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Since Peleg S. Seabury has
no biography in the National Archives, below is my biography of the
man.
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Peleg S. Seabury was born in
Tauton, Massachusetts in 1801. He married Mary Tilley in Newport,
Rhode Island and they had at least seven children. When the family
moved to Virginia is not known. Almost all the Seabury's in the 1860
census were located in New York and New England (390 of 428); the
only other large concentration was the 25 in Lynchburg and Norfolk,
Virginia. Peleg was an Elder and founding member of the 2nd
Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg. He died in Lynchburg in October,
1878. |
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In the 1860 census, Peleg was 59
years old, a merchant with no Real Estate, but $20,000 of Personal
Property. His wife was not listed, but many Seaburys live with or
near him. |
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At his age, and with his
experience in handling a large business, it was logical for him to
find employment in the Quartermaster Department. Unfortunately, we
do not have a document that definitively indicates his status as a
Transportation Agent; it is possible that he was a clerk who worked
on transportation matters. |
| July 25,
1861 |
Sold shoes to the army
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| March
14, 1862 |
Handled flour shipment at Mt. Jackson
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| August
29, 1862 |
Paid for expenses in Columbia and Augusta,
Georgia
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| 1864 |
Filed bond |
| April
29, 1864 |
Identified as Transportation Agent at Charlotte,
North Carolina
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| December
31, 1864 |
Paid for hire of a slave
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| May 3,
1865 |
Paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina; on duty
with Quarter Master Major R. S. Echols as a Bonded Agent of the
Quarter Master Department |
| May 26,
1865 |
Took Amnesty Oath |
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