1. Jimmy Josuah Hager could have been named "David" or simply just called that.
2. Jimmy was killed in Civil War...probably 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment...
1. It has been claimed that Nancy was illigitimate...
2. She had two children by her first husband. (Possibly David Hager) who was killed in the Confederate Army.
1. Nancy married Noah Abbott in her father, Amos Roberts home...
1. Noah served in the Confederate Army in Company "K" 36th Alabama Infantry. As part of Hood's Corps in the Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg,
2. Noah was captured at the Battle of Missonary Ridge, near Chatamooga, Tennessee on 25 Nov 1863. He was sent to Louisville, Kentucky to be exchanged in a prisoner of war swap. However, rather than be exchanged, Noah apparently decided not to return to the Confederate Army. Instead, at the end of December he was sent to Rock Isle, Illinois, site of a large prisoner of war camp.
3. On 5 Feb 1864 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Often, Confederate prisoners who did not wish to be paroled back to the Confederate Army were offered a choice: join the federal army and serve in the West against the Indians, enlist in the U.S. Navy, or remain in a prisoner of war camp. Many elected to serve in the U.S. Navy, particularly as they were promised they would not have to fight against their Southern countrymen.
4. In the same unit as Noah was his brother, Matthew Abbott, from Tuscaloosa County.
1. 1910 Census of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma shows Noah was born in Georgia as well as both parents.
Eric Newsom's book P. 52-60...
Evelyn Abbott (Sanders)...
Ninnie Pearl Abbott (Keeling)(Wixon)(Allen)
2. Irving Close's writings stated Noah Abbott was a well known man of Robertsville/Robertstown, Arkansas.
1. It has been claimed that Nancy was illigitimate...
2. She had two children by her first husband. (Possibly David Hager) who was killed in the Confederate Army.
1. Nancy married Noah Abbott in her father, Amos Roberts home...
1. Information from Eric Newsom's book P. 13, 39, & 40...
1. Matthew was conscripted into the Confederate Army on 7 Feb 1863, but, after nearly two years service, on Christmas Day, 1864 he deserted...
2. His service record notes "has family", suggesting he told some of his comrades he had to go home to take care of his family.
3. He took the oath of allegiance to the federal government in Nashville on 27 Jan 1865.
4. He became a school teacher in Fayette County...