James E. SMITH [Parents] was born 1812 in VA. He died Jun 1863. James married Sudner ROY on 14 Apr 1850 in Jackson Co., VA.
Other marriages:CONRAD, Sunder
Trimble Letter of Guerilla list: James E. Smith
Wheeling Intelligencer, 12/27/61:
West Virginia Database (Boggs captured):
West Virginia in the Civil War, Ripley Raid:
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Camp Chase list of Prisoners, OR, Series II, Vol. 2. Page 263 - 266: James E. SmithWASHINGTON [ARK.] TELEGRAPH, December 24, 1862
DIANA SMITH, THE HEROINE OF THE NORTHWEST.
A friend has kindly furnished us with some interesting particulars in the history of this young heroine.
She was born and raised in the county of Jackson. Her father is a consistent and pious member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was leading a quiet, peaceful, and useful life, until his country was invaded, when he called his country-men to arms, and raised the first company of guerrillas, which he commanded until his fall, when, by fraud and treachery he was captured, and ever since has been confined in a loathsome dungeon at Camp Chase, Ohio, without hope of delivery, unless our Government should interpose and procure his release.
Diana, his only daughter, is a beautiful girl, and has been tenderly raised, and well educated. She is also a member of the M. E. Church, and has always been regarded as very pious and exemplary. She is descended from a race of unflinching nerve, and satisfied with nothing less than freedom as unrestrained as the pure air of their mountain home.
Her devotion to the cause of Southern rights, in which her father had nobly engaged, has caused her, too, to feel the oppressor's power. Although a tender and delicate flower, upon whose cheek the bloom of sixteen summers yet lingers, she has been five times captured by the Yankees, and marched sometimes on foot, in manacles, a prisoner; once a considerable distance to Ohio, at which time she made her escape. She was never released, but in each instance managed to escape from her guard. She, too, has been in service; she was in several battles in which her father engaged the enemy. She has seen blood flow like water. Her trusty rifle has made more than one of the vile Yankees bite the dust. She left her home in company with the Moccasin Rangers, (Captain Kelser,) and came through the enemy's line in safety, and is now at the Blue Sulphur Springs.
She was accompanied by Miss Duskie, who has earned the proud distinction of a heroine. On one occasion this fearless girl was surrounded by fifty Yankees and Union men, when she went rushing through their ranks with a daring that struck terror to their craven hearts. With her rifle lashed across her shoulders, she swam the west fork of the Kanhawa river, and made her way to the Mountain Rangers; preferring to trust her safety to those brave spirits, well knowing that her sex would entitle her to protection from those brave mountaineers. These young ladies have lain in the mountains for months, with no bed but the earth, and no covering but the canopy of heaven. They have shared the soldier's rough fare, and his dangers, his hopes, and his joys.WASHINGTON [ARK.] TELEGRAPH, December 31, 1862
Source: http://by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg?msg=2CE6ED25-6FFD-4AE2-B044-FD90E1FBAFA6&start=0&len=30422&imgsafe=y&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000001&a=1a24aae3cca4d1bc87ae7dbb274b0852Jim was Captain in the Moccasin Rangers and was killed June 1863 at Nesselrode's on Little Sandy, West Virginia.
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Sudner ROY married James E. SMITH on 14 Apr 1850 in Jackson Co., VA.
They had the following children:
M i Jonathon Sheppard SMITH was born 1835 in WV. F ii Diana SMITH. M iii Reuben SMITH was born 1839. He died 1858. F iv Rebecca J. SMITH was born 1842. She died 1863.
John Tighman STAATS was born 1817 in Mason Co., VA. He died 1859. John married Margaret CARNEY on 28 Nov 1837.
Margaret CARNEY [Parents] "Peggy" was born 25 Apr 1820 in Mason Co., VA. She died 25 May 1881 in Jackson Co., VA. Peggy married John Tighman STAATS on 28 Nov 1837.
They had the following children:
Trimble Letter of Guerilla list: John Stalnaker
Wheeling Intelligencer, 12/27/61:
West Virginia Database (Boggs captured):
West Virginia in the Civil War, Ripley Raid:
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Camp Chase list of Prisoners, OR, Series II, Vol. 2. Page 263 - 266:No Jackson entires for Raqdolph...
RANDOLPH STALNAKER*
Randolph Stalnaker, conspicuous in the industrial activity of
Wheeling, W. Va., as well as in the official and political
affairs of his State, was born at Lewisburg, Va., June 8, 1847,
and was educated at the academies at Lewisburg and Union,
Monroe county. While yet in school he felt it his duty to enlist in
the Confederate army, but was rejected on account of his youth. Early
in 1863 he volunteered a second time, being in his sixteenth year,
and was accepted and assigned to the staff of Brig.-Gen. A. W.
Reynolds, of Virginia, who commanded a brigade in the army of
Tennessee. He participated in the defense of Vicksburg during the
siege and twenty-seven days' bombardment by Grant's army, and after
the capitulation returned to Virginia and was appointed adjutant of
Col. D. S. Hounshell's battalion of cavalry
They had the following children:
F i Louisa Jane STALNAKER was born 1846.
John M/L DILWORTH married Louisa Jane STALNAKER on 24 Mar 1864 in Jackson Co., WV.
Louisa Jane STALNAKER [Parents] was born 1846 in Wirt Co., VA. She married John M/L DILWORTH on 24 Mar 1864 in Jackson Co., WV.
John STUART was born 1805 in Monongalia Co., VA. He died 1850. John married Lucinda KNOPP.
Lucinda KNOPP married John STUART.
They had the following children:
M i Alexander STEWART was born 1837.
Alexander STEWART [Parents] was born 1837 in Jackson Co., VA. He married Martha Jane MCFARLAND on 25 Feb 1864 in Jackson Co., WV.
Trimble Letter of Guerilla list: Alexander Stewart
Wheeling Intelligencer, 12/27/61:
West Virginia Database (Boggs captured):
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Camp Chase list of Prisoners, OR, Series II, Vol. 2. Page 263 - 266:
Martha Jane MCFARLAND [Parents] was born 1845 in Jackson Co., VA. She married Alexander STEWART on 25 Feb 1864 in Jackson Co., WV.
Noah TANNER [Parents] was born 1836 in VA. He died in VA. Noah married Mary DAVIS on 186O in Roane Co., VA.
Trimble Letter of Guerilla list: Noah Tanner
Wheeling Intelligencer, 12/27/61:
West Virginia Database (Boggs captured):
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Camp Chase list of Prisoners, OR, Series II, Vol. 2. Page 263 - 266:
Mary DAVIS married Noah TANNER on 186O in Roane Co., VA.
James TANNER was born 1802. He married Nancy.
They had the following children:
M i Noah TANNER was born 1836. M ii George Washington TANNER Sr. was born 1832 and died 1870.
Ezekiel H. VERNON "Eph" was born 1815 in VA. He married Deborah STANLEY on 17 Jan 1850 in JacksonCo., VA.
Trimble Letter of Guerilla list: Eph Vernon
Wheeling Intelligencer, 12/27/61:
West Virginia Database (Boggs captured):
West Virginia in the Civil War, Ripley Raid:
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Camp Chase list of Prisoners, OR, Series II, Vol. 2. Page 263 - 266:
Deborah STANLEY married Ezekiel H. VERNON on 17 Jan 1850 in JacksonCo., VA.
Eliakim WARNER was born 1806 in PA. He married Mary.
They had the following children: