Isaac D. Franklin was from Burke Cty, NC. On the Benfields: you said 7 brothers. Was one of them Byard Henry? He is direct ancestor of my husband's. Thank you so much for the very informative data. I really appreciate it. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael C. Hardy" <mchardy@hotmail.com> To: <NCAVERY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [NCAVERY] Civil War Veterans > Audrey: > Greetings! Great to hear from you. Below is what I've come up with so far. > > Your servant, > Michael > > Love, James Born September 24, 1823 in North Carolina Father: Thomas Love > Mother: Catherine ?? Spouse: Emeline Pennington married December 23, 1848. > Children: Arreny L., Thomas, Marth E., James E., Julia., Lillie, and > William. Occupation: Farmer. Living in the Laurel Creek township in 1860. > He enlisted in Company E, 37th NCT, on September 18, 1861. Wounded at the > battle of Second Manassas on August 27, 1862. Reported absent wounded or > absent without leave through October 1863. Returned to duty in > November-December 1863. Wounded in the right leg at or near Jericho mills, > Virginia, May 23, 1864. Returned to duty in September-October 1864. > Present or accounted fort through February 1865. Applied for and received a > pension after the war. Died on March 16, 1904, and is buried in the Love > Cemetery (290) in Watauga County. > > Eggers, Joel Born c. 1811. Parents ?? Spouse: Sarah Wilson married in 1830. > Children: Adam, Alexander, Riley, Mary, Joel, and Noah. Occupation: > Farmer. Service: Co. B, 11th Battalion North Carolina Home Guard. > > Calaway (Calloway), William Henderson born: August 27, 1845 Parents: James > Calloway and Nancy Spouse: Mirah Children: Harison C., Louiza, Grant, and > Sherman Military service: Enlisted in Watauga County at age 16 on June 27, > 1862, for the war, in Company M, 58th NCT. Reported present in Janaury - > April 1863. Deserted on June 5, 1863. Later served as a private in Company > F, 3rd Regiment Tennessee Cavalry (US). Applied for and receive US Army > pension after the war. > > Benfield, Joseph L. Born: July 2, 1831, in Burke County. Parents: Joseph > S. Benfield and Eleaner "Nelly" Johnson. Spouse: Mary Lousie Teams. > Children: William W., Martha E., Lillian, James., Joseph P., Ellen J., > Robert P., Eugenia, and Thomas B. Occupation: Farmer, Minister. Military > service: enlisted in Company B, 37th North Carolina Troops on September 14, > 1861. Wounded in action in the forearm at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, on > August 9, 1862. Returned to duty in January-February 1863. Deserted on > July 22, 1863. Reported present but under sentence of court martial > September - December 1863. Deserted to the enemy on or about February 16, > 1865. Released on unknown date after taking the oath. (He had seven > brothers who served in the war..) Died on August 17, 1893. Buried in the > Benfield Cemetery, Buck Hill, Avery County, North Carolina. > > Franklin, Isaac Sorry, I don't have any information on him. Was he from > the southern part of what is now Avery County, or the Northern part? My > records only cover the Northern part. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Audrey Annable Franklin" <jrfranklin@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: NCAVERY-L@rootsweb.com > To: NCAVERY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCAVERY] Civil War Veterans > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:26:54 -0600 > > Michael: Do you have any information on: Joel Eggers 11th Battalion NC Home > Guard, William H. Calloway 58th NC Troops and13th Tenn Cavalry, James A. > Love, 37th NC Troops, Joseph L. Benfield, 37th NC Troops, Isaac D. Franklin > 13th TN Cavalry? These are all ancestors of my husband. Audrey > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > >