Asa Minor Laney was born in Henry Co., Georgia, to Philips W. Laney and Elizabeth Wade Laney, but moved with his parents and siblings to Winston Co., Mississippi in 1852, near the small community of Lobutcha, which does not exist today. There he met and married Nancy R. Brewer on May 6, 1856. They were the parents of four children:
David Ervin Laney (1857-1936)
Nancy Georgeanna Laney Massey (1859-1915)
Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Laney Ray (1860-1917)
Asa Minor Laney, Jr. (9 Jul 1864 - 6 Oct 1944)
Asa joined up with the Winston Rifles in August, 1861. He then spent three long, hard years as a Confederate Soldier. He came home on furlough from Tupelo, Ms. sometime in the fall of 1863. In July, 1864, his last child, Asa Minor, Jr. was born. On November 30, 1864, he was killed in combat in the infamous battle of Franklin, Tn., never getting to see his last-born child, a son that Nancy named for his daddy.
Asa was first interred in a grave on the site near the Carter Cotton Gin where he was killed. Later, Mr. & Mrs. McGavock had all the Confederate Soldiers removed from their makeshift graves in town and brought to their plantation, Carnton, to be buried properly in a private cemetery they built just for them. A lot of the soldiers became unknown in the process, because their identification was lost, but Asa Minor was identified both times. The cemetery is now open to the public and is the largest privately owned Confederate Cemetery in existance in the United States.
David Ervin Laney moved to Wise Co., Texas with his wife and family and eventually to Troup, Smith Co., Texas and is buried there. Nancy Georgeanna "Anna" Massey and her husband, John Friar Massey are buried in Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Ray is buried in Doty Springs Cemetery in Mississippi also near Kosciusko, in Attala Co. and Asa Minor, Laney, Jr. is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Owensboro, Kentucky.
I have come to the conclusion that Nancy Brewer Laney is also buried in the Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. in an unmarked grave. I am still searching for official proof, which I may never find.
Elaine Hearon Shelton
Great Great Granddaughter of Asa Minor Laney.
David Ervin Laney (1857-1936)
Nancy Georgeanna Laney Massey (1859-1915)
Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Laney Ray (1860-1917)
Asa Minor Laney, Jr. (9 Jul 1864 - 6 Oct 1944)
Asa joined up with the Winston Rifles in August, 1861. He then spent three long, hard years as a Confederate Soldier. He came home on furlough from Tupelo, Ms. sometime in the fall of 1863. In July, 1864, his last child, Asa Minor, Jr. was born. On November 30, 1864, he was killed in combat in the infamous battle of Franklin, Tn., never getting to see his last-born child, a son that Nancy named for his daddy.
Asa was first interred in a grave on the site near the Carter Cotton Gin where he was killed. Later, Mr. & Mrs. McGavock had all the Confederate Soldiers removed from their makeshift graves in town and brought to their plantation, Carnton, to be buried properly in a private cemetery they built just for them. A lot of the soldiers became unknown in the process, because their identification was lost, but Asa Minor was identified both times. The cemetery is now open to the public and is the largest privately owned Confederate Cemetery in existance in the United States.
David Ervin Laney moved to Wise Co., Texas with his wife and family and eventually to Troup, Smith Co., Texas and is buried there. Nancy Georgeanna "Anna" Massey and her husband, John Friar Massey are buried in Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Ray is buried in Doty Springs Cemetery in Mississippi also near Kosciusko, in Attala Co. and Asa Minor, Laney, Jr. is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Owensboro, Kentucky.
I have come to the conclusion that Nancy Brewer Laney is also buried in the Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. in an unmarked grave. I am still searching for official proof, which I may never find.
Elaine Hearon Shelton
Great Great Granddaughter of Asa Minor Laney.
