Person:Archibald Killingsworth (1)

Archibald was the second child born in Tennessee to William A. and Mary Jane Allison Killingsworth. His name appears on the 1850 census for Polk County, Missouri as a 7 year old child with his parents and siblings, Calvin, Mary, Joseph, Isaac and Sarah. The next time we see his name is in probate paperwork where he appears in court in Greene County, Missouri with his mother Mary Jane, and his siblings who were minor heirs of their father William A. Killingsworth. The children mentioned were Calvin, Archibald, Mary, Joseph, Isaac, Sarah, William and Thomas. Their father had died in 1853 or early 1854. Thomas, the youngest child of William A. and Mary Jane was born In March of 1854. At some point in approximately 1857 when probate was complete Mary Jane moved with her children to Walker County, Georgia to be near her parents William P. and Sarah McKinney Allison. In 1860 Archibald is mentioned as being a member of the household of James A. Newton who was Mary Jane Killingsworth's second husband. Archibald was listed as being 18 years of age. Archibald enlisted as a private in Co. A 3rd Confederate Cavalry. He died on January 18th, 1864 in Nashville Tennessee at prison hospital number 4 from Smallpox. He is likely buried in the National Cemetery in Nashville, but there is no tombstone or mention of his name as being buried there. There were 4,141 unknown people buried there so it is likely since he died in Nashville, at a prison hospital that that is where he eventually was buried. He was just about 21 years old when he died. He was not married.

The following information is taken from the website of the National Cemetery. "Nashville National Cemetery is located in Madison, Tenn., in Davidson County approximately six miles northeast of Nashville's city center.

Most of the land for Nashville National Cemetery was acquired shortly after the Civil War. In July 1866, 45 acres were transferred to the United States from Morton B. Howell, master of the Chancery Court of Nashville, in accordance with the decree of the court. During the first few months of 1867, another 17 acres were conveyed in the same manner. The final portion, about 1-1/2 acres, was purchased by the United States in 1879 from J. Watts Judson.

The original interments were the remains of soldiers removed from temporary burial grounds around Nashville's general hospitals, as well as the Civil War battlefields at Franklin and Gallatin, Tenn., and Bowling Green and Cave City, Ky. There are 4,141 unknowns interred at Nashville National Cemetery."

1. ↑ Polk, Missouri, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Archibald Killingsworth, age 7, born in Tennessee