Soldiers from Kershaw County, Soldiers Who Left Kershaw County, Soldiers That Enlisted in Kershaw County, and Soldiers Who Came to Kershaw County After the War, and Died.

By William Guerry Felder

The following is a compilation of soldiers using service records, rolls found in papers, in the commanding officer’s papers, obituaries, and newspaper accounts. No one can actually get all as some records may be lost or destroyed, names may be different due to spelling, the use of a nickname, or the same name with conflicting information detailing with two or more persons with same name and records combined. Some records may and are of the same soldier with different companies. This is due to the fact that after the first year, soldiers were given the option to stay with the current company or leave and join another and the combining of soldiers toward the end of the war. Another reason will be soldiers being discharged early in the war and rejoining another company later on in the war.

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Soldiers from

Kershaw County, Soldiers Who Left Kershaw County, Soldiers That Enlisted in Kershaw County, and Soldiers Who Came to Kershaw County After the War, and Died.

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William Guerry Felder

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Camden Confederate Monument

Camden, South Carolina

Some of those died may very well be some of the following who died in the month of March in the 1st South Carolina Hospital in Camden, S.C. The following was in the Camden Journal & Confederate, April 5, 1865:

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These were said to be buried in the local city cemetery, which is Quaker Cemetery today.

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The Pantheon – Salute to the Brigadiere Generals of Kershaw County.

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Unknown Confederates at Quaker Cemetery

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RICHARD ROWLAND KIRKLAND

The Saint of Mayre’s Heights

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Dr. George Rogers Clark Todd was the brother of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. He did not get a tombstone till 1936.

Soldiers Enlisted in Kershaw County,

Soldiers Born in Kershaw County, and

Soldiers Who Came into the County, or

Left the County After the War Between the States.

The following is a compilation of soldiers using service records, rolls found in papers, in the commanding officer’s papers, obituaries, and newspaper accounts. No one can actually get all as some records may be lost or destroyed, names may be different due to spelling, the use of a nickname, or the same name with conflicting information detailing with two or more persons with same name and records combined. Some records may and are of the same soldier with different companies. This is due to the fact that after the first year, soldiers were given the option to stay with the current company or leave and join another, and the combining of soldiers toward the end of the war. Another reason will be soldiers being discharged early in the war, and rejoining another company later on in the war.

Rolls Found in Commanding Officer’s Record and Newspapers.

The muster roll of Company A, Wateree Mounted Rifles Found in Edward M. Boykin’s Service Record

E. M. Boykin, Captain

D. M. Whitaker, 1st Lieutenant

D. H. P. DuBose, 2nd Lieutenant

J. W. Arrants, Junior 2nd Lieutenant

Cantey, S.M, 1st Sergeant

Boykin, T. L., 2nd Sergeant

Shannon, K., 3rd Sergeant

Douglas, R. B., 4th Sergeant

Covington, B. H., 5th Sergeant

Boykin, W. F., 1st Corporal

Truesdel, H., 2nd Corporal

Allen, J. W., 3rd Corporal

Rembert, T. M., 4th Corporal

Privates

The Roll of Men between Forty and Fifty for Service in Kershaw District

C. C. Haile, Captain

T. J. Ancrum, 1st Lieutenant

John Thompson, 2nd Lieutenant

T. J. Cauthen, 3rd Lieutenant

R. B. Cunningham, 1st Sergeant

R. C. Drakeford, 2nd Sergeant

J. G. Bruce, 3rd Sergeant

A. Owens, 4th Sergeant

R. McKee, 1st Corporal

A. J. Faukenberry, 2nd Corporal

William Cato, 3rd Corporal Angus McLeod, 4th Corporal

Privates

The following is the roster of the Camden Volunteers, 2nd Regiment:

J. D. Kennedy, Captain

W. Z. Leitner, First Lieutenant

E. E. Sill, Second Lieutenant

W. L. DePass, Third Lieutenant

E. Niles, First Sergeant

J. J. McKain, Second Sergeant

J. D. Dunlap, Third Sergeant

J. L. Haile, Fourth Sergeant

J. J. Drakeford, Fifth Sergeant

A. Niles, First Corporal

H. G. McKagen, Second Corporal

B. Hornet, Third Corporal

W. C. Dutton, Fourth Corporal

J. P. Boswell, Fifth Corporal

J. A. Perry, Sixth Corporal

Privates

Kershaw Guards, Company D, 15th Regiment, S.C.V.

Thomas J. Warren, Captain

Joel A. Shrock, 1st Lieutenant

C. B. Bell, 2nd Lieutenant

Charles A. Fisher, 3rd Lieutenant

A. Sommers, 1st Sergeant

J. J. Huckabee, 2nd Sergeant

John J. Davis , 3rd Sergeant

R. Springer, 4th Sergeant

P. A. Man, 1st Corporal

Eugene Wolfe , 2nd Corporal

Johnson, B. F., 3rd Corporal

George Buff, 4th Corporal

Privates

Alexander, George Gilman He was a member of Company K,7th South Carolina Calvary. He served under Captain Edward M. Boykin. His company was called the Wateree Mounted Riflemen. He was said to have enlisted in 1962. The records that I found showed that he served were a record found in Captain Edward Boykins’ actual service on the roster and the roster of this unit in the Camden Confederate paper. I found under miscellaneous a card with G. G. Gilman, a clothing receipt under Company K, 7th South Carolina Cavalry, December 1864.Then, I located his actual service record under G. G. Alexander. At this unit was called the Captain E. M. Boykin’s Company A.Mounted Squadron of Rifles, South Carolina Volunteers, before becoming Company K, 7th Regiment S. C. Cavalry. He enlisted February 3, 1864 in Greenville, by Major J. D. Ashmore. One odd fact is that many of these soldiers did not actually go to Greenville but the list sent to the enrolling office in Greenville. His service record consisted of February 3, 1864 being present, Mar 1- Aug 31, 1864 cutting hay and paid $73.60 for the use of hay and in the Sept 1- Oct 3, 1864, he was bailing Hay. His officers in the war were Colonel A. C. Haskell and Captain D. St. Pierce Dubose. He was born Jan 9, 1846 and died Aug 27, 1913. After the war, he moved to New York, and was associated with Harper’s Weekly for many years. He came back to Camden and became Mayor in 1882 to 1884, served two terms as Postmaster of Camden, owner and editor of the Camden Journal, in 1887,became State Senator from Kershaw County, and at the time of his death, he was the City Clerk and Treasurer of Camden. He was the son of Isaac Broomfield Alexander, and grandson of Abraham Alexander, who drew up and signed the Mecklenburg Declaration. He married Rose Emma Wilson June 2, 1881. She was born January 15, 1856 and died June 29, 1931. Their children were: Elizabeth Margaret Alexander, born March 15, 1882. She married Robert Guy Zetrovier of Gainesville. Florida;Thomas Wilson Alexander, born June 15, 1883, and died fifteen months later in childhood; Mary Wilson, born July 24, 1884, and died May 28, 1976. She married John Furman Jenkins; Emma Wilson Alexander, born December 26, 1887, and died thirteen months later in childhood; George Gilman Alexander, Jr. was born September 13, 1899 and died May 13, 1926; Julia Alexander, died after four years; Isaac Brownfield Alexander was born April 25, 1891. Married (1) Agnes Elizabeth Metts, (2) Bessie Blackman; Minnie Alva was born December 31, 1893. She married John Hubert Reese; Emmie Wilson Alexander was born July 9, 1898 and died July 27, 1983. He married (1) Drue McLauchlin, (2) Joseph Emmet Cahill. George Gilman Alexander and wife are buried at Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina and some of the family. Sources: Acutal Service Record, Camden Archives Family File Folder, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina, Kershaw County Cemetery Book Volume 3, p. 55.; Obituary of George Gilman Alexander, 1913, Camden Chronicle, Camden, South Carolina.

