Marcus S. Nall was listed in the 1850 United States census as Marcus J. Nale living in the household of his parents Middleton and Louisa Nale. (Nall) Marcus was listed as being born about 1831 in Georgia. He was living with his brothers and sisters and the family household was listed as living in Division 59 in Meriwether County, Georgia and the census was taken on August 7, 1850.

According to Georgia Marriages 1851-1900 Marcus S. Nall married Elizabeth D. Carter on July 2, 1857 in Coweta County, Georgia which is adjacent to Meriwether County.

Marcus S. Nall was listed in the 1860 United States census as M. S. Noll and was reported as the head of the household, born about 1830 and living with his wife Elizabeth D. Noll (Nall) They had two young children who were both sons. Thomas Noll (Nall) born about 1858 and Madison Noll (Nall) born in 1860 and listed as age two months. Marcus was listed as a teacher and had a personal estate value of $2,000.00. The family was living in Heard County, Georgia which is adjacent to Coweta County, Georgia and the nearest Post Office was mentioned as Franklin and the census was taken on August 30, 1860.

According to the 1860 census slave schedule Marcus S. Nall of Heard County owned three slaves, two males and a female. The oldest male slave age thirty was marked as being a fugitive.

According to fold 3 Marcus S. Nall was appointed as a 1st Lieutenant in Company I of the 41st Georgia Infantry. Company I was also known as the Heard County Rangers. 1st Lieutenant Marcus S. Nall was appointed on Mach 4, 1862 at Franklin, Georgia and mustered in by Captain William Barron Thomasson for three years or the war.

1st Lieutenant Marcus S. Nall stayed in his rank status until March 1, 1863 when he was appointed as a Major with the 41st Georgia and as such became a field grade officer. In doing so he leap frogged over the other captains within the company included the captain who had mustered him in. His name and rank as a Major are shown on his parole papers at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Among other things Major Nall ordered sixty Austrian rifles for his regiment sometimes referred to as the Lorenz rifle and were 54 caliber.

General Stovall the brigade commander said this about Major Marcus S. Nall. "The only field officer (of his brigade) was Major M. S. Nall of the 41st Georgia. He fell gallantly leading his regiment". In General Stovall report of the Battle of Jonesboro Georgia fought on August 31, 1864 he mentioned the above quote. Two days later the city of Atlanta would fall into Union hands on September 2, 1864.

While Major Marcus S. Nall has two separate tombstones one in Coweta County and the other in Clayton County, Georgia and can be saw on Find A Grave. I believe he may have been buried at the Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery in downtown Jonesboro, Georgia where so many unknown Confederate lay buried.

His wife Elizabeth D. Nall would not remarry and remained a widow and was last found in the 1910 United States census as Elizabeth D. Wall later corrected by the transcriber as Elizabeth D. Nall and she was living in Coweta County, Georgia. Records indicate she never applied for a widow's pension nor received a pension. Like her husband her final resting place in unknown. Both of her sons would later be married.