SIXTH GENERATION

32. James Burton , CSA Plylar ⁽¹⁾ was born on 27 Dec 1843 in Walker County, Alabama. He died in 1924. He served in the military. ⁽⁵⁾ Twenty-Sixth/Fiftieth Alabama Infantry

Source: Evans, Gen. Clement A, ed. Confederate Military History. Confederate Publishing
Company, 1899. VIII:632.

"This regiment was organized at Corinth, in March 1862, by the consolidation of
two battalions then recently recruited. Placed in the brigade of Gen. Gladden, it
fought at Shiloh with a loss of 12 killed and 111 wounded out of about 700
engaged. Gen. Gardner having taken command of the brigade - the Nineteenth,
Twenty-second, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth-Fiftieth, and Thirty-ninth Alabama
regiments - the Twenty-sixth-Fiftieth moved into Kentucky, and lost about 20 men
in a combat with Gen. Sills division. It participated in the battle of Murfreesboro,
with a loss of about 200 men in casualties of the 600 engaged. The regiment
wintered at Tullahoma, and was with the army when it fell back. Now under Gen.
Deas as brigadier, the regiment moved to the assault at Chicamauga about 500
strong, of which about one-fifth were killed or wounded. It was in the line at
Mission Ridge, and lost about 45 men, mostly captured. On the retreat from Dalton,
where it had wintered, the regiment performed arduous and active service, fighting
nearly every day. In the bloody battles around Atlanta the regiment lost very heavily,
but at Jonesboro the list of casualties was small. It then moved into Tennessee with
Gen. Hood, and was badly mutilated at Franklin. the regiment subsequently
proceeded to the Carolinas, and it was at Kinston that a line of skirmishers, 40
strong, principally from it, under Captain E.B. Vaughan, captured a stand of colors
and 300 men of the 15th Connecticut. The Twenty-sixth-Fiftieth laid down its arms
at Greenesboro, N.C., with Gen. Johnstons forces."

Changed the spelling of his name to Plylar after the Civil War He was married to Elizabeth Deason on 2 Oct 1865 in Walker County, Alabama.

33. Elizabeth Deason ⁽¹⁾ was born on 3 Sep 1843 in Walker County, Alabama. She died on 13 Jul 1921 in Walker County, Alabama. Obituary from the Mountain Eagle Newspaper of Walker County, Alabama
Mrs. Elizabeth Plylar, wife of James B. Plylar died on July 13, 1921 and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Zion Chruch on July 14, 1921.
Mrs Plylar was 78 years, old, had lived in the house where she died over 50 years. She was the mother of eight children, 6 of whom are living E.S. Plylar, Birmingham; John Plylar, of Jasper, Mrs. L.C. Covin, Parrish, J.M. Plylar, Parrish; H.W. Plylar, America, and Mrs. M. A. Macmillan, America.
She leaves a number of grand children and a host of friends who loved her dearly.
Mrs Plylar was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs Mike Deason. The writer understands there was a large family of the Deasons, but all the family is gone but Mr. John W, Deason, G. Deason and Henry Deason Children were:

i. Mary Plylar⁽¹⁾ was born in 1866 in Walker County, Alabama.
ii. Martha Plylar⁽¹⁾ was born on 15 Sep 1868. She died on 3 Sep 1927 in Walker County, Alabama. From the Daily Mountain Eagle dated October 12, 1927

In Loving Memory of my dearly beloved sister Martha McMillan who passed away Sept. 3, 1927. Written by her sister Mrs. L. V. Colvin

In Loving Memory of my dearly beloved sister Martha McMillan who passed away September 3, 1927.
No one knows the silent heartaches, only those who have lost can tell of the grief that is born in silence for the one I loved so well, Oh, how I miss her . Tears of silence often flow, memory keeps ever near her. Although she died one month ago, peaceful be they sleep dear sister. It is sweet to breath thy name, for in life we loved her dearly and will meet with thee again.
iii. Mariah Plylar⁽¹⁾ was born in 1870 in Alabama. She died in 1935 in Alabama.
iv. James Michael Plylar⁽¹⁾ was born on 4 Jul 1872 in Walker County, Alabama. He died on 14 Jan 1938.
v. Bettey Plylar^{(6) (1)} was born about 1880 in America, Alabama. She died on 12 Jan 1901. ⁽⁷⁾ Bette Jones Haggard, granddaughter of Rosa Lee Colvin Jones has family records from her grandmother that list Betty Plylar as a daughter of James Burton Plylar, she also has a picture of Bettey Plylar that was taken in the late 1800's
vi. Eli Sylvester Plylar⁽¹⁾ was born on 29 Jun 1878 in Walker County, Alabama. He died on 17 Mar 1931.
vii. John Thomas Plylar⁽¹⁾ was born on 10 Sep 1877 in Walker County, Alabama. He died on 15 Aug 1954.
16 viii. Huel White Plylar.

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