Company G, 19th
Regiment, North Carolina Troops, (2nd NC Cavalry) began enlisting
at Washington, N.C. on June 26, 1861. The original Captain was Lewis
F. Satterthwaite, and the company primarily was recruited from Beaufort,
Hyde and Tyrell Counties. Fifteen Hyde county soldiers served in
this unit. There was a great deal of desperate fighting after the
last muster roll of the Company in September 1864. We may never know
the fate of some of these Southern Patriots.
Until August 1862, Company G and
the 2nd NC Cavalry served picket and screening duties in Eastern
North Carolina, then were moved to Richmond where they were fully armed
and equipped. They were under the immediate command of General W.H.F.
Lee in General Jeb Stuarts Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, and
participated in all the engagements of that Army. Under the command
of General Rufus Barringer the 2nd NC Cavalry was virtually
destroyed as a fighting unit at the Battle of Namozine Church, Virginia
on April 3, 1865. The remnants of this unit surrendered with General
Robert E. Lee at Appomattox six days later. They were noble men who fought
to the last.
Lieutenant
Oliver Jarvis
Enlisted in Company K, 10th
Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, (1st Regiment, NC Artillery)
in Washington, NC on April 16, 1861, at age 31. Transferred to Company
G, 19th Regiment, North Carolina Troops (2nd NC Cavalry),
on June 21, 1861 upon appointment as Lieutenant of Commissary but was never
commissioned as such. Later served as Agent for the Commissary Department.
1850 Hyde Census:
(Swan Quarter District) Jonathan Jarvis, 40;
Elizabeth, 38; Oliver, 18; George, 15; Joseph,
13; Tilmon F., 8; John C., 4; William 5/12.
1880 Hyde
Census: (Lake Landing Precinct) Elizabeth Jones [Jarvis],
68, head of household, widowed; Oliver Jarvis, 48,
disabled, son; Sarah E. Jarvis, 24, daughter; William Sawyer,
65, brother, sailor.
1900 Hyde
Census: (Swan Quarter Township) Sarah E. Berry, head
of household, widowed, 45, born: Feb. 1855, occupation farmer;
Job Berry, 8, son, born: Jan. 1892; Betsy Jarvis (Elizabeth), 89,
born: Mar. 1811, mother; Oliver Jarvis, 68,
born: June 1832, brother.
Oliver Jarvis:
Father: Jonathan Jarvis, Mother: Elizabeth Sawyer. Born:
June 1832; Died: 1900-1910.
Note: In In Memory
Of, it is listed that Oliver Jarvis, died:
before 1860. This is incorrect.
Buried: J.N. Jarvis Cemetery, Credle & Tiny Oak Road # 1124, near David
Carawan's home. No grave marker.
Brothers
in the Confederacy:
Joseph Jarvis: Company F and H, 33rd
Regiment NCT;
Tilmon Ferdinand Jarvis: Company B, 17th Regiment NCT (1st
and 2nd Organization);
John C. Jarvis: Company H, 33rd Regiment NCT.
Private
Joshua A. Ballance
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 43, on July
12, 1861 for the war. Present or accounted for until detailed as
a nurse in General Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., December 19, 1863.
Returned to Company November 18, 1864. Note: From
Feb. 1862 until late 1864 military combat age in the Confederate States
was 18-42. Private Ballance
may have been detailed as a nurse for this reason. It is not known
if he survived the last desperate months of fighting. However, he
was not present with the remnants of the 2nd NC Cavalry that
surrendered with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.
1850 Hyde Census:
(Mattamuskeet District) Joshua
A. Ballance, 31, farmer; Ann M. Balance, 24.
Joshua A.
Ballance: Father: Caleb Ballance, Sr.;
Mother: Agnes Gibbs; Married: July 26, 1846 to Ann Mariah Starther.
Note: Joshua A. Ballance was deceased no
later than 1873 when his widow, then a resident of Franklin County, initiated
legal action, on behalf of H. S. Ballance, against Nathaniel Beckwith
for lands in Hyde formerly owned by Joshua A. Ballance.
Note: Joshua A. Ballance's siblings were;
Caleb Ballance, Jr., Thomas Ballance, Jr., Mary Ballance Gibbs Wynn, and
Olly Ballance. (High Tides, Spring 1999 pg. 22).
Private
Caleb A. S. Bonner
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 21, on July
16,1861 for the war. Present or accounted for through the last surviving
muster roll of the Company in September 1864.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) Robert J. Bonner,
41, merchant; Moselle Bonner, 31; Caleb A.
