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Eli Arledge

Birthdate:
Birthplace: [Earl says June; IGI says 7-12-1822] Green River Cove, Polk Co, NC; served in Civil War in CSA Co A 25th Inf, NC Regt; enlisted 3 Sept 1863 Henderson Co, NC age 37; HOH 1880 Henderson Co, NC (Green River)
Death: April 19, 1904 (77)
bur. Macedonia Baptist Church, Henderson Co, NC (near Saluda, Polk Co, NC)
Immediate Family:

Son of Jonathan Arledge and Harriett Arledge
Husband of Mathursa "Adeline" Arledge
Father of Millard "Filmore" Arledge; Adeline "Addie" Pace; Eli B. Arledge; Angelina Jane Arledge; Lyda Louvina Arledge and 4 others
Brother of Levi Arledge; Isaac Arledge; Greenberry Arledge; Happy Sylvania McMurray; Clement Arledge and 3 others

Managed by: Pam Wilson (may be slow to respond)
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About Eli Arledge

Confederate Army in Civil War:

Arledge, Eli, Private, Company A, 25th Regiment This company was raised in Henderson

County and enlisted in Edneyville, NC. It was known as the "Edney Grays". Eli resided in

Henderson County where he enlisted at age 37 on September 3, 1863 for the war. Present or accounted for until captured near Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until released on June 22, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.

Excerpted from the series of books titled "North Carolina Troops 1861-1865" compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., unit histories by: Louis H. Manarin.

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 > Confederate > Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 (Ancestry.com):

Arledge, Eli 25 NC Co A captured Apr 2, 1865, Petersburg, VA, received from City Point, VA Apr 3 1865

Ledger of some kind of cash intake from prisoners

Eli Arledge, Co A 25 NC, $5.00 April 4 1864

Eli Arledge, Co A 25 NC, $5.00 (no date)

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Eli Arledge's Timeline

1826
July 15, 1826
[Earl says June; IGI says 7-12-1822] Green River Cove, Polk Co, NC; served in Civil War in CSA Co A 25th Inf, NC Regt; enlisted 3 Sept 1863 Henderson Co, NC age 37; HOH 1880 Henderson Co, NC (Green River)
1864
January 1, 1864
never married; daughter age 56 (looks like "Hilliard or Hellene") living with mother in 1920 census
1867
June 29, 1867
Saluda, Polk Co, NC; not listed with parents in 1880 census
1869
May 16, 1869
Polk County, North Carolina, United States
1871
May 27, 1871
in 1920 Henderson Co, NC census, listed as 49 living with mother
1873
December 16, 1873
Polk Co, NC; never married; in 1920 census, listed as age 47, living with mother; in 1930 living with brother Eli
1875
1875
NC; listed as sister living with Eli B. in 1930 Henderson Co, NC census
1877
January 18, 1877
Saluda, Polk Co, NC
1879
October 9, 1879
Saluda, Polk Co, NC (listed as unnamed infant in 1880 census)