>From: Marilyn Steber <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > >At 07:13 AM 6/20/1999 -0500, you wrote: >>> >>>At 06:47 AM 6/19/1999 -0500, you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Has anyone ever compiled a complete (as possible) listing of all the >>>Lewis Co. >>>>residents who participated in the Civil War? Or, as my relatives prefer >>>to say, >>>>The War Between The States? I know that Lewis County tended to be mostly >>>Union, >>>>but my ancesters preferred the other side. One of my grandmother's uncles >>>was >>>>killed early in the War by the Home Guard, another (James Thurston Voiers) >>>rode >>>>with Morgan. Other than those two, I don't know of any other relatives >that >>>>were involved. A good indexed list would be quite interesting to read. >>>> I'm going to Frankfort for three days this next week. I'll be >working on >>>>obtaining land records from the William VEIRS family from Maryland and >Robert >>>>VIERS from Virginia. I'm hoping to trace connections between these two >>>families >>>>since there are just too many coincidences in the lines. >>>> >>>> >>>>Sue Bishop >>>> >>>> >>>>Yes Sue, there is a list of men in Co C Ky rifles, which I assume you are >>>looking for. I have it and will look for your man. That was the company >>>of JH Morgan. My Great great Uncle was also part of that unit but didn't >>>ride with Morgan. That was Lt. George W. Seaman. I'll get back to you >>>after my first cup of coffee this morning. >> >>The only record I've found of his involvement with that unit is a letter >written >>by another member of the troop right after the war where he describes >James T. >>Viers/Voiers (aka Tut) coming home from a Union Prison. >> >>I'm just curious if there is a complete site listing of ALL persons who were >>involved, both sides from Lewis Co. Since my relatives there included the >Smiths, >>Hubbards, Lewises, Carrs, CArters, Voiers, Thomases, etc., I've wondered >which >>were doing what. >> >>Sue >> >>>Marilyn >> >>Adjutant Generals of each state were required to make a list of old vets, >and I am certain you can find your Voiers/Viers in Frankfort. The Union >men should be a cinch. Ask for the original list of Reb men who signed the >Pledge of Allegiance upon release. I have learned that is more reliable >than other kinds of lists. (My rev. war soldier was on the original >cardfile but Not in some books written about men who served from his state.) > >Also, the old Lewis County Circuit Court records are in Frankfort. If you >have time to go through them, do it. Everybody went to court in those >days. But they are not all indexed, as I have been told. > >There's an R. T. Voiers (sic) who sued James Rodgers in the June term of >1863, case continued. That's on page 710 of the Order book from Lewis >County Book N. It happens to be on a page concerning my Uncle George and >his men. They stole horses (for the Cause) from a John Voires (sic) as >well as Seth Parker, F. M. Carr, a John Thomas (yours?) and a Samuel >Stephenson. John Voires was R. T. (that's Robert Thurston aka 'Tut') Voiers' father. John Thomas would have been some kind of relative since John Voires' mother was Sarah/Sally Thomas. F. M. Carr would also have been a relative, since John Voires' wife was Louisiana Carr Carter (her mother was a Carr). > >Thomas Carr was indicted for horse stealing at the same time as Uncle >George as well as David Stout and Charles Bevan (sic). Those are on page >673 of the order book. Almost certainly a cousin of some sort. > >"Uncle Davey" Stout, as he was called many years later, is the one who >jumped off the train and ran when the Union order came to shoot two rebs >for every Union soldier killed. He figgered "they was a goin' to shoot >[him] anyway". I remember reading about that! > >By the way, who are your Carters? George's sister married Powhattan Carter >(son of John and Virginia Boswell) in Reedy, WV moved to Lewis County for a >while and probably died in Indiana where they were living with a son, >William, in 1900. My Carters are John Carter and his wife Lucinda Carr. John Carter saw the war coming several years earlier, sold all his slaves at an auction in Lexington (I have a copy of the sales bill) and moved his family to Indiana where he eventually died. His wife moved back to Lewis Co. after that. My dad (nearly 90) and my aunts (now gone) used to tell me that their mother would talk about her grandmother (John Carter's widow) coming to visit in a big carriage with black servants. One thing I want to do is get a copy of the James Carr will and eventually the John Carter will. James Thurston Voiers was known for being a wild and crazy guy. Gus Doyle (a cousin) wrote about 'Tut' shooting up Vanceburg after one of his brothers was shot by the home guard. I haven't yet found the source for that but it would be fun to read. Once when I was at Frankfort, I looked at the records of an extensive lawsuit between John Carter and another man involving a land purchase and slaves left behind by the previous owner. Fascinating to read, since the slaves left were ill-tempered and obnoxious very elderly slave women who were a big burden. The law suit went on for YEARS, and so did the slave women, living well into their 90s and even past 100 (one of them). > >Marilyn in San Diego >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] > > >MASON-L and LEWIS-L have been mentioning Gen John Hunt Morgan's >Confederate raiders. In that brother-vs brother war, may it be noted that >GEN MORGAN,and some of us here at Bethel ,Oh share RALPH HUNT,1660 >Newtown,Long Island as a common ancestor. >July 13-14 1863 GEN MORGAN'S men rode roughly 25 miles north of >MASON-Lewis west to east about on RT 32 thru the northern portions of >the river counties of sw Oh. Morgan had crossed into Indiana at >BRANDENBURG,KY west of Louisville,and had routed past n Cincinnati >roughly I-275. He spent the night of the 13TH at Williamsburg,Oh ,once >county seat for the area just nw MASON CO. And he made a feint towards >RIPLEY,Oh with part of his troops,but passed on to PIKETON,PIKE CO,OH 50 >miles ne of ne LEWIS cO,kY. >His men,in those several hundred miles,caused 1 only 1 death, but stole >many horses and mules, and ravaged small town general stores. He was >presued by a much larger UNION force-who also took horses,and store >goods. I hve a quote on that > Personal-On this farm,7 miles south of Williamsburg,the horses were >"hidden"? in the rough,wooded, 'SUGAR CAMP" corner of the farm, while >our "valuables" were hidden buried in the vegetable garden,and the garden >hoed to hide soil movement. >My 100 year dad is picturied in a 1970's history telling a tale. About >1910,his fishing buddy was the old man from the next farm. And George >Girardy told of riding to Williamsburg to see Morgan's Raiders. And of >Morgan's outlying scouts surprizing him . >Evert's 1880 'History of Clermont Co,Oh ' gives 2 lists of persons losing >horses,mules,goods, wtc-1 to Morgan and another to the UNION forces. >Dad's so old,that he had 3 uncles b 1833-43,and ex Underground RRer,Capt >Will Fagaly, was PROVOST MARSHALL. He became most hated, for it was his >job to attempt to get horses to original owners. Which meant,at times, he >took good horses ,now rested,left by the raiders,from a farmer,and >returned the man's own horses,broken down, or none at all. George Girardy >shows as having lost a horse and buggy to Morgan'S men. > The idea of the raid,in part,was to pull Union troops enclosing >Confederate Gen Bragg,in e TN,north protecting Cincinnati. Morgan rode >thru sleepy country villages of 1000 maximum. Evans and Stievers >"HISTORY OF ADAMS CO,OHIO" has some interesting articles about the raid. I'm still trying to verify it, but I think the Ohio side of my family was part of the group chasing Morgan when he went through the Scioto Co., area. Sue