1st State Troops
Company C
Aug 1863 - Feb 1864
Anderson District
Officers
Duncan Sr, Benjamin Franklin, Captain. He was born 21 January 821 in what is
now Anderson County, SC. He was a farmer and a Doctor. He was the son of Robert
Duncan of Scotland, and part of a large family of Duncan's who settled in this
area about 1790. He married Talithia Emaline Smith 27 January 1844, and they
produced 8 children. He died in Anderson, SC on 21 February and is buried there
in Smith's Chapel Cemetery.
West, Thomas W., 1st Lieutenant
Mattison, James A., 2nd Lieutenant
Avery, Asa, 3rd Lieutenant
NonCommissioned Officers
Norris, J. W., Sergeant Major
Towers, A. B., 1st Sergeant
Davis, J. H., Sergeant
Dean, Samuel A., Sergeant
Drake, James A., Sergeant
Major, Hiram B., Sergeant
Cobb, H. A., Corporal
Gambrell, J. S., Corporal
Howard, Dudley C., Corporal
Prince, J., Corporal
Privates
Adams, Isaac M.
Adams, James
Bagwell, H.
Bewley, W. C.
Bird, Martin
Bowie, A. A.
Branyan, J. J.
Branyan, T. M.
Brock, Reuben
Brown, Edward
Brown, George
Brown, John M.
Burris, Levi
Calahan, William M.
Caldwell, J. P.
Caldwell, Robert
Campbell, G. J.
Campbell, William J.
Coker, Berry
Cooley, E. T.
Cothran, Richard, born in Anderson 1819. He enlisted August 1863 Anderson and
was discharged Sept 1863 at Charleston, due to disability. He was 5' 11" tall,
blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion and his occupation was farmer. He married
Sarah Ann Gillespie and died in Anderson in 1875.
Crawford, David
Crimes, B. F.
Cummins, William
Davis, G. W.
Davis, M. A.
Davis, Martin
Davis, W. L.
Davis, William
Dickson, Samuel
Drennon, D. H.
Duckworth, J. J.
Durham, A.
Elgin, J. H.
Elgin, John A.
Elrod, Alfred
Freeman, Martin Fralix, born 7 Oct 1818, died 23 June 1902 in Oconee County,
buried Old Westminster 1st Baptist Cemetery, Oconee County
Gambrell, Harper
GambTell, M. T.
Garrison, Henry
Gasaway, James S.
Geer, S. M.
Grayson, Henry J.
Greer, N. A. J.
Guess, W. W.
Hanks, Nimrod
Hanks, Stephen
Hill, David
Holcomb, Kinchen
Hopkins, J. M.
Ingraham, Philip
Kay, F. M.
Kay, Joel
Kay, Nimrod
Kay, R. G.
Kay, W. P.
Keown, William M.
Keys, J. C.
King, Josiah
King, Peter
Latham, John B.
Maret, J. H.
Martin, Jesse R.
Martin, Reuben M.
Martin, William
Mattison, S. J.
McCown, J. T.
McGill, William
Merritt, A. J.
Mitchel, Wiley
Murdoc, Joseph
Nelson, James
Newell, W. B.
Nichols, W. A.
Philips, Bird
Poor, J. B.
Powel, F. M.
Prewett, E. D.
Prewitt, Toliver
Price, H. P.
Ramsey, A. W.
Reed, A. E.
Rees, E. M.
Rodgers, Larkin
Rogers, J. P.
Sanders, Elias
Sayler, John A.
Sayler, John B.
Sayler, John N.
Searight, J. H.
Shearer, John W.
Shirley ( Shearly ), Stephen, born 13 May 1822, Anderson or Abbeville County.
He was transferred to the 22nd SC Infantry. He was under Elliott at Petersburg
and killed in the initial explosion at the Battle of the Crater, 31 July 1864.
His body was not recovered. His name is on a plaque in Blandford Church in
Petersburg, VA. There is a memorial to Stephen at Long Branch Baptist
Cemetery in Anderson County, SC
Simpson, D. M.
Smith, J. D.
Smith, Joel
Smith, M. M.
Stevenson, Elbert
Stokes, J. H.
Stokes, J. W.
Tate, Grief ( Greif ), born 19 June 1820, brother of Tilman Tate. Grief was
transferred to Orr's Rifles and survived the war and died 6 Dec 1892.He is
buried at Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County
Tate, Tilman, born 26 May 1817, Flat Rock, Anderson County. He died of typhoid
fever 18 Oct 1863 at Ft Moultrie, Sullivans Island, and was buried in Flat Rock
Baptist Church Cemetary, Anderson County.
Tayler, Toliver
Telford, G. B. He later served in
2nd Battalion, Senior Reserves
as Battalion Ordnance Sergeant
Tucker, J. P.
Tucker, W. T.
Watt, J. W.
Wedd, J. T.
Whitman, David
Williamson, William
Wilson, J. F.
Wilson, J. W.
Yeorgan, Nathan
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