★★★ Colcock, Charles Jones

Charles Jones Colcock Sr.​

Born: April 30, 1820

Birthplace: Boiling Springs, Barnwell County, South Carolina

Father: Thomas Hutson Colcock Sr. 1797 – 1851

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

Mother: Eliza Mary Hay 1803 – 1844

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

1st​ Wife: Mary Caroline Heyward 1822 – 1848

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

2nd​ Wife: Lucy Frances "Fanny" Horton 1832 – 1862

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

3rd​ Wife: Agnes May Bostick 1841 – 1914

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

Children:

Caroline Ann Colcock 1846 – 1855​

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

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Charles Jones Colcock Jr. 1852 – 1919​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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Francis Horton Colcock 1855 – 1925​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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Catherine Colcock Guerard 1865 – 1945​

(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Woodward Hutson Colcock 1869 – 1885​

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

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William Bostick Colcock 1872 – 1953​

(Buried: Strawberry Chapel Cemetery, Berkeley Co., South Carolina)​

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Agnes Jones Colcock 1877 – 1884​

(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

Education:

Attended College of Charleston​

Occupation before War:

Planter, Cotton Broker, and Railroad Director in South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st​ Lt. Charleston Mounted Guards​

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1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of Martin's Regiment Mounted Militia​

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1862: Captain Ashley Dragoons​

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1862: Lt. Colonel of 8th​ South Cavalry Battalion​

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1862 – 1865: Colonel of 3rd​ South Carolina Cavalry Regiment​

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Served in Garrisons along the South Carolina Coast for most of war.​

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1864: Commander of 3rd​ Military District of South Carolina​

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1864: Second in command at Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1891: Planter in Hampton County, South Carolina​

Died: October 22, 1891

Place of Death: Elmwood Plantation, Hampton County, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina

 

[Pollaco]

Three other companies were combined with the 8th South Carolina Cavalry that he was Lt. Colonel of to form the 3rd South Carolina Cavalry and I'm guessing Colcock was at this time promoted as its Colonel.