CAPTAIN BENJAMIN J. BLACKLY�S COMPANY OF SENIOR RESERVES By the later part of the War Between the States available manpower began to decline, and then it became necessary to utilize the services of the men who originally were too old to serve in the regular troops in defending the Southern Homeland. In the year 1864 there were several companies of Senior Reserves and Supporting Forces, created in the northern part of North Carolina. One of those companies raised in this area was under the leadership of Captain Benjamin J. Blackly of the county. The main enrollments took place in Granville County. From the information given by these enlisted men, most of their places of birth were from Granville County. Upon enlistment the men the enrolling officer with the following information: Age; birth place; Height [feet and inches]; Complexion; color of hair and eyes; and occupation. The following is a list of those men which served in Captain Benjamin J. Blackly�s Company of Senior Reserves: Captain Benjamin J. Blackly - David Adcock, Francis Allen, John Amis, Joel Arnett, Elijah Averitt, James R. Ball, Robert S. Barnett, Henry Biggs, James Clark, Reuben Clayton, Wiley Cook, William Daniel, John Dickerson, Daniel W. Dismukes, James J. Ellixan, Richard Evans, James W. Finch, John Finch, Maliaki Flowers, Dennis AFrazier, James T. Gill, Zackariah Griffin, Granville Grissom, James Grissom, John W. Grissom, Wesley Grissom, Andrew B. Harris, Bethel Harris, Hardy Harris, James H. Harris, C. James, A. Jones, James T. Littlejohn, Wilson Loyd, Wesley S. Lyon, William P. Mangum, Thomas Meaddows, Alex Mizo, David Morris, William Moss, Buckner S. Nethery, Alex Norwood, James W. Oakley, William Oakley, Daniel F. Osborn, Robert Overby, Henry F. Parrott, Thomas Patterson, Richard Peed, Thomas J. Pittard, M.A. Pool, Robert Pruit, Smith Y. Ragsdale, Robert H. Reed, John Ross, Rufus T. Rycroft, Thomas L. Shotwell, L. Sizemore, Abraham Slaughter, William H. Smiley, William D.G. Spero, Ezekiel Stanly, K.J. Stark, William Thompson, Benjamin Thorp, Richard Thorp, Henry Tillison, James S. Tinsbloom, James N. Uzzell, Joseph Waldo, David Walker, James H. Wiggins, James J. Wilkins, Alex Wilkinson, Stephen D. Wilkinson, John W. Williams, and David Williford. I have scheduled trips planned to do research in the Archives over the next few weeks. If anyone would like for me to retrieve copies of these or any other Compiled Service Records from any North Carolina Company or Regiment, I can do so for a small fee. For those interested e-mail me privately at. dchr28358@yahoo.com In the subject line of your e-mail put Compiled Service Records. I will send you details at no cost or obligations. Thanks, Sam --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.