A history of Rowan County, North Carolina, Part 27

Author: Rumple, Jethro; Daughters of the American Revolution. Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter (Salisbury, N.C.)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Salisbury, N.C. : Republished by the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Number of Pages: 670


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ST. LUKE'S REFORMED CHURCH


was organized December 31, 1871, by Rev. P. M. Trexler, with twenty members, and now has forty- five members. Rev. P. M. Trexler was pastor from December 31, 1871, to June, 1877; Rev. John Ingle, from January 1, 1878, to present time.


Mount Hope, Shiloh, and St. Luke's are offshoots of Lower Stone (Grace Church).


MOUNT ZION REFORMED CHURCH


is situated ten miles south of Salisbury on the Con- cord Road. Next to Lower Stone it is probably the oldest Reformed Church in the county. For many years this church worshiped in the same house with the Lutherans at "Savage's." But when the Luther- ans erected a new church, about forty years ago, the German Reformed erected a new church also near the old site, and named it Mount Zion. They have lately erected a second handsome brick church. This church has been served by a succession of ministers, in many cases the same who served the Lower Stone Church. Rev. P. M. Trexler is the present pastor. The author regrets that his efforts to get accurate statistics of this church have failed, and that he is compelled to give such a general account of it.


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Rowan County contains three charges of the Ger- man Reformed Church: Central Rowan, Rev. John Ingle pastor, 139 members ; West Rowan, Rev. P. M. Trexler pastor, 290 members; East Rowan, Rev. R. F. Crooks pastor, 433 members. Pastors 3, Churches 5, members 862. From the total membership we must subtract about 145 members who belong to Mount Gilead Church, in Cabarrus County.


THE BAPTIST CHURCHES OF ROWAN


According to Benedict's "History of the Baptists," the oldest church of this denomination in America is the First Baptist Church, of Providence, R. I. Roger Williams, having been banished from Massachusetts by the General Court, by a decree adopted in Novem- ber, 1635, because he taught that the civil magistrate ought not to interfere in cases of heresy, apostasy, and for other offenses against the first table of the law, wandered into the regions outside the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and the following year laid the foundations of the city of Providence. In the course of three years a number of families cast in their lot with Williams, and in March, 1639, he and Ezekiel Holliman and ten others, met to organize a church. The whole company regarded themselves as unbap- tized, and as they knew none to whom they could apply for baptism, they appointed Mr. Holliman to baptize Mr. Williams, and he in his turn baptized Mr. Holliman and the ten others. The families of these first members probably also belonged to their church, and in a short time they were reinforced with twelve other members. From this beginning this denomina- tion gradually spread abroad through New England, and in the middle colonies. The growth was not rapid, for at the expiration of the first hundred years it is estimated that there were but thirty-seven Bap- tist churches in America, and probably less than three


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thousand members. At this period, however, there began an era of extraordinary growth. In 1740, George Whitefield began to preach in Boston, and multitudes were converted to God. Many of these con- verts became Baptists, and were called "Separates" or "New Lights." Seven of these "Separates" organized the Second Baptist Church, of Boston, and their views spread abroad.


In 1754, Shubeal Stearns, with eight families and sixteen members, set out from Boston for the South. After halting for awhile in Virginia, they settled ultimately on Sandy Creek, in Randolph County, N. C. They were of the "Separate," or "New Light" order of Baptists. They were not, however, the first Baptists in North Carolina. As far back as 1727, Paul Palmer gathered a Baptist Church at a place called Perquimans, on the Chowan River. About 1742, one William Sojourner led a colony from Berk- ley County, Va., and established a Baptist Church on Kehukee Creek, in Halifax County, N. C. But the Sandy Creek Church, under Shubeal Stearns, was the first organization of the kind in West- ern North Carolina. In 1854, the Baptists of North Carolina were visited by the Rev. John Gano, the Rev. Benjamin Miller, and the Rev. Peter P. Vanhorn, who were sent South by the Philadelphia Association. When the Rev. Hugh McAden, a Presbyterian minis- ter, visited North Carolina in 1755, he found a Mr. Miller-he says-a Baptist minister, preaching and visiting in the Jersey Church. By his labors and those of the Rev. Mr. Gano, a Baptist Church was estab-


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lished at the Jersey Meeting-house, that has continued from that day to this. Mr. McAden expressed the fear that the- Presbyterians, who seem to have been the most numerous previous to that time, would soon become too weak to call or support a minister. His fears have been realized.


