Confederate Soldier
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Son of Malcolm Black Jr & Louisa Breland
Husband of Mary Margarette Cowart
Children include,
Malcolm Knox Black m Virgie Mizelle
Emma Isabell Black m Jackson Albert Yawn
John Hugh Black
Daniel Webster 'Webb' Black
Emmett E Black m Rhoda Minerva Harvison
Lawrence Lorenza 'Fid' Black
Lee Black
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Black, John V. Born: Mar 7, 1837 Pvt; Co. A, 9th MS Cav Salem Greene
Leaf, MS Enlisted: Mar 8, 1862 Leaf, MS
Died: Nov 1879 Discharged: Apr 26, 1865
Leaf, MS
Note: There is some confusion between John F. and John V's, marker info and CSA records - check Jim Huffman's info below.

SERVICE AND NAME CLARIFIED.
John Vinson Black (b.Greene County, MS, 1837-d. George County, MS, 1879) has a Confederate tombstone that says that his name was John F. Black and that he served in Co. A ("Gaines Warriors," raised in Greene & Perry Counties, MS), 24th MS Infantry, but none of this is true for John Vinson Black, the man actually buried in the grave. The John F. Black who should have this marker is Pvt. John F. Black, Co. A ("Lafayette Rebels," raised in Lafayette County, MS), 29th MS Infantry, whose command was later, for purposes of surrender near war's end in the Carolina's, into the 24th Consolidated MS Infantry, which is not the same command as the "regular" 24th MS Infantry, whose Co. A is, indeed, the "Gaines Warriors," raised in Greene & Perry Counties, MS. When descendant M.K. Black ordered the VA Confederate marker for John V. [not F.] Black in 1939 and stated that John V. Black had served in Co. A, Gaines Warriors, 24th MS Infantry, the VA could not find John V. Black in the "regular" 24th MS Infantry (which contained the Gaines Warriors), so they looked elsewhere and found John F. (not V.) Black in Co. A, 24th Consolidated MS Infantry, assumed that M.K. Black had just mixed up the middle initial, and issued the stone for John F. Black. Unfortunately, John V. Black did not serve in the "regular" 24th MS Infantry or the 24th Consolidated MS Infantry. John Vinson Black [found as "J.V. Black" in the military records] served as a private in Co. A ("Jasper County Company," aka "Capt. L.B. Pardue's Company," raised in Jasper County, MS), 7th (Terral's) Battalion MS Infantry.Enlisted Oct. 5, 1863, in Greene County, MS, at age 26. [Note that he enlisted after the horrific 47-day Siege of Vicksburg, MS, which ended on July 4, 1863. It is important to note this, as some of the records in his file -- which I am omitting here -- would seem to indicate that he was already in service and took part in that siege, but he definitely did not serve at the Siege of Vicksburg, MS.] Present on Oct. 31, 1863, company muster roll. Present on Dec. 1863 company muster roll. Absent on Feb. 1864 company muster roll, with notation "absent without leave since [Feb.] 27, 1864." Returned to service.Served till war's end.Surrendered at the general surrender of CS forces in the mid-Confederacy (i.e., the "Western Theater") at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and physically paroled at Mobile, Mobile County, AL, on May 23, 1865.***Residence given on parole as Greene County, MS. Southern Patriot! [***Note: His war's-end parole reads (in part) "J.B. Black, Pvt., Co. A, 7th MS Infantry," not "J.V. Black, Pvt. Co. A, 7th Battalion MS Infantry," but, cross-checking the records of the 7th MS Infantry (not the 7th Battalion MS Infantry), I find only a Pvt. John H. Black, who was discharged from the army in 1862, so this war's-end parole, complete with two transcription errors, is definitely the war's-end parole of Pvt. John Vinson Black, Co. A, 7th Battalion MS Infantry.]Buried in the Salem Cemetery, 30.99560 -88.79080, located appr. 1200 ft. down a dirt road/trail that branches off to the WNW from appr. 150 Mount Rose Circle, George County, MS, with both a private marker showing his correct name and a Confederate marker that shows neither his correct name nor his correct command.
Research of Jim Huffman∼