Daniel Lineberry Tickle

Daniel Lineberry Tickle was born 1 October 1833 in North Carolina to Daniel Tickle and Sarah "Elizabeth" Lineberry. His son Robert's death certificate lists his county of birth as Surry, but I don't believe this is accurate.

He married Mary ("Polly") Malissie Bogle on 14 January 1861 in Wythe County, Virginia. Their marriage, unfortunately, occurred right before the American Civil War.

Daniel enlisted in the 36th Virginia Infantry with the Second Company G. He enlisted in Dublin, Virginia on 3 May 1862 for the "duration of the War."

Clipping from Service Records

For the first few years, it seems things were fairly uneventful for Daniel. The unit is seen mostly in the rolls as being in Princeton, Virginia. Then, on 5 June 1864, at the Battle of Piedmont at New Hope, he was taken as a Prisoner of War.

Clipping from Service Records

Upon investigation of this battle, a lot of soldiers, including his and other units, were taken prisoner at this particular battle. Daniel remained a POW until he was transferred to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana for parole on 4 March 1865 and sent to City Point, Virginia for exchange.

While it is normal for me to find information regarding POWs and other soldiers paroled or exchanged during the War, this is the first time I have come across an individually signed parole.

Found in Service Records - (also notice, by this time, West Virginia was finally a state!)

After the War, he and Polly were finally able to get their family started. Together, they had at least the following children:

• Ira Lozier Tickle, born 2 Jan 1867
• Edney Nye Tickle, born 19 March 1869
• Meek Bogle Tickle, born 3 Feb 1871
• Lottie Virginia Tickle, born 27 October 1872
• Robert Lineberry Tickle, born 18 February 1875

The 1900 and 1910 censuses list Polly has having given birth to one other child that had died by 1900, but I haven't found a record of that child's name or gender yet.

In 1870 and 1880, they were living with Polly's parents on their farm. They seem to have had quite a large farm judging by their 1870 real estate value of $7800. But even once Daniel and Polly moved to their own farm, they lived in the same town (Mechanicsburg) for the rest of their lives.

Polly died 3 January 1914, and Daniel died just a couple years later on 5 June 1916 of chronic gastritis.

Clipping from Death Certificate

Sources:

• 1850 Giles County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia (accessed on Fold3)
• Death Certificate, D L Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Polly Malissie Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)
• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, Robert Tickle Lineberry (accessed on Ancestry)
• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 (accessed on Ancestry)

Samuel Franklin Pugh

I'm back! The school year is over, and I've finally had a chance to get back to work on genealogy. Regular posts will be added again once a week.

We start back with Samuel Franklin Pugh.

Samuel Franklin Pugh was born 19 August 1843 in Randolph County, North Carolina. He was the second of at least nine children born to Jesse Arlendo Pugh and Catherine Keziah Lineberry.

Samuel Franklin Pugh married Martha Elizabeth Smith on 18 April 1866 in Davidson County, North Carolina. She was the oldest child of John Benjamine Smith and Christina Charlotte Walk. Together, they had at least the following children:

• Jesse Arlendo Pugh, born 10 May 1867
• Loucina Christina Pugh, born 31 October 1868
• Theodore Franklin Pugh, born 10 February 1870
• Utensia Bell Pugh, born 25 April 1872
• Cora A Pugh, born 11 June 1875
• Samuel Amick Pugh, born 25 July 1876
• John Wesley Pugh, born 29 March 1879
• Albert Clarkson Pugh, born 16 January 1881
• Jane Estelle Pugh, born 18 September 1884
• Robert K Pugh, born 8 September 1886

Samuel got married the year after the U.S. Civil War. Samuel served in the Confederate Army in the Cavalry. I'll save the details of his service for another post, but I'm curious if Martha and Samuel were sweethearts before the War or if they met after it had ended. I believe Martha and Samuel were cousins since Martha's grandmother was a Lineberry (like Samuel's mother), but I haven't pinpointed the exact relationship yet.

Martha died on 15 September 1921. Samuel later remarried to Sarah E. Julian. She was born 30 January 1853 in North Carolina to John Julian and Elizabeth Love. As far as I can tell, they had no children together.

As far as I can tell, Sarah had no children to any of her three husbands. She first married on 23 November 1902 to Thomas Franklin Millikan, who was born 9 September 1846 and died 17 January 1924. If Sarah married Samuel after the death of her first husband, that means they must have married between Thomas' death in January 1924 and Samuel's death on 25 April 1925. That's a relatively short marriage. I wondered what could have caused Samuel to die so shortly after his marriage to Sarah. According to his death certificate, he died of heart dropsy.

Taken from Death Certificate, Samuel Franklin Pugh

Dropsy is what they used to call swelling of the soft tissue due to excess water. Now, we often call this edema. More than likely, since it was specified as "heart dropsy," this was the result of congestive heart failure.

After Samuel died, Sarah married Jeremiah Osburn. She remained married to him until the day she died (24 March 1929).

Samuel and Martha are buried in Grays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Franklinville, North Carolina. Sarah is buried in Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery, also in Franklinville, North Carolina.

Sources

• 1850 Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Sandy Creek, New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Providence, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Providence, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1920 Providence, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• North Carolina Marriage Index (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Samuel Franklin Pugh (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Martha Elizabeth Pugh (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Sarah Julian Osburn (accessed on Ancestry)
• MedicineNet.com

Greenberry Bobbitt

The following is a repost of my Civil War Souls post.

Greenberry Bobbitt was born 1 May 1845 in Grayson County, Virginia to Charles Bobbitt and Sarah DeFries.

Greenberry Bobbitt enlisted in the 45th Virginia Infantry, Company E on 3 April 1862 at "C. Narrows" in Giles County, Virginia with Lieutenant Colonel Peters for the duration of the War.

Taken from Service Records

On 20 April 1862, he is listed as receiving $50 bounty pay. Further investigation would be required to figure out why he was being paid a bounty.

Taken from Service Records

After the bounty pay, I lose Greenberry for two years in the War. I do know, however, that Greenberry got married in that timespan. He married Nancy Jane Bryant in Surry County, North Carolina on 19 October 1862.

Perhaps he feared he wouldn't return home. Perhaps he had to show her what she meant to him. Or perhaps he was simply home waiting for orders during this time I can't find him in the muster rolls. Whatever the circumstances, they seem to have married before the War, but they didn't start their family until later.

The next time I see him back with the Company is when he appears on a muster on 1 April 1864. Then, just a few months later, on 5 June 1864, he is captured at Piedmont, Virginia.

Taken from Service Records

He is shown as a POW at Staunton, Virginia by 8 June 1864. Within just a few weeks though, he appears at Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana. He seems to remain at Camp Morton until he is sent to City Point, Virginia on 4 March 1865 for a prisoner exchange. It is noted that his route to City Point was to go through Baltimore, Maryland.

I assume he made it home shortly after the prisoner exchange because Nancy had their first child about a year later.

Together, they had at least the following children:

• Amanda Bobbitt, born about 1866
• Emaline Bobbitt, born about 1869
• Martin Van Buren Bobbitt, born about 1871
• Charles Bobbitt, born about 1873
• Andy Bobbitt, born about 1875
• Rosabel Bobbitt, born about 1879
• Sarah A. Bobbitt, born January 1883
• William M. Bobbitt, born May 1884
• Norman Hale Bobbitt, born 8 March 1889
• Payton Bobbitt, born about April 1889
• Peter Bobbitt, born about 1891

By the 1910 census that Nancy lists two of her 11 children had died by 1910.

Clipping from 1910 Fancy Gap, VA Census

Greenberry later married Betty Jane Moore. Together, they had at least two children:

• Maggie Jean Bobbitt, born 29 June 1919
• John Green Bobbitt, born 25 June 1924

Greenberry died 31 May 1931 in Carroll County, Virginia. He is buried at Flincham Cemetery, Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia. Betty Jane died 28 September 1965. She is buried at Chestnut Grove Church Cemetery, Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia.

Sources:

• 1850 Grayson County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Wolfe Glade, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1920 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1930 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Betty Jean Bobbitt (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Green Bobbitt (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Norman Bobbitt (accessed on Ancestry)
• Surry County Marriage Records, Grenbery Bobit and Nancy J. Brint (accessed on Ancestry)
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia (accessed on Fold3)
• WWII Draft Card, John Green Bobbitt (accessed on Ancestry)

No Post This Week

I had my first DAR meeting as an officer this weekend, so I did not have a chance to prepare a post. Instead, I will leave you with a photo I took at Gettysburg during the 150th anniversary of the Battle.

Copyright, 2013

While I don't know if any men from Randolph County fought with this unit, Ramseur is the name of a town in Randolph County, so I was convinced there had to be a connection. Sure enough, Ramseur was named after Confederate General Stephen Dodson Ramseur. I hope to do a post on him in the future.

1910 Randolph County Census clip from "The Heritage of Randolph County, North Carolina"

The following is an excerpt from "The Heritage of Randolph County, North Carolina" book located in the Randolph Room in the Asheboro, Randolph County, Library. It is an uncredited article entitled "1910 Federal Census, Randolph County" located on Page 124 of Volume II of the series.

Photo of the spine and call number of the book at the Randolph Room

At a future date, I hope to go through this list of names and provide more information on any of the men I can and resolve some of the "?" the author has inserted in some of their names and ages. Misspellings and "?" are inserted as the author of the article inserted them, however, I have recreated the list in a bulleted fashion and added the word "age" for clarification for each person.

