Ancestors of Alaska SCV Members
Name: Charles Addington
Relationship: Husband of 1st Cousin 4 times removed
Born:UNK
Died: UNK
Wife: Elizabeth Kilgore
Born:Abt. 1829 - Russell County, VA
Died: July 10, 1898 - Wise County, VA
Married: December 14, 1843 - Lechter County, KY
Children: 0
Notes:Charles may have been a POW.
Name: Alexander Beverly
Relationship:1st cousin 4 times removed
Born:UNK
Died:UNK
Wife: UNK
Born: UNK
Died:UNK
Married:UNK
Children:UNK
Notes: Have info on his parents, but not him. He was wounded and was a POW.
Relationship:1st cousin 4 times removed
Born:Abt. 1845
Died:January 1910
Wife:Louisa Hatfield
Born:Abt. 1847 - Logan County, VA
Died:November 8, 1936
Married:May 27, 1867 - Wise County, VA
Children:7
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Name: James Harmon Beverly
Relationship:1st cousin 4 times removed
Born:Abt. 1834
Died:October 18, 1900
Wife:Susanna Powers
Born:Abt. 1838
Died:Abt. 1890
Married:UNK
Children:11
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Name: Nathan Beverly
Relationship:1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: Abt. 1841
Died:UNK
Wife:Mary Polly
Born:September 13, 1840
Died:UNK
Married:May 10, 1860
Children:2
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Name: William H. Gardner
Relationship:Husband of 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Wife: Senia Kilgore
Born: UNK
Died:UNK
Married: UNK
Children: 0
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Name: James Hamilton
Relationship: 3rd Great Uncle
Born: March 7, 1833
Died: December 2, 1862
Wife:Mary C. Wheatley
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: September 30, 1850
Children: 0
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Name: Nelson Hamilton
Relationship: 3rd Great Grandfather
Born: February 9, 1838
Died: July 20, 1888
Wife: Lucinda Moore
Born: April 30, 1838
Died: September 18, 1887
Married: December 1, 1859
Children: 8
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Name: Robert Hamilton
Relationship: 3rd Geat Uncle
Born: January 4, 1834
Died: March 10, 1862
Wife: Melissa Wheatley
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: UNK
Children:0
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Name: William Thomas Huff
Relationship: Husband of 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Wife: Susan Hamilton
Born: March 6, 1832
Died: UNK
Married: January 29, 1852
Children:0
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Name: George Kilgore
Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: Abt. 1837
Died: UNK
Wife: Elizabeth Smythe
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: UNK
Children: UNK
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Name: Ira H. Kilgore
Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: Abt. 1843
Died: UNK
Wife: Martha Jane Dean
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: UNK
Children: UNK
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Name: Nelson Kilgore
Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: Abt. 1836
Died: UNK
Wife: Katherine Roberts
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: July 22, 1852
Children: UNK
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Name: James Lambert
Relationship: Husband of 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Wife: Mary Ann (Polly) beverly
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: UNK
Children: 1
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Name: Logan Henry Neal Salyer
Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: May 31, 1835
Died: May 3, 1916
Wife: Clarinda Godsey
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: August 10, 1854
Children: 4
Notes:On June 3, 1861, the first muster at Gladeville, now Wise, Virginia, was held and a company of 101 men was formed and placed in command of Capt. Logan H. N. Salyer. This company was immediately dispatched to Wytheville, where it was designated as Company H (aka: The Wise Yankee Catchers) and made a part of the 50th Virginia Regiment of Infantry, under the command of General John B. Floyd and Col. A. B. Reynolds. The regiment was sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where it engaged the enemy in battle. Several were killed in the struggle and Capt. Salyers was wounded. In June 1862, the Regiment was reorganized and Capt. Salyers, who had recovered and rejoined his company, was promoted to Major. Later he was made Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Commander of the 50th Regiment. After the death of the Regimental Commander, Logan was promoted to Colonel. The Wise County regiment fought in the following battles: Bull Run, Cotton Mountain, Big Sewell Mountain, Fort Donaldson, Fayetteville, Frazier's Farm, Winchester, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Manassas, Siege of Petersburg, Fall of Richmond, Boonesboro, Malvern Hill, Gaines Mill and many others of less note. Colonel Salyers was left for dead at the battle of Chancellorsville but was picked up by the Sisters of Charity. He lay for thirty-six hours atop a piano in General Hooker's house. A cannon shell blew a hole hole in the wall next to him, and he was able to escape during the confusion, and return to his own lines. After recovering, again, he took command just in time to lead his men, many of them to a heroic death, on the field of Gettysburg, at Culp's Hill. He surrendered with Lee at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. Col. Salyers was the son of Samuel Salyers, Jr., builder of the second permanent residence in Prince's Flats, now Norton, Virginia, where Logan was born. His ancestor, Roger Wheatley, was also born in Norton, as were all the generations of his family, in between.
