Person:L Brightwell (1)

1850 US Census: Brightwell, Reynolds (links to incorrectimage) State: Georgia Year: 1850 County: Stewart Roll: M432_82Township: Box Ankle District Page: 63 Image: 128--------------1860 census: BRIGHTWELL, L R (1860 U.S.Census) ALABAMA , BUTLER, 15-PCT Age: 33, Male, Race: WHITE,Series: M653 Roll: 3 Page: 7 Household: L R BrightwellPrecinct 15, Butler, AL 33 1826 Male E C Brightwell Precinct15, Butler, AL 30 1829 Georgia Female S J Brightwell Precinct15, Butler, AL 11 1848 Female M A Brightwell Precinct 15,Butler, AL 9 1850 Female M E Brightwell Precinct 15, Butler, AL7 1852 Alabama Female M E Brightwell Precinct 15, Butler, AL 51854 Female M C Brightwell Precinct 15, Butler, AL 3 1856Female H A Brightwell Precinct 15, Butler, AL 1 1858 Male-------------- died as result of the Civil War.---------------Co C Ala. 37th. Brightwell, Len Reynolds (sicBurnel) Private Company C Age at Enlistment: 38 Enlisted 31March 1862 at Leon AL for a period of three years; Appears onMuster Roll of Company C dated 13 May 1862 at Auburn AL;Believed WIA in unknown action and died of his wounds at homewhile in service; Died 20 May 1863 and claim for deceasedsoldier filed 27 May 1863 by Caroline Brightwell, widow, atCovington AL (speed by which claim was filed supports beliefthat he was home at time of death); Appears on Pay Roll dated 31Oct 1863 at Montgomery AL with notation "Died in CovingtonCounty, Alabama" (during the pay period); He was son of WilliamBrightwell and Sara Windsor Brightwell of Barnwell SC;Wife/widow Caroline E. Parker Brightwell was daughter of DanielC. Parker and Mary Mitchell; Included in report of CovingtonRifles, SCV Camp #1586 of Andalusia, Alabama entitled "KnownGravesites of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Buried inCovington County, Alabama" as one of "... buried on thebattlefields or believed to be buried in unmarked graves inCovington County" with this entry: "Brightwell, L. Reynolds.Died in service 20 May 1863. Co. C, 37th Alabama Infantry.Believed to have died at home while on furlough. WifeCaroline."; Record in AL Archives for "Burnel Brightwell"contains identical information and is clearly a misread of"Reynolds" for "Burnel" by an unknown copyist