"Most, but not all, of the following persons were too young to have served in the Confederate States Armed Forces, but the 1910 Randolph County Census stated that they had given service to the Confederacy.  All but two of these men were from the East Franklinville Township, with the remaining two being from Tabernacle Township.  Following each person's name is his age as given in the 1910 Census.  This was 45 years after the War ended.  The names are as follows:

East Franklinville Township:

• James N. Allred, age 60
• Murphy Allred, age 50
• William A. ? Allred, age 53
• William E. Allred, age 51
• Cicero H. Bean, age 53
• George H. Black, age 60
• John F. Brewer, age 55
• Mathew G. Brice ?, age 58
• Alfred J. Brower, age 49
• John H. Burrow, age 53
• Brison H. Cheek, age 57
• George C. Cox, age 60
• James Davis, age 50
• Duncan Dove ?, age 57
• James W. Ellison, age 57
• Joseph M. Ellison, age 58
• Thomas M. Ellison, age 59
• Harris Foust, age 55-56 ?
• Milton W. Free, age 57
• Solomon E. Free, age 51
• Solomon H. Free, age 59
• Alfred Graves, age 50
• Jebes ? T. Hardin, age 51
• John R. Hayes, age 58
• William J. Hobson, age 56
• Emons Holder, age 55
• Franklin C. Holliday, age 55
• Charles R. Hurley, age 50
• Jacob Ivy, age 55
• Thomas M. Jennings, age 54
• William H. Jennings, age 50
• James F. Johnson, age 53
• Charles F. Jones, age 50
• George M. Jones, age 60
• George H. Kinney, age 50
• George A. Laughlin, age 52
• Scott Lineberry, age 52
• John A. McKinnon, age 50
• John C. Maner, age 51
• John P. Marable, age 54
• Avry ? V.? Marley, age 51
• Elias Moon, age 52
• William J. Moore, age 60
• Enoch Pugh, age 59
• Felix Pugh, age 57
• Isaac H. Pugh, age 58
• Willard F. Pugh, age 59
• Alexander H. Redding, Sr., age 53
• John W. Reeves, age 52
• George Richardson, age 50
• Alfred W. Riddle 57
• William Z. ROuth, age 57
• Giles Smith, age 53
• Lanson ? A. Snider, age 59
• John M. Tippett, age 51
• William H. Tippett, age 52
• Cicero L. Trogden, age 52
• Cicero S. Trogden, age 50
• George M. ? Trogden, age 52
• Abram Ward, age 60
• David M. Weatherly, age 57
• Daniel H. West, age 54
• John Williamson, age 52
• Jessie York, age 51

Tabernacle Township:

• Franklin T. Gordon, age 60
• John C. Hoover, age 60

Sources:

• "The Heritage of Randolph County, North Carolina; Volume II" (accessed at the Randolph Room, Asheboro Branch, Randolph County Library)

John B. and Christina W. Smith

John Benjamine Smith was born 25 November 1815 in North Carolina. His parents were Frederick and Elizabeth Lineberry Smith.

John married Christina Charlotte Walk, daughter of Johann Joseph Alexander and Elizabeth Goss Walk. Together, they had at least 11 children. They are:

• Martha Elizabeth Smith, born 1843
• Webster Smith, born 1845
• Lawrance Smith, born 1845
• Caroline Lucetta Smith, born 1846
• John Reuben Smith, born 1850
• Joseph Coke Smith, born 1851
• William J. Smith, born 1854
• Constantine A. Smith, born 1856
• Benjamin Alford Smith, born 1859
• Louisa V. Smith, born 1862
• Frederick F. Smith, born 1863

I couldn't help but notice that the children stopped before the end of the Civil War. I decided to look for military service for John. I thought I found him in the 35th North Carolina Infantry, but that man died in the War, and I know from John's tombstone that John lived until 1895.

Clipping from 1860 Census

John still could have enlisted in the War, but I haven't found him in the service rolls yet in North Carolina, but maybe I've been looking in the wrong state. I do know, sometime between 1860 and 1870, the family moved from Davidson County, North Carolina to Carroll County, Virginia. I've been trying to pinpoint the exact timeframe of their move, and I think I have a pretty good idea of when that happened.

As far as I can tell from census records, all of John and Christina's children were born in North Carolina, so that means the family would have moved sometime after 1863. So, I thought, maybe John enlisted in the War after moving to Virginia. This would have put their move between 1863 and 1865. In my mind though, I imagine moving to another state during the Civil War, even within the South, would have been incredibly dangerous. 

Or maybe the family moved to Virginia after the War since it would have been too risky to move with so many young children during such a turbulent time. This would have put their move between 1865 and 1870. This would mean John probably did not serve during the Civil War. He would have been rather old compared to the 20-something year olds that often enlisted, but I won't be convinced until I check the Virginia records a little more.

