In order to receive compensation, claimants had to satisfy four general requirements.
MARY LEMONS BUIE was the widow of Daniel Buie. DANIEL BUIE was born July 15, 1797 in Moore Co., NC, and died September 17, 1862 in MS. He married MARY LEMONS. She was born January 1810 in NC, and died September 12, 1871 in MS. Daniel Buie is buried at Wright's Cemetery, North of McCalls Creek, Franklin Co., MS. Daniel settled on the Homochitto River and owned much land there. At the time of Daniel's death, the Buie family owned over 80 slaves.
Children of DANIEL BUIE and MARY LEMONS are:
ELIZABETH BUIE, b. June 12, 1833
JOHN MERCER BUIE, b. May 08, 1835
NEILL HENRY BUIE, b. January 02, 1838
DOROTHY ANN BUIE, b. November 20, 1840
DANIEL BUIE, JR., b. August 13, 1843
ZACHARIAH T. BUIE, b. July 1847
MARY C. BUIE, b. July 1847.
Genealogy information from Buie Homepage.
The Buie family had difficulty proving their loyalty to the Union. Two of Mary's four sons served in the Confederate army, and one son John Mercer hired a subsititute. Daniel and Neil Henry enlisted April 28, 1862 with Company A, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery. Neil Henry died at Sniders Bluff near Vicksburg May 02, 1863 in Regimental Hospital. Neil died of marasmus - progressive wasting away of the body, like malnutrition. Daniel was captured at Vicksburg, pardoned and he later transferred to Braford's Battery, Company F of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.
Compiled Service Records of 1st Mississippi Light Artillery
Microfilm Number: 4520
Microfilm found at Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Old Time Disease Terminology
|1863||Property Taken by the United States Army||Value|
|April 28th||One Sorrel Mule 16 1/2 Hands High|
Eight Years Old
|April 28th||Two Black Mare Mules 16 Hands High|
Six Years Old, Worth $200 Each
|April 28th||One Sorrel Mule 16 Hands High|
Five Years Old
|April 28th||One Sorrel Mule 15 1/2 Hands High|
Four Years Old
|April 28th||One Black Mare Mule 15 1/2 Hands High|
About Five Years Old
|April 28th||One Black Horse Mule - 16 Hands High|
Six Years Old
|April 28th||One Rone Horse 16 Hands High|
Six Years Old - A Fine Saddle Horse
|April 28th||One Saddle||$35|
|April 28th||Two Saddles at $25 Each||$50|
SUMMARIES OF CASE
United States' Brief of Loyalty
The Buie's Reply to United States' Brief of Loyalty
1862 Inventory and Appraisement of Daniel Buie's Slaves
Slave Narrative of Joe Bouy, a Slave of Daniel Buie
1860 Copiah County Slave Schedule
Remembering Their Names