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Fleisher: Conrad of Adam Wagoner - 54 -$200 - SB, at "the Fallen Timber" - 1793.
Fox: Michael of Nicholas Seybert - 193 - $290 - CB - 1794.
Hevener: Jacob of Nicholas Seybert - 180 - $200 - CB - 1794. Hevener: Jacob, Jr. of Nicholas Seybert - 154 - $183.33 - CB - 1794. Huffman: Christian of John Mullenax - 52 - $116.67 - CB - 1796. Hull: Peter of Adam Arbogast - 157 - $500 - CB - 1796.
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Hull: Peter of John Gum - 390 - $200 - h'd of SB - 1795.
Hull: Adam of Nicholas Seybert - 113 - $10 - CB - 1797.
Hull: George of Nicholas Seybert - 55 - $6 - CB - 1797.
Hull: Peter of Conrad Lantz - 115 - $266.67 - CB - 1788.
Janes: William of Joseph Bell - 154 - $140 - SC - 1797.
Janes: James of William - 131 - $100 - SC - 1791.
Janes: William of Nicholas Seybert - 125 - $150 - SC - 1792.
Jones: Henry of Edward Morton and James Woods, executors of Thomas Douglas - 80 - $133.33 - h'd of CP - 1795.
Leach: John of Samuel Redmond and Edward Morton - 132 - $291.67 - BP Mn - 1796.
Lightner: Peter of Pulsor Fleisher - 32 - $333.33 - 1796.
Lightner: Peter of Peter Hull - 120 - $150 - 1794.
Malcomb: Joseph of John Beverage - 137 - $183.33 - SC - 1794. Maurer: George of Robert Duffield - 200 - $1,000 - n. Doe Hill - 1794. Mifford: John of Richard Thomas - 80 - $56.67 - SC - 1781. .
Morton: Edward of Anthony Johnson - 38 - $133.33 - h'd of CP - 1794.
Moore: Benjamin of Nicholas Seybert - 130 - $150 - SC - 1792.
Moore: Joseph of Nicholas Seybert - 75 - $58.33 - SC - 1790.
Nicholas: George of Nicholas Seybert - 72 - $66.67 - SC - 1792.
Peck: Jacob of Garrett - 106 - $333.33 - SC - 1796.
Peck: John of Nicholas Seybert - 197 - $200 - CB - 1797.
Seybert: Henry of Nicholas - 175 - $250 - SC - 1790.
Siron: John of William Wilson - 112 - $133.33 - BP, Carlile Run - 1795. Smalley: Benjamin of Henry Fleisher, attorney for Benjamin Moore, N. J. - 130 - $133.17 - 17 -.
Swadley: Nicholas of Nicholas Seybert - 115 - $153.33 - CB - 1794.
Thomas: John of Joseph Bell - 50 - $50 - SC - 1793 - consideration paid by Benjamin Moore.
Whiteman: William of Joseph Bell - 67 - $66.67 - SC - 1793 - consider- ation paid by Benjamin Moore.
Wimer: Philip of Michael Arbogast - 118 - $133.33 - CB - 1791.
Wimer: George of George Nicholas - 130 - $266.67 - 1794.
Wilson: William of Abraham Hempenstall - 112 - $133.33 - Doe Hill - 1793.
LAND SALES RECORDED IN BATH
Bird: Valentine of Thomas Denison - 205 - $166.67 - BC - 1799.
Black: James of Reuben George - ? - ? - BP - 1794.
Bradshaw: John of James - 100 - $1,333.33 - BP - 1790 ?.
Burner: Abraham of James McCarty - 215 - $166.67 - G'brier River. Cunningham: James (of Hardy) of Matthew Patton - 360 - $1,000 - V'pool Gap - 1795.
Davis: Paschal of George Benson - 4834 - $33.33 - CP - 1793.
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Gall: George of Peter Robertson - 174 - $333.33 - V'pool Gap - 1796. Gwin: David of Stephen Wilson - 234 - $5,333.33 - JR - 1797.
Hicklin: James of John - 281 - $211.67 - BP - 1794.