Alexander, Isaac Brownfield, Parents were Dr. Isaac and Sarch Thornton Alexander. He was born January 28, 1812 and died May 19, 1884. He entered the academy in 1824, and moved to New York. He was interested in the jewelry trade. He had many interests and one was with his association with the artist Daguerre. He later returned to Camden, and begun painting miniatures, He also became a jeweler in Camden. He created and painted the sucession banner. He married Elizabeth Margaret Gilman June 18, 1834. She was born Their children were: Ann Lucetta Alexander, born March 21, 1835, and died May 6, 1860. She married John Hershman. Dorcas, born and died the same day, October 15, 1836; Joseph Kershaw Alexander, born May 8, 1838, and died February 4, 1854 (cause of death was accidental gunshot discharge while hunting; George Gilman Alexander, Jr., born January 9, 1846 and died August 27, 1913. He married Rose Emma (last unknown) Isaac Henry Alexander was born May 30, 1848, and died May 22, 1891. He married M. Luella Anderson. (Sources: Adams’ file at Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina; and Kershaw County Cemetery Book Volume 3, pages 36, 55, 67.)

Alexander, Isaac Henry Company G- Palmetto Light Artillery

May 30, 1848- Mar 17, 1920.

Palmetto Light Artillery DeSaussure Artillery. Pvt

Married Julia Courtney McQueen. She was born April 19, 1855 and died May 18, 1910. Both are buried at Quaker Cemetery. He was a dentist in Camden. Source: Alexander Filed in Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina; Kershaw County Cemtery Book Volume 3, p. 36;)

Alexander, John Edward Company E—19th South Carolina Infantry. He was born Sept.4, 1842 and Sept. 28, 1914. He went in as Private then rose to Sergent, had that rank at the end of the war. He was born in Bishopville and enlisted December 17, 1861, in the Sumter District by Captain W. M. On another enlistment card dated December 28, 1861, he was signed by Colonel Preston For Company G. He was on the Prisoner of War at a Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky. He was captured at Chicamauga, September 20, 1863, and soon thereafter sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.

Prisoner of War-Roll-Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky,

September- Captured at Chicamauga, Ga. September 20, 1863. On October 2, exchanged as noted in the remarks area. According to his obituary, he served four years, and carried the scars of battle throughout his life.

He married Emma Holland, June 8, 1865. She died November 18, 1911. The children are A. J. Alexander of Charleston, Luther Alexander of Richmond, Virginia, L. Baron Alexander of Denmark, Mrs. J. R. Baggott of Florida, Mrs. Hiram Nettles of West Wateree, Mrs. G. W. Turner, and Miss Sallie Alexander of Camden. The services were held at the local Baptist church by Reverend John A. Davidson. He was buried at Quaker Cemetery, as was his wife.

Source: Actual Record, Obituary of John Edward Alexander, October 1914, Camden Chronicle, and the obituary of Mrs. Emma Alexander, November 24, 1911. Camden Chronicle.

Alexander, J. H., Jr. Company G—2nd SCV

Flat Rock Guards

Adams, Jessie R. He was in Company C, 6th Regiment SCV. He was a Sergeant. He first enlisted April 8, 1861 at Louisa Court House, by Captain Cantey. On his record of Jan/Feb 1863, he was transferred by exchange to the 2nd SC Cavalry Feb 4, 1863.

Company G, 2 SCV Regiment Calvary

Enlisted April 10, 1862’ Pininsula, Virginia by Captain Lipscomb

Absent without leave- June 30, 1863

A lot of times procurring horses or at horse recruiting camp

Infirmary camps- December 1863

Source: Service record

Adams, W. Company D—7th Battalion

Adamson, Edward E. He was in Company H, 7th S.C. Calvary. He was a Private. He enlisted Aug 1, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia, by Captain Doby. His record consists of the following: Apr 30 to Aug 31, 1864- He was present, and being paid forty-nine dollars and twenty cents a month for use of personal horse; Sept/Oct 1864- He was present. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

He was born Nov 19, 1826—Mar 29,

Kirkwood Rangers

Holcombe Legion- Capt James Doby’s Company (The

Kirkwoods0 enlisted August 1, 1862, Richmond, Virginia, by

Captain Doby. Got paid for use of horse on several occasions

about 24.00 a month

Source: Service record

Addison, Hiram William Company H—7th Battalion

Enfield Rifles

Sources: 1850 KC Cenus, 1860 Richland County /1870, 1880 KC p. 24

Addison, J. J. He was Company H, 7th Battalion, Infield Rifles South Carolina Infantry. He enlisted in Columbia, October 13, 1862 by Captain Brooks, and reenlisted February 1, 1863 at Adam’s Run, Columbia, by Captain Brooks. On the card marked Sept- Oct 1862, he was assigned as a conccript by order of Colonel J. S. Preston. He was present on all the following dates: Nov- Dec, 1862, Jan-Feb 1863, Mar- Apr 1863, May- June 1863, July- Aug 1863 but sick in camp, Sept- Oct 1863, Nov- Dec 1863, Jan- Feb 1864, Feb 29- Aug 31 1864. On this card, he was killed May 16, 1864. He was on the register of Officers and Soldiers Killed. On the card told he was born in South Carolina, deceased May 16, 1864, at Orange Bluff, Killed in Action, and his certificate number 3742. Source: Actual Service Record.

Adkins, Ealy Ancrum He was born in Camden, April 12, 1839 and died in October 6, 1918 in the Bradford County, Florida. He was in the 9th Regiment Infantry, Company F, in Florida. He enlisted in Orangeburg May 1861, by Captain A. P. Moody. His card refers to him as E A Adkins. Been in Bradford County since 1859. At the close of war, he was discharged from the Howard Grove Hospital, Virginia. He was wounded in the Battle of Cold Harbor, the Battle of Wilderness, and at Gaines Pond. He was shot in the left shoulder at Cold Harbor, shot in the left eye at Wilderness, and shot in the right hip at Gaines Pond. He was in the seven days war near Richmond, Virginia. He was honorably discharged at the end of war. He married Margaret Sapp January 17, 1867 at New River by Judge Andrews, in Bradford County, Florida. Source: Florida Pension of Ealy Ancrum Adkins.

Adkins, Jefferson James Company I— 12th SC Infantry. Stone at Hendrick- Adkins- Caskey Cemetery, Stoneboro area. Also called the Gilliam Williams’ or Gilliam Cemetery. Information on stone about service. He was born 1837 according to the 1850 Lancaster County Census,1860 Lancaster County Census, and 1880 Lancaster County Census. His parents are James C. and Matilda M. Russell Adkins. Source: Kershaw County, South Carolina Cemetery Survey, Volume 2. p. 19, Kershaw County Historical Society.

Adkins, Thomas D. He was in Company I, 12th SC Infantry. He enlisted March 19, 1862 at the Lancaster Courthouse by Captain Van Leadingham. In his service record, Nov- Dec 1862- sent to hospital December 17, 1862, Jan- Feb Present and returned to Company Jan 14, 1863, and in Mar- Apr !863- He died at Camp Gregg of pneumonia, April 7, 1863. On the register of Claims, his father, James C. Adkins, on November 23, 1863, lived at Liberty Hill, Kershaw District, filed a claim on his son’s death. His parents were James C. and Matilda M. Russell Atkins. Source: Actual Service Record and Marriage and Death Notices From Camden, South Carolina Newspapers 1816-1865, by Brent Holcomb, C. A. L. S. p. 49.

Adkins, William C. Company H- 2 Infantry

Captured Gettysburg, Pa., 07/05/63= Prison -Letterman

moved 07/20/63- Provost Marshall; moved to

David’s Island, NY 08/23/63

Source: Dark Hours, page 4, by Randolph W. Kirkland.

Aiken, W. B. 15th SC Company E. Names of men buried in the county cemetery, Spotsyvania Court House, Virginia. Source: Alabama Civil War Database, Alabama State Archives.

Albert, John C. He was Company C, 6th Regiment SCV. He was a private. He enlisted June 15, 1861 in Kershaw, Kershaw District, South Carolina by P. W. Goodwyn. He was present on all rolls except Sept/ Oct 1864, when he had no horse and looking for one. The sixth regiment became the ninth regiment. On that record, he was in Company E, 9th S.C. Infantry. He was a Private. He enlisted July 2, 1861 at Ridgeville, S.C. by E. B. Cantey. He was twenty-two years old. Jan 1862 – He was sick in hospital. He was in the General Hospital in Richmond, being admitted Jan 14, 1861 for catarrah. He was actually discharged April 8, 1862. He was born in Kershaw District, S.C., he was five feet seven inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and a farmer by occupation.

He was born Jan 11, 1838 and died May 11. He was the son of Reuben and Susan Albert. John was married to Elizabeth Ross Manning in 1868. She had been married before and had a daughter named Scotta by the first marriage.

John C. Albert and his son-in-law, John Green, purchased land located at the head of Horse Pen Branch, in the Lugoff- Elgin area and bordered the lands of J. W. Wood and Caroline Kelly on Higgins Road. This land was out of the estate of Reuben Albert and both paid ninety dollars for the 180 acres of property. John C. Albert died around February 4, May 11, 1921. He was a member of Union Baptist Church on Rice Creek Road and gave the land for the church. (look at 9th regiment roster) J C Albert.

Aldrich, T.P. Should actually be Thomas P. Arledge (See Arledge, Thomas P.) Company H-7th SC Calvary

Alewine, David- He was in Company K, check

Allen, Elias He was Company A, 7th Battalion. He enlisted November 26, 1861 at Lynch’s Creek by Captain L. W. R. Blair. He was a private. Ellias was described as being thirty- eight years old, five feet, nine inches high, fair complexion, grey eyes, and by occupation a farmer. During the last months, said soldier was unfit for duty over 60 days. He was taken with eysopilas and sent home on sick leave furlough January 14, 1862, since then has had no duty. Died May 12, 1901, and buried at Hephzibah Presbyterian Church.

Source: Service Record- Certificate of Disability, Camp Cantey, July 4, 1862. Allen Family Folders, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Allen, Jacob W. He was in Company D, 7th SC Battalion. Lucas Guards. He was a Private. He died July 12, 1863 at Battery Wagner. He was killed in action. Parents were Joseph and Mary Ann Allen. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

Source: Allen Family File, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Allen, James A. Company E, 7th SCV Battalion Pvt

Captured Morris Island, SC 07/10/63- Prison- Ft. Columb He was the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Allen.

Source: Dark Hours, page 6, by Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr., Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Allen, John P. Company E— 7th SC Battalion Born 1848

Hagood’s Brigade

Captured Morris Island, SC 07/10/63 Hilton Head Prison,

Ft. Columbus Prison, NY 09/26/63

Pt. Lookout, Md 02/17/64

Allen, John W. He was in Company K, 7th SC Calvary. Wateree Mounted Rifles

He was a Corporal. He enlisted February 3, 1864 in Greenville, South Carolina, by Major J. D. Ashmore. His service records includes: Feb 3, 1864- being a Third Corporal; Mar-Aug 31, 1864- absent, sick furlough; Sept 1/ Oct 3. 1864- Promoted to 2nd Corporal. On July 22 and Aug 26, 1864, he was admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, for Felonis, furloughed 40 days from Aug 26, 1864 to Claremont, South Carolina. Complaint was typhoid fever.