Bonner, 10; Mary T. Bonner, 13; Theodore P. Bonner, 1. Note:
Caleb Alexander Spencer Bonner, younger brother and of the same name, was
born on March 26, 1836 and died on October 26, 1836. Hyde Remembers
pg. 138.
1860 Hyde Census:
(Swan Quarter District) Sally Spencer,
72, head of household; Frances Bonner, 22; Caleb
Bonner, 22; Richard Bonner, 12; Virginia Bonner, 10;
Emma Sparrow, 18; Angenora Sparrow, 11. Note: Sally
Spencer (Sarah Ann Peters Spencer), is the grandmother of the Bonner's.
Their mother, Moselle Spencer Bonner, died on October 24, 1852. The
father, Robert J. Bonner is absent in this census.
1870 Hyde
Census: (Lake Landing Precinct) R. Bonner, 62,
farmer; Fanny, 32; Caleb, 30;
Jennie, 19.
1880 Hyde
Census: (Lake Landing Precinct) Robert J. Bonner,
72, farm laborer; Frances, 41, daughter; Virginia Burrus, 29, daughter;
Allen Burrus, 3, grandson; Caleb S. Bonner,
40, son, farm laborer.
Caleb Alexander
Spencer Bonner: Born: March 21, 1840; Died: circa 1900; Father:
Robert J. Bonner; Mother: Moselle Peters Spencer.
Buried:
Cox - Midyette - Sparrow Cemetery, Hwy. 264, 1 mile west of Engelhard.
No grave marker.
Private
David Cahoon
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 20, on July
16, 1861 for the war. Present or accounted for through last surviving
muster roll of September 1864. It is not known if Private
Cahoon survived the war. No further information on Private
David Cahoon.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) John T. Cahoon, 34, laborer;
Nancy Cahoon, 24; David Cahoon, 9;
William H. Cahoon, 5; Charles E. Cahoon, 5/12.
1860 Hyde
Census: (Swan Quarter District) Zion Rose, 46, farm
laborer; Mary Rose, 40; Frances, 20; Alexander, 16; Mitchel,
12; Edward, 8; Mahala, 4; Cardene, 1; David
L. Cahoon, 19, laborer; James Hawkins, 15. Note:
James Hawkins also enlisted in Company G, 19th Regt. (2nd
Cav.)
Brothers
in the Confederate Army:
William H. Cahoon: Co. I, 2nd Junior
Reserves (71st Regt., NCT)
Note:
William H. Cahoon, brother of David Cahoon,
as of the 1900 Hyde County Census had three children living at home that
included: John F., Robert, and Lizzie 10.
Note:
Charles E. Cahoon, brother of David Cahoon,
as of the 1900 Hyde County Census had six children living at home
that included: Charles E., Jr., Henry W., Abram, Benjamin F.,
Mary A., and Joshua 5.
Corporal
Mingrelia Credle
Captured
Born in Hyde County ca. 1845 and enlisted in
Beaufort County at age 21, on July 15, 1861 for the war. Mustered
in as Private and appointed Corporal, July-August 1864. Present or
accounted for through September 1864, the last found muster roll of the
Company. Captured according to Federal records, on the Appomattox
River, Virginia, April 3, 1865 and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland
until released after taking the Oath of Allegiance June 24, 1865. He married
Penina Williams on May 11, 1866 in Wilson Co., NC.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Currituck District) Samuel C. Credle, 33, farmer;
Mahala, 32; Elisha B., 17; Elizabeth, 13; Mingrutia,
7; Malvinia, 5; Charles E., 2.
1860 Hyde
Census: (Swan Quarter) Samuel C. Credle, 42, farmer;
Mahala, 43; Elizabeth, 22, Mingulia, 18,
Malvine, 17, Charles, 13, Mary, 10, Arabel, 6; Martha,
5; Luizer, 1.
1870 Hyde Census:
(Currituck District) All members of this family
appear in this census except Charles and Mingrelia.
Private
Peleg Francis
Accidentally shot
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 18, on July
12, 1861 for the war. "Accidentally shot himself in the hand,
on post, April 13, 1862." at Trenton, N.C. and discharged in August
1862. He later served and is reported on the bounty roll of "Spencer's
Rangers" Independent Cavalry on April 4, 1863.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) Jane Ward, 39; Franklin
Francis, 25, laborer; Pelege Francis, 12; Benjamin
Ward, 8; Andrew Smith, 18, laborer. Note: There is no further
information on Pelege Francis. His father,
also named Pelege Francis, died prior to 1842. His mother, Jane,
remarried to Sitton Ward. She was likely a Harris or a Sawyer.
