The Wise County Historical Society is sponsoring the publication of a book on Wise County's Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate by myself and Lil Gobble. The proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to mark the graves of Civil War soldiers. Lil and I are visiting all the cemeteries in Wise County to locate the burial sites, we are preparing write-ups and attempting to locate photos of each of the men. We need your help...there is a James Collins, buried in the Wells Cemetery in Esserville, near Norton. He was born September 1, 1826 and died April 1, 1898. Does anyone have any details concerning this man? Rhonda
Rhonda, My gg-grandfather, James Smith was living in Wise or Buchanan during the Civil War. He served as VA State Legislator from both Wise and Buchanan. His family lived on Smith Ridge and he is buried in Dickenson Co. at Nora or McClure. I don't know what the address is there. I have not been able to find any pension records, etc. on him, but he is referred to in several stories. An example, is where a Yankee deserter went to James (Jim's) father's house (George Washington Smith). The story goes that the deserter was there to kill Jim, but either his father George or his younger brother, Elexious killed the soldier. I have found pension records for his brother David. Perhaps he was in the home guard. If you run across any information concerning his records, would you please let me know. Thanks much Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: Rhonda Robertson <rsr@mounet.com> To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: [VAWISE] James Collins > The Wise County Historical Society is sponsoring the publication of a book on Wise County's Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate by myself and Lil Gobble. > > The proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to mark the graves of Civil War soldiers. Lil and I are visiting all the cemeteries in Wise County to locate the burial sites, we are preparing write-ups and attempting to locate photos of each of the men. > > We need your help...there is a James Collins, buried in the Wells Cemetery in Esserville, near Norton. He was born September 1, 1826 and died April 1, 1898. Does anyone have any details concerning this man? > > Rhonda > >