I don’t know of any one roster or
source for Mexican War veterans from the above counties, so I have been
compiling information on any that I run across in misc. newspaper articles and
genealogies. If you have information on Mexican War veterans from these
counties, I would appreciate your letting me know! EMAIL ME.
Private. Served with SC Volunteers.
Was on the 1882 pension list and lived in Mount Prospect, Union Co, NC. Old War
Invalid Certificate #IC-6457, file #9814. Source: Index to Old Wars Pension Files 1815-1926,
transcribed by Virgil D. White. [Additional data in book.]
-Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D.
White: William L. BELK. Widow Lizzie.
Widow’s Certificate (WC-14009) filed on Mar 13 1905, & Soldier’s
Certificate (SC-20571), both filed in NC; Served in Companies B & I
Palmetto Regiment of SC Volunteers, Old War IF-#9814.
-He was shown on the 1880 census
in Buford Township, Union Co, NC and was listed as born about 1827 in S.C.
A cemetery listing for Prospect
United Methodist Church shows him as William Lafayette BELK
b.3/16/1829-d.1/8/1905.
Private, served from NC. Widow
Millie BENNETT originally received widow's benefits in Dec 1869 and
was on the 1882 pension list living in Monroe, NC. The 1880
census of New Salem Township, Union Co, NC shows a Millie BENNET
age 65 and born in NC. Old War Pension File #12277,
Widow’s Certificate WC-463.
Source: Index to Old Wars Pension Files 1815-1926, transcribed by
Virgil D. White.
His recent war service was
mentioned in his marriage notice found in the September 12, 1848 issue of the Fayetteville
Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.): Married - In Union county
on the 27th, Charles COOK, a returned Volunteer to Miss Ann WHITLEY, daughter
of Henry WHITLEY, all of Union.
Born Aug 24, 1826-Died Feb 17, 1901, buried at Gay Family
Cemetery, Altan, Buford Twp, Union Co, NC.
-Obituary printed in the February 26, 1901 issue of THE
LANDMARK (Statesville, NC): Monroe Enquirer, 21st: Mr. J.
M. GAY, a Mexican war veteran, died at his home in Beaufort (sic: Buford)
township last Sunday, February 17th. He was about seventy-five years
old. He had been demented for a number of years. It is said that a love affair
with a Mexican lady was the cause of the old man’s mental derangement, but more
likely the cause of the failure of his mind was a wound he received in the war
in which he made a good soldier. Mr. GAY never married and lived all alone on a
small tract of land he owned.
-Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: John M. GAY. Filed for pension (Soldiers Certificate SC-
6548) on Apr 13, 1887 in NC; Served in Co. C 1st Palmetto Regt of SC Volunteers.
-Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: John M. GAY, Old War (rejected) IA-R14382 ME
May 7, 1856. See Mexican War
S-#10973, served in Moffatt’s SC Volunteers.
Cyrus Q. LEMONS, Bugler, Discharged July 31, 1848 by expiration of service. Listed on Muster Roll of Capt. Green W. Caldwell’s Troop (A) of the Third regiment of the U.S. Dragoons, Army of the United States, Colonel E. G. W. Butler. Organized 1847, discharged July 31, 1848.
-C. Q. LEMMOND became a lawyer in
1852 after serving in the Mexican War with his two brothers. He
practiced law in Monroe and served in the Legislature from 1858 to the end of
the Civil War. His speech to the legislature urging secession was a masterpiece
and was widely quoted, even in other states. (Source: Looking Back at
Monroe's History, by Virginia A. S. Kendrick, p.11-12.)
-MONROE JOURNAL, Union County, N.C., Tuesday, March 29, 1904: Mr. C. Q. LEMMOND, a Mexican war veteran of this county, living in Goose Creek township, has been granted an increase in his pension of four dollars per month, making [?page torn?] which he now gets. The increase came from Congress by the aid of Senator SIMMONS.
-Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: Cyrus Q. LEMMMOND. Widow Eliza. Widow’s Certificate (WC-14706l) filed on Apr 8, 1907 & Soldier’s Certificate (SC-8843) both filed in NC; Served in Co. A 3rd US Dragoons as Bugler.
-Died abt.1906/1907. See mention of his widow (Mrs. Eliza LEMMOND) in the Monroe Journal, Tues. Dec. 2, 1924, p.5, col. 3. Article mentions he was a Mexican War veteran and that his wife was one of the few remaining widows to be receiving pension.
Served in Co A of 3rd Regiment US Dragoons in the Mexican War as a Private. Invalid Application IA-22206R filed in Aug.
1876 in NC, Mexican War S-#4031. Source: Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White.
-Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: Jackson C. LEMMOND, Soldier’s Certificate (SC-8774), applied for pension Mar 7, 1887 in NC; served in Co, A 3rd US Dragoons.
