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John T McCamey
(Ref photo of headstone attached to this website. Inscription reads,"John T. Son of J & N McCamey Born Apr. 6. 1842 Died In defence ofthis country Mar 21 1865". His grave grave partner's headstoneinscription reads, "George M. Son of Wm.S. & S.M. Deaver Born Aug. 27.1847 Died In defence of this country Mar. 21. 1865")
Birth: Apr. 6, 1842, USA
Death: Mar. 21, 1865
Washington County
Arkansas, USA
BIO INFORMATION IS PENDING FOR THIS CIVIL WAR SOLDIER; BURIED IN THESAME GRAVE WITH GEORGE DEAVER PER DANNY MCCAMEY.
Burial:
Elm Springs Cemetery
Elm Springs
Washington County
Arkansas, USA
Created by: Dennis & Linda
Record added: May 01, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51856889
John T. McCamey, son of Joseph H. and Nancy McCamey, and George William Deaver, .son of William Shipley Deaver, were confederate soldiers in the civil war. They were killed by Union soldiers or bush-whackers while coming home on furlough. Apparently they had stopped at a spring to rest their sore feet. Their bodies were placed on a bush pile and burned, then thrown off a cliff near Elm Springs, Arkansas. The men of the community being away at war, the ladies of the community wrapped the bodies in sheets, moved them by ox-cart to Elm Springs and buried them in the same grave in the Elm Springs cemetery. The tombstone reads "died in defence of his country". Bushwhackers were local independent companies of guerrillas for both sides.
1850 United States Federal Census <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054&enc=1>
about John Mccamey
Name: John Mccamey
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Family Number: 708
1860 United States Federal Census <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667&enc=1>
about John Mccarry
Name: John Mccarry [John McCamey]
Age in 1860: 18
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Elm Springs, Washington, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Post Office: Elm Springs
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1842 - 1865 (22 years)
