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Zachariah ABNEY

M, b. 10 September 1835, d. 10 August 1911
Zachariah ABNEY|b. 10 Sep 1835\nd. 10 Aug 1911|p41.htm|Thomas Hamilton ABNEY|b. 1795\nd. 17 Jan 1870|p39.htm|Mary Ann Gosden|b. 30 Mar 1793\nd. 3 Apr 1848|p40.htm|Samuel ABNEY Jr.|b. bt 1770 - 1772\nd. 1802|p72.htm|Mary KENNEDY|b. 1777\nd. 11 Oct 1852|p73.htm|James Gosden/Gausden|||Mary A. CECIL|d. b 1817|p43.htm|

Relationship=Great-granduncle of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Zachariah Abney
     
     Zachariah ABNEY was born on 10 September 1835 in Abney Plantation "Trail's End", Randolph, Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama, son of Thomas Hamilton ABNEY and Mary Ann Gosden.1,2
     Zachariah ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1840, in the household of Thomas Hamilton ABNEY and Mary Ann Gosden in Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama.3
     Zachariah ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of Thomas Hamilton ABNEY and Eliza Ann Echols in Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama.4 He and Samuel ABNEY IV attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa between 1855 and 1857. According to family tradition, they were the first twins to graduate from the University.5,6 He was associated with Samuel ABNEY IV was teaching school in 1858 in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama.6
     Zachariah ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of Thomas Hamilton ABNEY in Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama.7
     Zachariah began military service at age 25 on 11 June 1861 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, he enlisted as a private in Co. F 11th Alabama Infantry. Zach was present at Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Frasiers Farm, 2nd Manasses, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Hanover Junction, Atlees Station, the Siege of Turkey Ridge, Wilcox Farm, Reams Station, Whites Tavern, Davis Farm, and Burgess Mill. On 4 September 1862 he was elected Brvt. 2nd Lieutenant. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant 5 January 1863 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Zach was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, and received a promotion to first lieutenant 16 August 1864 at White's Tavern. He was promoted 27 October 1864 to captain of Company F at Burgess Mill following the death of Captain Caddell.8 He was discharged on 14 April 1865 in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. He surrendered along with the Army of Northern Virginia. At the time he was captain of company F, 11th Alabama Infantry.
     Zachariah ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1866, in the household of Thomas Hamilton ABNEY in Bibb County, Alabama.9 He and Charles S. G. DOSTER were attornies in the law firm of Abney and Doster in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. He read law in the office of Senator John T. Morgan in Selma and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He first practiced law in Randolph before moving to Prattville after the war. Zach was Autauga County Register in Chancery beginning in 1883 until his death.
     Zachariah married Alexandria Victoria DOSTER, daughter of Absolum DOSTER Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER, on 31 March 1867 in the residence of Capt. A. Doster, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. The Reverend Hardy Brown performed the ceremony.10,11
     Zachariah and Samuel ABNEY IV were participates in the Confederate Veterans Reunion and dedication of the new Confederate Monument on 22 July 1910 in Bibb County Courthouse, Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.
     Zachariah ABNEY died on 10 August 1911 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, at age 75.12 He was buried in Doster-Abney Cemetery.

Last Edited=12 Oct 2009

Children of Zachariah ABNEY and Alexandria Victoria DOSTER

Citations

  1. [S366] Samuel Abney, "T. H. Abney file", Cerified copy of family record supplied by Sam Abney to Alabama Department of Archives and History.
  2. [S276] Edgefield Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, ABCDs of Edgefield, Thomas Hamilton Abney Bible, pg. 115.
  3. [S241] 1840 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Thos. H. Abney household, pg. 100.
  4. [S4] 1850 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, pg. 112, Thos. H. Abney household #750.
  5. [S194] Thomas McAdory Owen, Alabama Biographies, pg. 6, Thomas Hamilton Abney and Zachariah Abney.
  6. [S433] Thomas Waverly Palmer, University of Alabama, pg. 125.
  7. [S121] 1860 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Thos. H. Abney household.
  8. [S434] Civil War Database, online http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm, Zachariah Abney file, downloaded 8 August 2001.
  9. [S605] 1866 Alabama State Census, Bibb County, Schedules 1 & 3, T. H. Abney, schedule 1, roll S-880509, pg. 13 (printed).
  10. [S439] Larry E. Caver, "Autauga County Heritage," e-mail to John K. Brown, 17 Oct 2001 attachment: "Death and Marriage Notices from Missing Issues of Autauga County Newspapers", includes Autauga Citizen, 4 April 1867.
  11. [S160] Autauga Ancestry, Vol. 11 No. 3, Fall 2001, pg.16.
  12. [S18] Autauga Genealogical Society, Autauga Cemetery Records.

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