Allen, J. W. Company H— 7th SC Battalion Died July 1

Kershaw Greys Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Allen, Thomas He was in the 6th S.C. Infantry. He was killed in action April 29, 1862 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Source:Allen Family Folder Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Allen, Wesley- He was in Company E, 12th SC Infantry. He was a Private. The information found on his service occurs with his release from City Point, Virginia. He was the register of oaths and deserters by the Provost Marshall General in Washington, D.C. He was received January 20, 1865 and sent to Head quarters A Of P (Army of the Potomac). He was sent to Captain Potter at City Point, Virginia, by the Provost Marshall 2nd Corps, January 17, 1865. He took the oath January 18th, 1865 at City Point, Virginia, and was transferred to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. This was by special order 64. He was on the roll of Rebel Deserters being forwarded to Washington, D.C. January 19, 1865. On his paperwork, his residence was Kershaw District, S.C., his complexion was light, his hair was light, his eyes was hazel, and he was 5 feet 3 inches tall.

Allen, William A.- He was in Company A, 7th SC Battalion as a Private. He enlisted November 26, 1861 at Lynch’s Creek by Captain L. W. R. Blair. His service records noted the following: July/ Aug 1862- Absent, sick; Nov/Dec 1862- Absent, sick in Wilmington Hospital, North Carolina; Jan/Feb 1863- absent with leave since Feb 1863; Mar/Apr 1863; sick in quarters; Feb 29/Aug 31, 1864- Absent- Furlough from Jackson Hospital for 30 days from Aug 1, 1864 for wounds from June 3, 1864 battle near Gaines Mill; Sept/Oct 1864- Absent without leave since Sept 1, 1864;

Captured Richmond, Va hospital 04/03/65- Prison- New

Source: Service Record; Dark Hours, page 6, by Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr.

Allen, William Riley – He was in Company E- 2nd SC Infantry (2nd Palmetto Regiment) Orginally this company was refered to as Captain J D Kennedy’s Company Palmetto Volunteers, and 2nd Palmetto Regiment SC Infantry. He enlisted April 9, 1861 in Camden, SC by Captain J D Kennedy. His service notes the following: The muster roll was acutally done for enrolling May 23, 1861; April 24/ July 1, 1861- Present; July1, 1864-

;Sept/Oct 1862- Present; Nov/Dec 1862- Present; Jan/Feb 1863- Present; May/Jun 1863- Present; July/Aug 1863- Killed at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863- Killed in action. Hospital reports- Moore General Hospital No. 1, Danville, Virginia- Jan 17, 1862 for complait of Rhuematism and sent to General Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was on a list of soldiers wounded December 18, 1862 near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

buried Magnolia Cem

Source: Service Record.

Allen, Wesley- He was in Company E, 12th SC Infantry. He was a private. His service record reads like a soldiers that was disgruntled and didn’t want to really fight. On January 20, 1865, on the Register of Oaths and Deserters, the Provost Marshall General in Washington, D.C., sent from the Headquartes of the Army of the Potomac, that his soldier has taken the oath and had been sent to Pittsburg, Pennslyvannia. He was the roll of Rebel Deserters on January 19, 1865. He signed the Oath of Amnesty at City Point, Virginia, January 18, 1865. On this document, he listed his residence as being in Cooshaw (Kershaw), South Carolina. He had light complexion, light colored hair, hazel eyes, and was five feet, three inches tall. He was charged with being a Rebel Deserter and sent to New York City. The date was January 16, 1865 by the Provost Marshall, and sent to Captain Potter at City Point, January 17, 1865 by General Order #64. At City Point Hospital, City Point, Virginia, he was treated as he complained of bronchitis. Source: Service Record.

Allen, William J. He was in Company C—6th SCV

Source: Allen Family Folder, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Allen, W. T.- He was in 2nd Company, 6 SC Infantry. He was a Private. He enlisted Mar 17, 1862 in Camden, S.C. His records includes: May/ Jun 1862, Sept/ Oct 1862, Nov/ Dec 1862- he was present; Jan/ Feb 1863- He was absent and sick at the hospital; Mar/Apr 1863- He was present; May/June 1863- He was absent and sick at hospital; July/Aug 1863, Aug 31 to Dec 31, 1863, Jan/Feb 1864, Mar/Apr 1864- He was present, He re-enlisted January 20, 1864 at Morristown, Tennesse by Captain Cantey, He was absent and furloughed Apr 12, 1864; May/June 1864- He was present; July/Aug 1864- He was absent and furloughed from hospital, Aug 18, 1864 for 30 days; Sept/Oct 1864, Nov/Dec 1864, Jan/Feb 1865- He was present. He was paroled at Appromattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Source: Service Record.

Allen, W. W.- He was in Company A, 7th Battalion, Enfield Rifles, SC Infantry as a Private. He enlisted November 26, 1861 at Lynch’s Creek by Captain L. W. R. Blair. On his service record the following was noted: Nov 14/Dec; May/ June 1863- Absent, on sick furlough for 30 days beginning June 15, 1863; July/ Aug 1863- Absent on sick furlough; Sept/ Oct 1863- sick in quarters; Nov/ Dec 1863- Present; Jan/ Feb 1864- Present; Feb 29/ Aug 31, 1864- Died of disease August 12, 1864 at home in Chesterfield District, South Carolina.

Source: Service Record.

Ammons, Alcien A. Company E-7 Battalion, Enfield Rifles. One the service record card, his name in A. Almonds. He enlisted January 14, 1862, in Columbia, by Colonel J. S. Preston. His cards states: Sept/ Oct 1862- Absent at McPhersonville from wounds received at Pocataligo, on October 22, 1862. His wound was severely wounded in the breast. Nov/Dec 1862- absent at home on account of wounds received in Pocataglio; Jan/ Feb 1863- Still absent at home; Mar/ Apr 1863- still absent at home; May/June 1863- Still absent at home; July/Aug 1863- Still absent at home; Sept/ Oct 1863- Present; Nov/ Dec 1863- Present; Jan/Feb 1864- Present; Feb 29/Aug 31 1864- Present and detailed as company cook; Sept/ Oct 1864- Present as company cook; On roll as Prisoners of War at Point Lookout, Maryland- he was captured at February 20, 1865, near Town Creek, arrived at Fort Anderson, February 28, 1865, and released June 22, 1965. He took the Oath of Allegience at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 22, 1865, and was described as the following: Born in Sumter District, light complexion, dark hair, dark grey eyes, and was five feet eleven inches tall. In the medical report from his absence, the following was noted; Adam’s Run, December 11, 1862, remarks- wounded in the left shoulder. December 12, 1862- Charleston, wounded shoulder. His obituary told that he passed away in the house of his son-in-law, Mr. I. M. Brown, on March 15, 1906 at 85 years of age. He had fought in the battle of Fort Sumter, and leaves a wife, and several children, one son and two daughters. He was buried at St. Johns’ Methodist Church, Spring Hill, South Carolina.

