Private Moses S Stroup

My 4th great grand uncle Moses S Stroup was born in Lincoln County NC during August of 1839. His parents were Joseph P. Stroup and Lucy Ann Faulkner. Moses married Letta Salina Biddix in 1866 and they had many children after the war.

Moses enlisted as a private in Company K of the 12th North Carolina Infantry Volunteers on 5 June 1861 in McDowell County NC . The 12th NC was later designated the 22nd North Carolina State Troops. Private Stroup was listed as a POW on 23 May 1864, he was captured near the North Anna River in Hanover County Virginia and was taken to Point Lookout POW camp. He was released on 14 May 1865.

Private Moses S Stroup died during the month February in 1914. he is buried at Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery at Old Fort in McDowell County North Carolina.

Research conducted in 2010 and 2011 by Mike & Sid Stroup and Linda Ballard revealed that there were at least 75 soldiers carrying the Stroup surname who served in the Confederate Army. 20 of those 75 died while in service. All 75 are descendents of German native Jacob Stroup. Jacob is my 8th great grandfather.

Captain William Adam Laney Company E, 48th Infantry Regiment, NC Volunteers

Captain William Adam Laney is the son of Calvin Laney and Nancy Funderburk. William was born on 6-Jan-1834 in Union County NC. He stood 5 feet 9 1/2 inches and was a farmer before the war. William married Melissa M Belk on 6-April-1857.

Laney Volunteered for service on 17- Mar-1862. He was Commissioned as 1st Lieut of Company E, 48th Infantry Regiment, NC Volunteers on 19-Apr-1862.. Laney was promoted to Full Captain on 23-Oct-1862.

Capt William Adam Laney Died of wounds received at the Battle of the Wilderness on 21-July-1864. He is buried at Laney Family Cemetery in Union County North Carolina.

He is my 2nd cousin 6x removed.

Hiram Noah Helms

Grave site of my 4th great grandfather on my mother's side. His name is Hiram Noah Helms. Hiram was born on 11 January 1835, he is the son of Joel Helms & Sarah Pyron Helms. Hiram resided in Union County North Carolina. Hiram married Permelia Broom on 24 Oct 1854 in Union County NC.

At the age of 27, Hiram volunteered as a private in the Confederate Army. He was assigned to Company A of the 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment on 3 March 1862.

Hiram was wounded by a shell fragment on 25 June 1862 during the battle of King's School house. This battle was the first engagement of The Seven Days Battles in Virginia.

Hiram was wounded in action several times during his service. His name appears on the register of Receiving and Wayside Hospital, or General Hospital number 9 on 29 November 1863. Hiram's name once again appears on the register of Winder Hospital,Richmond VA on 20 August 1864. Hiram Noah Helms is listed on the 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Roll of Honour for being wounded at Richmond Virginia.

Hiram was 72 years old when he applied for a pension on 1 July 1907, while living in Monroe. His application states that he was wounded in the forehead at Seven Pines, VA during the month of June in 1862. Hiram was ¾ disabled in 1907.

Hiram Noah Helms passed away on 19 Sept 1913 in Union County, North Carolina, and is buried at Old High Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in the Monroe Township of Union County, North Carolina.

Doctor Alfred Frederick Hambright

The Inn of the Patriots in Grover NC was built in 1879 by Doctor Alfred Frederick Hambright. Dr. Hambright was an Assistant Surgeon in the Confederate States Army during the War of northern Aggression. He attended to Generals A.P. Hill and Stonewall Jackson.

Doctor Hambright was the great, great-grandson of the Revolutionary War hero and veteran of the Battle of Kings Mountain, Lt. Colonel Frederick Hambright.

Doctor Alfred Frederick Hambright is my 2nd cousin 5x removed. Lt. Colonel Frederick Hambright is my 6th great grandfather.

Joseph T Plemmons 1st cousin 7x removed

Joseph T Plemmons was born on 15 January 1828 in Buncombe County,NC. His parents were Jacob Plemmons and Nancy Hipps

Joseph married Martha Crumbley in Gilmer County Georgia on 25 August 1852. Martha Died in 1858 and Joseph married  Dicey Katherine Chastain on 15 August 1859.

Joseph Tomlinson Plemmons enlisted in the Confederate Army on 25 February 1862 as a private. He was assigned to F company of the 11th regiment Georgia Volunteers . He was wounded at Funkstown Maryland on 10 July 1863 and was sent home on furlough. 

Joseph T Plemmons passed away on 12 Jan 1909 in McLennan County in Texas. He is buried at Crawford Cemetery in Crawford Texas.

George Washington Moore Private in Company C of Loves Regiment in the Thomas Legion.

Beaverdam United Methodist is located at 80 Rice Cove Rd in Canton NC. The graves of my 3rd great grandfather George Washington Moore and my 3rd great grandmother Texanna Scott are located there.

George Washington Moore was born in Haywood County on July 10, 1844.He was a farmer prior to enlisting in Haywood County at age 17 on June 13, 1862. He enlisted as a Private in Company C of Loves Regiment in the Thomas Legion.

My 1st cousin David Messer was born in Haywood County North Carolina in 1828. He is the son of George Messer and Nancy Caldwell. He married a lady name Lucinda.

David Messer enlisted as a private in Company C of the 62nd NC Infantry in Waynesville NC on July 14, 1862. Private Messer was Captured at the Cumberland Gap in Tennessee on September 9, 1863. He was Sent to Louisville, Kentucky and was later Confined at Camp Douglas in Chicago Illinois on September 24, 1863.

Private David Messer died of dysentery at Camp Douglas on August 11, 1864. He was buried at Chicago City Cemetery in grave number 1264.