Parents - John B /Counts/ and Elizabeth /Smyth Or Smith/
Wife - Sarah Elizabeth /Johnson/ (note that the 1900 United States Federal Census has James as being divorced)
MILITARY: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: James J. Counts
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment Name: 29 Virginia Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
COMPANY: G
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M382 roll 12
For a nice biography, see Between Brothers by Lillian Gobble and Rhonda Robertson, pub 2004 by the Wise County Historical Society, page 107. His father John, and brothers Samuel and David all served.
OCCUPATION:
He was a road surveyor in 1858, and served as Justice of the Peace in 1893.
Agen at death: 64 yrs, 6 mos, 28 days
my 2nd cousin 3 times removed
Parents - John B /Counts/ and Elizabeth /Smyth Or Smith/
Wife - Sarah Elizabeth /Johnson/ (note that the 1900 United States Federal Census has James as being divorced)
MILITARY: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: James J. Counts
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment Name: 29 Virginia Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
COMPANY: G
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M382 roll 12
For a nice biography, see Between Brothers by Lillian Gobble and Rhonda Robertson, pub 2004 by the Wise County Historical Society, page 107. His father John, and brothers Samuel and David all served.
OCCUPATION:
He was a road surveyor in 1858, and served as Justice of the Peace in 1893.
Agen at death: 64 yrs, 6 mos, 28 days
my 2nd cousin 3 times removed
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