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)
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:
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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