My 4th Great Grandfather on my Parton side was Milas Anthony Hartis. He was born 7 Mar 1840 in Pineville, Mecklenburg County , North Carolina, United States. He resided in Mecklenburg County where he volunteered and was enlisted by R. H. Maxwell on May 10, 1862 into Company C, North Carolina 1st Cavalry Regiment, at the age of 23 . Hartis was listed as being on detached service on 8 Oct 1863 and again on 1 Dec 1863. Private Hartis was listed as sick with syphilis at the general Hospital in Petersburg Virginia on 16 July 1864 and was transferred to the general hospital at Farmville Virginia on 1 Aug 1864. He returned to duty on 27 Sept 1864. Milas went on furlough on 22 Dec 1864. He became a POW on 13 April 1865 while in the hospital at Raleigh North Carolina CSA when the city was captured. Milas Anthony Hartis died on 21 May 1910 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, he is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte. His name appears on the roll of honour for the 9th Regiment NC troops.