The last thing I will say about this family is how I love the work ethic that they seemed to have according to the census records.  In the census clipping above, you see how John had $800 of Real Estate and $400 of Personal Estate in North Carolina as a farmer. Just 10 years and an entire Civil War later, he's moved to another state and he's not much worse off for it.

Clipping from 1870 Census

Most farmers that didn't move lost most of the value of their property after the War. John went from $800 down to just $600 during this time. That's pretty impressive on its own. When you consider he was starting over from scratch with a new farm in a new state in a country still trying to rebuild, it is truly an incredible story. I think I would have liked to have known this man very much.

Sources:

• 1850 Davidson County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Salem, Davidson County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Tombstone, John B. Smith (as posted by Dan Stevenson on Find A Grave)

22nd North Carolina Infantry, Company M

The following is a repost of the first of an eight-part series I am currently working on for my Civil War Souls blog. It features the 22nd North Carolina Infantry, Company M, also known as the Randolph Hornets. This post in particular covers the Captains in the Company.

Today, I thought I would focus on an entire Company, rather than a single person. This post will feature the "Randolph Hornets," also known as Company M, 22nd North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army. (I also shared this post on the Randolph County NCGenWeb site, which I now coordinate, as my first contribution.)

Taken from Company Service Records

The Company was mustered in 10 March 1862, but they had been training at camp since at least 10 June 1861. Here's what the Record of Events shows for the time between 10 June and 31 August 1861:

Taken from Company Service Records

As mentioned in the above muster roll, John Milton Odell was the first elected Captain to the Company. The 28-year-old was Captain from 10 June 1861 to 27 April 1862.

November 1861 to January 1862, he and the Company appear in Evansport, Virginia. In March 1862, he was present at camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

On 27 April 1862, John Milton Odell is listed as being "defeated" as Captain causing a vacancy in the position. I'm not sure what that necessarily means, but I know he didn't die in the War since he lived until 1910. He also doesn't simply get demoted, as far as I can tell, because he simply disappears from the War records.

Whatever happened to John Milton Odell, his successor as Captain of the Randolph Hornets is listed as his younger brother, Laban Odell.

Taken from John Milton Odell's Service Records

Laban Odell was promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain upon his brother's defeat. (Warren B. Kivett was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in Laban's place.) Laban was Captain from 27 April 1862 until 6 (or 16) March 1863 when he was promoted to Major of entire the 22nd North Carolina Infantry. This was not, however, a good move for Laban. He was killed in action at Chancellorsville on 2 May 1863.

Taken from Laban Odell's Service Records

Just as when Laban was promoted to Captain and Warren B. Kivett replaced him as 1st Lieutenant, Warren B. Kivett replaced Laban as Captain when he was promoted to Major. (Not bad for a guy that started out as a Private when he enlisted!) Warren didn't seem suited for the role of Captain though, or maybe the death of his own former Captain affected him on more than one level, or maybe he just didn't like it, because on 3 May 1863, he resigned from the post.

The final person to fulfill the role of Captain of the Randolph Hornets, and also the youngest person to hold the position in the Company, was Columbus Franklin Siler. This young man may very well be my favorite of all of the soldiers in this Company.

When Columbus enlisted, he was originally elected Sergeant. On the first muster roll I find for him, though, he's listed as "absent" from the Company. But, instead of being missing from the War, he is merely missing from "action." It seems he was sent to Fredericksburg to care for the sick being seen there.

Taken from Warren B. Kivett's Service Records

As far as I can tell, Columbus was not experienced in the medical field. He was still a student before the War, and after the War he was a teacher. Still, I find it honorable that he went to fulfill a need.

Columbus shows up absent once again in July 1862. This time, he is the one wounded. He was wounded in June and sent home on furlough as a result. (Columbus has been promoted to 3rd Lieutenant by this time in the War.) By September though, Columbus had failed to return to duty. I almost got mad at him thinking he was deserting the Company, but he shows back up in October without another mention of it. At some point while on furlough, it seems Columbus was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

Columbus made his way up the ranks quickly. I wonder if he was simply that strong of a leader, or if he was simply the result of good fortune. was promoted 16 April 1863 to 1st Lieutenant. Then, just a few weeks later on 3 May 1863, Columbus was promoted to Captain of the Company when Warren resigned his post.

This quick promotion through the ranks didn't seem to help Columbus much though. On 7 May 1863, he was sent to Raleigh from Richmond having been shot.

Columbus shows up as a Prisoner of War being paroled at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. I'm not sure what really happened to the Company (or to Columbus) during those two years between his being shot and the end of the War, but until I find out otherwise, I imagine it must have been rather uneventful.

This look at the experiences of this unit will definitely require some further work, but here is at least an overview of the people in the Company with their highest ending rank (within the Company).