About 1768 or 1770, the Rev. Mr. Draige, an Epis- copal minister, effected an organization of the Episco- pal Church in the "Jerseys," but that church too ceased, in time, to occupy the field. The Baptists re- mained in possession, and the Jersey Church became the parent of nearly all the Baptist Churches of Rowan. There were other Baptist Churches, a hun- dred years ago, on the Uwharie River, on Abbott's Creek, and in Surry County. But for three quarters of a century this denomination made little progress in the present limits of Rowan. The churches as they now exist, as well as can be ascertained, originated as follows :


FLAT CREEK


is a Primitive Baptist Church, and is situated in the edge of Rowan, near the Stanly line, on the Yadkin River, and was considered an old church forty years ago. It is probably an offshoot of the Sandy Creek Church of Shubeal Stearns. The membership is small.


CORINTH


is situated at Morgan's muster ground, about fourteen miles east of Salisbury, about four miles from the


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Yadkin. It was organized in 1868, from converts of a meeting held by the Rev. Messrs. Morton, Carter, and Lambeth. This church has the largest member- ship-about one hundred-of any Baptist Church in the county, and has a neat and comfortable house of worship. Rev. Mr. Hodge is the pastor.


MOUNT ZION


was organized, in 1867, from converts of the same meeting. This church has about twelve members, and worships in an arbor, eleven miles from Salisbury, beyond Dutch Second Creek. Rev. J. C. Denny preaches there.


GOLD HILL


Church was organized in 1871. This church owns a house, but its membership is not very large. Rev. J. B. Stiers was their first preacher. After him the Rev. Mr. Stokes preached to them awhile.


TRADING FORD


Church was established as a branch of the Jersey Church in 1756, and was served by the Rev. William Lambeth for fifteen years, beginning in 1853, before the organization, and continuing until 1869. They commenced in the woods, with a schoolhouse and an arbor, but have now a comfortable building of their own, eight miles east of Salisbury, on the Miller's Ferry Road. In the summer of 1870, Elders Bessent, Allison, and one other, met as a Presbytery and or- ganized it a full and separate church. Since Mr.


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Lambeth ceased to minister to them they have had as ministers, Rev. C. W. Bessent, Rev. W. R. Gwaltny, Rev. S. F. Conrad, and Rev. Mr. Morton.


SALISBURY BAPTIST CHURCH


On the eleventh of August, 1849, the Baptists wor- shiping in Salisbury were set off as a branch of the Jersey Church, under the ministry of the Rev. S. J. O'Brien, a talented and earnest preacher of the gos- pel. The next year-April 21, 1850-the Rev. J. B. Soloman became minister in charge, and the following month (May 26) the Branch was constituted a regular Baptist Church, with Mr. Soloman as pastor, and John A. Wierman as church clerk. There were at that time ten white and eight colored members, eighteen in all. In August of the same year, the church united with the Liberty Association. In September, 1851, Mr. Soloman resigned, and the church was vacant until November 6, 1852, when Rev. R. H. Griffith took charge and served it until 1854. In 1856, the Rev. J. C. Averitt established a school in Salisbury, and served the church for one year. In 1857, the Rev. William Lambeth, of Salisbury, who had been ordained in 1854, and was preaching at Trading Ford, was chosen pastor of the church. Be- ing destitute of a house of their own, and the war com- ing on in a few years, the little band was scattered, and services were suspended.


