In honor of the members of our Singleton family who fought for their beliefs during the War Between the States.

Asa Yarrell Singleton

Asa Yarrell Singleton  entered the Confederate Forces in Martin County, North Carolina, on August 11, 1862. His military records show "He was present or accounted for until he was transferred to Company D, 13th Battalion of the North Carolina Light Artillery on November 4, 1863. He then served in the 2nd Company G, 36th Regiment of the North Carolina Troops beginning on November 4, 1863 and was present or accounted for through December 1864. He was last paid by Captain Higgins April 30, 1864.Asa Yarrell Singleton was killed at the last battle of Ft. Fisher January 15, 1965."

Asa entered the War Between the States three years after his marriage to Christine Wollard. He was twenty eight years old when he enlisted.He died at age thirty one leaving his wife, Christine, who was five months pregnant and daughter, Mary. His son, Robert Asa, was born May 7, 1865, four months after Asa was killed in battle.

The body of Asa Yarrell Singleton was never shipped home for burial. A mass grave is located at Ft. Fisher, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina This is where Asa Yarrell Singleton was probably buried. A book listing the casualties of the war at Fort Fisher is available at this Historical Site. Asa Y. Singleton is listed as a casualty.

His military service number  is available on microfilm #253 Roll 438   " The Consolidated Index to Confederate Records". 

Record provided by Albert Louis Singleton

Oliver H. Cherry

Oliver H. Cherry, husband of Julia Frances Singleton, also served for the Confederate Army. He was severely wounded at the last battle of Ft. Fisher on January 15, 1865. He was transferred to Union Hospital on January 19, 1865 where he had his arm amputated.  He died in March 1865 at the Union Hospital, Morehead City, North Carolina, as a result of this injury.

Oliver Cherry was 25 years old at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife of six years, Julia Frances Singleton Cherry and two small children; Lorah E. cherry age 5 and Edwin G. Cherry, age 3.

Civil War Index for Cherry shows the following records:

Cherry, O.H.; Company G; 2 N.C. artillery (36 State Troops); private.

Cherry, O.H.; Company D; 18th Batt'n N.C. L. Art'y; private.

Cherry, Oliver; Company M; 12 N.C. Infantry; Formerly 2 N.C. Infantry. Vols.; private.

Cherry, Oliver H.; Company D, 18 Batt'n N.C. L. Art'y; private; original filed under O.H.

William John Singleton

William John Singleton enlisted in the War Between the States when he was 25 years old. He had been married for four years to his first wife, Matilda Caroline Koonce, and had a one year old daughter, Ada Alice, when he enlisted at Eaton, Dyer County, Tennessee. 

His military record shows he enlisted in Company A of the 15th Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry on April 1, 1964. His company commander was Captain Peter W. Moore. He actively served with Company A for only 24 days before being ordered by Colonel F. M. Stewart to be detached from the Company to make shoes for the regiment.

Verbal history of William John, by his grandchildren, stated was a shoe smith and he had a deformed foot. This minor disability probably prevented his active participation in the battles fought by the 15th Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry.

His military service number was 48341878 and is available on microfilm #253 Roll 438  " The Consolidated Index to Confederate Records".  

Samuel H. Grimmett

Samuel H. Grimmett was born about 1835 in Tennessee and died between 1865 and 1870. He was married to Lucy Elizabeth Singleton who was the daughter of Charlotte and Thomas L. Singleton.

Samuel was a private in Company E of Stewart's Tennessee Calvary serving under Ichabod M. Lucas. Company E. was organized July 2, 1863 in Haywood County, Tennessee and Samuel enlisted as a private in this company on July 13, 1963. His military service number was 48341528. 

William R. F. Singleton

"William R.F. Singleton (oldest son of Adam R.Singleton and Winnefred "Winnie" Faircloth; grandson of Willoughby; great grandson of William Shingleton) enlisted in the CSA Calvary on August 2, 1862 and served until the end of the Civil War.

He had a wife, Nancy M. Quick, and four young children (John Smith "Doc", Ann, Pencie Adeline, and Thomas) at home but duty called. He selected the Calvary and was paid 40 cents a day for his horse. He signed up under C.C. Willborn as a private of Company H of Hughes Battalion, 4th Regiment, Mississippi Calvary. Originally it was Capt. A. J. Bowles' Company. Hughes Regiment but this company became Company H.

The record states that a large majority of those whose enlistment dates were on the second of August were enrolled prior to that period. The original organization occurred on the second day of August, 1862 at College Hill. They went to camp at Enterprise for instruction. In September they were ordered to Saltillo, Mississippi and attached to the Brigade of Gen. M. E. Green in Major General Sterling Price's Army of the West. They were with Price in the movement to Iuka where a battle was fought on September 19, 1862 during Grant's advance on Vicksburg. They were engaged in the Battle of Corinth on October 3rd and 4th. There was a fight at Hatchie Bridge on the retreat and the battalion moved by way of Ripley back to Oxford and thence to Grenada during Grant's advance along the railroad from Memphis. They advance around east during Grant's capture of Oxford and destroyed Grant's supplies and ammunition at Holly Springs. Grant was forced to retreat back to Memphis with the loss of over one million dollars worth of war supplies.

William R.F. Singleton was injured during the fight at Holly Springs on October 31, 1862. He was captured at Oxford on retreat from Holly Springs on December 2, 1862. He was 35 years old. He was taken back north to Holly Springs and then to Cairo, Illinois as a prisoner of war. He was received at Alton Military Prison on January 10, 1863 and died there on February 3, 1863."