Captains

• John Milton Odell
• Laban Odell
• Warren B Kivett
• Columbus F Siler

1st Lieutenants

• Lewis F McMasters
• James M Robbins

2nd Lieutenants

• Henry C Allred
• John M Lawrence
• James M Pounds

Sergeants

• James E Campbell
• William Coble
• Thomas B Hays
• William Franklin Hays
• William A Pounds
• Henry C Smith
• Stephen W Trogdon
• William P Willey

Corporals

• M R James
• William C Jones
• James M Routh
• Wesley C Siler
• John T Turner

Privates

• Stephen Adkerson
• Simon E Allen
• Benjamin F Allred
• Calvin C Allred
• Emsley Allred
• James A Allred
• Samuel H Allred
• William F Allred
• William Aldridge
• Alfred Norman Arnold
• Thomas Arnold
• John Henry Baker
• Nathan David Barker
• William C Birne
• York Braxton
• Abraham Breedlove
• Henry Breedlove
• Joseph Breedlove
• Newman Breedlove
• Henry Brewer
• James B Brown
• Peter P Brown
• Riley J Brown
• W P Bryant
• Franklin F Burgess
• John P Burgess
• Samuel M Burgess
• W Burgis
• Jackson Cannon
• James Cannon
• H Spain Carroll
• Wesley E Caudle
• John A Caviness
• David O Coble
• John R Coble
• Riley Coble
• J G Conley
• William L Cook
• James M Cox
• Enoch S Craven
• Henry Craven
• Jacob Franklin Craven
• James Cross
• Thomas F Cross
• Samuel Darr
• Marcus Deal
• William H Dean
• J E Dollinger
• Alex P Ellington
• Grandison Euliss
• Andrew J Fields
• Jesse Fields
• William Fields
• Jacob Flinchum
• Josiah F Foster
• Levi Foster
• Christian Foust
• Jacob Foust
• James M Foust
• Peter Foust
• T P French
• James Furgerson
• John D Gatewood
• Jefferson Gentry
• John W Glasco
• William M Glasco
• Calvin Gray
• William R Hardin
• John Hart
• Elias W Hays
• James Madison Hays
• Oliver P Hays
• William A Hays
• Joseph A Henson
• James R Hix
• Lewis F Holder
• Nelson Hulin
• Henry M Hutson
• Stephen W Ivy
• John Jackson
• Peter Jennings
• James Johnson
• Willis Johnson
• Craven Jones
• George Kinney
• J M M Kivett
• Jacob Kivett
• James F Kivett
• Joel Kivett
• John Wesley Kivett, Jr
• John W Kivett, Sr
• K M Kivett
• Stanley Kivett
• Talton Kivett
• Troy Kivett
• John C Lane
• Bartley Yancey Langley
• E Tyson Langley
• William T Laughlin
• Austin W Lawrence
• William A Lingle
• James P Lowe
• A Green McDaniel
• Calvin McLemore
• William McNeil
• A Manis
• E P Miller, Jr
• James Oda
• William O'Dear
• W A Oseley
• Alvens Pen
• James Perry
• Alpheus Pugh
• Daniel P Pulley
• Marshall S Ranes
• William D Reece
• Joseph M Reese
• S M Robbins
• William Thomas Robbins
• Aaron Routh
• George E Routh
• Jesse Routh
• Joseph Alson Routh
• Joshua M Routh
• Wesley P Routh
• William C Routh
• William R Routh
• Enoch P Scott
• James M Scotton
• Edmond T Shouse
• Howard E Smith
• Madison Smith
• J D Spinks
• J G Spronce
• Abner B Steel
• Thomas Stewart
• Wesley A Stewart
• Lorenzo D Stout
• W G Stout
• William O Strickland
• W S Sudderth
• John R Sumner
• Spencer Thompson
• H C Trogden
• Jeremiah F Trogden
• Lyndon A Trogdon
• Samuel Trogdon
• Solomon Trogdon
• Andrew J Turner
• M S Turner
• Thomas Turner
• William B Wall
• James A Webster
• Daniel C Wilkerson
• James M Wilkerson
• William J Wilkins
• Adam O Williams
• Benjamin Williams
• D E Williams
• J R Williams
• James M Williams
• Joel Williams
• Lindsey Williams
• William M Williams
• William A Woosley
• David Wright
• Doris Wright
• Isaac Wright
• Daniel Yergin
• Draxon York
• Clarkson York
• Darius York
• J L York
• Joseph York
• Larkin C York
• Lindsy J York
• William J York

Sources:

• 1850 North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina (accessed on Fold3)

Rankin C. Lineberry

So, according to the internet, yesterday was Sibling Appreciation Day. I thought it would be appropriate to discuss my favorite set of siblings in my husband's family.

Jacob B. Lineberry and Edith Wilhoit had (at least) seven children:

• Rankin Columbus Lineberry
• Gaston Zachariah Lineberry
• Araminta P Lineberry
• Julia Ann Lineberry
• Marion Luther Lineberry
• Edith Jane Lineberry
• Scott Lineberry

Clipping from 1860 census

Why are these my favorite siblings of my husband's line? Because my husband descends from three of these siblings: Rankin, Julia, and Marion.