Capt.
Thomas D. MASSEY
1st Lieutenant; elected June 20, 1846 (Source: article
in the Charlotte Journal, July 17,
1846)
Samuel H. WALKUP, Esq.
2d Lieutenant, elected June 20, 1846 (Source: article in the Charlotte Journal, July 17, 1846)
Captain; elected June 20, 1846 (Source: article
in the Charlotte Journal, July 17,
1846)
George W. WILSON (b.c. 1821 – d. Feb. 4, 1848) – Served in the
Third Regiment of US Dragoons. Private George W. Wilson apparently enlisted in Charlotte
as did most members of the troop. Enlistments were made in March and
April 1847 by Captain Caldwell and Lieutenants Davidson and
Harrison. George W. Wilson died at Camp
Meier, Mexico on February 4, 1848.
Union County North Carolina, Clerk of Court, Oct Term 1848, “Ordered by the Court that satisfactory evidence has been produced upon the testimony of James M. Stewart, Hugh Wilson, Samuel H. Walkup and G.W. Caldwell, that Wm. Wilson & Geo. W. Wilson who were volunteers to Mexico are the sons of John Wilson. That neither of them were ever married and that they left no wife nor child and that they are both dead.” Submitted by: Jim Sexton, Cayce, SC.
William WILSON (b.c.
1822 – d. Sept. 9. 1847) - Private William Wilson of Co. I of the US 3rd
Dragoons died at Molino del Ray on September 9, 1847. His enlistment record has not yet been
located. Union County North Carolina, Clerk of Court, Oct Term 1848,
“Ordered by the Court that satisfactory evidence has been produced upon the
testimony of James M. Stewart, Hugh Wilson, Samuel H. Walkup and G.W. Caldwell, that Wm. Wilson & Geo. W. Wilson who
were volunteers to Mexico are the sons of John Wilson. That neither of
them were ever married and that they left no wife nor
child and that they are both dead.” Submitted by: Jim
Sexton, Cayce, SC.
MEXICAN
WAR VETERANS – ANSON COUNTY, NC
William D. BARCLAY, Private - Discharged, First Regt of Foot Volunteers, Company H*.
Served in Price’s Co of 1st NC Volunteers in Mexican War
as Private.
Applied for pension in 1848 from
Wadesboro, NC. Served
from NC. Caused for which pensioned: Wounded in right hand. Old War
Invalid Certificate #IC-3742, file #12969. See also files S-7379 & W-9143.
Source:
Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White.
Doctor M. GILMORE, Private, on Muster-Out Roll of First Regt of Foot Volunteers, Company I (organized at
Fayetteville Jan 1847, discharged Aug 7, 1848)*.
-Index
to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: Doctor M. GILMORE. Widow
Catharine. Pension filed Widow’s Certificate (WC-13240) filed on May 8, 1901,
& Soldier’s Certificate (SC-9031) both filed in NC; Served in Co I 1st
NC Volunteers as Pvt.
Rufus Reddick HILDRETH
“Reddick” HILDRETH, Private, Twelfth Regt US Infantry, Company G. Transferred to Co D, died July 20, 1847*.
“Rufus R.” HILDRETH, Private, Twelfth Regt US Infantry, Company G, died at Vera Cruz
July 20, 1847*.
Mary HILDRETH, applied for pension as widow of Reddick HILDRETH who was in
the Mexican War and served from NC. She originally received widow's
benefits Dec. 1868 and was on the 1882 Pension list living in Polkton, NC. Old War Widow’s pension certificate
Widow’s Certificate (WC-83, file #14909) filed May 2, 1854. Source: Index to
Old Wars Pension Files 1815-1926, transcribed by Virgil D. White.
-Death reported in Raleigh
Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC) August 14, 1847. Died:
Rufus R. HILDRETH of Anson county,
August [no date], Mexican War.
William A. HOUSTON
Possibly from Union Co. but more research needs to be done to be sure. Served in Co. A of 3rd US Dragoons in
1847-48. Filed for pension (Invalid Application IA-25299, “abandoned,” filed Mar 19, 1889 in AL, Mexican War
Soldier’s Certificate SC-15643). Source: Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White.
Widow Charity filed for pension based on his service (Widow’s Certificate WC-560 file #13571) filed in Sept 1849 in
NC. Soldier served in Co A of 3rd
US Dragoons in the Mexican War as a Private. Source: Index to Old War
Pension
Files
1815-1926, by Virgil D. White.
William PERRY
No information other than family oral tradition that
William "Captain Billy" PERRY (b.June 1,
1791-d. Jan. 24, 1870) of Burnsville Township, Anson County, NC was a
captain in the Mexican War. Would appreciate any information
on his war record.
