Category: South Carolina

William “Billy” Bolton was born around 1827 in North Carolina. Married Rebecca Boheler Sept 16, 1852, in Rutherford County, NC. Mustered into service with the SC 5th Regiment Company G on May 13, 1862.  Appears on a list of casualties in Bratton’s Brigade on May 4, 1864. Captured in Spotsylvania, VA on May 13, 1864, […]

Private John Thomas Newton mustered with the 1st SC Rifles at Sandy Springs, SC in 1861.  He participated in all unit engagements until the retreat from Gettysburg (Battle of Williamsport – Falling Waters) when he was captured.  He spent the remainder of the war at Elmira and Point Lookout prisons in the North.  He survived […]

Archibald and his son Samuel entered service at the same time.  

When Abraham James Brown was born on July 21, 1842, in Lake City, South Carolina, his father, William T Brown, was 48 and his mother, Mary Matilda Atkins, was 28. He married Sarah “Sallie” Green in 1863 in Sumter, Williamsburg, South Carolina. They had seven children during their marriage. He died on October 26, 1930, […]

Pvt. Jacob Lindler, CSA Born 8-25-1822 Died 9-29-1863 Co. I, 15th SC Infantry Shot in hip “Battle of Chickamauga” Died of wounds at Medical College Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Buried Oakland Cemetery – section B – Row 3 Grave #7 – Atlanta, GA Wife Sallie Lindler https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6275267/jacob-lindler  

Joshua was born 2 Dec. 1843 in Brightsville, Marlboro County, S.C. to Robertson Charlton Adams and Elizabeth Fletcher Adams. In 1865 he married Flora Ellen Hubbard and they had 5 children. He was a farmer. He served in the 21st. Regiment, S.C. Volunteers and fought in the Battle of Fort Fisher in January 1865. He […]

Samuel Goodwin BIRTH 28 Jan 1835 South Carolina, USA DEATH 21 Mar 1867 (aged 32) BURIAL Goodwin Cemetery Bamberg County, South Carolina, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93250946/samuel-goodwin  

Col. William Giroud Burt Birth: Feb. 11, 1843 Edgefield Edgefield County South Carolina, USA Death: Aug. 29, 1890 Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA Colonel, 22nd SC Infantry C.S.A. Proud Confederate Soldier Col. William Giroud Burt is the son of William Miles Burt and Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Atkinson Burt of Edgefield County, South Carolina. (Information provided by […]

Birth: 1819 Death: unknown Cpl Jefferson F. Ballew/Bellew Co. H, 22nd SC NOTE: From Darrell Wallace we received the following information. Jefferson spelled his name Ballew and the Confederate records all record Bellew. According to the 1850 census of Glassy Mountain township of Greenville County South Carolina Jefferson was 31 years old and lived with […]