1864 MT. HARMONY CHURCH W. MURRY of Co. I., 56th Regiment, N.C., fell near Petersburg, August 21, 1864 in the 31st year of his age. John William Murray b. c1833 buried Cleveland Co. NC (Township 3) (Sulfer Springs Methodist Cemetery) (wife Sophia Emmaline Beattie) brother-in-law of W.T Horton below. ----------- W.T. HORTON pf Co. I, 56th Regimenty, N.C., fell near Petersburg, Va. Aug. 21, 1864, in the 30th year of his age. William Townsend Horton b. c1837 York Dist. SC - buried Rutherford Co. NC (Mt. Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery) m. Melinda J. Murray (sister of W. Murray above) [Company I, 56th Regiment, NC Troops "The Rutherford Rifles" raised in Rutherford County in the summer of 1862] ----------- T.B. SWEEZY of Co. D., 16th Regiment, died at Manassas, Feb. 3, 1861. Also listed as Thomas S. Sweezy [Company I, 56th Regiment, NC Troops "The Rutherford Rifles" raised in Rutherford County in the summer of 1862] b. c1843 s/o Lt. James H. Sweezy & Jane Carlton of High Shoal District. ----------- J.W. SWEEZY died at Goldsborough, N.C. on the 31st Aug., 1862. John W. Sweezy b. c1846 (brother of above Thomas) [Company I, 56th Regiment, NC Troops "The Rutherford Rifles" raised in Rutherford County in the summer of 1862] (wife Margaret A. Gettys) ----------- ALFRED W. GETTYS of Co. B, 34th Regiment, died at Goldsborough, April 23rd, 1862. Alfred W. Gettys b. c1842 [Company B, 34th Regiment of NC Troops "Sandy Run Yellow Jackets"] s/o Alexander Gettys & Elizabeth Chitwood, Betsy (both buried Rutherford Co. NC (Big Springs Baptist Cemetery) ----------- L.G. GETTYS , Co. B, 34th Regiment, died at Liberty Hospital, Va. Lawson G. Gettys b. c1843 [Company B, 34th Regiment of NC Troops "Sandy Run Yellow Jackets"] brother of Alfred above. No history of marriage. ----------- W.J. YELTON died a conscript in 1864. William Jackson Yelton b. c1836 m. Esther L. Toney [Yelton-William-J.-Toney-Easter-L.-Mar-9-1856-Leonard-Yelton-John-Freema n][Company C, 70th Regiment of NC Troops raised and enlisted of troops from Haywood, Hendereson and Rutherford Counties] s/o John Yelton, Sr. & Faraby Constant. ----------- GEORGE YELTON , Co. B., 34th Regiment, died at sea, Aug. 7, 1862. George W. Yelton b. c1842 [Company B, 34th Regiment of NC Troops "Sandy Run Yellow Jackets"] brother of above. No history of marriage. ----------- WALLS CHURCH BENJAMIN HAMILTON of 17 boys of 7th Battalion, N.C. , died July 2d, 1864. No information - probably Benjamin Hamilton Company B, 70th Regiment of NC Troops Rutherford County, NC. [Hamilton-Benjamin-Morrison-Mary-M.-Feb-5-1857-EP-Morrison-MH-Vandyke] -----------