| PRUITT,
McCormick (Private, Company M, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment)
McCormick Pruitt was
born on June 8, 1840 in Lowndes County, Alabama; died in June 15, 1911 in
Blount Springs Alabama and is buried in
Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham Jefferson County, Alabama. He was the son of Malinda Posey and
Lawrence M. Pruitt. McCormick married December 7, 1871 in Lowndes County
Alabama to Martha Jane "Pattie" Powell born 1846; died 1929;
buried in Greenwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama Section 1, Lot 927, B-2. Children of McCormick and
Pattie are: 1st) Allen Powell Pruitt born October 25, 1872 at
Grandpa Powell's place Lowndes County Alabama. Never Married. 2nd)
Lillian Ray Pruitt, born April
15, 1875 at Centerfit Place
Lowndes County, Alabama;
died October 8,
1876 buried New Bethel
Cemetery, Lowndes County Alabama. 3rd)
Elihue Posey Pruitt
was born August 1, 1877
at Pleasant Hill, Lowndes County Alabama,
married September 28,
1899 at Sandy Ridge, Alabama to Annie
Louisa "Kittie"
Ellis . Dr. E. P. died April 30,
1954 and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.
4th) Fannie Belle Pruitt, January
24, 1880, Centerfit Place,
married April 27,
1898 at Mr. Eagers home in
Montgomery to William
Faye Hurt. 5th) Wallace Powell
Pruitt February 14,
1882 at Centerfit
Place, Lowndes County Alabama; died
July 1968; buried Springhill Cemetery Chatom,
Alabama. 6th) Bessie Lee Pruitt was
born September 14,
1883; died November 14,
1883, Fort Deposit,
Lowndes County Alabama 7th) Dr. Enoch Lawrence Pruitt born
September 24, 1884 in Fort Deposit Lowndes County Alabama; died
July 18, 1971; buried at
Payne Cemetery, Sandy Ridge Lowndes County Alabama. Enoch married October
9, 1907
at the Frank Brook’s
home in Sandy Ridge to Virginia Russell born
October 6, 1887;
died August 31, 1865; buried:
Payne Cemetery, Sandy Ridge, Lowndes County Alabama. 8th)
(Unnamed Boy Pruitt) born
March 27, 1887; died
June 8, 1887, Fort
Deposit, Lowndes County Alabama. 9th)
Nathaniel Pruitt born April
17, 1888;
died February 12, 1889,
Fort Deposit,
Lowndes County Alabama.
McCormick joined the Hayneville
Guards, a militia unit, in 1859 along with his future brother-in-laws Octavius
Augustus Powell and Mark Allen Powell. Most of the Hayneville Guards
were enrolled for Confederate service
on April 17, 1861 at Braggs Store, Lowndes County Alabama in Captain Willingham's Company that
went to Montgomery Alabama and on Monday, May 6, 1861 became Company E, 6th
Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment. McCormick's name appears on a
muster in Roll dated June 30, 1861 at Fairfax Virginia. The Company became Company M, after
the re-organization and enlistment in the Army of Northern Virginia in March
1862 at Yorktown Virginia. Compiled Service Record indicates he received pay
at Fairfax Virginia on June 30, 1861, Union Mills Virginia October 31, 1861. He
was wounded in the right hand at Chancellorsville Virginia on May 2,
or 3, 1863. |
Picture furnished by Bill Butler mrnmrsbb@earthlink.net
First
his hand was removed then further up his arm as gangrene set in. Taken
to General Hospital No. 18 where his right arm was amputated at the shoulder
by his uncle, Dr. Posey who came from Alabama to take care of him. From that summer of
1863 until the end of the war, McCormick was placed on the rolls of the
Invalid Corps and spent the remainder on various duty, but mainly at home
in Lowndes County. He received pay at Orange
Courthouse, Virginia on April 1, 1864 and Bunker Hill, Virginia on June 30,
1864, Confederate pension dated July 6, 1909 to November 24, 1920, roll number
32182. McCormick died
three weeks before the birth of his grandson Lawrence Lenoir Pruitt. McCormick
died of Locomyotopia.
Contributions by:
Great Great Grandson Bill
Butler mrnmrsbb@earthlink.net;
Great Grandson Lawrence (Larry) Pruitt of Cullman Alabama pruittl@hiwaay.net
and Great Grandnephew, Clifton and
Billie Capell BillieCap@aol.com
and James McFerrin Key
of Conway Arkansas. jimkey@cyberback.com
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