Research Counting the Confederate Service Records of Black and Mulatto Men

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[lelliott19]

724
Jake <Blank>
"colored"
Cook
Capt. Fenner's Battery Louisiana Light Artillery
CSR

Enlisted September 25, 1862 at Port Hudson for 2 years. Appears on Company Muster Roll with note "Deserted Jan 19 1862. Name inadvertently omitted on last muster roll."

 

[lelliott19]

725
Stephen <Blank>
"colored"
Cook
Capt Fenner's Battery Louisiana Light Artillery
CSR

Enlisted May 8, 1863 at Osyka [?] for 2 years. Appears on Company Muster Roll for July/Aug 1863 as present; on roll dated October 31, 1863 as present; and on roll dated Nov/Dec 1863 as present.

 

[lelliott19]

726
Frank Mitchell
"colored creole"
Rank not stated
Fire Co No 1 Mobile Alabama
CSR

Appears on a Confederate Reference Card noted See Manuscript No 7061 page 2.

 

[lelliott19]

727
Thomas Chavis
"Free Negro"
Conscript
Quartermaster and Commissary Department
CSR

Thomas Chavis, a "free negro," appears on Receipt Rolls for clothing issued June 24, 1864 at Camp Holmes and November 24, 1864 at place not stated.

 

[lelliott19]

728
Richard Chavis
Mulatto (free; enumerated on 1850 US Census)
Private
Company H, 40th North Carolina State Troops which became 3rd North Carolina Artillery
CSR

Richard Chavis appears on a Roll of non-commissioned officers and privates employed on extra duty at Fort Holmes, Smith's Island, North Carolina during the month of November 1863. Appears on the 1850 US Census for Brunswick County, NC as Richard Chavis, age 17, male, mulatto, employed as a laborer, born in North Carolina.

 

[lelliott19]

729
Alfred Chavis
Mulatto (free; enumerated on 1850 US census)
Private
Company D, 26th South Carolina Infantry
CSR

Enumerated on the 1850 US census for Columbus County, NC as Alfred Chavis, age 17, male, mulatto, born in North Carolina. Enlisted [date not stated] in to Company D, 26th South Carolina Infantry at Marlboro County, SC - just across the state line from his home in Columbus County, North Carolina. Appears on receipt rolls for clothing issued April 29, 1864 and May 26, 1864. Appears on Company Muster Roll for Nov/Dec 1864 as absent with remarks "Killed near Petersburg, Va September 10, 1864." @19thGeorgia

 

[lelliott19]

730
Calvin Chavis
Mulatto (free; enumerated on 1850 US census)
Private
Company D, 26th South Carolina Infantry
CSR

Enumerated on the 1850 US census for Columbus County, NC as Calvin Chavis, age 15, male, mulatto, born in North Carolina. Enlisted December 23, 1862 in to Company D, 26th South Carolina Infantry at Church Flats, Marlboro County, SC - just across the state line from his home in Columbus County, North Carolina. Appears on Company Muster Roll for Nov/Dec 1862 as absent on furlough. Appears on Company Muster Roll for Jan/Feb 1863 and Mar/April 1863 as present. Appears on Company Muster Roll for July/Aug 1863 as not stated and for Sep/Oct and Nov/Dec 1863 as present. Appears on CMR for Jan/Feb 1864 as present, in arrest and for Nov/Dec 1864 and Jan/Feb 1865 as present. Captured April 5, 1865 at Five Forks; imprisoned at Point Lookout , Maryland; and released June 26, 1865 on Oath of Allegiance.

 

[lelliott19]

731
Josiah Chavis
Mulatto (free; enumerated on 1860 US census)
Private
Company I, 22nd South Carolina Infantry
CSR

Enumerated on the 1860 US census for Orangeburg, SC as Josiah Chavis, age 19, male, mulatto, born in South Carolina. Transferred from Company D, 20th South Carolina into Company I, 22nd South Carolina Infantry on November 10, 1863 at Charleston SC for 3 years or the war. Appears on CMR for Nov/Dec 1863 as present with remark "transferred from Co D 20th Regt SC on this 10 Nov 1863." Captured June 2nd 1864 near Bermuda Hundred; transferred to Fort Monroe June 3, 1864; and imprisoned at Point Lookout Maryland until exchanged October 30, 1864.

