# ID: I1651
# Name: William Berry Clinkscales 1
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1813 in Honea Path, South Carolina
# Death: 1874 in Vincent, Shelby County
# Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church, Vincent, AL
# Reference Number: 1651
# Note:
7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Private, Company I 7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
7th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1861, at Atlanta, Georgia, and in June moved to Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Its members were raised in the counties Coweta, Paulding, De Kalb, Franklin, Fulton, Heard, and Cobb. Assigned to Colonel F.S. Bartow’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, it was active in the fight at First Manassas. In April, 1862, the regiment had 611 effectives and served under the command of General G.T. Anderson until the end of the war. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days’ Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville. It was active in the long Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign. It reported 153 casualties at First Manassas, 147 during the Seven Days’ Battles, and 120 at Second Manassas. Information from http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Name: Berry Clinkscales
Age in 1860: 46
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Ranges 5, 6, and 7, Calhoun, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sulphur Springs
Household Members:
Name Age
Berry Clinkscales 46
Catharine Clinkscales 42
Jesse Clinkscales 23
Nancy Clinkscales 20
Eliza J Clinkscales 18
John W Clinkscales 17
Mary M Clinkscales 15
Rebecca Clinkscales 13
Franklin Clinkscales 9
Margaret Clinkscales 3
Lewis Clinkscales 4.12
Father: William Franklin Clinkscales b: 1777 in Charles County, Maryland
Mother: Mccauley “Colly” Davis b: 1776 in Honea Path, South Carolina
Father: William Clinkscales b: BET 1752 AND 1760 in Carrollton County, Maryland
Marriage 1 Catherine Elizabeth Cox b: 1818 in Shelby County, Alabama
* Married: 1834 in Anderson County, South Carolina