Hinkle: Isaac Hinkle of Edward Morton - 200 - $200 - Crab Run - 1793. Ruckman: Thomas of Edward Morton - 80 - $100 - n. mouth of Crab Run - ?.
Scybert: Nicholas of Abraham Burner - 212 - $33.33 - h'd of JR - 1793.
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CHAPTER XVIII
CIVIL OFFICERS
Highland Legislators - Justices - Other County Officials.
O WING in part to the newness of Highland as a separate county, the roll of legislators from its territory is a short one. It is rendered all the shorter from the circumstance that the Senate and House rolls preserved in the state capitol are defective, even in recent years.
From the portion formerly in Pendleton the following names appear :
Sessions of 1789-91 and 1793-1805 Col. Peter Hull
Session of 1794. . Oliver McCoy
Sessions of 1805-6 and 1813-5. Nathaniel Pendleton
Sessions of 1807-16 Maj. Peter Hull Sessions of 1816-7. Harmon V. Given
Sessions of 1819-24, 1827-9, and 1833-5. Thomas Jones
Sessions of 1825-6, 1829-33, and 1839-42 Harmon Hiner Sessions of 1842-4. John Bird
Sessions of 1844-6 and 1848-50 Benjamin Hiner
From the section formerly in Bath, no names appear to occur until Andrew H. Byrd became a Delegate in the ses- sions of 1836-8, 1841, 1843, 1846, and 1848. Thus when the new county was formed, he was the Delegate from Bath.
Bath and Highland were now in one legislative district until 1853, William Hevener being Delegate in 1852. From 1853 until 1891, Highland was a district by itself, yet for this period we find only the following names :
Session of 1853. Andrew H. Byrd
Sessions of 1857-8 John Bird.
Session of 1859 . William W. Fleming
Session of 1877-8 Harmon Hiner
Session of 1889-90 John T. Byrd
In 1891, Alleghany, Bath, and Highland were put into one district, which was represented in 1904-8 by Samuel W. Ster-
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rett, and since then by John W. Stephenson, a resident of Bath but native of Highland.
Charles P. Jones, the only State Senator from this county, served as such from 1885 till 1897. George W. Hull sat in the State Convention of 1861.
Under the Constitutions of 1776 and 1829, the following Justices of Pendleton appear to have come from the Highland section, their appointments being found in the years desig- nated :
George W. Amiss. 1822
Peter Hull, Jr 1825
Emmanuel Arbogast 1843
Nicholas Seybert
1800
James B. Campbell 1831
Adam Sitlington. 1807
Benjamin Fleisher 1820
John Sitlington 1807
Benoni Hansel
1840
John Slaven. 1797
Thomas Jones
1831
James Stephenson 1797
Peter Hull, Sr
1788
Thomas Wilson. 1797
Among the earlier Justices from Bath the following High- land names appear :
William Dinwiddie. 1796
William Lockridge. 1797
John Erwin. 1794
John Peebles. 1790
James Hicklin.
1795
Stewart Slaven 1815
Timothy Holcomb
1795
John Wilson . 1790
Bartholemew Johnston 1795
Highland Justices (presidents indicated by a star) :
Appointed, 1848; George W. Amiss, Abel H. Armstrong, Emanuel Arbo- gast, David H. Byrd, James Brown, Andrew H. Byrd, James B. Campbell, Benjamin Fleisher, George Hicklin, Peter Hull*, Thomas Jones, John H. Pullin, Samuel Ruckman, John Sitlington, Reuben Slaven, Adam Stephen- son, Charles Steuart.
Felix H. Hull was appointed 1854, vice Peter Hull.
Elected 1856: John Bird, John C. Bird, Thomas L. Brown, Cornelius Colaw, Samuel C. Eagle, William W. Fleming*, Adam L. Gum, Henry Hevener, William Hevener*, Josiah Hiner, Felix H. Hull, Jacob Hull, James Hupman, Samuel Jones, John C. Marshall, Franklin McNulty, George T. Robson, Henry Seybert, David Stephenson.