William C. WATKINS
-N. C. ARGUS (Wadesborough, Anson County, NC), Thursday, May 14, 1863:
Tribute of Respect – At the Battle of Sharpsburg, n the 18th day of September,
1862, William C. WATKINS was killed, nobly defending his country’s cause. He was a
soldier in the Mexican War, and bore himself gallantly throughout the war,
winning the respect of his officers and fellow soldiers by his brave and
generous conduct. Immediately after
Lincoln’s proclamation, he volunteered as a common soldier, and served
faithfully throughout the bloody fields of Virginia, and fell a noble martyr to
his country’s cause. He was a brave,
honorable, and an upright man. He leaves
a wife and four children to mourn his loss.
He was thirty-eight years of age.
MEXICAN WAR VETERANS – CABARRUS COUNTY, NC
The following soldiers were found in the book Roster
of North Carolina Troops in the War with Mexico. Company C of the
First Regiment of Foot Soldiers was organized by Captain Martin SHIVE at Concord in January, 1847. It was called into service of the U.S., at
Charlotte, on the 22nd day of January, 1847; and was discharged at
Smithville, N.C. [now Southport, Brunswick Co., NC] on the 7th day
of August, 1848. Some soldiers were discharged prior to this date and are shown
as “discharged” below. Although this
company was raised in Concord, I cannot be certain that all of these were
Cabarrus Co. men.
Henry A. AREA [Arey?]
– Captain of Company C, First Regiment of
Foot Soldiers*. See July 6, 1916 Charlotte Observer article which
mentions Capt. H.A. Area.2
Peter C. AREA [Arey?] – 3d Corporal
Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John BALLARD – Musician, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
George W. BARNHARDT – 2d Corporal Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Lived in Cabarrus County in 1896 according to March 8, 1896
Daily Charlotte Observer article1.
Alexander BIRMINGHAM – 4th Sergeant Company C, First Regiment of
Foot Soldiers*.
-Index
to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: Served as Corporal and Private, applied for pension
in NC in 1857, Old War Invalid Application (rejected) IA-R12472. Widow’s
Application W-#6085.
James A. BLACKWELDER – 2nd Lieutenant Company C, First Regiment of
Foot Soldiers*.
Lawson A. BLACKWELDER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Lived in Charlotte in 1896 according to March 8, 1896 Daily Charlotte Observer article1.
Riley BLACKWELDER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Lived in Rowan in 1896 according to March 8, 1896 Daily Charlotte Observer article1.
John N. BRANTLEY – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Discharged.
Bryant W. BRASWELL –
Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Col. James N. BROWN
- Lived in Cabarrus County in 1896 according to March 8, 1896 Daily Charlotte Observer article1.
Moses W. CARRIKER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Wiley CARRICKER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John M. CAUBLE – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Burton CLINE – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Henry CRAYTON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Giles CRESS – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Discharged.
Rolando DAVIS – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
James DORTON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Lived in Cabarrus County in 1896 according to March 8, 1896
Daily Charlotte Observer article1.
James B. DOUGLAS – Musician Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: James B. DOUGLASS, Musician. Old War Invalid Application (rejected) IA-R24031, applied for pension Oct 15, 1889 from MS, Mexican War, Soldier’s Certificate SC-15879.
Adam EDDLEMAN – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Daniel C. FAGGART – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Lived in Cabarrus
County in 1896 according to March 8, 1896 Daily
Charlotte Observer article1.
Enoch FLOWERS – Died
in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Joseph M. FRY – Died
in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John R. GARRELL – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
William GARRIS – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Daniel GOODMAN – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
David GREEN – Private,
Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Edmund HARTSELL – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Joshua HARTSELL – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John W. HEATHCOCK – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Leonard HONEYCUTT – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Richard R. HUDSON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
William J. HUDSON– Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John IRBY – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
McCama JOHNSON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Addison M. JOINER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Pinkney A. KENNEDY – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John M. KIRBY – Died in
service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Daniel C. KLUTTS – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
John LAMB – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Discharged.
William LEFLER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Martin G. LITTLE – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Jacob W. LONG – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John LUTON – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Isaac A. MARTIN – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John MASON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
William McDUFFY – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Lawson A. MELCHOR – 3d Sergeant Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Daniel MILLER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. Discharged.
Valentine N. MITCHELL – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index
to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: Private, Old War Invalid Certificate IC-8003
file #13953, applied for pension in 1853 from NC. Mexican War Survivor
S-#11840, Survivor’s Certificate SC-6577, W-O #13239 & Widow’s Certificate
WC-10136.
William P. MORING – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John MORRIS – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Stephen G. MORTON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
James PAGE – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Henry PENNINGER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
James P. PENNINGER – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Augustus B. PHARR – 1st Lieutenant of Company C, First Regiment
of Foot Soldiers*.
