PVT Choice Asa Barber (1843-1923) - Find a Grave Memorial

PVT Choice Asa Barber Veteran

Birth

22 Jan 1843

Decatur County, Georgia, USA

Death

12 Dec 1923 (aged 80)

Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida, USA

Burial

Nettle Ridge Cemetery

Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida, USA Show Map

Plot

Section 1. Lot 28.

Memorial ID

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Choice enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 2 March 1862 in Camilla, Georgia. He was mustered as a private in Company C, 51st Georgia Infantry. He was captured 3 December 1863 near Knoxville, Tennessee and sent to Camp Chase Confederate Prison in Ohio on 15 December 1863 and the entered Rock Island Confederate Prison in Illinois on 6 January 1864. Choice took the Oath of Allegiance on 17 June 1865 at Rock Island Confederate Prison and was released the following day. Information on his release record states he resided in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia. He was described as light complexion, auburn hair, blue eyes, 5'9" in height and 21 years of age.

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Choice A Barber
Residence: Mitchell County, Georgia
Age at enlistment: 19
Enlistment Date: 22 Mar 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Georgia 51st Infantry Regiment on 22 Mar 1862.
Birth Date: abt 1843
Sources: Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865

(special thanks to Anna Marie for birth & death dates & complete service info)

Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
Name: Choice A. Barber
Spouse: Angeline Cooper
Marriage Date: 3 Aug 1866
County: Decatur
State: Georgia

Married twice. First to Angeline Cooper on 3 August 1866 in Decatur County, Georgia. According to the 1870 census in Decatur County, Georgia, from this union they had the following children: Neal (1867) & Homer Virginia (1869). On the 1880 census in Decatur County, Georgia was listed Anna (1871), Judgean (1873) & Choice Travis (1874).

Married secondly to Martha Raybon on 24 August 1876 in Calhoun County, Florida. According to the 1880 census in Decatur County, Georgia they had John (1877) & Elizabeth (1879). On the 1900 census in Blountsville, Calhoun County, Florida they had Sim (1880), Crawford (1885), Elsie (1888), Lee (1892), Carlas (1894) & Dewey (1899).