Elected 1860: John Bird, Thomas L. Brown, Cornelius Colaw, Samuel C. Eagle, William W. Fleming, William Hevener*, Josiah Hiner, Felix H. Hull, Jacob Hull, Henry C. Jones, Peter H. Kinkead, Adam Lightner, John C. Marshall, Franklin McNulty, John H. Pullin, Henry Seybert, Adam C. stephenson, David Stephenson, Edward Steuart, Zachariah Tomlinson.
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Marshall, Pullin, and the two Hulls died in 1861. Joseph Layne was elected in the place of Felix H. Hull.
Elected, 1864: Jared G. Armstrong, John H. Byrd, Austin W. Campbell, Cornelius Colaw, Samuel C. Eagle, Adam H. Fleisher, William D. Gibson, William Hevener, John M. Hook, Henry C. Jones, Peter H. Kinkead, James Moyers, Stewart C. Slaven, David Snyder, Robert A Steuart, James M. Terry, Anson O. Wade.
Elected, 1865: John Bird, Thomas L. Brown, John H. Byrd, Benjamin B. Campbell, William M. Campbell, Samuel C. Eagle, William W. Fleming, John E. Gum, Benoni Hansel, John M. Hook, Henry C. Jones, Peter H. Kinkead, Samuel M. Marshall, Jonathan Siron, Adam C. Stephenson, David Stephenson, Edward Steuart.
Fleming and Gum were declared ineligible. John Trimble was chosen in place of the former and John S. Newman in place of the latter. Later in the year, Henry Seybert and George Hammer were added to the board.
Election of 1868: Thomas L. Brown, John H. Byrd, Benjamin B. Camp- bell, William M. Campbell, George Eagle, Benoni Hansel, John M. Hook, Henry C. Jones, Peter H. Kinkead, Samuel M. Marshall, John S. Newman, Henry Seybert, Jonathan Siron, David Stephenson, Edward Steuart, John Trimble.
Appointed by General Canby, 1869: Benjamin Arbogast, Joseph A. Beathe, William Brown, Anderson P. Devericks, C. H. Harouff, Robert S. Hook, Joseph Hull, Robert R. Hull, John Lamb, Michael Mauzy, Robert S. Miller, Charles H. Slaven.
Elected, 1870, length of term being given in figures:
Bluegrass; Rollin Campbell (3), Andrew T. Newman (2), Anson O. Wade (1).
Monterey; William W. Fleming (3), David McNulty (2), Job Puffen- berger (1).
Stonewall; John S. McNulty (3), Harrison H. Jones (2), William Lock- ridge (1).
Supervisors, those for Bluegrass, Monterey, and Stonewall being given in the order indicated.
1873; B. B. Campbell, William D. Gibson, R. Turk.
1879-81; Charles Wade, William D. Gibson, John S. McNulty.
1881-5; same persons.
1885-7; Samuel W. Sterritt, William D. Gibson, John S. McNulty. 1887-9; same persons.
1891-3; Charles Wade, Harmon H. Seybert, John S. McNulty.
1893-5; Samuel W. Sterrett, James M. Terry, John S. McNulty.
1895-7; Oscar A. Stephenson, James M. Terry, John S. McNulty.
1897-9; Oscar A. Stephenson, Allen C. Judy, John S. McNulty.
1899-1901; same persons.
1901-1904; Oscar A. Stephenson, Allen C. Judy, Joseph B. Hiner.
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1904-6; Oscar A. Stephenson, Allen C. Judy, J. H. Hiner.
1906-8; same persons.
1908-10; G. Lee Chew, Allen C. Judy, William M. Vanec.
1910-12; same persons.
County Superintendents: James K. Campbell, 1870; Sydney Ruekman O. Pierce Chew; B. Hiner Hansel, 1897-1905; Jared L. Jones, 1905-09.
