Hi Diane, I sent for my ancestor's CW records and got all kinds of information: dob, pob, fa. and ma.'s name, county where enlisted, physical description, etc. I even received copies of his roster records (these were slips of paper which told which regiment he was in, when, and where, how much pay he received, when he took leave, etc.). They are sort of like pay vouchers. It did not list his wife's name because he wasn't md. at the time. However, I would bet that it would have listed her if he had been since it did list his parent's names. It takes a while sometimes to get these records, but they are definitely worth getting. Oh, I only knew his name and where he was living at the beginning of the war. I knew that he was born in 1841 because of the census so I figured that any 20 yr. old was probably in the fighting and took a chance and asked if there were records. Good luck, Jean Hancock ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Johnson" <geraldine@intrstar.net> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 10:12 PM Subject: [NCROOTS] Need Answers About Records. > Can anybody out there tell me, what kind of info a man would given when he > enlisted in Oct. of 1861 in the North Carolina State Troops? And are they > records of that info still around? Because I thought I might could get my > John Johnson`s abt.1827, parents names this way and his wife`s real name > this way. I`ve about run out of ways to find them. All help will be greatly > appreciated. > Thanks, > James L. Johnson Jr. > > List surnames; Johnson, ?(Maddill), Barnes, Avery, Weeks, Godwin, Moore. In > North Carolina. > > ______________________________