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Sylvester Nesbit

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Sylvester Nesbit

Birth
Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
Death
29 Nov 1902 (aged 77)
Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Johns Creek, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
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Sylvester Nesbit married (a much younger) Melissa Caroline Lively around 1860, almost likely in Gwinnett County (marriage records around then were destroyed in a courthouse fire). They had a farm near Alpharetta, in what was Milton County, Georgia; and their children were Francis Beauregard Nesbit, Robert C. Nesbit, Joseph Milton Nesbit, Lula C. (Nesbit) Tilly, Orrin Lester Nesbit, Edgar Clifford Nesbit, Charles Pinckney Nesbit, Alma Anna (Nesbit) Willingham, William Otis Nesbit, Sylvester Gregg Nesbit, and Reuben Lively Nesbit.

In the Civil War, Sylvester served as a 3rd Lieutenant in Company B, Cherokee Legion (Georgia State Guards).
Sylvester Nesbit married (a much younger) Melissa Caroline Lively around 1860, almost likely in Gwinnett County (marriage records around then were destroyed in a courthouse fire). They had a farm near Alpharetta, in what was Milton County, Georgia; and their children were Francis Beauregard Nesbit, Robert C. Nesbit, Joseph Milton Nesbit, Lula C. (Nesbit) Tilly, Orrin Lester Nesbit, Edgar Clifford Nesbit, Charles Pinckney Nesbit, Alma Anna (Nesbit) Willingham, William Otis Nesbit, Sylvester Gregg Nesbit, and Reuben Lively Nesbit.

In the Civil War, Sylvester served as a 3rd Lieutenant in Company B, Cherokee Legion (Georgia State Guards).

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  • Maintained by: Suellen
  • Originally Created by: Jeanne
  • Added: May 22, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37365320/sylvester-nesbit: accessed ), memorial page for Sylvester Nesbit (23 Dec 1824–29 Nov 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37365320, citing Mount Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery, Johns Creek, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Suellen (contributor 46975245).