Cenotaph:
Abney Farm was an 1821 Hinds Co. land patent located on the north face of Champion Hill, site of the Civil War Battle of Champion Hill just prior to the siege of Vicksburg++.
After leaving Union Co., SC this family settled in Tennessee for a short period where Paul served in the War of 1812 as part of COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON, 2nd Regt., Captain Nealy's unit. GS# 8082/MS# 138.
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
The Abney Family Cemetery was located nearby and with only two burials. While the cemetery was specifically identified in the 1842 R.R. Abney land sale it was lost over time. While most military personnel respected family burial grounds the Abney cemetery being so small could have been destroyed during the Battle of Champion Hill since it was in the direct path of the Union advance over the Hill.
++Large portions of the battlefield, along Champion Hill Road between the towns of Bolton and Edwards, are in an excellent state of preservation, including a number of roads used by the armies in 1863. However, much of this land remains in private hands and visitors should respect posted signs. A 4,000-acre area was listed as the Champion Hill Battlefield on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977. The Coker House, used as a hospital by Union forces, has recently been reconstructed. Some historic markers, including at the site of the Champion House, are in the area. American Battlefield Trust.
Abney Farm was an 1821 Hinds Co. land patent located on the north face of Champion Hill, site of the Civil War Battle of Champion Hill just prior to the siege of Vicksburg++.
After leaving Union Co., SC this family settled in Tennessee for a short period where Paul served in the War of 1812 as part of COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON, 2nd Regt., Captain Nealy's unit. GS# 8082/MS# 138.
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
The Abney Family Cemetery was located nearby and with only two burials. While the cemetery was specifically identified in the 1842 R.R. Abney land sale it was lost over time. While most military personnel respected family burial grounds the Abney cemetery being so small could have been destroyed during the Battle of Champion Hill since it was in the direct path of the Union advance over the Hill.
++Large portions of the battlefield, along Champion Hill Road between the towns of Bolton and Edwards, are in an excellent state of preservation, including a number of roads used by the armies in 1863. However, much of this land remains in private hands and visitors should respect posted signs. A 4,000-acre area was listed as the Champion Hill Battlefield on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977. The Coker House, used as a hospital by Union forces, has recently been reconstructed. Some historic markers, including at the site of the Champion House, are in the area. American Battlefield Trust.
Cenotaph:
Abney Farm was an 1821 Hinds Co. land patent located on the north face of Champion Hill, site of the Civil War Battle of Champion Hill just prior to the siege of Vicksburg++.
After leaving Union Co., SC this family settled in Tennessee for a short period where Paul served in the War of 1812 as part of COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON, 2nd Regt., Captain Nealy's unit. GS# 8082/MS# 138.
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
The Abney Family Cemetery was located nearby and with only two burials. While the cemetery was specifically identified in the 1842 R.R. Abney land sale it was lost over time. While most military personnel respected family burial grounds the Abney cemetery being so small could have been destroyed during the Battle of Champion Hill since it was in the direct path of the Union advance over the Hill.
++Large portions of the battlefield, along Champion Hill Road between the towns of Bolton and Edwards, are in an excellent state of preservation, including a number of roads used by the armies in 1863. However, much of this land remains in private hands and visitors should respect posted signs. A 4,000-acre area was listed as the Champion Hill Battlefield on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977. The Coker House, used as a hospital by Union forces, has recently been reconstructed. Some historic markers, including at the site of the Champion House, are in the area. American Battlefield Trust.
Abney Farm was an 1821 Hinds Co. land patent located on the north face of Champion Hill, site of the Civil War Battle of Champion Hill just prior to the siege of Vicksburg++.
After leaving Union Co., SC this family settled in Tennessee for a short period where Paul served in the War of 1812 as part of COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON, 2nd Regt., Captain Nealy's unit. GS# 8082/MS# 138.
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
The Abney Family Cemetery was located nearby and with only two burials. While the cemetery was specifically identified in the 1842 R.R. Abney land sale it was lost over time. While most military personnel respected family burial grounds the Abney cemetery being so small could have been destroyed during the Battle of Champion Hill since it was in the direct path of the Union advance over the Hill.
++Large portions of the battlefield, along Champion Hill Road between the towns of Bolton and Edwards, are in an excellent state of preservation, including a number of roads used by the armies in 1863. However, much of this land remains in private hands and visitors should respect posted signs. A 4,000-acre area was listed as the Champion Hill Battlefield on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977. The Coker House, used as a hospital by Union forces, has recently been reconstructed. Some historic markers, including at the site of the Champion House, are in the area. American Battlefield Trust.
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