Near the close of the war, the Rev. Theodore White- field preached in Salisbury occasionally, but for ten years after this time, no regular services were held


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by this church. In November, 1876, the North Caro- lina Baptist Association appointed the Rev. J. B. Boone to labor in Salisbury, and rebuild, if possible, this declining church. Seven members rallied around him, only seven of the fifty-seven who were here in 1855. On the third of February, 1877, the church was dissolved in order to form a new organization, with others who were to be added by baptism. On the next day twelve others were baptized, and on the following day (February 5, 1877), a Presbytery con- sisting of the Rev. Messrs. F. M. Jordan, W. R. Gwaltny, Theodore Whitefield, William Lambeth, and J. B. Boone, constituted the Salisbury Baptist Church, with nineteen members. In September following, the church united with the South River Association.


This church does not yet possess a house of wor- ship, but services are held twice a month in a public hall. Nearly two years ago, however, a lot near the courthouse was secured for four hundred dollars. Since that time a more desirable lot, on the corner of Church and Council Streets, adjoining Oak Grove Cemetery, has been secured, and there they expect soon to erect a church.


The present number of members is fifty. Cal- vinistic in doctrine, congregational in government, of the order called Missionary Baptists, this church holds up the light of the Gospel and points sinners to the Lamb of God.


The materials for this sketch have been collected from Benedict's "History of the Baptists," notes


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furnished by Rev. J. B. Boone, and recollections of Rev. William Lambeth.


In closing these sketches of the Rowan Churches, it may be remarked that there are a few small Protest- ant Methodist Churches in the county, and perhaps a Northern Methodist Church or two, but the writer has no facts in possession concerning them. There are also a number of Roman Catholics in Salisbury, who are visited occasionally by priests from Charlotte and elsewhere.


Since their emancipation, the colored people of Rowan have formed themselves into churches in all parts of the county. In Salisbury there are two Bap- tist colored churches, one Methodist, and one Presby- terian, with their regular pastors, and each of these denominations have several churches in the county. Some of these ministers, especially in the town, are well-educated, earnest, and pious men, and are labor- ing to elevate their people, not only by their regular pulpit ministrations, but by means of schools for their daily instruction. They are now working out the great problem of their social regeneration, and ac- cumulating by their efforts materials that may be properly and profitably incorporated in some future History of the Churches of Rowan.


APPENDIX ROLL OF HONOR


Appendix


Roll of Honor


The following Roll of Honor embraces the names of the officers and privates from Rowan County who served in the Confederate Army, and who continued in service until they were killed, captured, or honor- ably discharged. There are doubtless a number of other names entitled to a place in this roll, that have not been reported. The compiler has, however, used due diligence in gathering information from all ac- cessible sources. The great body of the names has been courteously furnished by Col. W. L. Saunders and Col. J. McLeod Turner, from the Roll of Honor deposited in the State Capitol. Extensive additions have been made to the original roll by surviving offi- cers and privates in Salisbury, under the supervision of Mr. C. R. Barker.


The following abbreviations are employed :


a .- age.


c .- captured. Capt .- captain.


Col .- colonel.


Cor .- corporal.


d .- died.


d. in p .- died in prison.


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d. of d .- died of disease.


en .- date of entrance into service.


h. d .- honorably discharged.


k .- killed.


Lt .- lieutenant.


Ord. Sgt .- ordnance sergeant.


pr .- promoted.


Sgt .- sergeant. tr .- transferred.


w .- wounded; and a number of others.


PAYMASTER'S DEPARTMENT


Joseph K. Burke, 2d. Lt .; Enrolling Officer ; office at Statesville, N. C.


William G. McNeely, Capt., Paymaster of Second Army Corps. J. C. Swicegood, Confederate States Navy, Charles- ton, S. C.


QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT R. P. Bessent, Capt. Quartermaster Forty-Second Regiment.


William H. Neave; commissioned Bandmaster Army of Northern Virginia.


SECOND REGIMENT CAVALRY COMPANY B Privates


Maloney, J. P. ; k.


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FOURTH REGIMENT CAVALRY COMPANY E Privates


Cauble, Henry.


Cauble, John; w. at Gettysburg. Danis, John. Hartman, Luke. Thomas, Charles.


NINTH REGIMENT CAVALRY COMPANY C Privates Cauble, J. D .; en. July 3, 1861 ; a. 20.


COMPANY F Officers Kerr Craige, 5th. Sgt .; en. 1861; a. 18; pr. 2d. Lt. Company I, August 24, 1862. Privates


Bernhardt, Caleb T. Bernhardt, Crawford. Bost, Henry C. Brown, Pleasant. Cowan, William L .; en. June 15, 1861; a. 20; d. of d. at Centerville, Va., December 30, 1861. Fisher, Charles H .; en. June 15, 1861 ; a. 20; w. Howerton, A. W .; en. June 15, 1861 ; a. 27. Johnston, James G .; en. June 15, 1861 ; a. 22; pr. to Ist. Cor.


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Luhn, Gustave J .; en. June 15, 1861 ; a. 22.


Miller, Henry G .; en. March 20, 1862 ; a. 25.


Pearson, Charles W .; en. June 15, 1861; a. 22; tr. from Company B, Tenth Virginia Cavalry; pr. to 2d. Lt. Fifth North Carolina Cavalry, February, 1863; pr. to Capt. July, 1864.


Sides, Reuben A .; en. June 15, 1861 ; a. 21.


Stiller, Charles M .; en. June 15, 1861 ; a. 24; k.


FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY, AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS


COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Officers


John A. Ramsey, Senior Ist. Lt .; pr. to Capt.


William Myers, Junior Ist. Lt.


Jesse F. Woodard, Senior 2d. Lt.


William L. Saunders, Junior 2d. Lt.


E. Myers, Senior 2d. Lt. W. R. Dicks, Ist Sgt. Edward F. Kern, 2d. Sgt.


I. D. J. Louder, 3d. Sgt.


Silas Sheppard, 4th. Sgt.


Francis Schaffer, Quartermaster-Sgt .; pr. to Lt.


Matthew Moyle, Ist Cor.


James M. Crowell, 2d. Cor.


William H. Bucket, 3d. Cor.


A. A. Holhouser, 4th. Cor .; pr. to Ord. Sgt .; d. of d. Jerre Pierce, Artificer.


Zudock Riggs, Bugler; k. at Richmond.


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Agner, H. C. Baily, John T .; pr. to Sgt. Baine, David; d. in p. Basinger, Jere W .; h. d. Bell, Joseph F.


Black, William H .; d. of d.


Braddy, Benjamin. Braddy, Moses G.


Brady, David. Brady, John.


Brady, Joseph.


Bringle, John.


Brown, C. L.


Brown, H. M.


Brown, Richard L.


Bulaboa, Lorenzo ; k. by explosion of caisson.


Bunage, James.


Campbell, W .; w. at Malvern Hill.


Carter, John.


Casper, Alex.


Cauble, Henry M.


Clampet, John.


Cranford, W. H.


Cowan, Richard, Jr.


Crowell, H. H .; pr. to Cor.


Crowell, Richard E.


Crowell, Thomas.


Crowell, William. Daniel, Amos. Earnhardt, Abram; k. at Malvern Hill.


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Earnhardt, James P.


Earnhardt, Robert. Earnhardt, Thomas M .; w. near Richmond. Earnhardt, Wiley.


Elkins, Owen L. Eller, F .; k. accidentally.


Eller, Farley ; w. Eller, Jacob. Eller, James I.


Eller, Milas. Eller, William.


Fraley, White.


Frick, Levi.


Frick, Moses; w. at Gettysburg.


Glover, Richard.


Goodman, Tobias ; d. of d.


Gorman, James A.


Hardester, John W .; w. at Malvern Hill; w. at Gettys- burg. Hardester, Thomas ; d. of d.


Hall, Stockton S. Hodge, Abram.