 

[lelliott19]

732
Alfred Chavus / Chavis
Mulatto
Private
Company K, 3rd North Carolina Artillery (formerly 40th North Carolina State Troops)
CSR
(Note this is not the same Alfred Chavis listed at post #819. That Alfred Chavis served in D/26th SC and was killed at Petersburg June 1864.)

Enlisted May 18, 1862 at Fort St. Phillips as a substitute for R M Lewis. Described as a 40 year old farmer, born in Robeson NC. Recorded as present from May 1862 until "transferred to Engineer Corps by order of Maj Genl Whiting Aug 3/63." Enumerated on the 1900 US census for Asheboro, North Carolina as Alford Chavis, age 70, enumerated as black but the majority of members of the Chavis families of North and South Carolina were mulatto.

 

[east tennessee roots]

733

North Carolina Pension Application for Porter Scales. A black man who was drafted and sent to Fort Fisher and Wilmington to serve as a laborer; includes an affidavit from veterans J. T. Wall of the 5th NC Cavalry and T. C. Peay of the 45th NC Infantry.

Porter's story was also told in the Slave Narratives of the 1930s.

PORTER SCALES

Visit the post for more.

northcarolinaslavenarratives.wordpress.com

His Find-A-Grave Page:

Porter H. Scales (1836-1932) - Find A Grave...

Born in 1836 and died in 15 Dec 1932 Madison, North Carolina Porter H. Scales

www.findagrave.com

 

[unionblue]

Do we have a current total for this thread?

 

[19thGeorgia]

Do we have a current total for this thread?

The last one posted is #733, but I don't think there's been an 'official' update since about #701.

 

[unionblue]

The last one posted is #733, but I don't think there's been an 'official' update since about #701.

Thank you @19thGeorgia for the information.

 

[19thGeorgia]

734

Julia
Matron
(slave)
24th (Wilkes') TX Cavalry (Hospital)
CSR

A slave as matron at a hospital?
Unusual, right @lelliott19?

Note: Hospital roll for September and October, 1862, is the last one on file.

 

[19thGeorgia]

734

Julia
Matron
(slave)
24th (Wilkes') TX Cavalry (Hospital)
CSR

A slave as matron at a hospital?
Unusual, right @lelliott19?
View attachment 339023


Note: Hospital roll for September and October, 1862, is the last one on file.

View attachment 339024

Stationed at Arkansas Post-

Which was captured January 11, 1863. Hospital buildings at lower left-

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[19thGeorgia]

735
Manny Oxendine
Private
"mulatto" (census)
26th South Carolina Infantry
CSR, Census

Enlisted in Marlboro District, SC, February 4, 1862. Discharged and re-enlisted in 1863. Wounded May 30, 1864. Captured at Piney Grove, NC, March 19, 1865. POW at Point Lookout, MD. Released on oath June 29, 1865.

1850 Census
Moore County, NC

From Johnson's 1860 map of North Carolina and South Carolina showing proximity of Moore (NC) and Marlboro (SC)-

 

[19thGeorgia]

736
A. Carro
Private
"mulatto" (census)
Maddox's Regiment, LA Reserve Corps
CSR, Census

Surrendered at New Orleans, LA, and paroled at Natchitoches, LA, June 1865. (Residence: Natchitoches, LA)

1860 Census
This is the only Caro/Carro in Natchitoches with a first name beginning with "A"-

 

[19thGeorgia]

737
Wesley Chapple Stevens
Private
"mulatto" (census)
SC Militia
CSR, Census

Captured March 1865. Died at Foster USA General Hospital, Newbern, NC, April 1, 1865. Age 17.
Residence: Chesterfield, SC. Buried at Grave 6, Row 1, N.C. Lot, Sol. New. Cem. (Soldiers New Cemetery?).

1850 Census
Chesterfield District, SC

1860 Census
Chesterfield District, SC

 

[19thGeorgia]

738
Richard Sibley
Blacksmith
"colored"
Company C, 1st SC Cavalry
CSR, Census

Blacksmith was a rank-

1860 Census

 

[19thGeorgia]

739
Henry McRae
Cook
"colored"
44th (Consolidated) TN Infantry
CSR

Captured at Petersburg, VA, April 2, 1865. POW at Point Lookout, MD. Released June 19, 1865.