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Re: Josiah Walton Byrd Pvt Co. A, 9th MS Inf

Even though the info is kept at the Ms archives, what Dan McCaskill explained to me is that sometime in the 1900s families were asked to send in a card with info about their ancestor like "where buried". So the source could very well be something like that instead of a primary record so it is worth checking with him to find out. As I said it was my civil war ancestor's grandson that filled out the card. It was all old stories by then as his own father was just a young boy when the ancestor died in the war. His grandmother was no longer living since it is actually her stone he cites. The stone just says C.D. Rape. this is for Christianne Dorcus not her husband Cyrus MacDonald. Having seen how stories can degenerate or get mixed up within only 1 generation much less two it would be good if you can find out the actual source used for the listing in the MS graves index. Good Luck with your search!

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