I knew about my husband's lineage from Rankin first. When my husband and I first got married, his mother was excited because she knew I did genealogy and she wanted me to do their family's history. She gave me some starter information on the family, and I quickly found out that Rankin is her great-grandfather.

Clipping from 1880 census showing Rankin's household

Marion was the second sibling I realized was also in his direct line. In researching my father-in-law's line, I started noticing Lineberrys were showing up in his family too. I thought this was interesting, and I started digging deeper. It took a few months to get it sorted out, but I finally realized Marion's daughter, Mary Virginia Owen Lineberry married into my father-in-law's Trogdon line. Marion is my father-in-law's great-great-grandfather.

Clipping from 1880 census showing Marion's household

Then there was Julia. I only happened across her last because I simply wasn't concerned with the Smith line very much for whatever reason. I started really digging into them though when I was trying to research Civil War families in the tree. Also, the Smith family children all had really interesting names (like "Coke"), so that further piqued my interest. Once I realized "Coke Smith" was the Joseph Coke Smith that married Julia, I had found my final connection to this set of siblings. This makes Julia my father-in-law's great-great-grandmother. I never would have imagined my father-in-law would have so many Lineberrys in his line!

Fun fact: Coke's grandmother was also a Lineberry, but I haven't confirmed if she's the specific Lineberry I think she is.

Clipping from 1880 census showing Joseph Coke Smith's household

There are many more sets of siblings like this in both of our trees, but this is my favorite of all the sets in either of our families.

Sources:

• 1850 Northern Division, Randolph County. North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 New Salem, Eastern Division, Randolph County. North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Franklinsville, Randolph County. North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Sandy Creek, New Salem, Randolph County. North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 census New Salem, Randolph County. North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• "The Lineberry Family of Randolph County, NC, 1725-1991"

Rebecca C Kirkman

I was originally going to post this week about David Harris Foust, my husband's second great-grandfather. Then, after looking into him, I found his wife, Rebecca C. Kirkman, to be a much more fascinating individual.

Rebecca Kirkman was born 10 February 1845 to William Kirkman and Mary (last name unknown). At about 15 years old, on 10 November 1861, she had her first child, Martitia Lee Ward. Martitia's father is assumed to be Zeno Ward. Zeno may not have known Rebecca was even pregnant when he enlisted with his brother, Minus, in the 22nd North Carolina Infantry, a part of the Confederate States Army, on 18 June 1861.

Taken from Service Records

He originally enlisted for 12 months, but he ended up staying until October 1864.

Zeno had an eventful experience in the War. Less than six months after enlisting, he catches pneumonia and is hospitalized. He was shot in May 1863 to the point of needing surgery at the hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was later wounded again and captured at Gettysburg. After Gettysburg and his time as a POW, it seems he was furloughed. But then, in May 1864, he was listed as being absent without leave.

Taken from Service Records

I almost got mad at Zeno at this point. His brother, Minus, seemed to be absent a lot from the War, but Zeno stuck around even with everything he had been through. As a soldier who had experienced so much, it seemed like now he was simply running away from the War. But, instead, I found he was doing something much more honorable.

On 8 May 1864, he married Rebecca back home in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Maybe Minus had found out about his child while he was absent from the War, and maybe somehow he got the word to Zeno. In any case, I find Zeno's actions very honorable. I like him very much!

In 1870, he is seen living down the road from his parents in Sandy Creek in Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina with Rebecca, Martitia, and another child, Alfred T. (Alfred was born in 1865. I have a feeling he was a honeymoon baby.)

Clipping from 1870 census

Then, in 1872, Zeno died. I haven't found any information yet on the cause of death, but I find it sad that this man lived through so much and still died at 32 years old.

Rebecca seems to have not wasted any time though in finding another man to support her and her children. While I don't know who she married (if she married) after Zeno, she had two more children in the mid-1870's. They appear in the 1880 census carrying the last name Ward.

Clipping from 1880 census

Also listed in the household in 1880 is a man named D H Foust. This is the same David Harris Foust I initially wanted to feature. David and Rebecca married in 1880 apparently after the census was enumerated.

Clipping from 1880 census

According to the 1930 census, David may have been married once before Rebecca, but I have not found the name of that potential spouse.

Clipping from 1930 census showing David's age at first marriage being 16

In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, it has a column that lists the number of children each woman has had and how many of them are still living. Each of those censuses states she has had eight children. In 1900, six of them are still living, but only five of them are living in 1910.

