Chambers County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....McGinty, William Pitts 
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Cemetery:           Fairview Cemetery, Valley, AL
Name:               William Pitts McGinty

Date Of Photograph: April 12, 2000
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William Pitts McGinty was born in Jones Co., GA and moved to Chambers Co. as a 
young boy. He bought a farm in the 1860's in McGinty, AL, which is now part of 
Valley, AL, and lived there all his life.  His tombstone shows the name "W.P. 
McGinty, Sr." However, there was no W.P. McGinty, Jr. His son was named Wiley 
Patterson McGinty, also a W.P., so William Pitts was referred to as W.P., Sr. 
Civil War records in the National Archives show W. P. McGinty, as a private in 
Capt. H.F. Dunston’s 4th Alabama Reserves. This unit included about eighty men 
from the area. This company subsequently became Co. E, 4th Reg., AL Reserves.  
William Pitts mustered into this unit August 5, 1864, in Opelika, AL. His 
enlistment documents give us his description as 45 years old, five feet ten 
inches tall, blue eyes, dark hair and fair complexion. His service records do 
not show his active duty in this unit. However, at the time, there was a crisis 
in Mobile which was under attack by Adm. Farragut and all available AL reserves 
were ordered to report there.  The 4th AL was on post in Mobile by November 20, 
1864.  On February 7, 1865, they were ordered to Montgomery to help defend that 
area and arrived on February 20, 1865, 150 present for duty and according to 
the CSA records, were "very much disorganized."
 
His son, Wiley P. McGinty, Sr., was the agent for his heirs and after his 
death,  published the following article in the October 9, 1901 edition of the 
Lafayette Alabama Sun: “By agreement among the heirs, I will offer for sale at 
the highest and best bidder for cash on Saturday, November 2, 1901, the 
following described lands, property of Wm. P. McGinty, deceased, 130 acres in 
Beat 13, Chambers Co., AL, and one and a half miles west of River View, AL, 70 
acres under cultivation, 60 acres original woods, one 5 room dwelling, tenant 
house, stables, outhouse, etc.  Lands well watered.  Sale on premises.”


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