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Descendants of Nathan Green Stanford
Generation No. I
1.	Nathan Green7 Stanford (Noah6, John R.5, Joshua Whipps4, Joseph Whipps3, Jonathan L.2, John R.1) was born December 08,1845 in MS, and died June 06,1914 in Logtown, Hancock Co., MS. He married Sarah Anne Bennett December 08,1870 in Hancock Co., MS. She was born April 1845 in MS.
Notes for Nathan Green Stanford:
Logtown, MS, is now a "Test Site? (Stennis Space Center). Green lived, died, and is buried in Napoleon, MS. Served in the Civil War, 3rd Mississippi Infantry, Company G. 1900 Hancock Co., MS, lists Nathan, Sarah, Lorena, Matilda, and Lillie living in Pearlington Pet.
Occupation - Blacksmith. From Patsy Nicholas: Green, his daughter Leona and her husband George are buried in the buffer zone to Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. A Mrs. Evans said he lived, died, and is buried in Logtown, Mississippi (Test Site). Green is listed as a Private in Company G, Gainesville Volunteers, Hancock County, Mississippi.
He was mustered into state service at Gainesville on July 9,1861, and mustered into Confederate service at Sheildsborough on October 5, 1861. The following was found at www.itd.nps.gov/cwss: searching the name Nathan Green Stanford. Nathan G. Stanford (FirstLast); Regiment Name 3 Mississippi Infantry; Side Confederate; Company G; Soldier's Rank_In Private; Soldier's Rank Out Private; Alternate Name; Notes; Film Number M232 roll 38; 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; 3rd Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Enterprise, Mississippi, contained men from Hancock, Newton, Hines, Yazoo, Harrison, Copiah, Jackson, and Sunflower counties. After serving in Biloxi, the unit was assigned to General L. Hebert's and Featherston's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and was active in various conflicts around Vicksburg. It continued to serve under General Featherston in the Atlanta Campaign and in Tennessee and North Carolina. This regiment totalled 572 men in February, 1863, reported 88 casualties at Peach Tree Creek, lost many at Franklin, and had only 71 present for duty in December, 1864. It


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