Raney Chastain Maxey

Company I, 5th Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Army

As researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of Raney and Mary Ann (Gillespie) Raney.

Born on September 9, 1841, in Morgan County, Kentucky.

1850 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
House #131-731
Raney Maxey       44
Mary A. Maxey      42
  John Maxey      18
  Frances Maxey    16
  Rebecca Maxey    14
  Elizabeth Maxey   12
  Ruan Maxey      10
  Raney Maxey      9
  Margaritt Maxey   7
  Silas Maxey      3
  Eliza Maxey      2

1860 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
District 2, house #714-714
Raney Maxey      44
Mary A. Maxey     42
  Frank Maxey     27
  Margarett Maxey   16
  Raney Maxey     18
  Samuel W. Maxey   14 
  Emily Maxey     12
  Asa Maxey       10
  J. M. Waldeck    17  Student

Military Service
Company I, 5th Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Army
Enlisted- 1861, October 23 at Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky by Captain Henry C. Swango for a period of one year.
Sworn In- October 25, 1861 at a camp near Pound Gap, Wise County, Virginia by Lt. R. B. Thomas.
Present for Duty- November 1861 to June 1862.
Paid- 1861, December 31 by R. Hawes, 1862, June 30 by Major Crutchfield, 1862, and September 20 by Major Fisher.
Extra Duty- 1862, January 10 to 1862, June 30 - duty as a teamster for 20 days at Camp Barnes, Virginia.
Extra Duty- 1862, July 1 to 1862, August 17 - duty as a teamster for 48 days at Camp Gillispie, Virginia.
Mustered Out- 1862, October 20 at Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Kentucky.
Highest Rank- Private.

Raney Maxey’s extra duty pay slip from 1862 included $12.00 for work as a teamster for 48 days at a rate of twenty-five cents per day.

Married on November 11, 1866, to Perlina G. Stamper (1840 – 1870) in Morgan County, Kentucky.

1870 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
Black Water Precinct, house #75-73
Mary A. Maxey      62
  Margaret Maxey    26
  Silas Maxey     23
  William A. Maxey  19

  Raney C. Maxey    28  Widowed
   Elsie G. Maxey  September 1869 months

Married on November 21, 1871, to Joann Elam (1852 – 1930) in Morgan County, Kentucky.

Rev. Raney C. Maxey and his second wife, Joanna (Elam) Maxey.

1880 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
River Precinct, house #60-60
R. C. Maxey       38
Joannah Maxey      26
  Elicie G. Maxey   10
  Mary C. Maxey    5
  James F. Maxey    3
  Corilda Maxey    1

1900 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
West Liberty Precinct, house #136-138
Robert C. Maxey     58  September 1841
Joe Ann Maxey      47 September 1852
  John F. Maxey     23
  Corilda Maxey     17
  Anna S. Maxey     20

1910 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
West Liberty Precinct, house #80-90
Raney C. Maxey      68
Joe Ann Maxey      58
  Ova S. Maxey     21

  Katherine Elam    87  Mother-in-law
  Ova M. Caskey     6
  William C. Brown   40

Died on August 20, 1911, in West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky.

Buried on August 21, 1911, in the Maxey-Ford Cemetery, Morgan County, Kentucky.

Newspaper Obituary
The Licking Valley Courier
Thursday, August 24, 1911, page 3

Rev. Raney C. Maxey’s obituary “ran” on page three of the August 24, 1911, edition of *The Licking Valley Courier*.

A New Stone

A new, upright granite tombstone was placed on the grave of Raney C. Maxey in the mid-1990s. His old flat marble ordered in 1940 was not located.

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