East Tennessee Roots
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- Joined
- Dec 31, 2010
- Location
- Kingsport, Tennessee
I'm attempting to locate a 3 x 1st cousin, WILLIAM LAND, born about 1836 in Wilkes County, NC to Hasting & Delilah Knight Land. He is counted there in 1840 and 1850 census. Hasting apparently died after 1850. His widow, two daughters, and youngest son relocated to upper East Tennessee in the mid-1850s. William, (14 in 1850), did not accompany his mother and siblings. For the most part, I have assumed William also passed about the same time as his father, until recently.
In the 1860 census of Terrell County, Georgia, there are three farmhands listed as part of a household headed by a James O. Taylor. All three farm laborers were born in North Carolina, William Land age 24, (born in 1836), R.D. Herrin (Herring), age 23, (born in 1837), and Squire Gorden (Gordon), age 16, (born in 1844).
North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865, A Roster lists the following:
Robert D. Herring A 24-year-old resident of Surry County, NC, enlisted and mustered 5/20/1861 into Company C 21st NC Infantry. He died of disease in Virginia, 9/6/1861.
Squire Gordon A resident of Surry County, NC, a 17-year-old farmer, enlisted 3/27/1862 and mustered 4/30/1862 into Company E 53rd NC Infantry. He died of disease at Raleigh, NC on 5/5/1862.
Surry County, NC lies to the N.E. of Wilkes. In fact the town of Elkin, NC lies in both Surry and Wilkes Counties. It would not be hard to see a 17, 18-year-old William strike out on his own and end up in Surry County. If he's with Robert and Squire in Terrell County, Georgia in 1860, he may have remained there while the other two went back to North Carolina.
Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865:
William H. Land A 27-year-old resident of Terrell County, Georgia. Enlisted and mustered on 3/22/1862 into Company F 51st Georgia Infantry as a Private. He was surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.
Could this be my "long-lost" William Land? Paging @Zella and @lelliott19, and anyone familiar with Georgia records.
In the 1860 census of Terrell County, Georgia, there are three farmhands listed as part of a household headed by a James O. Taylor. All three farm laborers were born in North Carolina, William Land age 24, (born in 1836), R.D. Herrin (Herring), age 23, (born in 1837), and Squire Gorden (Gordon), age 16, (born in 1844).
North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865, A Roster lists the following:
Robert D. Herring A 24-year-old resident of Surry County, NC, enlisted and mustered 5/20/1861 into Company C 21st NC Infantry. He died of disease in Virginia, 9/6/1861.
Squire Gordon A resident of Surry County, NC, a 17-year-old farmer, enlisted 3/27/1862 and mustered 4/30/1862 into Company E 53rd NC Infantry. He died of disease at Raleigh, NC on 5/5/1862.
Surry County, NC lies to the N.E. of Wilkes. In fact the town of Elkin, NC lies in both Surry and Wilkes Counties. It would not be hard to see a 17, 18-year-old William strike out on his own and end up in Surry County. If he's with Robert and Squire in Terrell County, Georgia in 1860, he may have remained there while the other two went back to North Carolina.
Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865:
William H. Land A 27-year-old resident of Terrell County, Georgia. Enlisted and mustered on 3/22/1862 into Company F 51st Georgia Infantry as a Private. He was surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865.
Could this be my "long-lost" William Land? Paging @Zella and @lelliott19, and anyone familiar with Georgia records.