John A. Doughtie

  General Notes:

See general notes on his wife, Christin Harrell for additional facts ... including the 1850 Federal Census for Gates Co., N.C. page 27B that records John Doughtie (18 - N.C.) living in the home of Blake Baker Jr, next door to Blake Baker Sr, and a few pages over (29B) is Clotilda Baker (45 - N.C.) who appears in the 1860 census living with John and Christian Doughtie.
The Baker family is his mother's family.

John Doughtie
Enlistment Date: 4 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Suffolk, Virginia
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Transferred out of Company G, 5th Cavalry Regiment Virginia.
Transferred into Company A, 13th Cavalry Regiment Virginia.
Enlisted as a Private on 4 June 1861.
Enlisted in Company G, 5th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 4 Jun 1861.
Died of disease as a POW Company A, 13th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 30 Dec 1863 at Point Lookout, MD.


John Doughtie served his state and country with the Cavalry under J E B Stuart all the way through the Gettysburg Campaign. He was shot and captured at Hagerstown, Maryland after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Army of Northern Virginia's withdrawal towards Virginia.

John married Christian Harrell, daughter of John Thomas Harrell and Margaret "Peggy" Savage, on 17 Dec 1857 in Nansemond Co, VA. (Christian Harrell was born in 1827 in Nansemond Co, VA, died on 19 Jul 1885 in Nansemond Co, VA. and was buried in Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery, Nansemond Co., VA.)

  Marriage Notes:

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Groom: John A. Doughty
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Birth Date: 1822
Marriage Date: 17 Dec 1857
Marriage Place: Nansemond, Virginia
Groom's Father: Nathaniel Doughty
Groom's Mother: Susan
Spouse: Christian Skinner
Bride's Father: Riddick Harrell
Bride's Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 2048463
Reference ID: 128