CSN Pinckney, Roger Sr.

Roger Pinckney Sr.​

Born: November 26, 1841

Birthplace: Cordesville, South Carolina

Father: Dr. Hopson Pinckney Sr. 1813 – 1891

(Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Mother: Louisa Maria Gaillard 1814 – 1854

(Buried: Saint Peters Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina)​

1st​ Wife: Adele L'Artigue 1856 – 1899

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

2nd​ Wife: Lenora Caroline "Nora" Guerard 1856 – 1925

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

Children:

Elizabeth Pinckney Pettyjohn 1874 – 1900​

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

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Adele Cornelia Pinckney Leak 1875 – 1927​

(Buried: Eastside Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina)​

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Roger Pinckney Jr. 1879 – 1946​

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

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Emily L'Artigue Pinckney Griffin 1884 – 1968​

(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)​

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Sarah Donnom Pinckney Walker 1891 – 1943​

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

Civil War Career:

Member of South Carolina Light Infantry, South Carolina State Militia​

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1861 – 1864: Midshipman Confederate States Navy​

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1861: Served on the C.S.S. Lady Davis​

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1861 – 1862: Served at Confederate States Navy, Savannah Station​

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1862: Served at Confederate States Navy, Richmond Station​

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1862: Served on the C.S.S. Louisiana​

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1862: Served at Confederate States Navy Jackson, Mississippi Station​

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1862 – 1863: Served at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia​

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1863 – 1864: Served on steamers C.S.S. Columbia, and C.S.S. Chicora​

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1863 – 1864: Served at Confederate States Navy, Charleston Station​

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1864: Served on steamers C.S.S. Virginia (No. 2), & C.S.S. Patrick Henry​

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1864: Served with Confederate States Navy James Squadron​

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1864 – 1865: Midshipman for Provisional Confederate State Navy​

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1864: Served on C.S.S. Tallahassee at Wilmington Station​

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1864: Served at Battery Buchanan, North Carolina​

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1864 – 1865: Served on C.S.S. Columbia at Charleston Station​

Occupation after War:

Planter in Sheldon, South Carolina​

Died: April 9, 1925

Place of Death: Rockingham, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 83 years old

Burial Place: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina