American AcornsThomas Philyaw
born c. 1838 · Male
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Overview
Service
Civil War · Confederate Army · 1861 Likely
Private in Company C, the Blue Rifles, of the 17th Alabama Infantry, organized in Butler County on September 14, 1861 (company roster printed in the Greenville Advocate, 1903, checked against the muster roll). A brother of George Washington Philyaw Sr. in the 1850 census; Likely, by name and county.
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Family
Parents
- Mother: Cynthia (Synnthia) Atkinson 1794–1860
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- Father: Joseph Philyaw born 1785
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Life events
| Born | about 1838, Alabama, USA Likely evidence: show whyWhy: Aged 12 in the 1850 census of Butler County, Alabama, in the household of Joseph and Cynthia Philyaw, with a brother George, 10. Records:
Review: assessed 10-26-2026; evidence: Index or transcription examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (09-24-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. |
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| Died | No death date is recorded here. The site classifies this person as deceased from the dated records; no death record is cited. |
| Military service | Civil War (Confederate): private, Company C ('Blue Rifles'), 17th Alabama Infantry; the company was organized in Butler County on 14 Sep 1861, and his own enlistment date is not established, 1861, Butler, Alabama, USA Likely evidence: show whyWhy: The company's roster, printed in the Greenville Advocate in 1903 and checked against the muster roll at the Alabama archives, lists Thomas Phylyaw (Philyaw on the roll). Likely: the roll gives no age or parents; he is identified by name and county. Records:
Review: assessed 10-26-2026. |
Sources
Research sources
- 1850 U.S. census, Beat 9, Butler Co., Ala., dwelling 933: Joseph Philyaw 65, Cynthia 56, Caroline 14, Thomas 12, George 10, David 8, Martha 6, John 4, with John and Eliza Atkinson Census view at Ancestry.com
- Company C ('Blue Rifles'), 17th Alabama Infantry, Butler Co., Ala.: roster as printed in the Greenville Advocate, 30 Apr 1903, 'Thomas Phylyaw', with the transcriber's note from the company muster roll at the Alabama Department of Archives and History ('Thomas Philyaw'); company organized 14 Sep 1861 (transcribed by Ronald Bridges, 2000) Military view at USGenWeb Archives
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