James Lawson KEMPER was born on June 11, 1823 in Mountain Prospect, Madison Co., VA. He died on April 7, 1895 in Orange Co., VA, at age 71.
He began military service in 1861 commissioned Col. of the 7th VA INF. Promoted to Brig. Gen. on Jun 3, 1862. Led his brigade at Gettysburg in Pickett's Charge where he was wounded. Unable to continue field service, he was promoted to Maj. Gen. on Sep. 19, 1864 and commanded the reserve forces of Virginia for the rest of the war. He was Democratic Governor of Virginia between 1874 and 1877.
Chapman KING was born in 1843 in VA. He lived in 1860 in Pulaski Co., VA.
He began military service on April 2, 1862 when he enlisted in the 50th VA (Later in 8th VA CAV & 5th VA INF) as Private in Co. I. Chapman King was captured at Lewisburg on May 23, 1862 and was in Wheeling, WV by May 30, 1862. By June 30, 1862, he was sent to Camp Chase, OH. where he remained until Aug. 25, 1862. He was received for exchange aboard John H. Done near Vicksburg, MS on Sep. 11, 1862 and was declared exchanged on Nov. 10, 1862.
Chapman was captured in the Wilderness on May 6, 1864 and was a prisoner of war at Point Lookout from May 17, 1864 until Aug. 10, 1864 when he was sent to Elmira, NY on Aug. 14, 1864. On Dec. 16, 1864, he stated his desire to take the Oath of Allegiance saying he "volunteered April 2, 1862. Desires to go to Charleston, WV where he has relatives residing." He died of chronic diarrhea on Apr. 18, 1865 and was buried in grave #1347 in Woodlawn Cemetery. His effects were $60 CSA currency.
A resident of Pulaski Co. VA., Chapman King was described as Height: 5' 11" with hazel eyes and dark hair but no whiskers in 1864. Age 20 or 21.
Chester Ballard KING was born in 1840 in Pulaski Co., VA; married Henrietta SHUFFLEBARGER, daughter of Elias SHUFFLEBARGER Jr. and Nancy CARPER, on May 12, 1864 in Pulaski Co., VA; died after January 21, 1911 in Pulaski Co., VA.
He lived between 1850 and 1860 in Dublin Depot, Pulaski Co., VA. He began military service on September 9, 1861 enlisting in the 54th VA INF, Co. F at Newbern, Pulaski Co., VA. He was absent, sick in hospital on Jan. 1, 1862, then no further record in CSR. He served 3˝ years per Post War Record.
50th VA INF has a receipt roll for Chester B. King in Co. I. listed with record for C. B. King, Co. H. This Chester was captured at Spottsylvania C.H. on May 12, 1864 then taken to Elmira, NY on July 30, 1864. He was released on June 16, 1865. His oath of allegiance shows residence of Dublin Depot, VA, a fair complexion, grey eyes, 5'5. The 54th Chester B. King was a resident of Pulaski Co., age 9, on the 1850 Census and age 19 on the 1860 Pulaski County Census.
From 50th VA INF
King, Chester B.
Private. Co. I. Born Pulaski Co. 1860: laborer, age 19, Pulaski Co. Enlisted by 5/12/1864 when captured at Spotsylvania Court-House. Prisoner of war at Point Lookout 5/18/1864 to 7/30/1864. POW at Elmira from 8/2/1864 to 6/16/1865 when released on oath. 68" (5'8"), fair complexion, light hair, gray eyes in 1865. Living, age 70, Pulaski Co. on 1/21/1911.
From census records it appears the two Chester B. Kings are the same individual, the son of Joseph King and brother to William, James and Jonathan King.
James T. KING was born in 1843 in Pulaski Co., VA. He was a farm Laborer in 1860. He lived between 1860 and 1888 in Pulaski Co., VA.
He began military service on June 25, 1861 enlisting in the 50th VA INF as Private, Co. I. at Wytheville, Wythe Co., VA.
Hospital, left sick at Newbern, July 29, 1861.
Hospital, sick, Lewisburg Sep. 15, 1861 through Oct. 30, 1861.
James was wounded in action, right leg below knee by a shell fragment "in the charge on the Gettysburg heights," on July 2, 1863. "Typhoid fever resulted causing flesh to drop off from bone."
James was captured at Spotsylvania C. H. on May 12,1864. He was a prisoner of war at Pt. Lookout from May 18, 1864 until July 30, 1864. Then he was a prisoner of war at Elmira from Aug. 2, 1864 until June 27, 1865 when released on oath. He was 5' 8", dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes in 1865.
He was living, age 45, in Pulaski Co. on Apr. 2, 1888.
Jonathon R. KING was born in 1844 in Dublin, Pulaski Co., VA. He married Lucinda R. WILLIAMS on October 17, 1866 in Pulaski Co., VA. He married Ellen E. ROBINSON on February 10, 1892. He died on January 28, 1924 in Pulaski Co., VA.
He lived between 1860 and 1907 in Pulaski Co., VA. He was a farmer between 1866 and 1868.
He began military service in 1862 enlisting at Dublin, Pulaski Co., VA in the 50th VA INF, Co. I.
Jonathon served nearly three years. He was hospitalized for a long time during the war with rheumatism and heart palpitations according to his pension application.
In 1860 Jonathon was living, age 15, in Pulaski Co., VA. He was living in Pulaski Co., VA, age 58, on Sep. 25, 1902 and was still in Pulaski Co. on Aug. 12, 1907
Russell KING Jr was born in 1840 in Pulaski Co., VA. He lived in 1860 in Pulaski Co., VA. He was a laborer in 1860 in Pulaski Co., VA.
