Person:Daniel Applegate (2)

birth parents: William Applegate and Elizabeth White (1)

A BRICKLAYER, HE IS FOUND IN 1850 AND 1860, ON THE CENSUS IN POTOTOC CO MISSISSIPPI. HE ALSO SERVED IN COMPANY A REGIMENT 31 OF THE MISSISSIPPI INFANTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR. HE JOINED FEB 28, 1862 IN RED LAND MISSISSIPPI. HE SERVED AS A TEAMSTER AND LATER A HARNESS MAKER. THE APPLEGATES ORIGINATED IN ENGLAND. THEY ARE FIRST FOUND ON LONG ISLAND NEW YORK IN THE EARLY 1600'S. THEY MIGRATED FROM THERE TO NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, KENTUCKEY, MISSISSIPPI AND ON TO ARKANSAS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. THE APPLEGATES CAME TO MISSISSIPPI IN THE 1830'S FROM KENTUCKY WHEN THE CHOCTAW INDIAN LANDS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI OPENED TO WHITE SETTLEMENT.

1.   Hugh E Voress. The Applegate Family In America.