Pelege's brother or uncle, Benjamin Franklin Francis, remained in Hyde
County and the family is recorded in Hyde Census' after 1910. Private
Pelege Francis was born on August 27, 1838. There is a disparity
in his birthdate and age at enlistment in 1861.
Private
Benjamin F. Gibbs
Died of Wounds
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 22, on July
12, 1861 for the war. "Accidentally shot himself on picket,
March 29, 1862 at Trenton, N. C." Died of wounds on April 5,
1862.
Note:
This individual is easily confused with Benjamin F. Gibbs of Company F,
33rd Regiment NC Troops who was killed at the battle of New
Bern on March 14, 1862. Twenty two days later the above Benjamin F. Gibbs
died. These two individuals ages are extremely close. We do
not know the identity of this soldier. (For more information see:
Benjamin F. Gibbs,
Co. F 33rd Regt. NC Troops).
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Private
Isaiah J. Harris
Captured in hospital where he Died
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 23, on July
12, 1861 for the war. Present or accounted for through September
1864. Captured in hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, April 3, 1865
where he died on April 14, 1865 of "gunshot wound right lung."
It is assumed that Private Harris was buried with other Southern soldiers in a mass grave near Petersburg
by the Yankees. Note: There
is some discrepancy regarding Private Harris'
middle name. North Carolina Troops: A Roster, lists his middle initial
as "S". Census records indicate his middle initial was "J".
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) Henry G. Harris, 42,
farmer; Sarah Harris, 39; Amasa M. Harris, 15; Isaiah
Harris, 10; James H. Harris, 8; Sarah A. Harris, 5; Martha
Harris, 10/12.
1860 Hyde Census:
(Swan Quarter) Sarah Harris, 50; Amasa
Miller Harris, 26; Isaiah Jonathan Harris,
20; James H. Harris. 18; Sally Harris, 15; Martha
Harris, 13; William Valentine Harris, 8; Dorcas Harris, 22.
Note: Dorcas Gibbs Harris was the wife of Private Isaiah
Harris. Before his death Isaiah Harris
had at least one child; Sophia Harris Gibbs, 1861-1905, who married Edward
Oscar Gibbs.
Brothers
in the Confederate Army:
Private James Henry Harris: Company G 19th
Regiment (2nd NC Cavalry).
Private Amasa Miller Harris: Company B, 17th Regiment
(1st & 2nd Org.); and
Companies F and H, 33rd Regiment NCT.
Private
James Henry Harris
Wounded
Enlisted in Beaufort County at
age 20, on July 16, 1861 for the war. Present or accounted for through
September 1864. Admitted to hospital at Danville, Virginia, April
3, 1865 with gunshot wound in the right elbow. Paroled in hospital
at Greensboro, N.C. on April 28, 1865.
Born: May 30, 1842; Died: Feb. 21, 1918;
Father: Henry Gibbs Harris; Mother: Sarah B. Swindell; 1st
Wife: Eliza ___(?)___; 2nd Wife: Ann Mariah Gibbs.
Child unknown.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) Henry G. Harris, 42, farmer;
Sarah Harris, 39; Amasa M. Harris, 15; Isaiah Harris, 10; James H. Harris, 8; Sarah A. Harris,
5, Martha Harris 10/12.
1860 Hyde Census: (Swan
Quarter) Sarah Harris, 50; Amasa
M. Harris, 26; Isaiah Jonathan Harris, 20; James
H. Harris, 18; Sally Harris, 15; Martha Harris, 13;
William Valentine Harris, 8; Dorcas Harris, 22 (wife of Isaiah Harris).
1870 Hyde Census: (Fairfield) James Harris
24, (age in this census is a mistake); Ann Harris, 23, (likely
James' younger sister Martha Ann); Louisa 6, (?), Nancy13, (?), Valentine,
17, (brother).
1880 Hyde Census:
(Lake Landing) James H. Harris
38, farmer; Eliza Harris, 33, wife.
1900 Hyde
Census: (Lake Landing) James H.
Harris, 58, listed as single and a farm laborer living in the household
of Anson S. Gibbs.
1910 Hyde Census:
(Engelhard Precinct) James
H. Harris, 67, listed as veteran Confederate Army, farmer, married
twice, one child living (we do not know who this child was), Annie
55, wife, married three years.
Buried:
Gibbs-Harris Cemetery; North Lake Road, SR 1311
Brothers
in the Confederate Army:
Private Isaiah J. Harris: Company G
19th Regiment (2nd NC Cavalry).
Private Amasa Miller Harris: Company B, 17th Regiment
(1st & 2nd Org.); and
Companies F and H, 33rd Regiment NCT.
Private
James Hawkins
Enlisted in Beaufort County at
age 18, on June 17, 1861 for the war. Discharged in June 1862 by
reason of Conscript Act.