Hoffman, Nathan; k. at Gettysburg.


Hoffman, William.


Holshouser, Alex. Holshouser, C. Holshouser, Mike. Holshouser, Rufus ; w. at Malvern Hill. Honbarger, John. Howard, Andrew M. Huff, William H.


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Irby, William H. Jackson, Andrew. Julian, James. Kepley, Calvin; k. at Sharpsburg. Kistler, Daniel. Kistler, Henry R. Kinney, Calvin S .; d. of d. Kluttz, Henry. Kluttz, Jacob. Kluttz, Peter. Kluttz, Rufus, Jr. Kluttz, Rufus, Sr.


Lemley, Jacob. Linn, James F. Lyerly, Joseph M. McCombs, William. May, Calvin. May, Robert. Miller, H. M .; k. at Sharpsburg. Miller, Lawson. Miller, Rolin. Miller, Uriah.


Misenheimer, D. I .; k. at Sharpsburg. Mitchel, J. Morgan, C. W.


Morgan, Joe. Oldham, Josiah.


Owen, Henry; k. at Gettysburg. Parks, Daniel. Parks, John F. Parks, Joseph D.


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Parks, William. Peeler, A. L.


Peeler, Alf. M.


Peeler, Daniel.


Pool, H. C. Richards, John.


Riggs, John.


Rowe, Benjamin C.


Rowe, S. A.


Rufty, Milas A .; k. at Malvern Hill.


Ruth, Andrew J .; w. at Malvern Hill.


Ruth, Lorenzo D.


Seaford, Daniel. Seaford, Simeon.


Skillicorn, William ; w. at Culpeper Courthouse.


Terrell, Thomas; tr. to Navy.


Thomas, Thomas.


Thompson, Thomas. Trexler, Allen.


Trexler, David; w. at Malvern Hill.


Trexler, Jesse L. Trexler, Peter M.


Troutman, Daniel, d. in p. Troutman, Rufus. Troutman, Rufus ; d. of d.


Waller, Crusoe. Waller, Lewis A.


Weaver, Tobias. Wilkinson, William.


Woodsman, Solomon. Works, Isaac.


APPENDIX 491 FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY H Officers James H. Kerr, 2d. Lt .; en. August 23, 1861; w. Ellyson's Mill; d. August 6, 1863. Privates


R. R. Crawford; en. May, 1861; a. 21; pr. Ist. Lt. Company D, Forty-second Regiment.


SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY H Officers Alexander Murdock, 3d. Sgt .; en. May 27, 1861 ; a. 30; appointed Ord. Sgt. May 14, 1862; d.


FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY B Officers


James H. Wood, Capt .; en. May 16, 1861 ; a. 21 ; pr. . Major July 22, 1862; pr. Lt .- Col. May 19, 1864; pr. Col. July 18, 1864; k. at Sniggers Gap, Novem- ber 23, 1864.


Thomas C. Watson, Ist. Lt .; en. May 1, 1861; a. 22; Com. Capt., July 22, 1862; w. and resigned. Jesse F. Stancill, 2d. Lt .; en. May 1, 1861 ; a. 21 ; pr. Capt .; w. November, 1864; pr. Major.


J. Fuller Phifer, Ist. Sgt .; en. June 12, 1861; a. 19; reduced to ranks at his own request; d. Richmond, January 25, 1863.


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B. Knox Kerr, 2d. Sgt .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 25; d. March 26, 1862.


M. Stokes Mckenzie, 3d. Sgt .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 22; k. May 31, 1862, Seven Pines.


Joseph Barber, 4th. Sgt .; en. June 3, 1861 ; pr. Jr. 2d. Lt., February 25, 1863; a. 26; w. (lost right arm), Chancellorsville.


John Hillard, 5th. Sgt .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 24.


Isaac A. Cowan, Ist. Cor .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 21 ; pr. 2d. Lt. November 15, 1862.


William H. Burkhead, 2d. Cor .; en. June 3, 1861.


