brigade, June 1. Thirty-eighth Mississippi Regiment in Mabry's Brigade, June 10, 1864. June 30, Thirty-eighth Mississippi (mounted infantry), Col. Preston Brent, and so listed to October, Mabry's Brigade, Wirt Adams' Cavalry. The Thirty-eighth, with the Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth (Confederate) Cavalry, formed the brigade of Colonel Mabry, in the Tupelo campaign of July, 1864. The regiment moved from Saltillo, July 9, to Ellistown, Major R. C. MeCay commanding, was held in reserve during the skirmishing near Pontotoc on the 12th; on the 13th took part in the skirmishing with the Federal rear guard as Gen. A. J. Smith's command moved toward Tupelo, until 2 o'clock in the morning of the 14th. At Harrisburg Smith faced about and went into a strong line of battle on a ridge across the road. Lieut.-Gen. S. D. Lee and Maj.-Gen. Forrest were both with the Confederate troops and an assault was ordered, in which

Mabry's Brigade was distinguished on the left flank, moving forward under a heavy fire of artillery and small arms, but the whole Confederate attack was repulsed with great loss. All the regimental officers of the brigade and nearly all the company officers of three regiments were killed or wounded. The casualties of the Thirty-eighth were the heaviest of the brigade.
In this battle of Harrisburg, July 14, 1864, Major R. C. McCay, commanding the regiment, was killed, and Adjutant W. L. Ware mortallywounded. Company A-Capt. J. S. Hoskins commanding: Hoskins lost a leg, Corporal James Aldridge killed, 6 wounded. Company B-Capt.
W. L. Faulk commanding: 3 killed, 3 wounded, including the Captain.Company D-Capt. J. H. Jones commanding: 2 killed, 11 wounded, including the Captain, 2 missing. Company E-Capt. J. A. Bass commanding: 4 wounded, including the Captain and Lient. W. D. Carmichael and Sergeant J. W. Odum. Company F-Capt. J. J. Green commanding: 5 wounded, including Sergt. J. M. Dillard, mortally. Company G-Lieut.T. J. Wade commanding: 5 killed, including Wade, 2 wounded. Company H-Lieut. M. H. Curry commanding: 5 wounded, including Curry,1 missing. Company I-Lieut. William Ball commanding: 4 killed, 6 wounded, including Ball. Company K-Capt. J. C. Williams commanding: 2 killed, including Lieut. Jesse W. Ball; 7 wounded, including the Captain. Total killed and mortally wounded, 20; wounded, 51; missing 3, The regiment took part in the action at Concord Church, Dec 1, 1864, between Mabry's Brigade, under Colonel Griffith, and Osband's expedition, returning from an attempt to destroy the railroad bridge near Canton. Griffith's command encountered Grierson's raiders moving to Vicksburg, after destroying the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, at Franklin, January 2, 1865, where General Adams had a loss of 7 kil1ed, 15 wounded. Mabry's Brigade was broken up by order of General Chalmers, February 18, 1865, and the Thirty-eighth, Colonel Brent commanding, was assigned to Gen. Wirt Adams' Brigade, at Jackson.

In the last campaign in Alabama, during Wilson's raid, the regiment was engaged at Sipsey bridge. At the time of the capitulation by Gen. Richard Taylor, commanding the department, the regiment was at Brewersville, Ala.

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A. RUTH SEAL of the Pine Grove community married James during the Civil War. She was born around 1839. In 1876, while visiting relatives in Pine Grove, she died at 39 years of age. Boley Creek was in flood stage at the time and it was not possible to get her body returned to George Ford area for burial. She is buried next to her sister Martha in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Pearl River County, Ms.[Drury Burge.FTW]

RUTH SEAL of the Pine Grove community married James during the Civil War. She was born around 1839. In 1876, while visiting relatives in Pine Grove, she died at 39 years of age. Boley Creek was in flood stage at the time and it was not possible to get her body returned to George Ford area for burial. She is buried next to her sister Martha in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Pearl River County, Ms.[Burge.FTW]

RUTH SEAL of the Pine Grove community married James during the Civil War. She was born around 1839. In 1876, while visiting relatives in Pine Grove, she died at 39 years of age. Boley Creek was in flood stage at the time and it was not possible to get her body returned to George Ford area for burial. She is buried next to her sister Martha in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Pearl River County, Ms.[BurgeFL.FTW]

RUTH SEAL of the Pine Grove community married James during the Civil War. She was born around 1839. In 1876, while visiting relatives in Pine Grove, she died at 39 years of age. Boley Creek was in flood stage at the time and it was not possible to get her body returned to George Ford area for burial. She is buried next to her sister Martha in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Pearl River County, Ms.