Source: Service Record, Obituary in Leader and Vindicator, March 22, 1906, Lee County, South Carolina.

Ammons, Hastin He was in Company D, 15th SCV Infantry and was only a Private. A member of the Kershaw Guards. He enlisted at age 18 in Camden, South Carolina, August 18, 1861, by Captain T. J. Warren. At first this unit was called DeSaussure’s Regiment SCV. His actual service record contained the following: Nov/Dec 1861- sick at Post Hospital at Hardeeville; Jan/Feb 1862- Sick at hospital in Charleston; Mar/Apr 1862- Present; May/June 1862- Sick at hospital in Charleston; Aug 31/ Dec 31 1862- Present; Jan/Feb 1863- Sick at hospital; and on a Director’s Medical Report Feb 7, 1863, Richmond, Virginia.

Born and in Sumter County

Source: Service Record.

Ammons, Thomas -He was in Company E, 9 S.C. Infantry. This company started out under the name Captain E. B. Cantey’s Company. He enlisted July 2, 1861, in Ridgeville, S.C, by Captain E.B. Cantey. He was 45 years of age and was a private. In his service record, the report for January 26, 1862, noted he was at Moore’s Hosptal, Danville, Virginia, and died of pneumonia. His hospital stays went from the General Hopitial in Charleston, to Catarrah, and moved to Moore’s Hospital January 15, 1862. His widow, Mrs. M. J. Ammons filed a claim June 7, 1862. He was born about 1815 and is buried at Manasas Junction, Virginia, in an umarked grave. His wife was Millie Parton. A claim was put in by his widow, Mrs. M.J. Ammons, June 17, 1862 for any pay due her husband.

Source: Service Record, Ammons File at Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, South Carolina.

Ammons, W.W.- He was in Company D, 15th SC Infantry. He enlisted November 1, 1861, in Summerville, by Captain T. J. Warren. He was a private. His service records is as follows: Nov/Dec 1861- absent, sick at home on surgeon’s certificate; Jan/June 1862- Still absent and sick under a surgeon’s certificate, A note for April, 1862- Sick at home since December 31, 1861, in Kershaw District, and died July 20, 1862. A claim was filed by Martha T. Ammons, widow, May 7, 1863, death certificate number 10494.

Source: Service Record

Ancrum, James Kennedy Douglass- He was in Company A, Holcombe Legion, and Company A, 2nd S.C. Cavalry. He was a Private. This company had many names to get to this point. Captain William Shannon’s Company Independent SC Volunteers; Captain William Shannon’s Company (The Kirkwood) SC Cavalry in March/April 1862; Captain Doby’s Company SC Cavalry in May/June 1862. In July/Aug 1862, he transferred to Boykin Rangers June 18, 1862. But because of Boykin Rangers’ changing the company structure, he immediately went to 2nd Regiment SC Cavalry, on July/Aug 1862. He was present on July/Aug/Nov /Dec 1862. He was paid fourty-eight dollars and eighty cents for the use of his horse in May/June, and twenty-four dollars and eighty cents for his use of his horse in July/Aug 1863. On May/June 1863, re-enlisted June 24, 1863 by Captain A. H. Boykin. During Sept/Oct 1863, he was on deatched service. Nov/Dec 1863, and Jan/Feb 1864, he was present. On the July/ June 1864 record, he died at Chisolmville, SC, July 20, 1864 of typhoid fever.

Parents were William Alexander and Charlotte Elizabeth Douglass Ancrum.

Source: Service Record.

Ancrum, Thomas James- He was in Company A, 2nd SC Cavalry. He went in as a Private and came out as a Corporal. He enlisted June 26, 1861 in Camden, S.C. by Captain A. H. Boykin. In March/April 1862, he was present and the company was called, Captain A. H. Boykin’s Mounted Rangers; May/June 1862, he was present; July/August 1862, he was present and the company was called Company A, 2nd Regiment S. C. Cavalry.; Nov/Dec 1862, he was present and promoted to 3rd Corporal; May/ June 1863, he was present and promoted to 2nd Corporal; July/ Aug 1863, on Furlough to procure a horse; Sept/ Oct 1863- He was present; Nov/Dec 1863, he became 1st Corporal and the name of the company was changed to Company H, 2nd Regiment S.C. Cavalry, and he was absent at the horse infirmary since Dec 20, 1863; Jan/Feb 1864- He was absent and in the infirmary December 20, 1863; May/June 1864- He was present; July/Aug 1864- He was absent on sick furlough; and one payment for one bay horse, killed in action at Brandy Station. The people who signed for payment of horse was James Chesnut, R. C. Shiver. And He was born July 17, 1817 and died in 1887. On his tombstone, was his unit, 2nd SC Calvary. He was married to Margaret Frances Douglas in July 8, 1840. She was born July 8, 1822 and died November 1, 1898. Both are buried at Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Parents were William Alexander and Charlotte Elizabeth Douglass Ancrum

Sources: Ancrum Family Folder. Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, S.C., Service Record, Kershaw County, South Carolina 1850 Census with expanded Genealogical Information, p. 337.

Ancrum, William Alexander- He was in Company A, 2nd SC Calvary. He was a Private. He enlisted January 26, 1861 in Camden, S C by Captain A.H. Boykin. The unit started out as Captain A. H. Boykin’s Company, 2nd SC Cavalry, June – July 31, 1861; Captain A. H. Boykin’s Mounted Rangers, March/ April 1862. He was present all of the time till May/June 1863,when he left on furlough to secure a horse. In July/August 1862, the company name changed to Company A, 2nd Regiment SC Cavalry. In Jan/Feb 1864, he was on detachment service near Yorktown from Jan 1864. May1/June 1864, he was present. July/Aug 1864- he was on detachment service at Pocataligo, SC since Aug 1, 1864. In was captured at Warranton, Virginia June 13, 1863 and became a Prisoner of War at Old Capital Prison,

Washington, D.C. He was arrested by General Pleasanton, June 13, to the Provost Marshall at the Defense South of the Potomic in Alexander, Virginia. Then, he was taken by June 16, 1863 to arrive at the Washington Prison on June 16.. No more record so he must have been exchanged and went back to his unit. He was born May 2, 1843 and died Nov 7, 1906. He married Anna Calhoun, born May 29, 1843 and died July 18, 1924. Both are buried at Quaker Cementery in Camden, SC. His parents were Thomas James and Margaret Frances Douglas Ancrum.

