Beachum Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Five Civil War letters, including: Letters from James M. Beachum, 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company C (Town Creek Riflemen) from Virginia, 1863; A. L. Gallaway, 10th Mississippi Regiment, Company B; George Martin of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, no company listed, 1864; D. Beachum of the 12th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Ferguson’s Brigade, 1864; letter of Bone Hughes of the 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Buford's Brigade, 1863. Also includes 4 legal papers, 3 short personal letters, 1 itemized statement, 1 clipping.
Dates
- 1844 - 1864
Creator
- Beachum, James M., 1842-1912 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions
Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical Information
The Beachums were a farm family in Itawamba County. William Beachum served as the Sheriff of the county before the Civil War. (Source: Laws of the State of Mississippi: Appropriations, 1864) Some members of the Beachum, Galloway and Cook families, including William Beachum and his second wife, Arabella Davis Galloway, moved to California in 1872. (Source: http://itawambahistory.blogspot.com/2007/10/)
James Monroe Beachum, son of William Beachum and Jane Burleson was born in 1842 in Itawamba County, Mississippi. He enlisted in the Confederate Army the 2nd Regiment of Mississippi infantry, Company C, as a private in 1861 and mustered out as colonel in 1865. He sustained an injury at the Battle of Gaines Mill in 1862, and was captured at Gettysburg, and sent to Fort Delaware.
He married Rhoda Schumpert in 1866 and together they had the following children: Mary Jane Beachum, Rebecca Belle Beachum, George W. Beachum, Alice Frank Beachum, John M. Beachum, James Swep Beachum, and Jesse Dudley Beachum.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38393039/james-monroe-beachum
Alfred L. Gallaway (1841-?), son of John and Mary Galloway enlisted in 1861 in Saltillo, MS, and mustered out as a private. He was cousin to James Monroe Beachums via Beachum’s step-mother, Arabella Davis Galloway.
George Martin, 2nd Regiment, MS Infantry, Co. C, mustered in and out as private. He was the husband of Mary Jane Beachum, daughter of William Beachum and sister of James Monroe Beachum.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17755685/john-beachum
Extent
0.16 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Calendar
Undated [after 1835]. Newspaper ad for 'Dr. Isaac Thompson's Celebrated Eye-Water'.
June 17, 1844. William E. Sulavan to Mr. Beachum, request to let Isaac have "licker" for his money.
February 26, 1850. State of Tennessee, Fayette Co., transfer of notes on Zachariah Philips for lots in town of Fulton to William Beacham by A. B. Bullock.
June 8-Sept 13, 1851. Account receipt, Wm. Beachum for clothing purchased from Casson.
June 15, 1854. Jms. W. Maddox, Itawamba, Miss. to Wm. Beachamp.
April 21, 1855. State of Mississippi, Itawamba County, subpoena for H. Mayben and G.C. Besnett to appear to testify in lawsuit of Armstrong & Ritchie vs. Joseph Barnett before Justice of the Peace W. J. Reeves.
March 26, 1861. State of Mississippi, Itawamba County, petition for sale of W.J. Parker
personal property by Wm. Beachum, administrator of estate.
March 26, 1861. State of Mississippi, Itawamba County, petition for sale of shares of stock in Mobile and Ohio Railroad and lands by W. Beachum, administrator of Samuel Leathes estate.
July 1, 1861. A.L. Gallaway, Camp Phillips, Fla., to My dear cousin, Mrs. Arey Beachum.
March 12 -19 (?), 1863. J.M. Beachum, Camp on the Blackwater, to Dear brothers, Mr. F.W. & L.D. Beachum.
Nov. 24, 1863. Bone Hughes, Canton, Mississippi, to Dear Uncle, W.M. Beachum.
June 26, 1864. D. Beachum, Camp near Marietta, Georgia to Dear Brothers.
Envelope: James M. Beachum and H.L. Beachum, Richmond Virginia, Com C, 2 Ridgment-Miss. Vol. Care of Capt. T. F. Soiy (?).
August 5, 1864. George Martin, Camps 2 Miss Regt, to Wm. Beachum.
Sept. 1, 1864. [Dr.] B.T. Phipps, Mooresville, Miss. to Mrs. Beachum, Richmond, Miss.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Placed on long term loan by H.T. Martin of Tupelo, MS, in 1958
Creator
- Beachum, James M., 1842-1912 (Person)
- Martin, George, 1844-1888 (Person)
- Gallaway, Alfred L., 1841-? (Person)
- Title
- Beachum Family Papers
- Author
- Special Collections staff, 2012' revised and updated by Jennifer McGillan. April 2020
- Date
- June 2012 and April 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository