Sunday, May 19, 2013

Joel Henderson Thomas

My 2nd cousin 5x removed Joel Henderson Thomas with his wife Sara Emline Riley and their daughter Minnie Lee Thomas.

Joel enlisted as a Confederate Private on 12 August 1861 into Company E of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment . He Surrendered with the 35th Ga Inf. on 9 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

He is descended from the Helms family of North Carolina.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Private Rufus Stroup

Flag of the 38th North Carolina Infantry

Rufus Stroup was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina during the year of 1836. His parents were Jonas Stroup and Rebecca Cloninger. He was a resident of Gaston County, North Carolina before the war.

Rufus was conscripted as a Private on 20 March 1863 in Wake County, North Carolina. He was assigned to Company D of the 38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.

It was about daylight on 1 July 1863 that the 38th North Carolina infantry encountered yankee Cavalry at McPherson's Ridge near Gettysburg Pennsylvania. At some time during the day's fighting, Private Rufus Stroup was wounded, he was later captured by the enemy on the 4th of July . Private Stroup was taken as a POW and was confined at at Fort McHenry MD. on 6 July 1863. On 12 July 1863, Rufus was sent to Fort Delaware Hospital.

Private Rufus Stroup died in the hospital on 31 July 1863 and is buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery in New Jersey. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2537879



He is my 3rd cousin 4x removed. Deo Vindice, Resurgam!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Mrs. Belzorah Haynes Stamey

Mrs. Belzorah Haynes Stamey was born near Beattie's Ford in Lincoln County NC during the year of 1832. She is the daughter of James Haynes and Temperance Goodwin. She married Rev. Alex Stamey and is the mother of five Ministers, she had eleven Children in all.

Mrs. Stonewall Jackson was and Belzorah were intimate childhood friends, they attended school and lived together for many months. They would often visited each other as they grew into adulthood and started their families.

Her obituary states that during Lincoln's war "she was a good Samaritan on many occasions, yet a giant of defense when it took courage to defend her home and her beloved Southland. We repeat that she gave much to the cause of her country and her God."

She is my 1st cousin 6x removed. Mrs. Belzorah Haynes Stamey's final resting place is at Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Grayson County Virginia, CSA.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Corporal Francis M Moore

 
Flag of the 16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Corporal Francis M Moore is the son of George W Moore and Susannah H Rhodearmel, he was born in the mountains of western North Carolina during the year of 1840.

Francis was enlisted by Colonel Love into Company L of the 16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment as a Corporal on 4 May 1861 in Waynesville NC. He was later demoted to the rank of private for an unknown reason.

Corporal Francis M Moore was killed in action at the battle of Seven Pines, Virginia on 31, May 1862. A settlement of claims of deceased officers and soldiers of NC was claimed by his mother Susannah on 8 December 1862.

He is my 3rd great grand uncle.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Private James K Hambright CSA

Gravesite of my 2nd cousin 5x removed, Private James K Hambright

James K Hambright is the son of Frederick Hambright Jr and Mary Eaker. He is also the grandson of my 6th great grandfather and Revolutionary war hero Colonel Frederick Hambright.

James K Hambright Enlisted as a Private on 14 August 1862 into Company G of the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. He died on 4 Nov 1862 at Winchester, VA. and is buried at Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester City Virginia.

Monday, April 22, 2013

This is the flag of the 16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.

Private Peter Plemmons resided in Buncombe County, where he enlisted into F Company of the 16th North Carolina Troops on 7 May 1861. He was 21 years of age. Muster rolls report him as being present and accounted for until his death at Rockbridge Alum Springs , Virginia on 5 Oct 1861.

Peter Plemmons is my 3rd cousin 4x removed. Deo Vindice, Resurgam!

Friday, April 19, 2013

Battle Flag of the 49th North Carolina Troops, captured at the Battle of the Crater.

My 3rd cousin 4x removed is Johana H "Johncie" Stroup. He was born 1836 in Lincoln County NC and was the son of Jonas Stroup and Rebecca Cloninger. He is listed as a carpenter before the war and he stood 5 ft 6 in tall.

Private Johana H "Johncie" Stroup volunteered for service in the Confederate Army at Dallas, NC on 22, March, 1862. Johncie was 26 at the time of his enlistment. He was attached to Company H of the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. H Company was known as the Gaston Rangers, led by Captain Charles Q. Petty.

Johncie died of disease on 10 July 1862 near Drewry’s Bluff in Chesterfield County Virginia. He “fell dead in physician’s arms while on sick call.

His wife Mary E. Rhyne Stroup claimed his body on 19 November 1864. Private Johana H "Johncie" Stroup's burial place is unknown.