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The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], J. Marshall Neathery Genealogy, Ms1996-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The J. Marshall Neathery Genealogy was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1996.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the J. Marshall Neathery Genealogy commenced and was completed in October, 2023.

Biographical / Historical

J. Marshall Neathery was born in Henderson, North Carolina. After obtaining a bachelor of arts degree at Campbell College (now Campbell University), he earned a master of divinity degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1969. He served for many years as minister of Rolesville [North Carolina] Baptist Church. A self-described amateur genealogist and Civil War enthusiast, Neathery authored (in addition to the book in this collection) Neathery Descendants: One Hundred, Fifty Years (1988); Mary Nethery Stone of Mecklenburg County, Virginia (1991); and Over a Stone Wall (1994).

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a typescript, comb-bound genealogy compiled by Baptist minister and amateur genealogist J. Marshall Neathery, entitled "Neathery Siblings Had Eight Ancestors in the Civil War: Five of Them at Gettysburg." The work describes the lives of eight Neathery family relatives (most from Granville County, North Carolina) who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War: William Robert Currin (1838-1913), Company G, 30th North Carolina Infantry; William Faucett (1837-1904), Company I, 23rd North Carolina Infantry; Granville Grissom (1814-90), Company C, 3rd Battalion North Carolina Senior Reserves; James C. Currin (1836-1915), Jeremiah Hamilton Currin (1832-68), Augustus Dennis Frazier (1833-1903), and James Simeon Hobgood (1836-1911), all of Company K, 55th North Carolina Infantry; and George Daniel Nethery (1834-99), Company G, 14th Virginia Infantry. The book's chapter headings include: "Three Ancestor Grandfathers Missed Gettysburg;" "Synopsis of Currin Hsitory and Four Ancestor Grandfathers;" "In the 55th North Carolina Infantry;" "The 55th Nroth Carolina et. al. etc. in the First Day's Battle;" "Pickett's Division and March of Same Toward Gettysburg;" One of Pickett's Men: George D. Nethery, Co. G, 14th Virginia Infantry;" Pickett's Division Marches to Gettysburg from Chambersburg;" "Ancestor Grandfathers in Pickett's Charge;" "Five Ancestor Grandfathers: After the War Was Over."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the J. Marshall Neathery Genealogy by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).