William Tyler Barry South

Birth Date

1842-11-04

Death Date

1932-11-25

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, soldier. Breathitt County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jerry Weldon South and Kitty Cockerell South. Married to Ann Mary Jones South. Student in Hardin County in 1850. Resident of Franklin County in 1860. Household owned sixteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Served in the 5th Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a corporal, first lieutenant, and captain from December 31, 1861, to October 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Southern District, p. 44B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District, p. 277.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 492B, p. 10 of microfilm.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 81B.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0113.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019171: All Counties, Franklin County Deaths, File #25625, p. 2536 of microfilm.
Find A Grave, "Capt William Tyler Barry South (1842-1932)," Memorial 10489862, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10489862 (accessed March 17, 2020).

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