Samuel Jefferson (Jeff) Sexton (199)

Samuel Jefferson "Jeff" Sexton was a big man, more than six feet tall with auburn hair.

He was a soldier in the war between the states under Picketts division. Jeff enlisted as a member of the Confederate troops on July 4, 1861 for a twelve month period by Captain L. M. Allen. He was assigned as Private to Company ll, 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry. From August 12 through October 31, 1861, records show he was "confined sick". From November through December 1861, the records indicate he was absent from Muster on "sick furlough". January 1862 records he was he was on duty. In the battle of Gettysburg he lost his right arm, lieing shot between the shoulder and elbow. A Roll of Honor listed him "wounded at Gettysburg". His name appeared on a "Register" of the sick and wounded Confederates in the hospitals in and about Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after the battle of July 1, 2, and 3, 1863. This record states that his "elbow joint amputated."

Samuel Jefferson Sexton came from French Ancestors. He lived in North Carolina and Tennessee. Died in North Carolina.

North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

• Name: Samuel J Sexton
• Gender: Male
• Spouse: Joice Wilborn
• Spouse Gender: Female
• Bond Date: 19 Dec 1856
• Bond #: 000078998
• Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
• ImageNum: 008613
• County: Madison
• Record #: 01 006
• Bondsman: Mathew Bolepass
• Witness: E. K. Brown (AG
• Performed By: E. K. Brown, Justice of the Peace

North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930

• Name: Samuel Jefferson Sexton
• Gender: Male
• Age: 79y 9m 11d
• Birth Date: 1838
• Death Date: 11 Mar 1917
• Death Place: Madison, North Carolina
• Father: Hiram Sexton
• Mother: Eliz Bennett
• Reference ID: 379
• FHL Film Number: 1892162

Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Coffee, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1520; Page: 26A; Image: 56;

• Name: Samuel Sexton
• Age in 1870: 31
• Birth Year: abt 1839
• Birthplace: Tennessee
• Home in 1870: District 3, Coffee, Tennessee
• Race: White
• Gender: Male
• Post Office: Beech Grove
• Value of real estate: View image
• Household Members: Name Age
• Samuel Sexton 31
• Josie Sexton 39
• Jackson Sexton 19
• Louis Sexton 17
• Hiram Sexton 12
• Laura Sexton 9
• Pinkton Sexton 6

Year: 1880; Census Place: Spring Creek, Madison, North Carolina; Roll: 971; Family History Film: 1254971; Page: 126B; Enumeration District: 130;

• Name: Jefferson Sexton
• Age: 41
• Birth Year: abt 1839
• Birthplace: Tennessee
• Home in 1880: Spring Creek, Madison, North Carolina
• Race: White
• Gender: Male
• Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
• Marital Status: Married
• Spouse's Name: Jaicey Sexton
• Father's Birthplace: Virginia
• Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
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• Occupation: Hired Tennant
• Cannot read/write:Blind:Deaf and Dumb:Otherwise disabled:Idiotic or insane: View image
• Household Members: Name Age
• Jefferson Sexton 41
• Jaicey Sexton 50
• Laura E. Sexton 19
• Marion P. Sexton 15
• James H. Sexton 23
• Martha Sexton 21
• Samuel Sexton 2
• Dicy Sexton 7m