Advertisement

Celia <I>Murphree</I> Reneau

Advertisement

Celia Murphree Reneau

Birth
Death
1899 (aged 57–58)
Burial
Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits
Late in the afternoon of May 1, 1863, two barefoot Murphree girls (Celia and Winnie Mae) marched three Yankee soldiers into the Confederate bivouac at the Royal Crossing of the Black Warrior River in Blount County, Alabama, and surrendered them together with their horses and arms which the girls had surreptitiously removed while the soldiers lay sleeping. For this act of heroism each of the girls was given a horse and they rode away. According to the story, General Nathan B. Forrest, accepted the surrender and made the reward.

[The story of the capture of the soldiers according to family tradition, re-told by Captain Eugene A. Maynor, grandson of Celia Murphree Reneau]


Mrs. John Reno, mother of Mrs. W. F. Maynor, of Oneonta, died at her home in Hardwick's beat last Thursday. Mrs. Reno was 57 years old and had been a member of the Methodist Church for 45 years and was a model Christian woman. Peace to her memory.
[Southern Democrat, Thursday, March 2, 1899]
Late in the afternoon of May 1, 1863, two barefoot Murphree girls (Celia and Winnie Mae) marched three Yankee soldiers into the Confederate bivouac at the Royal Crossing of the Black Warrior River in Blount County, Alabama, and surrendered them together with their horses and arms which the girls had surreptitiously removed while the soldiers lay sleeping. For this act of heroism each of the girls was given a horse and they rode away. According to the story, General Nathan B. Forrest, accepted the surrender and made the reward.

[The story of the capture of the soldiers according to family tradition, re-told by Captain Eugene A. Maynor, grandson of Celia Murphree Reneau]


Mrs. John Reno, mother of Mrs. W. F. Maynor, of Oneonta, died at her home in Hardwick's beat last Thursday. Mrs. Reno was 57 years old and had been a member of the Methodist Church for 45 years and was a model Christian woman. Peace to her memory.
[Southern Democrat, Thursday, March 2, 1899]

Family Members

Parents
Spouse
Siblings
Children

Advertisement

See more Reneau or Murphree memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Records on Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: rahbm
  • Originally Created by: Matt
  • Added: Sep 5, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15634399/celia-reneau: accessed ), memorial page for Celia Murphree Reneau (1841–1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15634399, citing Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by rahbm (contributor 46886229).