Name: Rowan (Roan) Salyer
Relationship: 3rd Great Uncle
Born: Abt. 1828
Died: May 1, 1862
Wife: Mary Evelyn Phillips
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married:March 15, 1855
Children: 4
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Name: Robert Shanklin Salyer
Relationship: 3rd Great Uncle
Born: July 20, 1825
Died: July 13, 1881
Wife: Anna Easterling Shanklin
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: Abt. 1847
Children: UNK
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Name: Samuel Salyer, Jr.
Relationship: 3rd Great Uncle
Born: December 1813
Died: January 1910
Wife:Lydia Dorton
Born: June 4, 1812
Died: December 8, 1887
Married: July 14, 1834
Children: 6
Notes: Colonel Logan H.N. Salyer's Father
Name: Tyree T. Salyer
Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed
Born: June 9, 1838
Died: June 5, 1911
Wife: Cyhthia Phillips
Born: UNK
Died: UNK
Married: July 10, 1855
Children: 0
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Name: James Stidham
Relationship: Husband of 3rd Great Aunt
Born: Abt. 1810
Died: Abt. 1880
Wife: Malinda Hamilton
Born:July 1, 1819
Died: September 13, 1890
Married: UNK
Children:8
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Name: Virgil James Carter
Relationship:GG Grandfather
Born: August 28, 1836 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
Died: November 20, 1881 in Cuthand, Red River County, Texas
Wife: Louisa F. Killgrove
Born: March 9, 1836, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi
Died: August 13, 1912 in Fort Worth, Texas
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Children: 6
Notes: Second son of John Calvin Carter. Enlisted in Red River Dixie Boys Company of Colonel W. C. Young's Regiment of Texas State Troops on June 12, 1861 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. He was the original 1st Corporal of that unit. That unit later became Company E of the 11th Texas Cavalry. In September of 1861 he transferred out of that Regiment into Gould's Cavalry Company. They traveled to Memphis, Tennessee and became the 1st Company D of Forrest's 3rd Tennessee Cavalry. After fights in Kentucky, escaping capture at Fort Donelson and the Battle of Shiloh, Virgil returned to Texas. He then served until the end of the war as a Sergeant and a private (Wardmaster) with Company K, 23rd Texas Cavalry. There are Parole records for private Virgil "S." Carter of Company D, 9th Texas Cavalry, dated August 11, 1865 in Beaumont, Texas. Research of Census records for Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas show no similar name, so that could be him.
Name: Virgil James Carter
Relationship:GGG Grandfather
Born: August 28, 1836 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
Died: November 20, 1881 in Cuthand, Red River County, Texas
Wife: Louisa F. Killgrove
Born: March 9, 1836, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi
Died: August 13, 1912 in Fort Worth, Texas
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Children: 6
Notes: Second son of John Calvin Carter. Enlisted in Red River Dixie Boys Company of Colonel W. C. Young's Regiment of Texas State Troops on June 12, 1861 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. He was the original 1st Corporal of that unit. That unit later became Company E of the 11th Texas Cavalry. In September of 1861 he transferred out of that Regiment into Gould's Cavalry Company. They traveled to Memphis, Tennessee and became the 1st Company D of Forrest's 3rd Tennessee Cavalry. After fights in Kentucky, escaping capture at Fort Donelson and the Battle of Shiloh, Virgil returned to Texas. He then served until the end of the war as a Sergeant and a private (Wardmaster) with Company K, 23rd Texas Cavalry. There are Parole records for private Virgil "S." Carter of Company D, 9th Texas Cavalry, dated August 11, 1865 in Beaumont, Texas. Research of Census records for Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas show no similar name, so that could be him.
Name:John Calvin Carter
Relationship:GGG Grandfather
Born: November 16, 1814 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
Died:September 1, 1896 in Manchester, Red River County, Texas
Wife: Prathena Alexander
Born: unknown, Tennessee
Died: October 16, 1845 in Bowie County, Texas
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Children:4
Notes: Enlisted in the "Red River Dragoons" Company on June 15, 1861. Was elected 1st Lieutenant. In July of 1861 he was elected Major of the Militia Regiment. The Red River Dragoons later became Company B of the 9th Texas Infantry. Next records show Major Carter with the 2nd Texas State Cavalry in 1864 and 1865. That unit served primarily within Texas and possibly some in Louisiana. Some records show him as Lieutenant Colonel. However, his headstone in Manchester, Texas reads: Major John C. Carter.
