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Descendants of James Atkinson

Generation No. 2

2. NICHOLAS FAULKNER² ATKINSON (JAMES¹) was born November 01, 1827 in Lincoln Co., NC ², and died December 1887 in Bartow Co., GA (Old Macedonia Church Cemetery)³. He married ELIZABETH (BETSIE) ABERNATHY⁴ 1858 in Bartow Co., GA.

Notes for NICHOLAS FAULKNER ATKINSON:
Nicholas F Atkinson joined the Confederate Army at Big Shanty, Cobb Co, Georgia as a Private on March 26, 1862. He was a member of Company H, 18th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia. On June 27, 1862, Nicholas was "slightly wounded in the shoulder" in the Battle of Gaine's Mill. He was admitted at Chimborazo Hospital No. 3, Richmond, Virginia on June 30, 1862, and was transferred to the CSA General Hospital at Danville, Virginia on July 3, 1862. He returned to duty July 6, 1862. On September 17, 1862, his unit was engaged in the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg, Virginia. On November 26, 1862, Nicholas was admitted at General Hospital No. 13 in Richmond with "catarrh fever" (old term for inflammation of the mucuos membranes of the nose and throat). On December 3, 1862, he was given 30 days furlough. On May 25, 1863, he wrote a letter to 2nd Auditor in Richmond requesting that the pay and clothing of Pvt Elijah Abernathy, who died that same month, be forwarded to his widow, Mary L Abernathy, in Bartow Co, Ga. Nicholas was wounded "in the side" and captured by the enemy at the Battle of Gettysburg on or about July 5, 1863. His grandson, Judson Leroy Atkinson, says that he was told by his father, Hardy Atkinson, that Nicholas was hit by a stray bullet while cleaning his rifle under a bridge. On July 21, 1863 he was sent to DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, New York Harbor. Official records state that Nicholas appears on a roll of prisoners of war paroled at City Point, Virginia on September 8, 1863 and his name appears on a "muster roll of a detachment of paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee, near Richmond, Virginia," dated September 16, 1863. The records also show that he received $22 pay for the period September 1, 1863-October 31, 1863. He was paid on December 14, 1863. A muster roll dated December 14, 1864, states that Nicholas was last paid on May 1, 1864, and that he has "Gone to the Yankees." A muster roll dated July 2, 1864 says Nicholas was "Absent without leave since Nov 1863." A muster roll dated January 31, 1865 says "Absent without leave gone to the enemy." When his widow, Elizabeth, applied for a pension based on his service on March 11, 1901, his brother, John Francis Atkinson, and two others, W H Barron and W W Cotton, all members of Co H, 18th Regiment, when asked if Nicholas was with his regiment at the surrender, answered "No. He was in prison, having been captured."

Children of NICHOLAS ATKINSON and ELIZABETH ABERNATHY are:

5.	i.	EASEL L.³ ATKINSON, b. January 1856, GA.
	ii.	SIMON ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1859, GA.
	iii.	ARINDA ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1861, GA.
	iv.	CINDY ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1867, GA.
6.	v.	HARDY ATKINSON, b. January 1868, Bartow Co., GA; d. Abt. 1935, Bartow Co., GA (Macedonia Cemetery).
7.	vi.	ISHAM ATKINSON, b. January 1871, GA.
	vii.	LINDSAY ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1874, GA; m. MALISA UNKNOWN, Abt. 1899.
8.	viii.	ROSA T. ATKINSON, b. December 1876, GA.
9.	ix.	TAYLOR ATKINSON, b. January 1878, Bartow Co., GA; d. Bartow Co., GA (Old Macedonia Church Cemetery).
	x.	FANNY ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1879; m. UNKNOWN WHITE.

3. LUCY ELIZABETH² ATKINSON (JAMES¹) was born July 07, 1830 in Lincoln Co., NC. She married ELISHA L. SUGGS August 28, 1853 in Cass Co., GA, son of ALLEN SUGGS and NANCY UNKNOWN.

Notes for ELISHA L. SUGGS:
Enlisted in Co. H, 18th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, as a private Mar. 17, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863. Deserted, supposed to have gone to enemy, in 1863.

Children of LUCY ATKINSON and ELISHA SUGGS are:

	i.		JOHN³ SUGGS, b. Abt. 1854.
	ii.		NANCY SUGGS, b. Abt. 1857.
	iii.		FRANCIS SUGGS, b. Abt. 1859.

4. JOHN FRANCES² ATKINSON (JAMES¹) was born June 11, 1840 in Lincoln Co., NC, and died Aft. 1905 in Polk Co., GA. He married URSLEY UNKNOWN Abt. 1869.

Notes for JOHN FRANCES ATKINSON:
Joined Co H, 18th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, on March 8, 1862. He was present at Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia in April, 1865. Received a pension for his Confederate service in Polk Co., GA, 1901-1907.

Children of JOHN ATKINSON and URSLEY UNKNOWN are:

10.	i.	JOHN J.³ ATKINSON, b. July 1874, AL.
	ii.	MAE ELLEN ATKINSON, b. October 1878, AL.
	iii.	MARION ATKINSON, b. July 1881, AL.
	iv.	THOMAS W. ATKINSON, b. December 1885, AL.
	v.	DESSIE ATKINSON, b. March 1888, AL.

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