He began military service on April 14, 1862 enlisting in the 50th VA INF as Private in Co. I. He was present on muster roll for May 5, 1864 until May 19, 1864 making him one of only six men left in Co. I following the Wilderness-Spotsylvania C. H. battles. Russell was captured at Snicker's Gap on July 18, 1864 and sent as a prisoner of war to Washington D. C. where he stayed from Aug. 8, 1864 until Aug. 12, 1864. Then he was a prisoner of war at Elmira, NY from Aug. 12, 1864 until Dec. 16, 1864 when he stated his desire to take the Oath of Allegiance, saying he “volunteered...1862 to avoid being conscripted. Desires to go to Charleston, W. Va. where his relatives reside." Russell was paroled from Elmira for exchange on Mar. 14, 1865 and received for exchange on Boulware's Wharf on the James River on Mar. 21, 1865. He was then hospitalized in Richmond until Mar. 25, 1865 when he died of chronic diarrhea. Russell King was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
Thomas Baker KING was born on February 4, 1844 in Pulaski Co., VA. He married Mary Jane RANKIN, daughter of James RANKIN and Amanda M. GODBY, on December 19, 1866 in Pulaski Co., VA. He lived in 1867 in Pulaski Co., VA. He was a farmer in 1867. He lived on August 12, 1907 in Pulaski Co., VA. He died on October 7, 1918 in Pulaski Co., VA, at age 74 of influenza.
He began military service in 1863 enlisting in the 50th VA INF as Private, Co. I. Born in Pulaski Co. on Feb. 4, 1844, Thomas King was a laborer, age 16, in 1860. He enlisted in Dublin, Pulaski Co., VA "in the spring" of 1863 and served two years. On Feb. 15, 1865, he was detailed "to gather forage for army." After the war, Thomas King was a farmer.
William M. KING; "Billy" was born on May 22, 1839 in Pulaski Co., VA. He married Eva Clarissa SHUFFLEBARGER, daughter of Elias SHUFFLEBARGER Jr. and Nancy CARPER, circa 1865. He died in 1915 in Belsprings of an apparent heart attack and was buried Thornsprings Cemetery, Pulaski Co., VA.
In 1860, he was a farm laborer, age 21, in Pulaski Co., VA. He began military service on June 25, 1861 enlisting in the 50th VA INF at Newbern, VA as 4th Sergeant in Co. I.
He was wounded in action in the left arm at the battle of Fisher's Hill on Sep. 22, 1864 "where (he was) nobly performing his duties as officer and soldier." His arm was amputated close to the shoulder blade. William King was 5' 7" with a fair complexion, brown hair and gray eyes in 1864. He was absent from his unit on Jan. 14, 1865.
William King was living in Pulaski Co., VA, age 48 on Apr. 28, 1888 and was still in Pulaski County on Aug. 12, 1907.
He was Constable, then later was the tax collector for at least 7 years in Pulaski Co., VA.
WILLIAM M. KING-One of the ten children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mullin) King, whose record has just been given, is serving as constable in Pulaski county.
He was born May 22, 1839, in Pulaski county, and here his wedded life began. His wife is Eva C., daughter of Elias and Nancy (Carper) Shufflebarger, and his children are two daughters: Sarah J., born October 4, 1865; Elizabeth C., August 24, 1867.
William M. King enlisted in Company I, Fiftieth Virginia Infantry in 1862, at Newbern, went from there to Wytheville, then to Giles county, where he saw his first fighting, then to Uniontown, Salt Sulphur Springs, Charleston on the Kanawha river, and then joined the army in Eastern Virginia. There the regiment took part in the battle of Fredericksburg, then went over into Maryland, and fought in the memorable engagement of Gettysburg, then fell back and recrossed into Virginia, taking part in the battle of Fishers Hill, in which Mr. King lost an arm. He was furloughed home, where he was till recuperating from his injury when the army disbanded.
He was elected constable in 1866, and has been the efficient incumbent of the office ever since, and has been for the last seven years tax collector, also. Newbern, Pulaski county, Virginia, is his address
in 1880 in Pulaski, VA.
(Obituary)
WILLIAM KING DROPS DEAD
William. King, a well known County man and Confederate Veteran, dropped dead yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock near Belsprings. He was returning from Charleston, W. Va., where he had visited his daughters Mrs. William Sutton and Mrs. David Smith, and was walking between the stations of the Virginian railroad and the Norfolk and Western to come to Pulaski Co., when he dropped dead. The announcement of his death came as a great surprise and shock to his relatives and friends.
The deceased was a gallant Confederate soldier having been a member of the 51st Virginia Regiment, Co. I. In the battle at Cedar Run he lost his left arm.
He was one of the faithful members of the Pulaski County Camp of Confederate Veterans.
For some years, he had been acting as one of the deputy collectors for the county treasurer. He was a native of the county and spent the 76 years of his life here. He was a familiar figure and had a genial smile for all he came in contact with. His death removes another of the old guards whose ranks are so rapidly thinning. He lost his wife during the past several months, and is survived by several children.
Burial will be by the side of wife at Thornsprings, though the hour is not announced.
Floyd P. LONG was born on December 3, 1842 in Montgomery County, VA. He married Mandona SNIDER circa 1866. "Joseph Jr. and Floyd established Long's Shop, a combined blacksmith and wood working shop, from which the village of Long's Shop derived its name" circa 1870. He died on July 1, 1914 at age 71; buried in David Harless Cemetery in Montgomery Co., VA.
He began military service on April 12, 1862 in Camp Success, VA enlisting in the 36th VA INF, Co. C. Present and
transferred to Co. I in Feb 1863.
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