Name:John Calvin Carter
Relationship:GGGG Grandfather
Born: November 16, 1814 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee
Died:September 1, 1896 in Manchester, Red River County, Texas
Wife: Prathena Alexander
Born: unknown, Tennessee
Died: October 16, 1845 in Bowie County, Texas
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Children:4
Notes: Enlisted in the "Red River Dragoons" Company on June 15, 1861. Was elected 1st Lieutenant. In July of 1861 he was elected Major of the Militia Regiment. The Red River Dragoons later became Company B of the 9th Texas Infantry. Next records show Major Carter with the 2nd Texas State Cavalry in 1864 and 1865. That unit served primarily within Texas and possibly some in Louisiana. Some records show him as Lieutenant Colonel. However, his headstone in Manchester, Texas reads: Major John C. Carter.
Name: Thomas Alexander Carter
Relationship:GGG Uncle
Born: 1834, Henry County, Tennessee
Died: June 16, 1891, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
Wife: Clementine Dillahunty-Carter
Born: about 1850 in Tennessee
Died: September 4, 1884, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
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Children: 1 (died an infant)
Notes: First son of John Calvin Carter. Enlisted in an unknown Infantry Regiment at the beginning of the war and was later discharge. Enlisted in Russell's 20th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in September of 1863 and was elected 1st Lieutenant of Company E. That Regiment served under General Nathan B. Forrest. His diary survives describing his service under Forrest. Lieutenant Carter was shot in the neck during the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi in June of 1864. He was later Captured and sent north to prison for the rest of the war. After the war he was set free, but was penniless and it took him over two years to work and walk his way home. Meanwhile, his sweetheart married his brother Robert Henry Carter, thinking he had been killed. After some time of discontent, Tom settled the affair with Robert and they went into business together. Tom became Mayor of Clarksville, Texas for a period. Robert died in 1882. A little over a year later, in 1883, Tom and "Clemmie" were married. Tom was a member of John Burks Camp of United Confederate Veterans until his death in 1891.
Name: Thomas Alexander Carter
Relationship:GGGG Uncle
Born: 1834, Henry County, Tennessee
Died: June 16, 1891, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
Wife: Clementine Dillahunty-Carter
Born: about 1850 in Tennessee
Died: September 4, 1884, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
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Children: 1 (died an infant)
Notes: First son of John Calvin Carter. Enlisted in an unknown Infantry Regiment at the beginning of the war and was later discharge. Enlisted in Russell's 20th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in September of 1863 and was elected 1st Lieutenant of Company E. That Regiment served under General Nathan B. Forrest. His diary survives describing his service under Forrest. Lieutenant Carter was shot in the neck during the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi in June of 1864. He was later Captured and sent north to prison for the rest of the war. After the war he was set free, but was penniless and it took him over two years to work and walk his way home. Meanwhile, his sweetheart married his brother Robert Henry Carter, thinking he had been killed. After some time of discontent, Tom settled the affair with Robert and they went into business together. Tom became Mayor of Clarksville, Texas for a period. Robert died in 1882. A little over a year later, in 1883, Tom and "Clemmie" were married. Tom was a member of John Burks Camp of United Confederate Veterans until his death in 1891.
Name: Robert Henry Carter
Relationship:GGG Uncle
Born: March 28, 1838, Henry County, Tennessee
Died: February 5, 1882 in Clarksville, Red River County, Tennessee
Wife: Clementine Dillahunty
Born: about 1850 in Tennessee
Died: September 4, 1884, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
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Notes: Third son of John Calvin Carter. Enlisted in Red River Dixie Boys Company of Colonel W. C. Young's Regiment of Texas State Troops on June 12, 1861 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. He was the original 3rd Corporal of that unit. That unit later became Company E of the 11th Texas Cavalry. That unit was engaged in every Confederate State, except Virginia and Florida. It was also engaged in the Indian Territories and possibly Kansas. Robert was appointed 5th Sergeant of Company E, 11th Texas Cavalry in December of 1862. He was wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro Dec. 31, 1862), but returned to duty by April of 1863. He served at Chickamauga, Longstreet's Knoxville Campaign and on Wheeler's Raids into Tennessee. On August 31, 1864 Robert was shot through the right hip and captured on a raid near Knoxville, Tennessee. He was sent to a US Military Hospital and released to "Rebel Prison" on October 9, 1864. He ended up in the prison called Camp Chase in Ohio. Probably fearing death and not knowing the status of the war, Robert enlisted in the "Galvanized Yankee" 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment. He was a Cook for that regiment that served in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and District of the Plains until November of 1866. See noted for Thomas A. Carter for further information.