Benjamin A. Knox, 3d. Cor .; en. June 24, 1861 ; a. 22 ; pr. Sgt. April 25, 1862.


D. W. Steele, 4th. Cor .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 20; d. Richmond, August 20, 1861.


Privates


Alexander, J. L .; en. July, 1861 ; w. and c. at Sharps- burg.


Anderson, Charles; en. June 3, 1861; a. 19; w. June 22, 1862; d. of w. July 15, 1862.


Barber, Edward F .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 22; pr. Ist. Sgt. March 1, 1863; w. Chancellorsville; k. May 19, 1863.


Barber, James; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 25; d. in Salis- bury, N. C., August 15, 1862.


Barber, John Y .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 15; tr. Regi- mental Band, September 15, 1861.


Barber, Robert J. M .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 28; c. in Maryland September 10, 1862.


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Barber, Thomas D .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 22 ; k. Spott- sylvania Courthouse, May 12, 1863.


Barnhardt, J. C.


Barringer, William H .; en. July 10, 1861; a. 20; d. of d., at Manassas, September 19, 1861.


Beaver, A.


Beaver, Henry; en. March 3, 1862; a. 53; h. d. and d. Baxter, Hugh; en. June 3, 1861; a. 22; w. Seven Pines ; d. of w. July 6, 1862.


Beaver, J. Martin ; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 21 ; h. d.


Beaver, Joe.


Beaver, Joel ; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 23; d. at Richmond, July 21, 1862.


Beaver, John D .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 20; w. Seven Pines ; d. of w. June 15, 1862.


Beaver, Mike.


Beaver, W. A.


Belk, George S .; en. June 12, 1861; a. 23; d. 1864. Biggers, W. D .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 20; pr. Cor. September 20, 1862; w. Seven Pines, discharged for w. March 24, 1863.


Brandon, Calvin J .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 22; k. near Richmond, June 27, 1862.


Briggs, James; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 24; k. March 20, 1862, by accident on Western North Carolina Rail- road.


Briggs, Thomas; en. March 13, 1862; a. 21; d. of d. Burke, James P .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 21; w. South Mountain, September 14, 1862; pr. to 2d. Lt.


Chunn, William; en. June 3, 1861; a. 17; w. Seven Pines ; d. of w. June 12, 1862.


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Cowan, D. Stokes; en. June 3, 1861; a. 24; lost left arm at Winchester, Va .; h. d.


Cowan, James F .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 18; w. Seven Pines, lost right arm; h. d. August II, 1862. Cowan, John Y .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 18; d. December 9, 1861, at Manassas Junction.


Cowan, Nathan N .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 19; w. Seven Pines.


Cox, Wiley E .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 36; w. Seven Pines ; d. of w. June 5, 1862.


Current, A. J .; en. June 24, 1861 ; a. 26; d. Yorktown, Va., April 22, 1862.


Dismukes, Richmond L .; en. March 4, 1861; a. 37; pr. Ist. Lt. in Company G .; resigned.


Donaho, David.


Donaho, Frank.


Donaho, Newberry.


Donnell, J. Irwin; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 18; d. Manas- sas Junction, September 12, 1861.


Douglas, Adolphus D .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 22; d. Manassas Junction, September 12, 1861.


Eller, Edward; en. March 14, 1862; a. 38; d. of d., July 19, 1862, at Danville.


Felker, Alexander ; en. June 3, 1861 ; k. Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.


Gantz, Wiley; en. March 3, 1862; a. 37.


Gillespie, Thomas P .; en. June 14, 1861; tr. Regi- mental Band, September 15, 1861.


Graham, Cam; k.


Graham, Clay ; k. Graham, R. L.


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Gullet, John.


Hall, Richard J .; en. June 3, 1861 ; d. Lynchburg, Va., May 26, 1862.


Hall, W. W.


Henry, Elam T .; en. June 3, 1861 ; h. d. for accidental gunshot w. in the hand.


