McDowell County in the Civil War

WV MILITIA COMPANY OF McDOWELL, UNION

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Organized in the year of statehood, 1863 McDOWELL COUNTY ROSTER (Household numbers and ages refer to the 1860 McDowell County Census.) SHORTEN SMITH HH #151, 31 McDowell Company, Captain; Enrolled Summer of 1863 HARRISON GROSS HH #164, 19 Cap't. Smith's Co., Lieut.; Enrolled Summer of 1863 ABNER BELCHER HH #210, 12 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Enrolled again 8 Mar 1865 ANDREW BELCHER HH # 161, 25, OR HH #185, 17 Capt. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Enrolled again 1 Apr 1865 BENJAMIN BELCHER HH #210, 41 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 DANIEL BELCHER HH #210, 14 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Enrolled again 8 Mar 1865 WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Was Killed JAMES CLINE HH #179, 17 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 JOHN CLINE HH #55, 22 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 JOHN LESTER HH #135, 25 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Was Killed AUGUSTINE (AUGUSTUS) MITCHEM HH #50, 15 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Enrolled again 14 Mar 1865 A James A. Mitchem enlisted into the 29 VA Infantry in 1862. ISAIAH MITCHEM HH #50, 35 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 ANDREW ROSE HH #152, 32 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 (WILLIAM) LEWIS SIMPSON HH #195, 29 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Enrolled again 1 Apr 1865 ISAIAH SMITH HH #212, 58 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 TOM SMITH HH #212, 14 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 CHARLES TOTTEN Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Was Wounded; Enrolled again, at the age of 18, 8 Mar 1865 JOHN TOTTEN HH #203, 18 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 EDLEY (AUDLEY) WHITT HH #197, 29 Cap't. Smith's Co., Private; Enrolled Summer of 1863 Was Killed By 1865, McDowell, Raleigh, and Wyoming had reorganized into one militia unit, under Capt. William Turner. HIRAM BLAKELY HH #127, 17 Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private; Enrolled 8 Mar 1865 JAMES A. BLAKELY HH #127, 15 Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private; Enrolled 8 Mar 1865 WILEY BLAKELY HH #127, 50 Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private/Musician; Enrolled 8 Mar 1865 PETER CLINE HH #130, 32 Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private; Enrolled 13 Mar 1865 GARRETT LAMBERT HH #202, 33 Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private; Enrolled 8 Mar 1865 CHARLES K. LESTER HH #189, 15 Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private; Enrolled 8 Mar 1865 WILLIAM NEWSOM HH #61, 33 (Militia records say he's 45 in 1865.) Cap't. William Turner's Co., Private; Enrolled 14 Mar 1865 A William Newsom enlisted into the 34th VA CAV in 1862. Sources West Virginia State Library, History and Archives; On-line Militia Records White, June. 1860 McDowell County Census, on-line, McDowell County, WV, Genweb Archives.

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