Captain, Company C, "Avalanche Company," 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA
William Henry Musgrove was born in Georgia to Nancy Tate and John William Musgrove, who moved to South Carolina the year after his birth. The family moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1807, and William Henry Musgrove moved to Alabama in 1818. He was a school teacher, and served 6 terms in the Alabama legislature, beginning in 1828. He led a company to the Creek frontier in 1836, and was called Colonel Musgrove from his militia service. He married Sarah "Sallie" Fowler, daughter of Rev. John Fowler. In 1856 Musgrove was ordained a minister, at Mount Tabor Baptist Church.
He organized Company C, Avalanche Company. After Capt. Musgrove died of typhoid fever at Pensacola, Florida, John M. Hanna assumed command of the company.
Children, from censuses, include:
Agness Musgrove, born about 1829, AL
Eliza E Musgrove, born January 1827, AL
Virginia L Musgrove, born September 2, 1835, AL
John Fowler Musgrove, born April 16, 1838, AL
Lucy W Musgrove, born October 1840, AL
Eliza, Virginia, and Lucy never married, and lived their later years together in Bangor, Blount County, Alabama.
Sources:
1830, 1850, 1860 federal censuses, Blount County, Alabama.
1855 state census, Blount County, Alabama.
Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, Babbett & Brown, 1872, p. 141
William Henry Musgrove was born in Georgia to Nancy Tate and John William Musgrove, who moved to South Carolina the year after his birth. The family moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1807, and William Henry Musgrove moved to Alabama in 1818. He was a school teacher, and served 6 terms in the Alabama legislature, beginning in 1828. He led a company to the Creek frontier in 1836, and was called Colonel Musgrove from his militia service. He married Sarah "Sallie" Fowler, daughter of Rev. John Fowler. In 1856 Musgrove was ordained a minister, at Mount Tabor Baptist Church.
He organized Company C, Avalanche Company. After Capt. Musgrove died of typhoid fever at Pensacola, Florida, John M. Hanna assumed command of the company.
Children, from censuses, include:
Agness Musgrove, born about 1829, AL
Eliza E Musgrove, born January 1827, AL
Virginia L Musgrove, born September 2, 1835, AL
John Fowler Musgrove, born April 16, 1838, AL
Lucy W Musgrove, born October 1840, AL
Eliza, Virginia, and Lucy never married, and lived their later years together in Bangor, Blount County, Alabama.
Sources:
1830, 1850, 1860 federal censuses, Blount County, Alabama.
1855 state census, Blount County, Alabama.
Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, Babbett & Brown, 1872, p. 141
Captain, Company C, "Avalanche Company," 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA
William Henry Musgrove was born in Georgia to Nancy Tate and John William Musgrove, who moved to South Carolina the year after his birth. The family moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1807, and William Henry Musgrove moved to Alabama in 1818. He was a school teacher, and served 6 terms in the Alabama legislature, beginning in 1828. He led a company to the Creek frontier in 1836, and was called Colonel Musgrove from his militia service. He married Sarah "Sallie" Fowler, daughter of Rev. John Fowler. In 1856 Musgrove was ordained a minister, at Mount Tabor Baptist Church.
He organized Company C, Avalanche Company. After Capt. Musgrove died of typhoid fever at Pensacola, Florida, John M. Hanna assumed command of the company.
Children, from censuses, include:
Agness Musgrove, born about 1829, AL
Eliza E Musgrove, born January 1827, AL
Virginia L Musgrove, born September 2, 1835, AL
John Fowler Musgrove, born April 16, 1838, AL
Lucy W Musgrove, born October 1840, AL
Eliza, Virginia, and Lucy never married, and lived their later years together in Bangor, Blount County, Alabama.
Sources:
1830, 1850, 1860 federal censuses, Blount County, Alabama.
1855 state census, Blount County, Alabama.
Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, Babbett & Brown, 1872, p. 141
William Henry Musgrove was born in Georgia to Nancy Tate and John William Musgrove, who moved to South Carolina the year after his birth. The family moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1807, and William Henry Musgrove moved to Alabama in 1818. He was a school teacher, and served 6 terms in the Alabama legislature, beginning in 1828. He led a company to the Creek frontier in 1836, and was called Colonel Musgrove from his militia service. He married Sarah "Sallie" Fowler, daughter of Rev. John Fowler. In 1856 Musgrove was ordained a minister, at Mount Tabor Baptist Church.
He organized Company C, Avalanche Company. After Capt. Musgrove died of typhoid fever at Pensacola, Florida, John M. Hanna assumed command of the company.
Children, from censuses, include:
Agness Musgrove, born about 1829, AL
Eliza E Musgrove, born January 1827, AL
Virginia L Musgrove, born September 2, 1835, AL
John Fowler Musgrove, born April 16, 1838, AL
Lucy W Musgrove, born October 1840, AL
Eliza, Virginia, and Lucy never married, and lived their later years together in Bangor, Blount County, Alabama.
Sources:
1830, 1850, 1860 federal censuses, Blount County, Alabama.
1855 state census, Blount County, Alabama.
Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, Babbett & Brown, 1872, p. 141
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