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Daughters of the Confederacy®
Elias Holman is the Great Great Grandfather
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Evin Cole, Sr. Evin Cole is the Ancestor of Donna Walker Kelley It is with great satisfaction that I dedicate this work to those of our family who have gone before, in hope that it will honor their memory. ~Donna Tony Lehtola ~ Cole Family Historian and Cousin 1850 N. C. Census: Randolph, Co., 16 yrs. old living at home. 1854 July 8, marriage bond posted for Evin and Sally Jane Luck, they were married July 14, 1854 by Wesley Dean JP, Bondsman was Nathaniel Brown. Witness was B.F. Hoover, CCC. 1860 N. C. census: Randolph Co., Browers Mill P.O. p. 16: Farmer, 26 years old October 10, 1862 Evin Cole enlisted in the Confederate Army at Raleigh, N.C. as a private. Co. "B", 52nd North Carolina Infantry. He was paid $11.00 per month and appears to have been wounded twice. Vol. 3, pg. 475, Moore's Troop. The 52nd Infantry Regiment, North Carolina Infantry completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in April 1862. Its members were raised in the counties of Cabarrus, Randolph, Gates, Chowan, Stokes, Richmond, Wilkes, Lincoln, Stanly, and Forsyth. The unit fought at Goldsboro, then moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals Pettigrew, Kirkland, and MacRae. It fought with the army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg, where it had 2 killed and 25 wounded in the fight at Bristoe, and surrendered with only 6 officers and 60 men. It's commanders were Colonels James K. Marshall, and Marcus A. Parks, Lieutenant Colonels Eric Erson, and Benjaman F. Little, and Major John Q. Richardson. No History of Evin Cole would be complete without mention of a 250 year contribution to the pottery industry of Seagrove, North Carolina. Evin and his 7 sons operated Cole and Co., the largest and most successful of the Seagrove area potteries. He is considered by many to be the single most important potter of the 19th century. This information was taken from an article written in Southern Exposure V 2 and 3 in 1977: "Dear niece Anne, This leaves us well except Paw, winter has been rough on him and we are all joyed for the warm spring to get crops in..... I went with Rossinah to the Cole pottery shop past week to get some things for setting in her house making. They are distant kin to us by Aunt Rach that you never knew but herd us talk of Marks wife. Sallie was airing bedding and showed us one of old Aunt Rach covers, that was so fine work but old and worn and not in use for it covered Rafe when he passed. Rossinah got a stone churn and milk pans and pie dishes and saw a teapot but did not buy that. I got you a cake mold with blue decorate since you admired mine so long, Hope you do like it well. Coming home the buggy wheel ran into a mudrut and stuck but John came by and moved it out fortunately we was not damaged just muddy. We laughed heartily for John told we had more mud on us then it took to make our wares, we look for you in June, write when you can. Your Loving Aunt Rebecca W." In all respects this was an intimate, familiar pottery, made not to be placed on a shelf and admired from afar, but to be held and touched and used daily as an integral part of lives of a rural people. As the major figure in the fifth generation of Coles in America, Evin occupies a central position in the history of the Cole potters. History suggests the range and vitality of this remarkable family. For nine generations spanning 200 years the Coles have lived, fought for and turned pottery in North Carolina, Moreover the tradition continues today. While local inhabitants such as aunt Rebecca purchased wares directly from Cole and Co., the bulk of production was carefully packed in wheat straw and shipped to distant villages and towns. Even with the plank road [which ran from Salem to Fayetteville and passed through Seagrove, and later the railroad, travel was slow and arduous, hints at some of the actual problems he must have encountered in moving the Coles' wares. It is told that little John Chrisco would meet another team head on and being a burly sort of fellow, would yell out quite loudly, "IF YOU DON'T MOVE YOUR WAGON I'LL DO YOU LIKE THE LAST ONE I MET.'' At such vigorous threats as this the other wagoners reluctantly moved over and John proceeded on his way. After moving out of the mud grooves with much effort, one man cautiously asked," And what did you do to the other fellow?" John was far down the road when he answered, "WELL, I JUST MOVED OVER AND LET HIM PASS.' As the story goes Evin Sr. died of pneumonia while on a trip to eastern N. C. with a wagon load of pottery. His wagon reportedly became stuck in a swollen creek and Evin got wet while trying to free it. He stopped at a nearby farmhouse seeking help, but died before a doctor could be reached. It was over a month before word of his death reached his family. Evin Jr. and Will Garner "hitch hiked" on a wagon headed east and retrieved Evin's horses, wagon and money belt. From stories told in the family they believe he died between Greensboro and Liberty, near Kinesville, N.C. In the 1900 Census Randolph Co. Richard Township, His wife Sally Jane Luck Cole was listed as a widow. 1901 First year Sally received a pension for Evin. She continued to receive this pension through 1909. Un 1910 [the year my father Roy Evin walker was born] she was not shown inn the pension records. I want to thank, my cousin Tony Lehtola for all the research he has done into our history. He started an interest and love and respect for our ancestors. It gives our family an insight into past. Looking back we see ourselves in these remarkable people. As we learn about them we learn about ourselves.
Ancestor John Thomas Moore of Montgomery County, NC (great great
grandfather
Washington Wayne Waters
He enlisted 31 August 1861 at Camp McDonald, Georgia in Co B, 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry as a 5th Sergeant. At that time he and his family lived in the Ivy Log District, Union County, Georgia. Amos died 22 December 1863 in Charleston, SC. He is buried in the Confederate Section of Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston. His grave is just to the left of the outstretched hand of the Confederate Soldier Monument. After his death his widow and their children moved to Franklin County and later Red River County, Texas. Jan is a member of Ancient City Chapter 2232.
Simeon V. Poteete
William L. Morgan was the 3rd of
10 children born to Joseph L. and Mary Harris Morgan, on Jan 28, 1832 in
Appling Co., Georgia. He married Tabitha Register in Jan of 1852 and
they raised 11 children on their farm in Brooks County, Georgia. He
enlisted on August 14, 1862 with Co. C, 2nd Florida Infantry
Partisan Rangers, at Lake City, Florida at 30 years of age, and served
with that company through December 1, 1862. Due to illness and numerous
hospital stays William was given a medical discharge signed by Brigadier
General James Finnegan. Thus ended his military service.
Chester Register enlisted in the Confederate Army on August 15, 1861 at Lower Springs, Fernandina, Florida, with Co C, 10th Florida Infantry and served with them until May 1, 1863 when he was transferred to Company F 5th Florida Infantry, part of the Army of Northern Virginia. This transfer would prove to be a pivot point in his enlistment. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and in the Wilderness Campaign. Chester Register was taken prisoner during the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse at a place called The Bloody Angle and sent to Point Lookout Prison Camp in Maryland, then transferred to the prison camp at Elmira, NY. He spent almost a year, and one very cold winter in the Union prison. When the war ended he was one of the last prisoners released. Eyewitness accounts say on the last day they opened the door and said “Get home the best way you can.” No one knows just how Chester Register got home, but written accounts of other prisoners released on the same day say they walked. They had no money, no food, no shoes and only the ragged clothes they were wearing. After the war he became a member of the Board of Education for Echols Co., Georgia from 1873 to 1875 and then was the Sheriff of Echols Co., from 1875 to 1877. On July 23, 1907, Chester Register applied to the state of Florida for his pension. The pension was approved and he received $120.00 per month. Continuing to demonstrate that he was a patriot, his pension record shows that he was a “Member In Good Standing” of the United Confederate Veterans Camp Stewart #155, Jasper, Florida.
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