★★★ Colcock, Charles Jones

Charles Jones Colcock Sr.

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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)​
Charles Jones Colcock Jr. 1852 – 1919​
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​
Francis Horton Colcock 1855 – 1925​
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​
Catherine Colcock Guerard 1865 – 1945​
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​
Woodward Hutson Colcock 1869 – 1885​
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​
William Bostick Colcock 1872 – 1953​
(Buried: Strawberry Chapel Cemetery, Berkeley Co., South Carolina)​
Agnes Jones Colcock 1877 – 1884​
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)​

Education:
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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​
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of Martin’s Regiment Mounted Militia​
1862: Captain Ashley Dragoons​
1862: Lt. Colonel of 8th​ South Cavalry Battalion​
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 3rd​ South Carolina Cavalry Regiment​
Served in Garrisons along the South Carolina Coast for most of war.​
1864: Commander of 3rd​ Military District of South Carolina​
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
 
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