Note:
The Confederate Conscript Act of 1862, among other things, required a minimal
age of 18 for all combat troops. According to the 1860 Hyde County
Census, James Hawkins in June of that year
was 15. He gave his age as 18 one year later upon enlistment.
It is likely that his real age was discovered and he was discharged.
1860 Hyde
Census: (Swan Quarter District) Zion Rose, 46, farm
laborer; Mary, 40; Frances, 20; Alexander, 16; Mitchel, 12; Edward, 8; Mahala, 4; Cardene, 1;
David L. Cahoon, 19; James Hawkins 15. Note:
David L. Cahoon also served in Company G, 19th Regiment.
Private Jones S. Henderson
Wounded
in action twice
Transferred to 4th Regiment; Transferred to CS Navy
Enlisted in Beaufort County at
age 20, on July 15, 1861 for the war. Wounded in action at Pollucksville,
N.C., in May 1862 and again in action at Brandy Station, Va., on June 9,
1863. Present or accounted for until transferred to Company E, 4th
Regiment, NCT, on January 16, 1864. Transferred to CS Navy on April
5, 1864.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) Michael McGuire, 26,
schoolteacher, blind; Frances A. McGuire, 34; Jones
Henderson, 7.
1870 Hyde Census:
(Fairfield Precinct) J.
Henderson, 27, farmer; Nancy, 25; Julia, 65, (relationship
unknown); Angelin, 22, (relationship unknown); Hellen, 4;
Susan, 1.
1880 Hyde Census:
(Swan Quarter Precinct) J.
S. Henderson, 38; Nancy E., 35, wife; Hellies J., 14;
Susan J., 10; Sallie S., 9; John F., 7; Arrena E., 5;
Jones S., 4; Mary D., 1.
Note:
Jones Spencer Henderson, Jr. [Jan. 1877- Jan. 27,
1940] (listed in In Memory Of as Joseph Spencer Henderson), is the
only child of Jones S. and Nancy Henderson we know to be buried in Hyde
County. Jones S. Henderson's
wife was Nancy Cutrell. After 1880 Jones
S. Henderson was a minister and served nearly
to the end of his life in Currituck County.
Private
Edgar E. Rue
Enlisted in Beaufort County at
age 21, on July 16, 1861 for the war. Present or accounted through
October 1863.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Currituck District) Henry Lucas, 48, farmer; Mary
A. Lucas, 31; William H. Lucas, 8; Mary E. Lucas, 8/12; Edgar W. Rue.
No Further Information.
Private John W. Spencer
Prisoner of War
Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 18, on June
19, 1861 for the war. Mustered in as Corporal and reduced to ranks
September-October 1862. Present or accounted for through August 1864 when
he was reported as "absent prisoner of war". No records of capture
or imprisonment by Federal forces.
1850 Hyde
Census: (Mattamuskeet District) Henry S. Spencer, 52, farmer;
Ann Eliza, 23; Eleanor E., 15; Harriet C., 13; Susan J., 11; Margaret M.,
9; John W. 6. Note:
The father of this family, Henry Selby Spencer died in 1851.
1860 Hyde
Census: (Swan Quarter) Peters Pickett Spencer, 40, farmer;
Nancy, 31; E.G.E., 12; E.H., 9; H.J., 5; A.L., 3; Floyd, 3/12; Sally J.,
21; M.M., 19; J.W., 16. Note:
Sally J., M.M., and J.W. are children of Henry
Selby Spencer. Peters Pickett Spencer's wife was the sister of these three
children.
Note: Captain
William Henry Spencer, brother of John W. Spencer,
and Captain of Spencer's Rangers Independent Cavalry, relocated to Arcolia,
Illinois within months of being released from Point Lookout POW Camp in
Maryland. He married there in 1866. Several of Captain Spencer's
siblings followed him there including John W. Spencer
who married Anna H. Harvey in Arcolia on December 24, 1876. Other
siblings stayed in Hyde County and married there. One of these was Susan
J. Spencer who married Robert P. Wahab whose brother served with John
W. Spencer in Company G.
John W.
Spencer died in Arcolia, Illinois on November 9, 1877.
Hyde Remembers' pages 141&142.
Brothers in the Confederate
Army:
Captain William Henry Spencer, Spencer's Rangers,
Independent Cavalry.
Corporal Dallas Wahab
Captured
Resided in Hyde County and enlisted
in Fauquier County, Virginia, at age 18, on November 1, 1862 for the war.
Mustered in as Private and appointed Corporal July-August 1864. Captured
on the Southside Railroad west of Petersburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1865
and confined at Newport News until released after taking Oath of Allegiance
on June 30, 1865.
