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. 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. "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". 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. Marilyn in San Diego > > >