Sheriffs under Pendleton and Bath: Peter Hull, Sr., 1798; William Din- widdie, 1812; Harmon Hiner, 1817-9; Peter Hull, Jr., 1821; John Sitling- ton, 1826; George Hicklin, 1832; Thomas Kinkead, 1833; Benjamin Fleisher, 1839; Samuel Ruckman, 1839; Reuben Slaven, 1843; Charles Steuart, 1844; John Graham, 1846.
Sheriffs of Highland: Peter Hull, 1848-9; Andrew H. Byrd, 1849-51; John Sitlington, 1851-2; Washington Stephenson, 1852-7; Andrew J. Bird, 1857-8; John M. Rexrode, 1858-63; William M. Summers, 1863-5; John A. Fleisher, 1869; William M. Summers, 1870-09; William M. Arbogart, 1879- 99; J. Edward Arbogast, 1899 .- 1911.
County Clerks: Adam Stephenson, Jr., 1848 -; Jaeob C. Matheny, 1864- 1908; J. Clifton Matheny, 1908-10; William H. Matheny, 19.10 - . :
Andrew J. Jones, filled the office a short while, beginning in 1865, J. C. Matheny, acting as deputy.
Surveyors: Thomas Campbell, 1848-58; John Bradshaw, 1858-76; Jesse A. Bussard, 1876-91; Stephen B. Bradshaw, 1891-1904; Henry A. Slaven, 1904-10; Isaae L. Beverage, 1910 - .
Commonwealths' Attorneys: John C. Woodson, 1848; John W. Myers, 1856; Adam C. Snyder, 1864; J. M. Seig, 1866; John R. Popham, 1869; Lueius H. Stephenson, 1870-93; John M. Colaw, 1893-1905; E. B. Jones, 1905 - . 1911.
Treasurer: John S. McNulty, 1870; Jared A. Jones, 1879-1910; Willis Gibson, 1910 - .
Commissioners of the Revenue: Joseph Layne, 1848; Daniel McNulty; 1852-7; Jonas W. Chew, 1859-61; Loran D. Evick, 1863; Samuel A. Wilson, 1864; Osborne Wilson, 1865; Francis M. Bird, 1869; Osborne Wilson, 1870, Walter P. Campbell, 1879-1900; John A. Whitelaw, 1900 - 1911.
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CHAPTER XIX
HIGHLAND MILITIA
Early Militia Organization - Officers - Muster Rolls of 1794.
C OLONIAL VIRGINIA had a militia organization, which under independence was systematized. The state was divided into five division districts and eighteen brigade dis- tricts, each of the former being under the supervision of a major general and each of the latter under a brigadier general. Each county furnished at least one regiment.
To each division were attached one regiment of cavalry and one of artillery. The regiment, consisting of at least 400 men and commanded by a colonel, was divided into two bat- talions, one commanded by the lieutenant colonel and one by the major. Each battalion had a stand of colors. In each com- pany were one captain, two first lieutenants, two second lieu- tenants, five sergeants, and six corporals. The ensign, a com- missioned officer having charge of the colors and ranking be- low the first lieutenant, was dispensed with after the war of 1812. On the staff of the colonel were one quartermaster, one paymaster, one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one adjutant with the rank of captain, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, two principal musicians, and drum and fife majors. To each company was one drum and also a fife or bugle.
Officers received their commissions through recommenda- tion to the governor from the county court. It would seem, however, that the captains and lieutenants were primarily chosen by the privates. A rigid anti-duelling oath was exacted of the officers. The best men to be found were appointed to office under the militia system. A position therein was con- sidered very honorable and as a stepping stone to something higher.
Company musters took place in April and October, bat- talion musters in October or November, and regimental mus-
POWDER HOUSE KEY
Phot'd by A. C. Suddarth A relic of the Clover Creek fort. The lock is attached to a piece of hardwood much deepened in color by age
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ters in April or May. Non-attendance led to a fine, usually of 75 cents, and this was turned over to the sheriff for collec- tion. Fines were numerous, whether or not they were gener- ally collected. Excuses for cause were granted by a court martial, the clerk of the same having in 1794 a yearly salary of $6.67. In the same year we find one man excused for an impediment in his speech, and another for "a deficiency in intellect." Others are excused until "in a better state of health."