1850 Hyde Census: (Ocracoke
District) Job Wahab, 48, seaman; Liza B.,
41; Thomas, 21; William H., 20; Robert P., 18; Eugenia, 12; Sarah F., 10;
James H., 8; Henry W., 7; Dallas 5;
Uriah M., 2; Lucretia C., 1.
1860 Hyde Census:
(Unknown Twp.) Jabez Wahab, 58; Eliza, 50; Jas.,
19; Sarah, 17; Henry, 15; Dallis, 14;
L., 12; Uriah, 10; Chas., 7; Robert, 28; Tabitha Brady, 50; Kezia
Rose, 16.
1870 Hyde Census:
(Currituck
District) Dallas
Wahab, 25, farmer; Jackoline, 28; David, 19,
(B) laborer.
1880 Hyde Census:
(Currituck
District) Dallas
Wahab, 35, farmer; Mary E., 22, wife; Lydia B., 9,
daughter; Allie F., 6, daughter; Molie, 4/12, daughter; Z.T. Fortiscue,
12, ward.
1900 Hyde Census:
(Currituck
District) Dallas
Wahab, 55, farmer, born: Nov. 1844; married: 24 years.
Three children born, one living, (of this 2nd marriage),
Mary E. Wahab, 43, wife, born: March, 1857. Molley, 20, daughter, born:
February, 1880.
1910 Hyde Census:
(Currituck
District) Dallas
Wahab, 65, farmer, listed as Veteran, Confederate Army;
Mary E., 53, wife.
Dallas Wahab:
Born: November 24, 1844; Died: Dec. 5, 1918. Father: Job Wahab. Mother:
Eliza Bradley Howard. 1st Wife: Jacqueline Fortescue. 2nd
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Fortescue.
Buried: Epworth
Methdist Church Cemetery. State Road # 1142.
Note: One
of Dallas Wahabs
children from his first marriage, Lydia Bradley, or Lidie Bradley Wahab,
married James Nathaniel Edwards and died in 1954. The surviving child
of his second marriage, Mollie, married John Walter Bell and died in 1957.
Brothers in the Confederate
Army:
Henry Wilson Wahab: Private, Company B, 17th
Regiment, NCT (1st Org.);
James Howard Wahab: Corporal, Gibb's Company Local Defense Troops; and
1st Lieutenant, Company B, 17th Regiment, NCT (2nd
Org.);
Robert P. (W.) "Pike" Wahab: Unit unknown but listed as a Confederate
Veteran;
Uriah M. Wahab: Sergeant, Company I, 71st Regiment, NCT. (2nd
N.C. Junior Reserves).
United Daughters of the
Confederacy:
Sallie Wahab Bishop, a descendant of Corporal
Dallas Wahab,
joined the Major Edward Stanley Marsh Chapter in Belhaven, N.C..
Private Henry G. Watson
Enlisted in Beaufort County at
age 19, on July 12, 1861 for the war. Present or accounted for through
the last found muster roll of Company G, September 1864.
1850 Hyde Census:
(Mattamuskeet
District) Benjamin Watson, 51, farmer; William J. Watson, 22; Thomas M. Watson,
21; Samuel C. Watson, 15; Henry
G. Watson, 13; Robert F. Watson, 11.
1880 Hyde Census:
(Lake
Landing) Henry
G. Watson, 42, farmer; Sarah A., 28,
wife; George, 4, son; Laban Ballance, 12, wife's brother;
Florence Ballance, 10, wife's sister. Note:
Henry G. Watson
died between 1885 and 1893. In 1893 Sarah A. Ballance Watson remarried to
William H. Cox, also a Confederate Veteran.
1900 Hyde Census:
(Lake Landing)
William H. Cox, 57, farmer; Sarah A., 48, wife; Stephen
D. Cox, 21, son of W. H. Cox; Sarah J. Cox, 19, daughter of W.H. Cox; Samuel
H. Watson, 15, son of Sarah A. Watson Cox. Note:
This census shows that Sarah A. Watson Cox had given birth to seven children,
three of which were alive in 1900.
Known children of Henry
Gibbs Watson. George
Watson 1876--?; Samuel H. Watson 1885--?; Cassie Watson Gibbs,
1882-circa 1909, married Benjamin R. Gibbs.
Brothers in the Confederate
Army:
William J. Watson: Company B, 40th
Regiment (3rd Artillery);
Thomas Melvin Watson: Company F, 33rd Regiment ;
Samuel C. Watson: Company F, 33rd Regiment;
Robert F. Watson: Company F, 33rd Regiment.
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