Asa Minor Laney was born in Henry Co., Georgia, to Philips W. Laney and Elizabeth Wade Laney, but moved with his parents and siblings to Winston Co., Mississippi in 1852, near the small community of Lobutcha, which does not exist today. There he met and married Nancy R. Brewer on May 6, 1856. They were the parents of four children:
David Ervin Laney (1857-1936)
Nancy Georgeanna Laney Massey (1859-1915)
Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Laney Ray (1860-1917)
Asa Minor Laney, Jr. (9 Jul 1864 - 6 Oct 1944)
Asa joined up with the Winston Rifles in August, 1861. He then spent three long, hard years as a Confederate Soldier. He came home on furlough from Tupelo, Ms. sometime in the fall of 1863. In July, 1864, his last child, Asa Minor, Jr. was born. On November 30, 1864, he was killed in combat in the infamous battle of Franklin, Tn., never getting to see his last-born child, a son that Nancy named for his daddy.
Asa was first interred in a grave on the site near the Carter Cotton Gin where he was killed. Later, Mr. & Mrs. McGavock had all the Confederate Soldiers removed from their makeshift graves in town and brought to their plantation, Carnton, to be buried properly in a private cemetery they built just for them. A lot of the soldiers became unknown in the process, because their identification was lost, but Asa Minor was identified both times. The cemetery is now open to the public and is the largest privately owned Confederate Cemetery in existance in the United States.
David Ervin Laney moved to Wise Co., Texas with his wife and family and eventually to Troup, Smith Co., Texas and is buried there. Nancy Georgeanna "Anna" Massey and her husband, John Friar Massey are buried in Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Ray is buried in Doty Springs Cemetery in Mississippi also near Kosciusko, in Attala Co. and Asa Minor, Laney, Jr. is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Owensboro, Kentucky.
I have come to the conclusion that Nancy Brewer Laney is also buried in the Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. in an unmarked grave. I am still searching for official proof, which I may never find.
Elaine Hearon Shelton
Great Great Granddaughter of Asa Minor Laney.
David Ervin Laney (1857-1936)
Nancy Georgeanna Laney Massey (1859-1915)
Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Laney Ray (1860-1917)
Asa Minor Laney, Jr. (9 Jul 1864 - 6 Oct 1944)
Asa joined up with the Winston Rifles in August, 1861. He then spent three long, hard years as a Confederate Soldier. He came home on furlough from Tupelo, Ms. sometime in the fall of 1863. In July, 1864, his last child, Asa Minor, Jr. was born. On November 30, 1864, he was killed in combat in the infamous battle of Franklin, Tn., never getting to see his last-born child, a son that Nancy named for his daddy.
Asa was first interred in a grave on the site near the Carter Cotton Gin where he was killed. Later, Mr. & Mrs. McGavock had all the Confederate Soldiers removed from their makeshift graves in town and brought to their plantation, Carnton, to be buried properly in a private cemetery they built just for them. A lot of the soldiers became unknown in the process, because their identification was lost, but Asa Minor was identified both times. The cemetery is now open to the public and is the largest privately owned Confederate Cemetery in existance in the United States.
David Ervin Laney moved to Wise Co., Texas with his wife and family and eventually to Troup, Smith Co., Texas and is buried there. Nancy Georgeanna "Anna" Massey and her husband, John Friar Massey are buried in Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Ray is buried in Doty Springs Cemetery in Mississippi also near Kosciusko, in Attala Co. and Asa Minor, Laney, Jr. is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Owensboro, Kentucky.
I have come to the conclusion that Nancy Brewer Laney is also buried in the Macedonia Methodist Cemetery (East), near Zama, Ms. in an unmarked grave. I am still searching for official proof, which I may never find.
Elaine Hearon Shelton
Great Great Granddaughter of Asa Minor Laney.
Inscription
51 (Grave Number)
A.M.L (Asa Minor Laney)
Gravesite Details
Company F - 5th Mississippi Infantry - CSA, Joined with Winston Rifles, Winston Co., Ms., August, 1861
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