During the later years of the militia system, musters were less frequent, the men went through the evolutions without arms, and the practical value of the drill was not very great. The officers did not pay much attention to costume, the regi- mental and some of the company officers wearing coats of the pattern of 1812; a dark-blue garment with long swallow-tail, epaulettes, and brass buttons.
The Highland regiment was the 162d Infantry. No muster rolls appear to be existent, and there is almost no record of its commanders. George W. Hull was its colonel in 1860. The old militia system did not survive the war of 1861 and is now a feature of history. The regimental muster was an event of the year, and drew a crowd of spectators, much as a circus does at the present time. We append a list of Highland men recom- mended to official position in the regiments of its brigade dis- trict. These recommendations by the county court were almost always acted upon by the governor. But where appointment is definitely known to have taken place, or when in some par- ticular year we find a certain man holding office, a star indi- cates such fact.
At the end of the chapter are given the muster rolls of 1794 of the two Pendleton companies which were almost wholly within the Highland area. The district of Captain Janes com- prised Crabbottom and Straight Creek. That of Captain Mc- Coy included the northern end of Stonewall District.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
Arbogast, Adam - Ensign, 1793.
Armstrong, John - Lieut. 1793 .*
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Bird, William - Ensign, 1801.
Bird, Valentine - Ensign, 1800.
Blagg, John - Lieut. 1814. Bodkin, John - Capt. 1810.
Bradshaw, James - Ensign, 1803.
Burner, Abraham - Ensign, 1810* - Lieut. 1810.
Carlile, John - Capt. 1803.
Chestnut, John - Capt. 1815.
Cunningham, James - Capt. 1812 .*
Dinwiddie, William - Major, 1801 .*
Edmond, Thomas - Lieut. 1810.
Ervine, John - Capt. 1795 .*
Fleisher, Henry - Major, 1788.
Fleisher, Benjamin - Cornet, 1811 .*
Fleisher, John - Capt. 1817 .*
Gall, John - Ensign, 1817 .* Gum, Jacob - Ensign, 1789 .*
Gwin, Robert - Capt. 1799.
Ham, William - Lieut, 1802 - later, Capt .*
Hevener, Jacob - Capt. 1817 .*
Hiner, John - Capt. 1814 .*
Hull, Adam - Capt. of Cavalry, 1817 .*
Hull, Jacob - Capt. of Cavalry, 1800.
Janes, William - Capt. 1793.
Jones, John - Ensign, 1810. Lightner, Peter - Lieut. 1795.
Pullin, Jonathan - Lieut. 1801.
Seybert, Jacob - Lieut. 1817 .*
Seybert, James - Ensign, 1817 .*
Slaven, John - Capt. 1795 .* Slaven, Reuben - Lieut. 1797.
Summers, Paul - Ensign, 1793.
Wiley, William - Ensign, 1799. Wilson, Isaac - Ensign, 1814.
Wilson, John - Lieut. Col. 1792 .*
Wilson, Thomas - Lieut. 1795.
Wood, Joshua - Cornet, 1817.
Yeager, Jacob - Lieut. 1817 .*
Zickafoose, Elias - Lieut. 1814 .*
Zickafoose, Sampson - Lieut. 1817 .*
MUSTER ROLLS OF 1794 Captain William Janes' Company
Arbogast, David. Arbogast, George. Arbogast, John.
Arbogast, Henry.
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Arbogast, Michael.
Mullenax, James.
Arbogast, Peter.
Murray, Edward.
Beverage, David.
Peck, Jacob.
Bussard, Michael.
Peck, John.
Coovert, Peter.
Peck, Michael.
Eagan, John.
Radabaugh, Henry.
Fleisher, Conrad.
Rexrode, George.
Fleisher, Palsor.
Rexrode, John.
Fox, Michael.
Richards, Basil.
George, Reuben.
Rymer, George.
Grogg, John.
Seybert, Jacob.
Grogg, Philip.
Simmons, Henry.
Gum, Abraham.
Simpson, Alexander.
Gum, Jacob.
Smalley, Benjamin.
Halterman, Charles.
Smith, William.
Hammer, Balsor.
Swadley, Nicholas.
Harper, Adam.
Thomas, John.
Huffman, Christian.
Wagoner, Christian.
Hull, Adam.
Wagoner, Joseph.
Hull, George.
Wagoner, Michael.
Jones, James.
Walker, Joseph.
Keitz, George.
Wamsley, Joseph.
Lambert, John.
Waybright, Martin.
Life, Martin, Jr.
Waybright, Michael.
Lightner, Andrew.
White, John.
Lightner, Peter
Whiteman, William.
McMahon, John.
Williams, Robert.
Michael, William.
Wimer, Henry.
Moore, David.
Wimer, Jacob.
Markle, George.
Wimer, Philip.
Mullenax, Archibald.
CAPT. ROBERT McCOY'S COMPANY.
Blagg, Samuel.
Devericks, Thomas.
Bodkin, James.
Douglas, James.
Bodkin, John.
Duffield, Abraham.
Bodkin, John.
Duffield, Isaac.
Bodkin, John.
Duffield, John.
Bodkin, William.
Duffield, Robert.
Burnett, Henry.
Duffield, Thomas.
Burnett, Robert.
Dunn, Aaron. Fox, John.
Chesling, John, Jr.
Gamble, John.
Burnett, Samuel.
Curry, James. Davis, John.
Gamble, William.
Harris, William.
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Hiner, Jacob.
McQuain, Alexander.
Johns, Jeremiah.
Morton, Edward.
Jones, Henry.
Mowrey, George.
Jones, John.
Mowrey, George, Jr
Jordan, Andrew.
Mowrey, Henry.
Lamb, Henry.
Neal, John.
Lamb, Jacob.
Neal, Thomas.
Lamb, Nicholas.
Parker, Thomas.
Lamb, William.
Scott, John.
Lewis, Jonathan.
Sheets, George.
Lewis, Joseph.
Sims, James.
Long, William.
Siron, John.
Malcomb, Alexander.
Smith, Caleb.
Malcomb, James.
Smith, William.
Malcomb, John.
Varner, Jacob.
Malcomb, Joseph, Jr.
Vint, William.
Malcomb, Robert.
Whiteman, Henry.
McCoy, Benjamin.
Wilson, Elibab.
McCoy, John.
Wilson, James.
McCrea, James.
Wood, James.
McCrea, John.
Wood, John.
McCrea, Robert, Jr.
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CHAPTER XX
HIGHLAND SOLDIERS
Wars Wherein Highland Men Have Been Represented - Confederate Regi- ments Containing Highland Men - Muster Roll of 1756 - Soldiers in Dunmore War - Soldiers of the Revolution - Soldiers of 1812 - Federal Soldiers - Roster of Confederate Soldiers.
M EN of Highland birth or residence have fought in several American wars with honor and with no little loss of life and limb.
In the Indian War of 1754-64 the county was on the very frontier, and the possibility was before every settler of having to do battle in company with his fellows or in defense of his very cabin. The muster roll of 1756 which is given in this chapter shows a large proportion of Highland names.
In the Dunmore War of 1774, Highland men must have constituted the greater part of two companies of the Augusta militia that marched to Point Pleasant. Unfortunately, we have not at hand the muster rolls of these companies, nor do we know how many of them were included among the 77 Au- gustans who were killed or wounded in that one battle.
Soldiers of the Revolution were quite numerously repre- sented among not only the then settlers of Highland, but also among the families who came here after the war. Here again our information is very fragmentary.
It is highly possible that several of the Highland militia were in the Pendleton company that marched with Governor Henry Lee to put down the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794. But in this instance there was, happily, no fighting.
In the War of 1812, a number of Highland men marched to the defense of Norfolk. Some of the soldiers enlisting for that war saw no actual service, news of peace arriving about the time they reached the front.
For the war with Mexico, no company was recruited from
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Highland, although a very few residents saw service therein. Substantially the same remark became true of the war with Spain in 1898.
