While reading Lisa's posting of "The Free Lance" Issue: May 1, 1903 part 1, it dawned on me that it has been 100 years since that was published. Nineteen-three was 38 years after the war. Some questions that come to mind. What was the ceremony all about and why so few soldiers included? How many of those soldiers can we identify today? Was that all that could be identified then? Seems like very few compared to those that were buried in the county. How many have been identified that are buried in the County? How many of those identified still have descendant that read these postings? MEMORIAL DAY CROSSES OF HONOR Memorial Day will be celebrated here this year by the bestowal of a number of crosses of honor upon Confederate Veterans by the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The exercises will take place in Converse ***** auditorium on May 11, as May 10 falls on Sunday. The crosses will be bestowed upon the following: A. J. ABBOTT: Abbott Andrew Jackson Hampton's Legion, Co. C and transferred to Holcombe Legion, Co. C. Ssurvived the war and died sometime before 1907 and is buried at Magnolia Cem spartanburg. A.W. JONES: Jones Aquilla Served for 6 months in 5th Reserves, Co. G. Survived the war and was married to Lucretia. Don't know when he died or where he was buried. J. G. BEACHAM: Beacham Jesse G. Served in 2nd Cavalry, Co. E. survived the war. Born 7/8/45 and died aft 1910. drawing pension in 1910. Dudley MULLINS: Mullins, Dudley served in 13th Infantry, Co. I. Survived the war. Born 1832 and don't know when he died. Wife's initials were E. A. J. F. BROWN: Brown, J. Franklin served in 13th Infantry, Co. E Killed at Jericho Ford VA, 5/23/64. J. G. POOLE: Poole, James Giles, Seved in Mangault's Light Artillery, Co I and Gist Guard, co. A Survived the war was born in 1846. Died before 1907 and is buried at Oakwood Cem Spartanburg. His widow Kittie was drawing a pension in 1919. H. (?) C? CATHCART {second initial may be C.}: Either Cathcart, Hamilton Hampton or Hampton H. Cathcart. served in 3rd Inf., Co. D and 5th Reserves Co. H. Died of disease while in 3D on 8/24/64 at Petersburg, V. Buried at Blandford Ch Petersburg, VA. Born 12/3/20 and married to Frances Jane Farmer. The difference with Henry H. Cathcart is that he was in 3rd Battalion, Co. D and was KIA 7/1/64, Petersburg. Buried at Blandenburg Ch Petersburg . S. B. REID: Reid, Samuel B. 1st State Troops, Co. I. Born 12/13/46 and died before 1919. His widow Della U.was drawing a pension in 1919. T. R. CONCH (COUCH?): I have no Conch in the records, but this is probably Couch, Tolliver R, Served in 18th Infantry, Co. E. Born 1839 and died after 1907. Drawing a pension in 1907. Sanford REYNOLDS: Reynolds, Sanford S. Served in 14th Infantry, Co. E. Born 6/15/45 and died 3/4/19. Buried at Green Pond Baptist Reidville with a CSA Marker on the grave. Wifee was Martha J. T. H. DODD: Can't identify a T. H. Dodd. Have 6 Dodds on my list .W. A. ROGERS: Probably Rodgers, Washington who serve in 5th Reserves, Co. E.from 8/1/63 1/1/64. Is said to have Deserted. Born 1828 and died before 1870. His widow Adelia A. Hammett was living at Reidville and drawing a pension in 1919. A. J. ELMORE: Elmore Andrew Served in 5th Reserves Co. E from 8/63 to 2/64. Born 1814 and died after 1870. Don't know where buried. J. M. STONE: Stone, James Madison served in 18th Infantry, Co. E. Born 1/3/35 and died after 1910. Drawing a pension in 1910. Warren FARMER: Farmer Warren served in 3rd Infantry Co. D. Born 11/25/40 and died 3/26/15. His widow Sarah Vaughn was living in Pauline in 1919 and drawing a pension J. M. STRIBLING : Stribling , James Madison Servws in 18th Infantry Co. E Born 10/1/31 and died 7/17/04. Buried at New Unity Baptist Woodruff. There is a CSA Marker on the grave. His widow Martha A. Walker was drawing a pension in 1910. Y C. B. FOSTER: Foster, Christian Bookter Served in 13 Infantry Co. C. Born 12/22/42 and died after 1910 . Drawing a pension in 1910. E. D. TUTTLE: Can't identify. No Tuttle in data base E. G. FOWLER: Not sure which: Fowler, Eber or Elias Fowler. Both Served in 1st (Hagood's) Infantry, Co. H. Elias died of disease 12/15/62 at Lynchburg , VA. T. H. WEST: West, Thomas Henry. Served in 3rd Infantry Co. K. Lived at Glenn springs and died after 1919. Drawing pension in 1919. R. D. GALERAITH {this name is hard to read}: Galbrith Robert D. (note spelling) Served in 4th Infantry Co. G. Living in Spartanburg in 1919 and drawing aa pension. J. L. WEST: West, John L. Served in 18th Infantry Co. E. Born 1/13/45 and died after 1910. On 1910 Pensionn list. T. J. HALL: Hall, Thomas J Served in 13th Infantry Co. F. Born 1837 and in 1919 was living in Inman and drawing a pension.. P.D. WILLIS: Can't identify. J. F. HARVEY: Don't have a J. F., but do have a couple of soldiers that might be this person J. L. WOFFORD: Wofford, Joseph Lewellyn Served in 5th Infantry, Co. K in 1861-62 the 13th Infantry, Co. E. and Command & Staff. Discharged for disability after wounds at Fredricksburg, VA. Born 1/17/33 and died 7/19/12. Have two wives listed Letita E. Petit and Elizabeth L. J. F. JEFFREYS: Have no Jefferys in records, but have a few Jefferies. No J. F. In starting this I obviously misunderstood what was intended by issuing a Cross of Honor to these men. I thought they were honoring the dead , not the dead and the living. I thought it was a grave marker that is seen on some Confederate graves. Does anyone know what a "Cross of Honor" was. Being wrong in my assumption of what was happening causes some of the questions I hoped to answer to be less relevant. Here is what I did find out. What was the ceremony all about and why so few soldiers included. The above statement shows that I do not know what the ceremony represented. How many of those soldiers can we identify today? I am quite sure I have identified 20 of the 27. Was that all that could be identified then? NO. Landrum's History of Spartanburg had been published in 1900 and it contained many of the Confederate's names and units. You would think the Daughters of the Confederacy would have that list. My numbers for Spartans that served is at least 5112 and of these some 1378 died during the war. Seems like very few compared to those that were buried in the county. How many have been identified that are buried in the County? Not sure of the exact numbers, but it is in excess of 1,000 people. How many of those identified have descendants that read these postings? Hope some of the readers can help with this and those not identified. Thanks for the Free Lance articles Ken Belcher