2nd Battalion of State Troops
Senior Reserves
Company D
Barnwell District

Officers
Willis, Robert Moore, Captain, born 26 January 1832, Barnwell District. He married his first cousin, Susan Ann Willis. He died 23 July 1908 and is buried in Williston Town Cemetery, Barnwell County. Brother of Lt Willis. Contact

Easterling, Henry Hampton, 1st Lieutenant, born 24 Oct 1824, Barnwell District, married Lucy Caroline Kennedy on 24 June 1849 of Barnwell District. He died 26 May 1893 Contact

Willis Jr, Williamson Watson, 2nd Lieutenant, born about ca 1837, Barnwell District. He married Celestia Steadman of Aiken. He died 1894 and is buried in Blackville Town Cemetery, Barnwell County, next to his wife Contact

Stallings, Joe, 3rd Lieutenant

NonCommissioned Officers

Privates
Price, William John, born Jan 1848 in Aiken and enlisted in Aug 1864

Note:
Per Private Price, the company was comprised of 17 & 18 year olds and bonded men (i.e., farmers exempted from Confederate service who agreed to sell the produce to the goverment at fixed prices). They assembled at Hamburg in Nov 1864, and were sent to Charleston, and then to Grahamville. From Grahamville, they went about 5 miles to Honey Hill, where they camped for about a month, and then to Adams Run.

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