Albert Jackson Lester

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Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2

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Lester, Albert J.,Pvt. Co. A, 31st La. Inf. En. April 12, 1862, Monroe. Present on Roll for Feb. 1 to March 1, 1863. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. On Rolls of Prisoners of War, Paroled at Monroe, La., June 12, 1865. Res. Carroll Par., La.

"On April 12, another group of Carroll volunteers, the Confederate Defenders, was inducted into the Confederate Army as the 31st Louisiana, Co A, the group included E. J. Delony, George Burrus, John Hays, and A. N. McWilliams." From "A Place to Remember", by Georgia Payne Pinkston.

CONFEDERATE DEFENDERS, COMPANY A, 31st Regiment Louisiana Infantry

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POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS - (Floyd, Carroll Parish)

Wednesday Morning, July 11, 1866

No., 5 -- Be it ordained by the Police Jury of the Parish of Carroll, that...

That Joseph Furguson be and he is hereby appointed overseer of the road from the turnpike to Oak Grove, and to control for road purposes the following hands: A. A. Lester, W. W. Bradley, George Bradley, and hands of Mr. Hutchinson, A. J. Lester, M. N. Skinner, J. R. Coyle, C. A. Lehman, Charley Coyle, John Ridings, William Shorock, (Shrock?) Thomas Bains, John Crow, A. Humphreys, Robert Hurley, S. Phares, and hands, and all others adjacent to said road not otherwise appropriated.

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Marriage, A J Lester and Nancy E. Cummins, 9 May 1861, East Carroll, Louisiana, United States

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