Clipping from 1900 census

I know of seven children born to Rebecca before 1900, so I seem to be missing one. I also don't know when most of her children died. Here's what I know:

Children of Zeno and Rebecca:

• Martitia Lee Ward, b. 1861, d. 1931
• Alfred T Ward, b. 1865
• Ella C Ward, b. 1869

Children of Unknown and Rebecca:

• Mary J Ward, b. 1874
• Martha C Ward, b. 1876

Children of David and Rebecca:

• John W Foust, b. 1883
• Maud Elsie Foust, b. 1886, d. 1973

Rebecca, David, and Zeno are all buried at Grays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery.

David H. and Rebecca C. Foust
Copyright Brittany Jenkins, 2011

Sources:

• 1870 Sandy Creek, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 East Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 East Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1930 Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina (accessed on Fold3)
• Tombstone, David H. and Rebecca C. Foust (photo taken Christmas 2011)
• Tombstone, Zeno Ward (photo taken Christmas 2011)

W. S. Lineberry

The following is a post from my Civil War blog, Civil War Souls, about a man born and raised in Randolph County. His name was W. S. Lineberry. (If you enjoy this take on Civil War history, I invite you to subscribe to my Civil War blog where I will be posting bi-weekly.)

For my first post on this blog, I couldn't think of a better subject than Winfield Scott Lineberry. It was his account of his experience in the US Civil War that got me interested in Civil War history. Now I will try to share that history with you.

Winfield Scott Lineberry was born 2 April 1847 in Locust Grove, Randolph County, North Carolina at the farm home of his parents. He was the 8th of 9 children born to Lemuel and Sally Hanner Lineberry.

When Scott was just 14, the War started. I'll let him tell you himself what his experience was like. This was taken from his "Biography of the Lineberry Family," which he wrote in 1918.

"When I saw the men volunteering and drilling, oh, how I did want to go too, but my father and mother told me I was too young. However, I had an ambition to be a military man, so I studied the army tactics and became a drillmaster.  After I was 15 I was a pretty good drillmaster and was elected first lieutenant of the state militia, but this did not put me in the regular army where I could shoot Yankees, and this was the height of my ambition.  When the first draft came on, which I believe was in 1862, I was elected first lieutenant of the drafted men.  Now I thought I was going to get to don a uniform and go and fight Yankees, but that night when I came home my hope was cut in the bud, for my parents told me I was too young and could not go, but in April, 1864, all between 17 and 18 were called to the colors, so we met in Asheboro and organized and I was again elected first lieutenant and Will Foust was elected captain.  We were ordered out the 25^th of May and when we got to Raleigh we had to reorganize and I was elected captain.  My company was put in the first regular junior reserves as Company F.  We later became the 70th Regular N. C. Troops.  We drilled in Raleigh sometime.  I had in my company 110 men, as fine a looking set of boys as ever shouldered a musket and I must say I was proud of them."

 

According to the book, "Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions," the other officers in W. S. Lineberry's 70th NC Troop, Company F, included 1st Lieutenants L. S. Gray and H. C. Causey, 2nd Lieutenants H. C. Causey, Z. T. Rush, W. T. Glenn, and W. R. Ashworth.

Clipping from "Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions"

"I soon had them well drilled, as I had had some experience in drilling, and we were soon transferred to Weldon.  There was a lot connected with this young life of mine that I would like to tell you, but it would consume too much space, so I must hasten on. 

The first time we had the pleasure of meeting the bluecoats was at a place called Poplar Point, on the Roanoke River.  We sunk three gunboats (one got away) and put the Yankees to flight.  I think that was one of the happiest nights I ever spent.  I had tested my boys and saw they had the grit and would fight I was prouder of them than I was before. 

Our next fight was at Bellfield, Va.  We fought the Yankees all day and laid in line of battle all night.  That night there came a big sleet which froze our blankets to our clothes.  Next morning when light came, to our surprise the Yankees were gone.  They left the ground covered with dead, which proved we had not shot wild.  We pursued them several miles, but could not overtake them, so we came back to North Carolina."

Clipping from "Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions"

"Our next fight was at Kinston the last of March.  Here we held an army four times our number three days, and many a Yankee we made turn up his toes, but on the third night the Yankees found they could not break our lines.  They commenced moving so as to cut us off from Raleigh, so we had to fall back to Smithfield.  I was slightly wounded in this fight, but never left the battle field.  Our next fight was at Bentonsville, near Smithfield.  Here Joe Johnson, our commander, had to fight not only the army we fought at Kinston, but all of Bill Sherman’s grand army.  They had at least six men to our one, but notwithstanding this our grand army, which was half-naked and half-starved, held all this powerful army in check for three days and nights and many were the dead bluecoats we left on the field.  When they found they could not break our lines they again tried to cut us off from Raleigh, so we had to fall back again.  When he got to Raleigh we heard the news of Lee’s surrender, so Johnson marched us to Greensboro and surrendered to Sherman, and this ended the war.  We surrendered April 27, 1865."

