McDowell County in the Civil War
COL. VINCENT A. WITCHER, CSA, COMMANDING OFFICER
Organized and mustered into Confederate service in Wayne County, West Virginia, 1862
Attached, in 1864, to Brig. Gen. William E. Jones' Cavalry BrigadeTotal Companies: 10
Areas of recruitment: Wayne County, WV; Southern West Virginia counties; Southwestern Virginia counties; Eastern Kentucky counties; Eastern Tennessee counties; Western North Carolina countiesCOMPANY C, raised on the border of Tazewell and McDowell counties; Total number: 163
Also called McDOWELL PARTISAN RANGERS
Many previously served in 21st Battalion VA Infantry and 188th Regiment VA Militia
Elias V. Harman*, Captain, resigned 28 Mar 1863
M. H. Waldron, First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, VA Mounted Rifles (Later, 34th)
A. D. Beavers*, Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, VA Mounted Rifles (Later, 34th)
D. G. Sayers, First Lieutenant, promoted to Captain
William B. Harman*, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant
Daniel H. Harman**, Second Lieutenant, Captain
Thomas J. Wynn, Second Lieutenant
T. C. Blankenship, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant
John W. Beavers, Second LieutenantCOMPANY E, raised from Buchanan, McDowell and Tazewell counties; Total number: 60
*Listed in 1860 McDowell County Census
**Brother listed in 1860 McDowell Census
34th BATTALION, McDOWELL COUNTY ROSTER
(All household numbers and ages are from the 1860 McDowell County Census.)
FRANCIS (FRANK) ALDRIDGE
HH #9, 13
CO. E, Enlisted 3 Oct 1862THOMAS ALTIZER
HH #67, 29
CO. E, Private, Enlisted 15 Aug 1862ELIJAH BARNETT
HH #65, 29
CO. C/E, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862JOHN BARRETT
HH #72, 26
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862ALEXANDER D. BEAVERS
HH #209, 31
CO. C, 2nd Lt., Enlisted 1 Jun 1862ANDREW JACKSON BEAVERS
HH #8, 21
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862JAMES BEAVERS
HH #17, 27
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862JOHN BEAVERS
HH #8, 16
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862ROBERT BEAVERS
HH #68, 29
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862JAMES BURTON BENTLEY
HH #116, 23
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862WILLIAM BREWSTER
HH #18, 30
CO. E, Private, Enlisted 1 Aug 1862
Previously served in 29th VA Infantry, Co. HADDISON CHRISTIAN
HH #120, 33
CO. B, 3rd Lt., Enlisted 1 Apr 1862HIRAM CHRISTIAN
HH #57, 24
CO. B/E, 1st Sgt., 1st Lt., Enlisted 4 May 1862
Also served in Diamond's 10th KY CavalryJOHN CHRISTIAN
HH #122, 19
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862MOSES CHRISTIAN
HH #113, 18
CO. B, Private, Enlisted 4 May 1862ADAM CLINE
HH #106, 26
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Oct 1862GORDON CLINE
HH #54, 16
CO. E, Private, Enlisted 1 Sept 1862
Also served in 57 VA Inf.HENRY CLINE
HH #137, 28
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862JAMES CLINE
HH #55, 16
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Oct 1862JOHN A. CLINE
HH #55, 22
CO. E, Private, Enlisted 1 Oct 1862WILLIAM CLINE
HH #55, 14
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 1 Oct 1862PARRIS DILLION
HH #173, 18
CO. B, Sgt., Enlisted 18 Jun 1862ELEXEOUS EVANS
HH #41, 35
CO. C, Private, Enlisted 3 Jun 1862JEREMIAH GIBSON
HH #156, 22
CO. A/G, Enlisted 30 May 1862
Later served in 22 VA CavalryRICHARD GIBSON
HH #156, 22
CO. A/G, Enlisted 20 May 1862
Later served in 22 VA CavalryANDREW JACKSON HARMAN
HH #243, 18
CO. CCUTHBERT HARMAN
HH #69, 30
CO. C, Enlisted 1 Oct 1862ELIAS V. HARMAN
HH #43, 40
CO. C, Captain, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862WILLIAM B. HARMAN
HH #20, 33
CO. C, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862ISAAC W. HOLBROOK
HH #17, 21
CO. E, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862JOSEPH HOLBROOK
HH #4, 16
CO. E, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862
Previously served in 29th VA Infantry, Co. HSOLOMON JUSTICE
HH #142, 26
CO. E/C, Enlisted 1 Aug 1862BIRD W. P. LOCKHART
HH #74, 26
Also served in 29th VA Infantry, into which he enlisted 27 Aug 1862HENRY MURPHY
HH #34, 23
CO. C, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862QUINTEN MURPHY
HH #237, 45, First Sheriff of McDowell County
CO. C/E, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862WILLIAM NEWSOM(E)
HH #61, 33
CO. C, Enlisted 4 Jun 1862JOHN POTTER
HH #118, 36
CO. B, Enlisted 19 Apr 1862
Also served in Diamond's 10th KY Cavalry as a 2nd Lt.JOHN L. (A.?) REED
HH #124, 26
CO. C, Enlisted 2 Jun 1862MATTHIAS REED
HH #108, 22
CO. B, Enlisted 21 May 1862ELI ROSE
HH #232, 19
CO. C, Enlisted 10 Jun 1862JOEL ROSE
HH #232, 21
CO. C, Sgt., Enlisted 1 Jun 1862SOLOMON ROSE
HH #232, 16
CO. CANDREW STEEL
HH #119, 31
CO. C/B, Enlisted 2 Jun 1862REUBEN STEEL
HH #115, 25
CO. C, Enlisted 2 Jun 1862SAMUEL STEEL
HH #117, 16
CO. C/B, Enlisted 10 Jun 1862JAMES STUMP
HH #4, 22
CO. E, Enlisted 1 Jun 1862RICHARD VANCE
HH #121, 38
CO. D, 26 Aug 1862HENRY WALLAS (WALLACE/WALLIS)
HH #240, 23
CO. C, Enlisted 1 Oct 1862
SourcesAncestry.com Civil War Service Records.
Cole, Scott C. 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, H. E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia. 1993.
Harman, John Newton, Sr. Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, from 1800 to 1922. W. C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, 1922.
Library of Virginia. Confederate Rosters. eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/con.ros.gateway
White, June. 1860 McDowell County Census. On-line, McDowell Co., WV Genweb Archives.
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