A. Marshall Clayton
A. Marshall Clayton was born around 1841 in Georgia to Isaac and Susanna Clayton. His father was a farmer who owned $1,200 of real estate and $150 of personal property by 1860. They lived in Marion County, Georgia, until the 1850s, when they moved to Barbour County, Alabama. By 1860, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army in March 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 39th Alabama Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Stones River and the Battle of Chickamauga. He died sometime after 1863.
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(4316)Clayton, A. Marshall1841
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (11921) [writer] ~ DL1757.001

People - Records: 3

  • (4316) Clayton, A. Marshall is the [sibling of] (4319) Clayton, Sarah Ann Elizabeth
  • (4317) Clayton, Susanna is the [parent of] (4316) Clayton, A. Marshall
  • (4318) Clayton, John K. is the [sibling of] (4316) Clayton, A. Marshall

Places - Records: 1

  • (298) [birth] ~ Georgia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1019) [enlisted] [C] ~ 39th Alabama Infantry
SOURCES

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