Capt. "Bill" Appleton died in Florida. The remains were interred in the new cemetery in Collinsville, Ala.
The deceased was the son of Grigsby Appleton, who moved to Dekalb County from North Carolina about 60 years ago.
He served in the Confederate army and secured his title by reason of being in charge of one of the boats that plied the Coosa River between Rome and Gadsden.
He later purchased an orange grove in Florida. He was a brother to Rev. John B. Appleton.
WILLIAM L. APPLETON (1830-1898)
William L. Appleton was born 30 August 1830 in Abbeville District, South Carolina and died 21 January 1898 in Florida. William did not marry. Capt. "Bill" Appleton was a steamboat captain on the Coosa River between Rome, GA and Gadsden, AL from 1869 to 1881. He later purchased an orange grove in Florida where he died from a stroke/paralysis. William is buried at Collinsville Cemetery, DeKalb County, AL.
In the 1850 census he was living with his parents in DeKalb County, AL and was listed as a clerk. In that census he was listed as 19 years old and born in South Carolina.
In the 1860 census for Abbeville, SC (post office Greenwood), W.L. Appleton had returned to South Carolina where he was listed as 30 years of age, born in SC and a merchant living in the household of H.W. and Sarah Perryman.
William L. Appleton was a Private in Company K of the 2nd SC Volunteers of the Confederate States of America Army. This regiment (sometimes called the Palmetto Regiment) ws mustered into State service April 9, 1861. When the men of the regiment were offered the opportunity of volunteering for Confederate service, four companies volunteered. These four companies with the field and staff of the regiment were transferred to Virginia, April 24, 1861. Six other companies soon joined them and the regiment was mustered into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States May 22 and 23, 1861. This regiment (20th Regiment/South Carolina Infantry) fought in every major battle of the war from Ft. Sumter to Bentonville and surrendered at Durham, NC.
In the 1870 census for Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, William L. Appleton is listed as 39 years of age, born in South Carolina and a "miller". He is living in a boarding house.
In the 1880 census, William L. Appleton is listed as a clerk on a boat in Rome, Georgia and 50 years old. He was listed as born in South Carolina, single, and his parents both born in South Carolina.
The deceased was the son of Grigsby Appleton, who moved to Dekalb County from North Carolina about 60 years ago.
He served in the Confederate army and secured his title by reason of being in charge of one of the boats that plied the Coosa River between Rome and Gadsden.
He later purchased an orange grove in Florida. He was a brother to Rev. John B. Appleton.
WILLIAM L. APPLETON (1830-1898)
William L. Appleton was born 30 August 1830 in Abbeville District, South Carolina and died 21 January 1898 in Florida. William did not marry. Capt. "Bill" Appleton was a steamboat captain on the Coosa River between Rome, GA and Gadsden, AL from 1869 to 1881. He later purchased an orange grove in Florida where he died from a stroke/paralysis. William is buried at Collinsville Cemetery, DeKalb County, AL.
In the 1850 census he was living with his parents in DeKalb County, AL and was listed as a clerk. In that census he was listed as 19 years old and born in South Carolina.
In the 1860 census for Abbeville, SC (post office Greenwood), W.L. Appleton had returned to South Carolina where he was listed as 30 years of age, born in SC and a merchant living in the household of H.W. and Sarah Perryman.
William L. Appleton was a Private in Company K of the 2nd SC Volunteers of the Confederate States of America Army. This regiment (sometimes called the Palmetto Regiment) ws mustered into State service April 9, 1861. When the men of the regiment were offered the opportunity of volunteering for Confederate service, four companies volunteered. These four companies with the field and staff of the regiment were transferred to Virginia, April 24, 1861. Six other companies soon joined them and the regiment was mustered into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States May 22 and 23, 1861. This regiment (20th Regiment/South Carolina Infantry) fought in every major battle of the war from Ft. Sumter to Bentonville and surrendered at Durham, NC.
In the 1870 census for Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, William L. Appleton is listed as 39 years of age, born in South Carolina and a "miller". He is living in a boarding house.
In the 1880 census, William L. Appleton is listed as a clerk on a boat in Rome, Georgia and 50 years old. He was listed as born in South Carolina, single, and his parents both born in South Carolina.