Ft. McHenry, Md Prison- 06/25/63

Source: Service Record, Ancrum Family Folder. Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, S.C.

Anderson, Andrew born 1840

Anderson, D. J.-

Anderson, George W.

Anderson, Jart A. –He was in the 25th Battalion, Alabama Cavalry, led by Colonel Lemuel G. Mead. He was a marksman during the war. In his earlier days, he practived as youth, and he won many competitions. He didn’t enlist until January 18, 1864. One of his stories was his unit was in Tennesee on the Tennessee River. On the other side, a yankee was taking pot shots to pester the rebels. The rebels tried firing back, but the Yankee was just out of reach. Jart was asked to shoot, since he was the best shooter in the unit. Jart then propped his rifle between two branches and got a bead on the Yankee. He shot and knocked him out of the tree. Sometime later, he was captured by the Yankees. The story goes like this. He was walking under guard to a camp, when he told the guard that his stomach was hurting and not in those words either. He told the guard he needed to squat and bring some relief. He was allowed to go behind a bush, and when he did he went out of sight and on to freedom. He grew up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He was said to be mean and bad as a knife. One evening he got in a fight and cut up a person real bad, and so he left town, winding up in Kershaw County, S. C. by train. He purchased some land in the Beaverdam Community of Cassatt and married Nancy Croxton. Three of his children died while he was at war with meningitis and buried in a new cemetery near his house. Though he was still married to Nancy, he fathered seven other children to two other women. The old home place was located on Tidwell Town Road. As he got older, he continued his hunting. One day, he had gone hunting with his son, James. The day was January 2, 1913. When he came back from hunting, he dropped dead, as he was talking to James. He is buried at Beaverdam Church Cemetery.

Source: Anderson Family Folder File, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, S.C.

Anderson, John A. - He was in Company A, 7th Battalion, Enfield Rifles, SC Infantry. He enlisted February 12, 1864 in Columbia, SC by Major Radcliff. He was a Private. From Feb 29/ Aug 31, 1864- he was absent as he was on detail as Quartermaster Department in Greenville, SC up to July 31, 1864, where he became absent without leave. He remained the same Sept/Oct 1864. born 1832- Jan 2,1913 Beaverdam Baptist Church.

Source: Service Record.

Anderson, J. D. (James) Lucas Guards

Wrote article of Camden Street names for Camden Chronicle-March 31, 1899

buried Quaker Cemetery

Anderson, M. James after 1901 pension born 1835 born NC CSA

Anderson, James Kirkpatrick born 1840 died 1875 Parents are William and Sarah Douglass Anderson

Anderson, William Douglass born 1831 died 1895 Parents are William and Sarah Douglass Anderson

Anderson, William H.- He was in Company A, 2nd S.C. Cavalry. He was a Private. He enlisted April 13, 1863 in S.C. by Captain A.H. Boykin. His record consists of the following: July/Aug /Nov/Dec 1862- He was present; May/ June 1863- He was paid twenty-four dollars and fourty cents for his use of his own horse, and in the hands of the enemy, he was captured near Martinsville, July 17, 1863. He was wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor June 27, 1863, and sent to the hospital in Richmond, Virginia. The rest of the dates mentions he was captured. However, he winds up on Prisoner of War rolls. He was on the roll at Camp Chase, Ohio. Says he was arrested at Hedgerville, Virginia July 17, 1863, he was received at Camp Chase, July 23, 1863 from Wheeling, Virginia, by order of Captain W.C. Thorpe, and his date of departure was Sept 20, 1863, as he escaped. He was in a rebel prison for a week ending July 24, 1863. He was captured by General Kelly’s forces. He said his residence was Spartanburg District, S.C. and he was twenty- four years old. He was on the roll of POW’s at Rock Island, Barrack, Illinois, being received from Camp Chase, Ohio, on Jan 23, 1864. Says he was captured in Putnam County, Virginia, Sept 30, 1863. He entered and was confined at Rock Island Jan 17, 1864. He was released June 16, 1865 by General Order 109. On his Oath of Allegiance, he states he was from Cashville, Spartanburg, S.C., had light complexion, auburn hair, gray eyes, six feet one-half inches high, and 26 years old. On his list of prisons was the infamous military prison at Wheeling, Virginia. This was known as the Atheneum Prison. He was there July 21, 1863. His information there was: Age 21, height 6 ft 2 inches, sandy hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, and his occupation was that of a farmer. He was from Spartanburg, S.C., and arrested by the Ring Cavalry (13 Virginia Infantry) at Hedgesville, Virginia, July 17, 1863. He was sent to Camp Chase July 22, 1863.

Source: Service Record.

Anderson, W. L. born 1838

Arledge. Thomas P. He was in Company H, 7th Regiment S.C. Cavalry. He was a Private. He enlisted August 20, 1864 in Ridgeway, S.C. by Captain Davis. His service record consists of Sept/ Oct 1864- He was present, but he was dismounted, and transferred to 12 SCV. Company, Sept. 28, 1864. He is on the roll as T. P. Aldrich as a POW. He was paroled at Appromatax Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865.

Source: Service Record.

Arrants, H.- He was in Company, 6th SC infantry

In his record, Aug 7, 1862- He died a few days after arriving home.

Arrants, Harmon 7th South Carolina Calvary

Company K—7th SC Calvary*

Died of disease

Arrants, J.B.- He was in Company, 6th S.C. Infantry. He was a Corporal. He enlisted July 2, 1861 in Ridgeville, South Carolina by Captain Cantey. His record consists of the following: May/June 1862- He was absent and now a second corporal. He was wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines, and in a rear hospital; Sept/Oct 1862- He was absent, but his service extended teo years by the War Act of Congress, Dec 11, 1862. He was wounded May 5th; Nov/Dec 1862- He was absent still home on furlough from being wounded and sent home May 31, 1862; Jan/Feb 1863- He was on detail at hospital Feb 17, 1863; He was promoted to first corporal from second corporal March first by order of regimental headquarters; May/June/July/Aug 1863- He was a nurse at a hospital at Richmond, Virginia; Aug 31 to Dec 4, 1863/ Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/June/ July/Aug/ Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 1864- He was a nurse at a hospital, in July/Aug the brigade hospital. He was also in Company E, 9 SC Infantry. He was a Private. He was eighteen years old. He enlisted July 2, 1862 in Ridgeville, S.C. by E. B. Cantey. He was present on the following rolls; July2 to Aug 31, 1861, Sept/Oct/ Nov/Dec 1861.

