Rev. Malachi Lantrip ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Monroe CO, AL - 1850 Federal Census, 19 Nov 1850, Monroe CO, AL. ² Not Stated, Stamped Pg 44

• Census: Rapides Parish, LA - 1860 Federal Census, 15 Jul 1860, Rapides Parish, LA. ³ Pg 110, Stamped Pg 110

• Military: His role in the Confederate Army is as follows starting, May 1862, LA. ⁴
Lantrip, Malachi (also borne on Rolls as Helantrip, Malachi),Pvt. Co. G, 16th La. Inf. En. April 25, 1862, Hineston, La. Rolls from May, 1862, to Oct., 1862, Absent, sick, at Hospl. Rolls for Jan. and Feb., 1863, state present. Rolls from June, 1863, to Aug., 1863, Absent, sick, since June 6, 1863, order of Dr. Ware. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1863, states present. Rolls from Jan., 1864, to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent, captured at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. Roll for April 20, to 30, 1865, Deserter, captured at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. Recd. at Military Prison, Louisville, Ky., from Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 5, 1863. Forwd. to Rock Island Barracks, Ill., Dec. 11, 1863. Enlisted at Rock Island Barracks in U. S. Army for frontier service, Oct. 17, 1864.