Capt. "Bill" Appleton died in Florida. The remains were interred in the new cemetery in Collinsville, Ala.
The deceased was the son of Grigsby Appleton, who moved to Dekalb County from North Carolina about 60 years ago.
He served in the Confederate army and secured his title by reason of being in charge of one of the boats that plied the Coosa River between Rome and Gadsden.
He later purchased an orange grove in Florida. He was a brother to Rev. John B. Appleton.
WILLIAM L. APPLETON (1830-1898)
William L. Appleton was born 30 August 1830 in Abbeville District, South Carolina and died 21 January 1898 in Florida. William did not marry. Capt. "Bill" Appleton was a steamboat captain on the Coosa River between Rome, GA and Gadsden, AL from 1869 to 1881. He later purchased an orange grove in Florida where he died from a stroke/paralysis. William is buried at Collinsville Cemetery, DeKalb County, AL.
In the 1850 census he was living with his parents in DeKalb County, AL and was listed as a clerk. In that census he was listed as 19 years old and born in South Carolina.
In the 1860 census for Abbeville, SC (post office Greenwood), W.L. Appleton had returned to South Carolina where he was listed as 30 years of age, born in SC and a merchant living in the household of H.W. and Sarah Perryman.
William L. Appleton was a Private in Company K of the 2nd SC Volunteers of the Confederate States of America Army. This regiment (sometimes called the Palmetto Regiment) ws mustered into State service April 9, 1861. When the men of the regiment were offered the opportunity of volunteering for Confederate service, four companies volunteered. These four companies with the field and staff of the regiment were transferred to Virginia, April 24, 1861. Six other companies soon joined them and the regiment was mustered into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States May 22 and 23, 1861. This regiment (20th Regiment/South Carolina Infantry) fought in every major battle of the war from Ft. Sumter to Bentonville and surrendered at Durham, NC.
In the 1870 census for Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, William L. Appleton is listed as 39 years of age, born in South Carolina and a "miller". He is living in a boarding house.
In the 1880 census, William L. Appleton is listed as a clerk on a boat in Rome, Georgia and 50 years old. He was listed as born in South Carolina, single, and his parents both born in South Carolina.
The deceased was the son of Grigsby Appleton, who moved to Dekalb County from North Carolina about 60 years ago.
He served in the Confederate army and secured his title by reason of being in charge of one of the boats that plied the Coosa River between Rome and Gadsden.
He later purchased an orange grove in Florida. He was a brother to Rev. John B. Appleton.
WILLIAM L. APPLETON (1830-1898)
William L. Appleton was born 30 August 1830 in Abbeville District, South Carolina and died 21 January 1898 in Florida. William did not marry. Capt. "Bill" Appleton was a steamboat captain on the Coosa River between Rome, GA and Gadsden, AL from 1869 to 1881. He later purchased an orange grove in Florida where he died from a stroke/paralysis. William is buried at Collinsville Cemetery, DeKalb County, AL.
In the 1850 census he was living with his parents in DeKalb County, AL and was listed as a clerk. In that census he was listed as 19 years old and born in South Carolina.
In the 1860 census for Abbeville, SC (post office Greenwood), W.L. Appleton had returned to South Carolina where he was listed as 30 years of age, born in SC and a merchant living in the household of H.W. and Sarah Perryman.
William L. Appleton was a Private in Company K of the 2nd SC Volunteers of the Confederate States of America Army. This regiment (sometimes called the Palmetto Regiment) ws mustered into State service April 9, 1861. When the men of the regiment were offered the opportunity of volunteering for Confederate service, four companies volunteered. These four companies with the field and staff of the regiment were transferred to Virginia, April 24, 1861. Six other companies soon joined them and the regiment was mustered into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States May 22 and 23, 1861. This regiment (20th Regiment/South Carolina Infantry) fought in every major battle of the war from Ft. Sumter to Bentonville and surrendered at Durham, NC.
In the 1870 census for Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, William L. Appleton is listed as 39 years of age, born in South Carolina and a "miller". He is living in a boarding house.
In the 1880 census, William L. Appleton is listed as a clerk on a boat in Rome, Georgia and 50 years old. He was listed as born in South Carolina, single, and his parents both born in South Carolina.
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