Arrants, James Robert- He was in Company E, 2nd Regiment SC Infantry. He was a Private. He enlisted under the conscript act, July 1, 1862, in Columbia, S.C. His service record shows: Sept/ Oct 1862- He was present, but on extra duty at division headquarters; Nov 1862/ Aug 1862- He was present; Sept/ Oct 1863- He was absent because he was wounded at Chicamauga, Tennessee; Nov 1, 1863/ Feb 29, 1864- He was absent in a hospital in Columbia, S.C. till June 1864. In a report from Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, states that he had a VS thigh minnie ball on Sept 1864. He returned to duty Nov 4, 1864, after being furloughed since Sept 1, 1864. He was born October 28. 1831. and died October 19, 1896. His parents were Nathan Broom and Mary Dodd Rodgers Arrants. He married Susan Emma Lee, born 1838, and died 1910. Both are buried in Quaker Cemetery.

Source: Service Record, Arrants Family Folder, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, S.C.; 1850 Kershaw County Census and Expanded Genealogical Information, p. 37

Arrants, James Washington/William Lee- 7th Calvary Company K, Lieutenant in Captain Boykin’s Company.

The following letters was in his actual service file.

Camp near Richmond, Va.

Nov. of 1864

To General S. Cooper,

General,

I hereby ask leave respectively to tender my resignation as 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 7th Reg. SCC, on account of permament physical disability and respectively invite your attention to the enclosed certificate of a Medical Examining Board.

Very Respectively,

Your obedient Servant

J. W. Arrants

2nd Lt. Company K 7th Reg S.C.C.

Office Medical Examining Board

Gary’s Cavalry Brigade

November 9th, 1864

We certify that we have carefully examined J. W. Arrants, 2nd Lieut. Co. K, 7th Reg. S.C. Cavalry, and find that he suffers from Chronic Rheumataism of 3 years duration in consequence of which he is disabled for duty.

His disability is in our opinion, of a character which will be more or less permanent.

We therefore respectively recommend that his tender of resignation from the service be accepted.

F. L. Frost, Surgeon

A. V. Doak, Surgeon

Jno. Bozeman, Asst. Surgeon.

Medical Examining Board.

He was born October 27, 1825 near Springhill Section near Kershaw District, S. C. He died April 8, 1905 and is buried at Cedar Creek, Bishopville, S. C. He died at his son-in-law, H. C. Watson. His parents were William and Charity Blyther Arrants. He was married (1) Lavinia Lockhart and (2) Francis Judith Huggins.

Source: Arrants Family Folder, Camden Archives and Museum, Camden, S.C.

Arrants, John Broom – He was in 6th SC Infantry, 2nd Company C. He was a 2nd Corporal. He was in the 9th SC Infantry, Company E. The original name of the company was Captain E. B. Cantey’s Company, 2nd Regiment S.C. Infantry. He enlisted at age 18 at Ridgeville, S.C., by Captain E. B. Cantey. The records show only for 1861. July 2/ Aug 1861- He was present; Sept/ Oct 1861- He was present; and Nov/ Dec 1861; May/June 1862- He was absent as he was wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines; Sept/Oct 1862, He was absent and his service extended for the war by Act of Congress, December 11, 1862; Nov/Dec 1862- He was absent, and home on wounded furlough to May 31, 1862; Jan/Feb 1863- He was absent and on detail at a hospital February 17, 1863; Mar/ Apr 1863- He was still detached as a hospital nurse since Feb 17, 1863, He was promoted from 2nd Corporal to 1st Corporal March 1st by order of regimental headquarters; May/ June 1863, still a hospital nurse; July/ Aug 1863, he was a nurse at Richmond, Va and on through Aug 31-Dec 1863, and on through Mar/ Apr and May/ June 1864; July/ 31, 1863, 1863 as a nurse. He was reinstated for service April 8, 1862 at Louisa Court House, Virginia by Captain E. B. Cantey. Jan/Feb 1864, he was still a nurse;July/Aug 1864, He was a nurse at brigade hospital, and on through Nov/ Dec 1864; On his Jan/ Feb 1865 record he was retired. He was on several muster rolls of Hospitals. Those include the General Hospital, Stanton, Va., Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond, Va., General Hosptial No. 5. Richmond, Va.(March 1863), General Hospital, Stanton, Va. to Sept 30, 1863(received 25 cents a day for 92 days work in 1863), to Oct 31, 1863, received 25 cents a day for 31 days by order of General Lee; to Nov 31, 1863, he received another 30 days at 25 cents a day; and from Nov to Dec 31, 1863, he received 25 cents a day for 31 days. When he was at Chimborozo Hospital Number 5, for Tonselitus February 15, 1863 and transferred to General Hospital # 23 for detached duty. He went to Camden, SC, on Feb 16, 1863 from a report from the General Hospital # 23 as to where he gets his mail when home. He was on the Regent of Invalid Corps PACS, which listed his date of retirement July 24, 1864 from Military Station in Columbia, S.C. There is also a report from April 8, 1863, he was unfit for full service in a report from General Hospital #23, in Richmond, Virginia.

He was born August 17. 1843. He was the son of Nathan Broom and Mary Dodd Rodgers Arrants. He married Hattie Shed.

Sources: Service Record; 1850 Kershaw Cunty Census and Expanded Genealogical Information, p. 37.

Arrants, Joseph H. - He was in Company E, 2 Regiment SC Infantry. He age 27 and was a Private. He enlisted April 8, 1861, in Camden, by Captain J. D. Kennedy. His records with a roster roll on May 23, 1861 at Camp Davis, near Richmond, Virginia; July 1, 1861, on roster; Apr/ July 1861, on roster; Apr/ May 1862- he was sick; Sept/Oct 1862- He was killed September 17, 1862 at Sharpesburg.

Obituary- The Camden Confederate, October 30, 1862

Fell on the battlefield of Sharpesburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862, J. H. Arrants, aged about 25 years. He was among the first to volunteer for the defense of his country. When the call was made immediately after the battle of Fort Sumter for troops to repel the invasion which threatened the soil of Virginia, he went as a private in the company of Captain, now Colonel, J. D. Kennedy, from Kershaw District- the first company in Kershaw’s original regiment that volunteered for that service. This noble company has reflected undying honor upon its District and State, and though our deceased friend will not be among its veterans to receive the honors, which a grateful commonwealth will hereafter confer, yet he is numbered with its immortal dead, and his memory is embalmed in the hearts of those who will never forget Carolina’s heroes.

