William Martin Stanley b. 21 July 1825 GA, USA d. 20 July 1864 Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, USA: Martin Ancestry

1825 - 1864 (38 years)

Name	William Martin Stanley
Born	21 July 1825	GA, USA
Gender	Male
Religion	8 May 1858	Hephzibah Baptist Church, Troy, Pike, AL, USA [1]
	William and wife MARY were received as members.
Religion	1860	Hephzibah Baptist Church, Troy, Pike, AL, USA [2]
	Ordained deacon.
Religion	1862	Hephzibah Baptist Church, Troy, Pike, AL, USA
	Employed "to keep the house the ensuing year for the sum of eight dollars."
Military Service	12 Feb 1863	Greenville, Butler, AL, USA [3, 4]
	Enlisted in Co. A, 54 Reg't Alabama Infantry.
	Age: 38
	Agency: Army of the Confederacy
	- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Peachtree_Creek - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/battle-peach-tree-creek - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/peach-tree-creek - https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Peach-Tree-Creek-Sortie/dp/0881463965. The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Sortie, July 20, 1864. Hardcover - January 31, 2014
Died	20 July 1864	Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, USA [5]
	Killed in the Battle of Peach Tree Creek Georgia.
Buried	Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, USA
Person ID	I39	Martin Ancestry
Last Modified	30 May 2022

Father	William A Stanley, b. GA, USA
Mother	Lucinda, b. GA, USA
Notes	-The Stanly Letters, MK Haynes, 1965 p29,35 -1840 Census, Troup Co Georgia -History of Troup Co. by C.L. Smith 1933, p167
Family ID	F110	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Sarah Hayes Barron, b. 27 April 1823, GA, USA , d. 17 March 1901, New Harmony, Smith, TX, USA (Age 77 years) [6]

Married 7 Dec 1843 Troup, GA, USA

Children

	1. Sarah L. Stanley, b. 19 Oct 1844, GA, USA , d. 1 Feb 1890, New Harmony, Smith, TX, USA (Age 45 years)
	2. Joseph Augustus Stanley, b. 23 Aug 1847, GA, USA
	3. George Newton Stanley, b. 23 Feb 1850, AL, USA
	4. Joel Thomas Stanley, b. 2 Oct 1852, AL, USA
	5. Living
	6. Jesse Richardson Stanley, b. 4 Apr 1858, AL, USA
	7. Nancy E. Stanley, b. 22 Oct 1860, Hephzibah, Pike, AL, USA
	8. Mary Frances Stanley, b. 21 Jun 1863, Hephzibah, Pike, AL, USA

Last Modified 30 May 2022

Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Peachtree Creek Cannons
View from Confederate fort - Peachtree Creek 6A. Atlanta, Georgia.

LC-B8184-B-624

Histories At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Notes
Enlisted at Greenville, Alabama 12 Feb 1863

Private, Company A, 57th Infantry Vol (Civil War)

Dean of Hephzibah Church 1860

Sources

[S65] The Stanley Letters, (Pike County Historical, Genealogical & Preservation Society), 8 (Reliability: 3), 29 May 2022.
Hephzibah Church was organized in 1858, and among its first members were John Barron, Mary Stanley, William Stanley and Thomas Barron. In 1862 Br. Wm. Stanley "was employed to keep the house the ensuing year for the sum of $8.0O.

... At the next meeting, 8 May, 1858, WILLIAM M. STANLEY and wife, MARY, were received as members.
HEPHZIBAH BAPTIST CHURCH, Pike County, AL.
Located 4 1/2 miles south of Troy on the old Three Notch Road. Church was organized 10 April 1858.

[Sources: "Hephzibah Baptist Church," an article by Margaret Pace Farmer, and notes taken by James Wilkins in June 1964 from teh original minute book in Troy, AL].
[S66] Descendants of William and Prudence Barron, Vicki Barron Kruschwitz, 15 (Reliability: 3), 30 May 2022.
WILLIAM M. STANLEY and John W. Barron were ordained deacons in 1860.
[S65] The Stanley Letters, (Pike County Historical, Genealogical & Preservation Society), 1 (Reliability: 3), 29 May 2022.
Records in the National Archives show that he entered the Army on February 12, 1863 at Greenville, Alabama, as a private in Co. A, 54 Reg't Alabama Infantry. This company subsequently became Co. A, 57 Reg't Alabama Infantry, and he remained with it throughout the period of his service.
[S65] The Stanley Letters, (Pike County Historical, Genealogical & Preservation Society), 50 (Reliability: 3), 30.
William enlisted as a private in Company A, 54th Regiment, Alabama 54th Regiment subsequently (in March 1863) became the 57th Regiment. This regiment was stationed at Mobile and Pollard until January 1864, when it moved to Demopolis and joined the Army of the Tennessee and participated in the Dalton-Atlanta Campaign.
[S65] The Stanley Letters, (Pike County Historical, Genealogical & Preservation Society), 50 (Reliability: 3), 30.
William Martin Stanley was killed in the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1865, and the whereabouts of his grave is unknown.
[S66] Descendants of William and Prudence Barron, Vicki Barron Kruschwitz, 23 (Reliability: 3), 29 May 2022.
(Mary Sarah Barron) married William Martin Stanley, son of William Augustus Stanley and Lucinda Holcomb on 07 Dec 1843 in Troup County, GA.