Birth and death dates on stone are inconsistent with other records.
H/O 1st, Sarah Swecker 2nd, Mary Amanda Boyd.
"Wythe County Virginia: a bicentennial History" by Mary B. Kegley
NIXON, Robert P., Pvt. Co. B, 51st Va. Inf., enlisted July 31, 1861 at Wytheville, wounded and POW Winchester Sept. 19, 1864; gunshot wound to abdomen entered lower end of sternum, coming out of back; U.S.A. Depot, Field Hospital, Winchester; transferred to Baltimore hospital then to Pt. Lookout Nov. 23, 1864, transferred to Hammond General Hospital Jan. 18, 1865; then back to Pt. Lookout March 31, 1865 to be released June 1, 1865, residence Wythe County; fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes, 5' 4 3/4"; alive in 1888, age 43 (Davis) battles 12; Co . B, 51st Va. Inf. (Hardesty).
H/O 1st, Sarah Swecker 2nd, Mary Amanda Boyd.
"Wythe County Virginia: a bicentennial History" by Mary B. Kegley
NIXON, Robert P., Pvt. Co. B, 51st Va. Inf., enlisted July 31, 1861 at Wytheville, wounded and POW Winchester Sept. 19, 1864; gunshot wound to abdomen entered lower end of sternum, coming out of back; U.S.A. Depot, Field Hospital, Winchester; transferred to Baltimore hospital then to Pt. Lookout Nov. 23, 1864, transferred to Hammond General Hospital Jan. 18, 1865; then back to Pt. Lookout March 31, 1865 to be released June 1, 1865, residence Wythe County; fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes, 5' 4 3/4"; alive in 1888, age 43 (Davis) battles 12; Co . B, 51st Va. Inf. (Hardesty).
Birth and death dates on stone are inconsistent with other records.
H/O 1st, Sarah Swecker 2nd, Mary Amanda Boyd.
"Wythe County Virginia: a bicentennial History" by Mary B. Kegley
NIXON, Robert P., Pvt. Co. B, 51st Va. Inf., enlisted July 31, 1861 at Wytheville, wounded and POW Winchester Sept. 19, 1864; gunshot wound to abdomen entered lower end of sternum, coming out of back; U.S.A. Depot, Field Hospital, Winchester; transferred to Baltimore hospital then to Pt. Lookout Nov. 23, 1864, transferred to Hammond General Hospital Jan. 18, 1865; then back to Pt. Lookout March 31, 1865 to be released June 1, 1865, residence Wythe County; fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes, 5' 4 3/4"; alive in 1888, age 43 (Davis) battles 12; Co . B, 51st Va. Inf. (Hardesty).
H/O 1st, Sarah Swecker 2nd, Mary Amanda Boyd.
"Wythe County Virginia: a bicentennial History" by Mary B. Kegley
NIXON, Robert P., Pvt. Co. B, 51st Va. Inf., enlisted July 31, 1861 at Wytheville, wounded and POW Winchester Sept. 19, 1864; gunshot wound to abdomen entered lower end of sternum, coming out of back; U.S.A. Depot, Field Hospital, Winchester; transferred to Baltimore hospital then to Pt. Lookout Nov. 23, 1864, transferred to Hammond General Hospital Jan. 18, 1865; then back to Pt. Lookout March 31, 1865 to be released June 1, 1865, residence Wythe County; fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes, 5' 4 3/4"; alive in 1888, age 43 (Davis) battles 12; Co . B, 51st Va. Inf. (Hardesty).
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