Sgt. (CSA) Nathan Bryant Mincy

Nathan Bryant Mincy is the son of Bryant Mincey (Minshew) and Martha Creola Norton Mincey. Around the time of the Civil War, N. B. changed the spelling of his name to Mincy dropping the e. Most of his descendants followed suit.

Married Sarah Garrell

Children with Sarah Garrell 1826-1888 with

M Dred C Mincy 1853-1941

F Martha Jane Mincey 1855-1915

M Nathan H Mincey 1857-1902

F Patience Caroline Mincey 1857-1923

F Margaret Louisa Mincey 1858-1939

F Nancy S Mincey 1862-1943

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104917748/nathan-bryant-mincey

Ward: Civil War Soldiers, Section: SC, Square: Soldier, Location: Memorial Hill, # 172

1850 Horry County Census lists N B Mincey and wife Sarah Mincey - both are 25 years of age and listed South Carolina as place of birth.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QN-LRV : 2 March 2020), N B Mincey, Horry county, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing family 129, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1860 Horry County Census lists N B Mincey with wife Sarah Mincey and children Henry, Dread, Martha, Patience, Nathan, and Margaret.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTC-1FV : 18 March 2020), N B Mincy, 1860.

Military Records

"South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGR2-D6V : 12 December 2014), N B Mincey, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Ninth Battalion, Infantry (Pee Dee Legion), NARA microfilm publication M267 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1959), roll 239.

"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9VF-82V : 4 December 2014), N. B. Mincey, Sergeant, Company G, 9th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Smith's) (Pee Dee Legion), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M381 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 881,988.

Also known as Nesbit's and as Smith's Batt'n and subsequently consol'd with 6 (Byrd's) Batt'n S.C. Inf. to form 26 S.C. Inf. Company G.

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKRC-C4N2 : 16 October 2019), N B Mincy, 1860.

"United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Q4B-R1W2 : 6 September 2019), N.b. Mincy, 1861-1865. Notes NB Mincy was a Sergeant.

From Horry County Historical Society: http://hchsonline.org/military/co_k.html#MINCY,%20N.%20B. Under 29th Infantry.

MINCY, N. B. - Sergeant - Mincy, born in Horry District, enlisted at Blanton's Crossroads, Horry District, on 1 January 1862. He mustered in as a Private, and was discharged on 3 January 1863 for being over 40 years old. He reenlisted in this company on 18 March 1864 and was present or accounted for until noted in Petersburg, Virginia, hospital on 17 August 1864. Death claim made on 14 December 1864, by his widow, Sarah Mincy. See Family No. 467 in 1860 U. S. Census of Horry District, S. C. Last records show him as Sergeant.