I think the thing that makes me love the story of Winfield Scott Lineberry so much is the fact that it was so many other soldiers' story as well. He was a young boy who was, technically, too young to fight, but he didn't let that stop him. Not only did he not let that stop him from fighting, he didn't let that stop him from becoming a Captain.

As far as I know, he was the only one of his siblings who fought as well. His siblings were "hatters" by trade for most of their careers. Perhaps they "served" by supplying soldiers during the War? Further investigation into any possible connection to the War with his older brothers is still needed.

Probably the most impactful part of Scott's story, though, is the aftermath of the war. His story continues in his "Biography" after he got home from the war.

"On April 28th, 1865, I put foot in my old home once more with nothing in this world only the old clothes on my back and they were ragged—not a dollar in the world.  I was sick on our retreat and put my knapsack in a baggage wagon with my uniform, which was nearly new, and all my belongings except my Bible, and I never saw the knapsack any more.  I found everything at home impoverished and I felt like I had rather be dead than alive.  I went to work on the farm with but little to work with."

Five and a half years after the end of the Civil War, Scott got married and began his family. They had nine children. He stayed rather close to other Civil War veterans during the remainder of his life. He served as US Deputy Marshal briefly. He spent some time as a storekeeper under a man who served as a Colonel in the War (who later became a US Senator). Then, in 1910, he became the superintendent of the Confederate Soldier's Home in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Confederate Soldier's Home in Raleigh, NC
Postcard. Image from goodnightraleigh.com

Winfield Scott Lineberry died 20 June 1926. He is buried in Grays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, which is located in Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina.

Capt W. S. Lineberry and Hulda Louisa Vickory Lineberry
Copyright Brittany Jenkins, 2011

Capt. W. S. Lineberry's Signature
as taken from a letter written during the War.
Found in his service records.

Sources:

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina (accessed on Fold3)
• Goodnight Raleigh
• "Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War, 1861-1865"
• Lineberry, W. S., Biography of the Lineberry Family, 1918
• Tombstone, Capt. W. S. Lineberry and Hulda Louisa Lineberry

Alexander A. Cameron and Sarah Louetta Cameron

Sarah Louetta Lineberry was born 11 September 1863 in Locust Grove, Randolph County, North Carolina. She was the sixth of eight children born to William Hanner Lineberry and Sarah A Duskin. I first learned of Louetta in "The Lineberry Family of Randolph County, NC, 1725-1991," a small family history compiled by Leo & Aline Lineberry, Glenn Lineberry, and Louise Wagoner.

They mention Louetta simply as being a child of William Hanner and Sarah Lineberry, that she married a man named Alex Cameron, and that she lived in Carroll County, Missouri.

Excerpt from "The Lineberry Family of Randolph County"
Book provided by Angie Jenkins

Vague clues like that tend to drive me to try to learn more about people. I decided to find her and her family in Missouri. I found her and her family rather easily.

Alexander A. Cameron and Sarah Louetta Lineberry were married 26 February 1880 in Wood, Carroll County, Missouri.

Alexander was born 18 April 1858 in Livingston County, Missouri to Joshua Freeman Cameron and Hannah Ann Silvey. According to the 1870 census, Joshua Cameron seems to be a rather successful farmer, especially in light of the time. The value of his real estate is listed as being $12,050.

Clipping from 1870 Grand River, Missouri Census.

As you can see, Joshua is listed as being from Nova Scotia, Canada. I attempted to figure out when he immigrated to America, but I was unsuccessful. According to the births of his children, it was at least by 1854. I am very curious how a farmer in Missouri managed to keep such a large amount of his property intact throughout the Civil War. More investigations into this family are needed for sure.

But enough about Joshua. Let's get back to Alexander and Louetta... Alex and Louetta had four children together.

• Roy Robert Cameron, b. 27 February 1881
• William Franklin Cameron , b. 15 December 1882
• Charles Clay Cameron, b. 5 March 1887
• Minnie Pearl Cameron, b. 3 September 1889

Minnie died at the age of 5. Her cause of death is currently unknown.

L to R: Charles Clay Cameron, Alexander A Cameron, Robert Roy Cameron, Sarah Louetta Cameron, William Franklin Cameron
Photo from Unknown Source. Please let me know if you know where this originated!

Alexander died 2 July 1913 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri. After his death, Louetta goes to live with her son, Roy. In 1920, they are living in Kansas, but by 1930 they make it back to Missouri. Louetta died 12 June 1938 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri.

I know the most about Roy's family due to Louetta's time living with him, but I still need to investigate Charles and Frank's families and Roy's grandchildrens' families. Louetta may have left Randolph County as a young woman, but she still has Randolph County, North Carolina roots.

Sources:

• 1870 Grand River, Livingston County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 Wood, Carroll County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1920 Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1930 Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• "The Lineberry Family of Randolph County, NC, 1725-1991"