Hilliard, James B .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 22; w. Seven Pines ; k. at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. Hix, Calvin J .; en. June 19, 1861 ; a. 21 ; pr. Sgt. July 5, 1861 ; k. Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.


Holdclaw, James H .; en. June 14, 1861; a. 37; W. Seven Pines ; det. as nurse at Richmond.


Hughes, James C .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 20; d. at home, August 18, 1861.


Hughey, T. A .; k. Chancellorsville.


Hyde, James C .; en. June 10, 1861 ; a. 20.


Jordan, Thomas; en. June 3, 1861; a. 31; pr. Cor. April 26, 1862; k. Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.


Kistler, John W .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 23; w. Seven Pines; w. South Mountain.


Kistler, Joseph B .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 25; det. as prison guard; k. 1864.


Lipe, David.


Leazer, John; en. March 3, 1862; a. 18; w. Seven Pines.


Louder, Daniel M; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 29; d. Camp Pickens, Va., October 6, 1861.


Lyerly, Thomas S .; en. June 14, 1861; a. 20; w. at Gettysburg.


McCormick, E. Laf .; en. June II, 1861 ; a. 27; det. as brigade blacksmith, August 12, 1862.


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McCormick, Hiram S .; en. June 19, 1861 ; a. 22; det. as Regiment teamster.


Mckenzie, W. White; en. June 3, 1861; a. 24; det. hospital steward, August, 1861 ; d. July 10, 1862.


Mclaughlin, Silas M .; en. June 12, 1861 ; a. 29; h. d. for disease.


Meniss, George W .; en. June 10, 1861; a. 23; w. Seven Pines, June 27, 1862.


Miller, Henry C .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 20; pr. Cor. November 4, 1862; pr. Ord. Sgt .; w. Chancellors- ville.


Mills, R. A .; en. June 3, 1861.


Moore, David C .; en. June 10, 1861 ; a. 19; w. Hagers- town ; d.


Moore, William A .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 24; w. Seven Pines ; w. Hagerstown; d.


Niblock, Frank K .; k. Seven Pines.


Pachell, Joseph; en. March 3, 1862; a. 18; d. of d., July 5, 1862, in Richmond.


Pinkston, Thomas; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 19; k. Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.


Plumer, William F .; en. June 3, 1861; a. 20; w. Seven Pines ; d. Richmond, December, 1862.


Rice, Allen G .; en. June 1861 ; a. 23; d. at camp near Bull Run, September 23, 1861.


Safret, Charles; en. March 1I, 1862; a. 24; d. June 27, 1862, at camp hospital.


Safret, Peter; en. March 15, 1862; a. 22; w. South Mountain, September 14, 1862; left on field; sent as nurse to Wilmington.


Safret, Powel; d.


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Sears, John W .; en. June 12, 1861 ; a. 28.


Shinn, J. W .; en. June 12, 1861 ; a. 30; pr. Ist .- Sgt. 1862; d. of d., at home.


Sides, John M .; en. June 3, 1861 ; a. 26.


Smith, Jef.


Stikeleather, M. W .; en. March II, 1862; a. 27.


Webb, Abner; k. Seven Pines.


Wilhelm, Jacob ; k.


COMPANY K (ROWAN RIFLE GUARDS)


ENTERED SERVICE APRIL 19, 1861. REORGANIZED AS COMPANY K, FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, MAY 30, 1861


Officers


Francis M. Y. McNeely, Capt .; en. May 30, 1861 ; resigned May 31, 1862.


W. C. Coughenour, Ist. Lt .; en. May 30, 1861 ; a. 25; pr. Capt. May 31, 1862; w. Seven Pines ; appointed Inspector-General of Ramseur's Brigade, August, 1863 ; w. April 4, 1864, Amelia Courthouse.


Marcus Hoffin, 2d. Lt .; en. May 30, 1861 ; pr. Ist. Lt. May 31, 1862; pr. Capt. August, 1863; appointed Capt. Com. Dept. 1864; w. Seven Pines.




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