While on duty in Virginia, the deceased was taken ill, and for months bore his sufferings with the patience of a humble and trusting disciple of the Lord Jesus, and upon his restoration, he promptly returned to his post of duty. In the fearful battle in which he fell, he was wounded in the arm by a ball, which also pierced his heart, and produced instant death. He was a young man of good business habits, upright deportment, and above and beyond all, for years a consistant member of the Baptist Church in Antioch.

When we mourn the untimely end of a friend, and a promising member of society, we may console ourselves with the reflection that we mourn a patriot, who died for his country, and a Christian, whose life and death furnished an example worthy fo the imitation of others.

Peace to his ashes- honor to his memory.

Source: Service Record.

Arrants, J. R. – He was in Company E, 2nd Regiment S.C. Infantry. He was a Private. He enlisted July 1, 1862 in Columbia under the Conscript Act. His record consists of the following: Sept/Oct 1862- He was present and on extra duty at division headquarters; Nov/ Dec 1862- He was present; Sept/Oct 1863- He was absent and wounded at Chicamauga, Georgia, Sept 20; Nov 1, 1863 to Feb 29, 1864- He was absent in a hospital in Columbia, S.C. till June 1864; He was in the Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, Sept 1864 with a injured thigh cause by a minnie ball. He was furloughed Sept 1, 1864, and he returned to duty Nov 4, 1864.

Source: Service Record

Arrants, Robert Benjamin- He was in Company E, 2nd Regiment S.C. Infantry

Camden Volunteers. He enlisted on August 11, 1861 at Flint Hill, Virginia by Captain J. D. Kennedy. He was a Private. His service records gives us the following information: Sept/ Oct 1863 and July/ Aug 1863- he was present; Sept/ Oct 1863- he was killed in action at Chicamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. His father, Robert H. Arrants, filed for any money due, December 14, 1864 from Camden, S.C. The money due was $183 dollars.

The following letter was in his actual file:

The attention of claimants is called in to the following forme in preparing their affidavits, as observance of which will save time, trouble, and expense:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA On this 29th Day of October

Kershaw District 1864, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the District aforesaid, Robert H. Arrants, who, after being sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he is the father of Robert B. Arrants Deceased, who was a private of Captain W. L. Leitner’s Company, E Regiment of So Ca volunteers, commanded by Colonel John D. Kennedy, in the service of the Confederate States in the present war with the United States; that the said Robert B. Arrants entered the service at Camden, S.C. in Kershaw District and State of South Carolina on or about the 8th of August, 1861 and was killed at Chicamaugua, Ga. Or or about the 20th day of September 1863 leaving no family- wife or child that He makes this deposition for the purpose of obtaining from the Government of the Confederate States whatever may have been due the said Robert B. Arrants at the time of his death for pay, bounty, or other allowances for his services as private aforesaid.

Sworn to and subscribed before me,      Signed

J. S. Dunalp, J. P.               R. H. Arrants

And on the same day and year aforesaid, also appeared before me, a justice of the peace, as aforesaid who is well known to me, and whom I hereby certify to be a person of veracity and credibility, who having been to me duly sworn says, on oath, that he is well acquainted with Robert H. Arrants, the claimant, and also well knew, for three years, Robert B. Arrants, the deceased soldier, herein mentioned, and that the statement made under oath by said Robert H. Arrants, the claimant, as to his relationship to the said deceased soldier, is true andn correct in every particular, to his best of his knowledge and belief, and that he the said W. Z. Leitner, is wholly disinterested.

Sworn to and subscribed before me,      Signed-

J. D. Dunlap, J. P.               W. Z. Leitner

Camden, E, 2nd SC Regt

Source: Service Record

Arrants, Thomas Bell- He was in the

He was born Aug 26, 1845- July 31,1889. He married Rosanna Coony, born March 20, 1848 in Manchester, England. She died December 25, 1873. Both are buried in Quaker Cemetery.

Source:1850 Kershaw County Census and Expanded Genealogical Information, p. 37.

Arrants, William J.- He was in Company C 6th SC Infantry Volunteers. He was a Private. He enlisted July 6, 1861, Ridgeville, S.C. by Captain Cantey. He also was a part of Company E, 9 S.C. Infantry. His service record consists of the following: July 2 to Aug 11, 1861 and Sept/Oct 1861 being present; May/ June 1862- He was present; Sept/ Oct 1862- He was absent; Nov/ Dec 1862- He re-enlisted April 8, 1862, and he had gotten wounded Aug 20, 1862, He was absent on furlough home Aug 30; Jan/ Feb 1863- He was absent and sick at hospital; Mar/ Apr 1863- He was absent on furlough from hospital on March 1863; May/ June/ July/ Aug 1863- He was absent and sick; Aug 31/ Dec 31, 1863- He was present till Mar/ Apr 1864; May/ June 1864- He was discharged fron service June 27, 1864 per request of payment to discharged soldiers, from the General Hospital #13, Richmond, Virginia, as the result of the diagnosis, Veil Sclop, May 31, 1862. He was at Chimborozo Hospital #5 February 16, 1863, for gunshot wound. The surgeon was E. M. Seabrook, and he was furloughed for 60 days from March 29, 1863. He

Nov 19, 1845- Nov 12,

Buried Quaker Cemetery

Source: Service Record

Arrants, William Kelso- He was in the command of General McCullough in Arkansas. He then transferred to the command of General Price and was on detached service at Cumberland Gap when he died. He was born February 4, 1839, and died November 14, 1862 at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. His parents were Nathan Broom and Mary Dodd Rodgers Arrants.

Source: Service Record. 1850 Kershaw County Census and Expanded Genealogical Information, p. 37; The Camden Confederate, Obituary of William K. Arrants.

Arrants, William Thomas- He was in Company E 2nd Regiment S.C. Infantry. Earlier names of the company was Captain J. D. Kennedy’s Company, Camden Volunteers, and then 2nd (Palmetto) Regiment S. C. Volunteers. He enlisted April 9, 1861 in Camden by Captain J. D. Kennedy at the age of 27 years old. His record includes the muster roll coming in on May 23, 1861 at Camp Davis near Richmond, Virginia; Apr 24/July1st 1861- Nothing was stated as to whether he was present, or absent, or on an assignment, sick, etc. Apr/ May/ Sept/ Oct/ Nov/ Dec 1862/; Jan/ Feb/ May/ June/ July/ Aug/ Sept/ Oct/ Nov/ Dec 1863; Jan/ Feb/ Mar/ Apr/ May/ June 1864- He was present on all those rolls. He was Jan 12, 1834 and died May 6,1904. His was married to Susan Barnes.