Source: Confederate Muster Rolls 1862 to 1863 and Prisoners of War
1862 to 1863. Mississippi State Archives in Jackson Mississippi.

John W. Singleton

JOHN W. SINGLETON (the second son of Adam R. Singleton and Winnefred "Winnie" Faircloth; grandson of Willoughby; great grandson of William Shingleton) was born on January 23, 1834, in North Carolina. He enrolled in Company F of the 19th Mississippi Infantry by Captain Vaughn at Oxford, Mississippi on February 25, 1962, at age 28. He served as a private in the 19th Mississippi Infantry.  He reported sick in March and April 1862. John W. Singleton was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital Number Five on July 30, 1862 with a diagnosis of continuous fever. He died August 7, 1862 at Chimborazo Military Hospital, Richmond, Virginia. He was married to Nancy C. Hill for five years prior to his death. He left a son, age 3; a daughter, age 4; and a daughter, age 6. Unfortunately these children have not yet been identified through our family research.

Thomas Bennett "Ben" Singleton

THOMAS BENNETT "BEN" SINGLETON, (the fourth son of Adam R.Singleton and Winnefred "Winnie" Faircloth; grandson of Willoughby; great grandson of William Shingleton) was born on  September 18, 1839, in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He served also served in Company F of the 19 Mississippi Infantry with his brothers, John W. and James Harrison. He enrolled at Oxford, Mississippi, by Captain Vaughn, on May 15, 1961, at age 21. Thomas enlisted as a private but was  appointed 2nd Sergeant in December 1861. He was wounded during the battles fought between June 26 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia. His name appeared on "List of Absentees and Deserters of the 19th Mississippi Regiment". He was described as 26 years old, blue eyes, dark hair, dark complexion and five feet ten inches tall. He married Millie Susan Selena Hill  on February 28, 1865 which was probably after his military duty.

James Harrison H. Singleton

JAMES HARRISON H. SINGLETON, (the fifth son of Adam R. Singleton and Winnefred "Winnie" Faircloth; grandson of Willoughby; great grandson of William Shingleton) was born on  December 20, 1843, in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He enlisted on February 25, 1962 in Oxford, Mississippi. He served as a private in Company F of the 19 Mississippi Infantry which was the same company as his brother John W. Singleton.

James Harrison H. Singleton was wounded September 18, 1864. He entered the General Hospital at Howard's Grove, Richmond, Virginia on September 20th and was then transferred to Stuart Hospital in Richmond on September 27, where he died on October 21, 1964 from infection from the wound or surgery.  He died two months after his brother John W. Singleton.

Jacob Thompson Singleton

JACOB THOMPSON SINGLETON, (the sixth son of Adam R. Singleton and Winnefred "Winnie" Faircloth followed the example of his four older brothers and served during the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private in Company F of the 19th Mississippi Infantry on July 18, 1862 at the age of 18 years, 1 month and 10 days. He was enrolled by Captain Wily Vaughan at Oxford, Mississippi. Also serving in Company F. of the 19th Mississippi Infantry were his brothers John W. and James Harrison H. Singleton. He was present for the muster rolls of Company F from July1962 to December 1864. He was assigned extra duty at the Orange County  court house in Virginia from January 21st to March 31, 1864. During this time he was assigned as a shoemaker. His Civil War records are available from the National Archives. There were no personal papers or medical cards on file for James Thomas Singleton.

Note these facts in the Confederate Soldiers of Lafayette for Jacob T. Singleton are incorrect. Military records available at the National Archives show Jacob T. Singleton present for the muster roll of Company F of 19th Mississippi Infantry on  November and December 1864. These facts should have been included in the record for James Harrison H. Singleton not his brother Jacob T. Singleton.

Two years after the Civil War Jacob Thompson Singleton married Elizabeth Ellen Martin. They were February 07, 1867 at Mercer County, West Virginia. His occupation on the marriage application was listed as occupation: shoe and boot maker; son of Adam and Winnie Singleton on the marriage application. This is further proof that Jacob Thompson Singleton did not die during the Civil War.

Drew R. Sims

Drew was the son of John Sims and Martha Riley Sims. He served in Company I, 2nd Mississippi Infantry as a private. He was born on December 29, 1844 and died on February 02, 1923 in Scott County, Mississippi. After his service in the Civil War, he married Alabama Beaufort Singleton.

William Minter Brantley

"William Minter Brantley enlisted in the Confederate Army during the last full year of the war. He was one of over 240 Brantley's who served the Confederate States of America. On January 24, 1864, he joined Company I of the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. He enrolled at Siloam, Mississippi at age 17.

Private Brantley received his baptism by fire very shortly after his enlistment in this unit. His company was involved in action on February 3, 1964 near Calhoun County, Mississippi, February 21, 1864 at West Point, Mississippi, April 8, 1864, at Fort Pillow, Tennessee; June 10, 1864 at the battle of Brice's Cross Roads near Tupelo; July 13, 1864 in a battle against the Fourteenth Wisconsin cavalry; July 14, 1864 in a battle near Tupelo, Mississippi. His regiment defended Wilson's Raid to Selma March 22 to April 20, 1865.

When William returned home after the war, he found that his father and only sister had died and his home community was impoverished."

William, his mother and two youngest brothers moved to the area of Dyer County, Tennessee (today the area is Chestnut Bluff, Crockett County, Tennessee). He had traveled through Dyer County during the war which probably influenced his decision to relocate there.

He married Abcilla "Frankie" Francis Singleton, daughter of Thomas L. and Charlotte Singleton, on October 24, 1866 in Dyer County, Tennessee.

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