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As you know I had four relatives from Mecklenburg County, Virginia. All served in Pickett's Division (at some point) and lived in the Postal district of Clarksville, Virginia. John, Matthew, and James were brothers, and Matthew Chandler was their uncle.
Pvt.Matthew Chandler - 14th Virginia Infantry Company G age 40 years old - Farmer
Cpl.John Chandler - 56th Virginia Infantry Company A age 20 years old - Farmer
Pvt.Matthew Chandler - 56th Virginia Infantry Company A age 19 years old - Farmer
Pvt.James Chandler - 56th Virginia Infantry Company A age 18 years old - Farmer
In case you don't know where Mecklenburg County, Virginia is
This Map was made circa 1864 By the Confederate Engineering office of the Army of Northern Virginia.
So here is the map, and if you zoom in on the Southwest Corner of the Clarksville Area.....
Then in the extreme Southwest Part of the County, Very close the neighboring Halifax County, Virginia and Granville County, North Carolina
As you can see in the southwest corner there are two names
J.T. Chandler, which is Matthew,James,and John's father John Young Chandler and his farm
and further up the road there is a lone "Chandler" name which is most likely John Young Chandler's brother Matthew who served in the civil war (see above). There also at the end of the road a "Chandler's Mill" but it looks to be in Halifax County. I read some where that one of the fishing pond there is also named "Chandler's Pond" but have not found its exact location.
So I zoomed in on the area today on google maps, and one of the roads in that same area of Southwest Mecklenburg County, is named "CHANDLER FARM ROAD." So part of my family has a street named after them, that's pretty neat!
Pvt.Matthew Chandler - 14th Virginia Infantry Company G age 40 years old - Farmer
Cpl.John Chandler - 56th Virginia Infantry Company A age 20 years old - Farmer
Pvt.Matthew Chandler - 56th Virginia Infantry Company A age 19 years old - Farmer
Pvt.James Chandler - 56th Virginia Infantry Company A age 18 years old - Farmer
In case you don't know where Mecklenburg County, Virginia is
This Map was made circa 1864 By the Confederate Engineering office of the Army of Northern Virginia.
So here is the map, and if you zoom in on the Southwest Corner of the Clarksville Area.....
Then in the extreme Southwest Part of the County, Very close the neighboring Halifax County, Virginia and Granville County, North Carolina
As you can see in the southwest corner there are two names
J.T. Chandler, which is Matthew,James,and John's father John Young Chandler and his farm
and further up the road there is a lone "Chandler" name which is most likely John Young Chandler's brother Matthew who served in the civil war (see above). There also at the end of the road a "Chandler's Mill" but it looks to be in Halifax County. I read some where that one of the fishing pond there is also named "Chandler's Pond" but have not found its exact location.
So I zoomed in on the area today on google maps, and one of the roads in that same area of Southwest Mecklenburg County, is named "CHANDLER FARM ROAD." So part of my family has a street named after them, that's pretty neat!