Clayton Wilson
Clayton Wilson was born around 1841 in Alabama to Joseph and Amanda Wilson. His father was a horticulturist, and the family owned $16,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Montgomery, Alabama, and by 1860, he was working as a clerk.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of Hilliard’s Alabama Legion on June 25, 1862. In November 1862, he was promoted to captain and assistant quartermaster. Army officials dissolved the legion in November 1863 and transferred him to the 60th Alabama Infantry. He died sometime after January 1865.
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(47)Wilson, Clayton1841
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Captain
  • Rank highest: Captain
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (440) [writer] ~ Clayton Wilson to Joseph W. Wilson, 20 January 1865

People - Records: 1

  • (78) Wilson, Joseph Wyatt is the [parent of] (47) Wilson, Clayton

Places - Records: 1

  • (425) [birth] ~ Alabama

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (217) [enlisted] ~ Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • (222) [officer] ~ 60th Alabama Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Clayton Wilson, available from Fold3.com