Thomas Gregory Dabney was born in Raymond, Mississippi to Philip Augustine Lee Dabney and Elizabeth Osborne Smith. He is the brother of our great-grandmother Letitia Dabney Miller. His seven-page autobiography is available in three formats: HTML (best for on-line viewing, 53 Kbytes plus pictures), PDF (best for printing, 55 Kbytes), and Microsoft Word (66 Kbytes) .
The autobiography describes growing up in Raymond and covers only through age 15. Annotation to the autobiography describes his involvement in the Civil War (enlisted at age 16, traveled to Virginia with the 12th Mississippi, discharged for being underage, re-enlisted, captured, and paroled.)
The autobiography includes a 1901 letter from Thomas to the The Confederate Veteran magazine.