Albert Rhett Elmore
Albert Rhett Elmore was born on October 23, 1843, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Franklin and Harriet Elmore. His father was a bank president and a United States senator. His father died on May 29, 1850. He grew up and attended school in Columbia, South Carolina, and he enrolled at South Carolina College in the early 1860s.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army on July 17, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of Hampton’s Legion. In early 1862, army officials transferred him to the 7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion. The regiment served in coastal South Carolina, and he was promoted to sergeant major in May 1862. In the summer of 1863, he joined the 4th South Carolina Cavalry. The regiment took part in the Carolinas campaign. He served until at least October 1864.
 
He settled in Chester County, South Carolina, after the war. He married Alexina Taylor on June 16, 1868, and they had at least five children: Franklin, born around 1869; William, born on June 9, 1873; Grace, born around 1875; Alexina, born around 1877; and Thomas, born around 1880. They moved to Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in the late 1860s, and he earned a living as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $1,600 of personal property.
 
They moved to Alachua County, Florida, in the 1870s, and by 1900, they were living in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1910, a newspaper editor described him as “one of the best known and most popular men in the state.” He died in Jacksonville on March 11, 1915.
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(4733)Elmore, Albert Rhett1843-10-231915-03-11
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Sergeant Major
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 13

  • (13145) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 13 January 186X
  • (13146) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Grace B. Elmore, 22 February 186X
  • (13148) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 8 December 186X
  • (13149) [recipient] ~ William T. Elmore to Albert R. Elmore, 14 August 1XXX
  • (13150) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Sister, 22 August 186X
  • (13151) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Grace B. Elmore, 19 September 1863
  • (13158) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Grace B. Elmore, 25 September 186X
  • (13159) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 11 October 186X
  • (13160) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 27 October 1861
  • (13161) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Sister, 31 October 186X
  • (13162) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 9 November 1861
  • (13163) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, undated
  • (13164) [writer] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Sister, 24 December 1861

People - Records: 6

  • (4734) Elmore, Grace Brown is the [sibling of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett
  • (4735) Elmore, Harriet Chesnut is the [parent of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett
  • (4736) Rhett, John T. is the [cousin of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett
  • (4738) Taylor, Alexina Jessie is the [wife of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett
  • (4739) Taylor, Flora is the [sibling-in-law of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett
  • (5569) Elmore, William Taylor is the [child of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett

Places - Records: 2

  • (480) [birth] ~ Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
  • (510) [death] ~ Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

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Regiments - Records: 3

  • (608) [enlisted] ~ Hampton's Legion (South Carolina)
  • (1252) [enlisted] ~ 7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
  • (1253) [enlisted] ~ 4th South Carolina Cavalry
SOURCES
1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Albert R. Elmore, available from Fold3.com; The Tampa (FL) Tribune, 16 September 1910; The State (Columbia, SC), 29 March 1915