But in the war of 1861, more than 500 Highlanders, out of the white population of 3,890 (1860), were enlisted soldiers, serving almost exclusively in the armies of the Confederacy. Of these soldiers of Lee and Jackson, 101 are known to have lost their lives in the service, and many more were wounded or captured. One considerable engagement was fought on Highland soil, and men were killed in the same who were within a few miles of their homes. Highland men were prompt to enlist, and their first organization marched to Grafton before a hostile shot had been fired. Several were likewise among those who stacked arms in the final surrender at Appomattox. One of these brought home and set out a cutting from the his- toric apple tree.
Nearly all the Confederate soldiers from Highland served in the 25th, 31st, and 62d regiments of Virginia Infantry. A few were in the 38th and 51st Infantry regiments and in the batteries of McClanahan, Carpenter, and Shumate. A larger number were in the 11th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 26th regi- ments of Cavalry. One man was in naval service on board the "Patrick Henry" in James River.
The 25th Infantry took part in the battles of Philippi, Camp Alleghany, McDowell, Front Royal, Newtown, Winchester ('62), Cross Keys, Port Republic, Peninsula, Cedar Mountain, Second Manasses, Chantilly, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fred- ericksburg, Brandy Station, Winchester ('63), Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor. It was one of the commands surrendered at Appomattox. An inspec- tion of the list shows that it was with Stonewall Jackson in his Valley Campaign, and that it subsequently formed a part of the main army under General Lee.
The 31st Infantry, at first under Edward Johnson, had Jubal A. Early as a brigade commander after the battle of McDowell. It was still under Early after his promotion to the command of a Division in Ewell's Corps. It was with Jackson in his Valley Campaign, and then formed a part of the Army
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of Northern Virginia. It had a share in nearly all of Lee's battles except Chancellorsville, being at that time with Im- boden on his raid into West Virginia. In the fall of 1864 the regiment was with Early in his own Valley Campaign. It was one of the commands to surrender at Appomattox, at which time it numbered only about 60 men. At Port Republic it lost nearly one-half its numbers, Company B alone losing more than 50 men.
The 25th, 31st, and 62d Infantry regiments formed with the 18th Cavalry, White's Battalion, and McClenahan's Bat- tery, the brigade under the command of General John D. Im- boden. It was in these regiments that nearly all the Highland men served. In the May and June of 1863, the brigade raided beyond the Alleghanies, penetrating as far as Weston and Sutton. At Williamsport, the 62d helped to cover the retreat of Lee, and afterward guarded the 4,000 Federal prisoners who were marched to Staunton. After suffering heavily at New Market it took part in Early's campaign in Maryland and the Valley. When it disbanded at Fincastle, April 15th, 1865, it numbered only about 45 men, one company being represented only by its captain.
The above outline together with the casualties enumerated in the roster will fully indicate the long and severe campaign- ing experienced by the Confederate soldiers of Highland County. They constituted a portion of the "foot cavalry" under Jackson, and shared the luster of that leader's energetic and brilliant exploits.
A few Highlanders served as enlisted soldiers in the Federal Army. Several of these had removed from the county before the war.
Roll of Captain George Wilson's Company, August 11th, 1756 :
George Wilson
Captain
Hugh Hicklin
Lieutenant
Thomas Hughart . Ensign
Charles Gilham Sergeant
William Johnson. Corporal
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PRIVATES
Adair, Robert.
Hicklin, Thomas.
Barton, James.
Jackson, James.
Bell, Joseph.
Jackson, John.
Black, William.
Jordan, Adam.
Bodkin, James.
Jordan, John.
Bodkin, John.
Knox, James.
Bodkin, Richard.
Lewis, George.
Bright, Samuel.
Lewis, John.
Burnett, William.
Long, Stephen.
Carlile, John.
Mayse, James.
Carlile, Robert (1).
McClenahan, Elijah.
Carlile, Robert (2).
McClenahan, William.
Davis, Patrick.
Miller. James.
Deckert, Simeon.
Miller, John.
Delamontony, Samuel.
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