Name: Robert Henry Carter
Relationship:GGGG Uncle
Born: March 28, 1838, Henry County, Tennessee
Died: February 5, 1882 in Clarksville, Red River County, Tennessee
Wife: Clementine Dillahunty
Born: about 1850 in Tennessee
Died: September 4, 1884, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
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Children: none
Notes: Third son of John Calvin Carter. Enlisted in Red River Dixie Boys Company of Colonel W. C. Young's Regiment of Texas State Troops on June 12, 1861 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. He was the original 3rd Corporal of that unit. That unit later became Company E of the 11th Texas Cavalry. That unit was engaged in every Confederate State, except Virginia and Florida. It was also engaged in the Indian Territories and possibly Kansas. Robert was appointed 5th Sergeant of Company E, 11th Texas Cavalry in December of 1862. He was wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro Dec. 31, 1862), but returned to duty by April of 1863. He served at Chickamauga, Longstreet's Knoxville Campaign and on Wheeler's Raids into Tennessee. On August 31, 1864 Robert was shot through the right hip and captured on a raid near Knoxville, Tennessee. He was sent to a US Military Hospital and released to "Rebel Prison" on October 9, 1864. He ended up in the prison called Camp Chase in Ohio. Probably fearing death and not knowing the status of the war, Robert enlisted in the "Galvanized Yankee" 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment. He was a Cook for that regiment that served in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and District of the Plains until November of 1866. See noted for Thomas A. Carter for further information.
Name: Charles Coatsworth Sullivan
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Notes: Enlisted in Company I, 11th (Bethel) Regiment of North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army, on March 9, 1862, at Lincolnton, North Carolina for 3 years or the war. He was in the Armisted/Pickett charge at Gettysburg and was wounded near Petersburg, Virginia on March 30, 1865, during the Battle of Five Forks (Appomatox Campaign) where he sustained a gunshot to the left leg. He was captured there and was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, as a Prisoner of War. He was paroled at the USA General Hospital, Point Lookout, Maryland on June 26, 1865.
Name: Ezekiel Morris Sullivan, Jr.
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Notes: Enlisted in Company G, 57th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army, on July 4, 1862, at Lincolnton, North Carolina. In December, 1862, Zeke was with the 57th during the defense of the Federal siege of Fredericksburg, VA. He was in the heat of the battle at Fredericksburg, VA when the 57th dislodged the Federal stronghold of New Jersey troops at the railroad cut along Hazel Run below Marye's Heights. He saw bloody action again when the 57th dislodged General John Gibbon's Federal troops from their stronghold along the turnpike below Fredericksburg on May 3rd, 1863. His last fight was with the 57th when General Early surprised Union General Milroy at Winchester, VA in mid-June, 1863. The 57th charged one face of Milroy's entrenched camp and routed or captured all of the Federals there. Zeke was present and accounted for until he was laid low by pneumonia after the Winchester battle. He died near Winchester in the CSA Wayside Hospital at Jordan Springs, Virginia, on July 13, 1863. Zeke was detailed to bury the dead after the battle at Fredericksburg and likely contracted disease from the decaying bodies. His death from pneumonia is attributed to his weakened constitution from sickness resultant to that burial detail. Zeke is listed on the Confederate States Roll of Honor.
Name: John Henry Wood
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Notes: Enlisted in the 1st NC Volunteers (Bethel Regiment) on March 17, 1862 at Lincolnton, North Carolina for 3 years or the war. The 1st NC Voluteers was reorganized into the 11th (Bethel) Regiment of North Carolina Infantry at Camp Mangum near Raleigh on March 31st, 1862. John Henry was assigned to Company I of the newly formed 11th Regiment and served in the coastal forts in defense of Wilmington, NC. The Confederate Roll of Honor and Report of Sick and Wounded lists John Henry Wood, age 25, volunteer, as died of typhoid fever September 2, 1862, at C.S.A. General Military Hospital No.4 at Wilmington.
Name: Perry Green Wood
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Notes: Enlisted in Company I, 11th (Bethel) Regiment of North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army on March 17, 1862, at Lincolnton, North Carolina for 3 years or the war. He was present and accounted for on Company muster roles until wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863. He recuperated from his wounds at Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia and was returned to duty on August 3, 1863. Perry was captured at Burgess Mills, October 27, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia. He was confined at the Union military prison at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died on May 19, 1865 from a combination of his war wounds and disease from the pestilence and filth of the Yankee prison.
Name: Abraham Jennings Van Matre
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Notes: Private - 4th Texas Field Battery - Van Dorn Light Artillery
Name: Abraham Jennings Van Matre
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Notes: Private - 4th Texas Field Battery - Van Dorn Light Artillery
Name: C. P. Pruitt
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Notes: Served with Company H - 9th South Carolina Reserve. He joined on November 17, 1862. His last documented roll call was on February 14, 1863. He was discharged by reason of being over age on December 22, 1863
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Copyright ©: 1999, 2009, Roger N. Wheatley
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2009