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Jacob Permenius Autry

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Jacob Permenius Autry

Birth
Walton County, Georgia, USA
Death
Nov 1908 (aged 64)
Eastville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Eastville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA
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Jacob was the son of Green B. Autry and Caroline Malcom. His middle name is a namesake of his uncle, Permenius Autry.

He enlisted on August 8, 1863 in Company K, 66th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, which was part of the Army of Tennessee under Colonel James Cooper Nisbet and General Braxton Bragg. On 16 May. 1864, he was captured at Calhoun, Georgia and spent the rest of the war in prison at Camp Douglas, Illinois. On 16 May, 1865, he was admitted to the U.S. Army Hospital at Alton, Illinois. During his hospital stay, on 20 June, he was released from prison, and discharged from the hospital on the 27th.In his application for a pension as a Confederate veteran, Jacob states that he is suffering from infirmity and poverty, blind in one eye, and weak of mind. He is "utterly unable to earn support at any calling." As such, he was enrolled for a pension in 1903, and carried on the rolls until his death.

Jacob was the son of Green B. Autry and Caroline Malcom. His middle name is a namesake of his uncle, Permenius Autry.

He enlisted on August 8, 1863 in Company K, 66th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, which was part of the Army of Tennessee under Colonel James Cooper Nisbet and General Braxton Bragg. On 16 May. 1864, he was captured at Calhoun, Georgia and spent the rest of the war in prison at Camp Douglas, Illinois. On 16 May, 1865, he was admitted to the U.S. Army Hospital at Alton, Illinois. During his hospital stay, on 20 June, he was released from prison, and discharged from the hospital on the 27th.In his application for a pension as a Confederate veteran, Jacob states that he is suffering from infirmity and poverty, blind in one eye, and weak of mind. He is "utterly unable to earn support at any calling." As such, he was enrolled for a pension in 1903, and carried on the rolls until his death.

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17612392/jacob_permenius-autry: accessed ), memorial page for Jacob Permenius Autry (26 Sep 1844–Nov 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17612392, citing Rays Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Eastville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by DEast (contributor 46858208).