Lafayette Marion Philpott (abt. 1836 - 1862)

Born about 1836 in Cumberland County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Died 7 Mar 1862 at about age 26 in Elkhorn Tavern, Benton County, Arkansas

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Biography

Lafayette Marion Philpott was born about 1835 or 1836 at Cumberland County, Kentucky. He was a son of Horatio Philpott and Dolly Mary Bruce Ellington. ^{[1] [2]}

He was, likely, one of the two males, under age 5, listed in the household of Horatio Phillpot on the 1840 U.S. Census at Chariton County, Missouri. ^[3]

Lafayette Philpot appeared in the household of Horatio Philpot on the 1850 U.S. Census at Buffalo Lick Township, Chariton County, Missouri. He was listed as 14 years old, and born in Kentucky. ^[1]

Lafayette M. Philpott appeared in the household of Horatio Philpott on the 1860 U.S. Census at Buffalo Lick Township, Chariton County, Missouri. He was listed as a 24-year-old farmer, born in Kentucky. ^[2]

He served in Company K, 2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry during the Civil War. ^[4] Private Lafayette M. Philpott, of Howard County, Missouri, died in the Battle of Pea Ridge, 7 March 1862 at Elkhorn Tavern, Benton County, Arkansas. He was about 27 years old. ^[5]

He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Horatio Philpot household, 1850 U.S. Census, Chariton County, Missouri population schedule, Buffalo Lick Township, sheet 356, page 178, lines 30-39, dwelling 180, family 180, National Archives micropublication M432-395, enumerated 2 Sep 1850.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Horatio Philpott household, 1860 U.S. Census, Chariton County, Missouri population schedule, Buffalo Lick Township, sheet 20, page 184, lines 22-28, dwelling 140, family 137, National Archives micropublication M653-613, enumerated 10 Jul 1860.
3. ↑ Horatio Phillpot household, 1840 U.S. Census, Chariton County, Missouri population schedule, page 311, line 27, National Archives micropublication M704-221, no enumeration date.
4. ↑ National Park Service. ‘’U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865’’ [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/>, acquired 2007.
5. ↑ List of Confederate Dead, Missouri State Genealogy Trails, Missouri State History Group, online http://genealogytrails.com/mo/military-confederate-dead.html, accessed 18 September 2016.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 July 2018), memorial page for Pvt. Lafayette Marion Philpott (1837-7 Mar 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #74724342, citing Confederate Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA; maintained by Beckie Saar Leone.