James POWERS –
Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
William RINGSTAFF – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Robert ROMARK – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
William ROSS – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Uriah SCOTT – Died in
service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
George SEAMONE – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index
to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: Private. Applied for
pension from NC, Old War Invalid Certificate IC-351978 file #48584. Widow’s application W-#8810.
-Listed as
Captain of Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*. He organized
this regiment at Concord in January 1847.
-He served in the NC Vols in Mexican War as Capt. Widow Elizabeth filed
for pension based on his service (Widow’s Certificate WC-471 file #12963 filed
in NC, no date given). Source: Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926,
by Virgil D. White.
-HIGHLAND
MESSENGER (Asheville, Buncombe Co., N.C.),
October 7, 1847: Died: Col.
Martin SHIVE, of Cabarrus county,
August 15, 1847, in Mexico.
Valentine SMITH – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
James STEWART – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Alexander N. STOOP –
Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Martin STOUGH – Died in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Nelson SLOUGH [Stough?] - 1st
Lieutenant Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
William STOUGH – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John SWINK – 1st Sergeant Company C, First Regiment of
Foot Soldiers*.
William TARLTON – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index
to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: Widow Mary Jane applied
for pension (Widow’s Certificate WC-857) on Mar 18, 1887 in NC. Served in Co. C 1st NC Volunteers.
Joseph B. TODD – 2nd Sergeant Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
-Index to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: Private. Applied for pension June 14, 1880 from NC, Old War Invalid Application (rejected) IA-R20776. Survivor S-#6479, W-O #1766, Widow’s Certificate WC-15081.
Simeon TROUTMAN – 4th Corporal Company C, First Regiment of Foot
Soldiers*.
Timothy TUCKER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: Filed for pension (Soldier’s Certificate SC-4879) on Mar
23, 1887 in NC. Served in Co, C 1st
NC Volunteers. Lived in Cabarrus County in
1896 according to March 8, 1896 Daily Charlotte
Observer article1.
Ephraim TUCKER – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White: Filed for pension (Soldier’s Certificate SC-5461) on Mar
23, 1887 in NC. Served in Co, C 1st NC Volunteers. Lived in Cabarrus County in 1896 according to March 8, 1896 Daily Charlotte Observer article1.
Howell P. TURNER – Died
in service. Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Levi VANDERBURG – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Martin VANDERBURG – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
John D. F. WATKINS – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
-Index
to Old War Pension Files 1815-1926, by Virgil D. White: Private. Applied for pension Dec. 2, 1878
from NC, Old War Invalid Application (rejected) IA-R21398. Widow’s Application
W-#2258.
William C. WATKINS – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Nixon WHITE – 2nd
Lieutenant Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Stephen A. WINECOFF – Private, Company C, First Regiment of Foot Soldiers*.
Some
abbreviations used:
IA
= Invalid’s Application
IC
= Invalid’s Certificate
IF
= Invalid’s File
MA
= Minor’s Application
MC
= Minor’s Certificate
MF
= Minor’s File
R
= Rejected
S
= Survivor
SA
= Soldier’s Application
SC
= Soldier’s Certificate
SF
= Soldier’s File
W
= Widow
WA
= Widow’s Application
WC
= Widow’s Certificate
WF = Widow’s File
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Also
See 1882 Pension List of Anson Co, NC and Union Co, NC
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Footnotes:
*Source: Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War with Mexico. Published by Josephus Daniels, State Printer and Binder, Raleigh, 1887.
1-Daily Charlotte Observer,
March 8, 1896 - Concord, March 7 - Since the death of Esquire V.N. Mitchell, which occurred
Thursday, only eight of the survivors of a company of 90 volunteer Mexican veterans
from this county live. They are:
L.A. Blackwelder, of Charlotte, Riley
Blackwelder, of Rowan; Timothy Tucker, Ephraim
Tucker, D.C. Faggart,
G.W. Barnhardt, James Dorton and J.N. Brown, of
this county, all of whom are between the ages of 70 and 75 years.
(article contributed by Carolyn
Shank)
2-Charlotte Observer, July 6, 1916 - Has
Relics From The Mexican War - Monroe Dentist the Owner of Two That Have
Passed Through Bloody Times Across the Border.
Dr. "Bart" Houston of Monroe has several interesting relics from the battlefields
of Mexico brought back to North Carolina by some of our soldiers who enlisted
for service against Santa Anna and his armies during those troublesome times
back in 1845.
One of these relics is an old powder horn presented to J.H. Hodges by Capt. H.A. Area of Company C, North
Carolina Regiment. It bears the date May 8, 1846, burned in the horn and also
the names of different battles in which the original owner participated, the
final being Monterey.
Doctor Houston also has a flint-lock muzzle loading rifle or gun made in
1811 and used during the War with Mexico. While it is not generally known, many
of the soldiers in 1845 used flint-locks against the Mexicans. (article contributed by Carolyn
Shank)