5th Battalion of State Troops
Senior Reserves
Company D
Kershaw District

Officers
Thompson, John W., Captain, born 25 Feb 1817, died 4 Feb 1868, buried Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church

Cauthen, Thomas Jefferson, 1st Lieutenant, enlisted as a Private, born 20 Mar 1816, died 11 Nov 1904, buried Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw District

Kirkland, John P., 2nd Lieutenant, born 1816, died 19 Oct 1865, buried Flat Rock M. H. Cemetery

Mickel, Robert English, Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant, enlisted as Sergeant, born 1815

NonCommissioned Officers
Falkenbury, Amos John, 1st Sergeant, born 1815

Ford, James W., QuarterMaster Sergeant, enlisted as a Corporal, born 1818, died 1887

Bruce, Joseph G., Sergeant, born 18 Feb 1815, died 20 June 1885, buried Bethany Baptist Church

Dixon Jr., John L., Sergeant, enlisted as Corporal, born 1828

Shannon Jr., Samuel Andrew B., Sergeant, born 1 Jan 1816, joined as a Private, died after 1870

Thomas, R. D., Sergeant, born 1820

Arrants, Harmon, Corporal, born 11 Nov 1816, died 17 Dec 1873, buried Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw District

Kirkland, Powell, Corporal, born 1848

Newman, W. W., Corporal

Privates
Baker, Daniel, born 1824, died 15 Apr 1819, buriec Pisgah Baptist Church

Barfield, David, born 1815

Barfield, William A, born 27 Feb 1847, died 16 Dec1905, buried Bethany Baptist Church

Barnes, George Washington, born 18 Oct 1838, died 24 Jan 1887, buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden

Barnes, R. O.

Barnes, T. H.

Bass, Henry, born 1847, enlisted in Sept 1864 and was discharged in Camden on May 1865. He married Mattie ? ( born 13 May 1857 ) on 9 Jan 1876 and died 10 Nov 1908

Beaver, William, joined Chesterfield District

Bolger, Michael, born 1825 in Ireland, joined from Charleston District

Brewer, Samuel Hammond, born 4 Mar 1818, died 14 Mar 1900, buried Kershaw City Cemetery

Brown, M. N., born 1822. Occupation listed as a planter in 1860 census

Catoe, Henry, born 1847

Clyburn, James, born 1817, died 1 June 1902, buried Brannon Cemetery

Cooper, John M., born 1815, died after 1870 in Lexington, Missouri

Cooper, J. W., alive July 1915, Jacksonville, FL.

Deas, Ezekiel, born 1825, listed in 1860 census as mulatto

Doby, Joseph W., born 1846

English, Thomas, born 1819, died 1899, buried Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw District

English, W. J.

Fletcher, James, born 1816, died Nov 1889, buried Flat Rock Cemetery

Fletcher, John S., born 1819, died 1904. buried Kershaw City Cemetery

Fulsom ( Folsom ), Stephen Thomas, born 1841, buried Bethany-Tiller Cemetery; Lee District

Goff, William G., born 1820, died 1895

Graham, John Turner, born 1844, died 1882, buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden

Haile, W. J.

Hamilton, Reuben

Harrell, Eugene, born 1830, died 1870

Hayes ( Hays ( May ( Hay ) , James Thornwell, born 28 Apr1847, died 16 Jan 1907, buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw District

Hinson, Reuben Francis, born 16 Oct 1843, died 30 Nov 1926, buried Pine Grove Baptist Church

Hocott, Richard

Hogan, William D., born 1818/1820, died 1884

Holly ( Holley ), John, born Aug 1817, died Aug 1886

Humphries, Nathaniel A., born 1816

Johnson, William

Jones, Burwell Marion ( Burrel ), born 24 Aug 1847, died 31 Aug 1934, buried Kershaw City Cemetery

Jones, Calvin

Jones, George Washington, born 12 Oct 1847, died 17 Apr 1915, buried Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster District

Jungbluth, John H., born 1824, Hamburg

Justice, John

Kennington. Levi

King, William

Kirkland, Joseph Knox, born born 1818, died 21 July 1874, buried Flat Rock M. H. Cemetery

Mahaffey, George Washington, born 1846. died 29 Sep 1901, buried Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster District

Malone, George, born 1846

Man, Robert, born 25 May 1816, died 28 Oct 1885, buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden

McCaskill, John

McClester ( McLeod ), Angus

McCoy, Benjamin T., born 10 Sep 1816, died 2 Mar 1892, buried McSween-McCoy Family Cemetery

McCoy, John M., born 22 Feb 1846, died 21 May 1920, buried Mt Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw District

McDowell, James Alexander, born 1 Apr 1846, died 26 Nov 1926, buried Damascus Methodist Church

McGougan ( McGoogan ), Daniel, born 1824

Mickel, Thomas, born 7 Mar 1817, died 19 Apr 1885, buried Ebenezer UMC, Kershaw District

Moore, Thomas Smith, born 15 Dec 1847, died 17 Aug 1917, buried Smyrna UMC, Kershaw District

Munn, Henry, born 1847

Nelson, Richard, born 1826, died 1865

Newman, Johnathan, born 1820 in Chesterfield County, died Oct 1869

Nichols Jr., Jacob, born 1848, enlisted in Camden in August of 1864, surrendered near Salisbury, NC, and discharged in Florence. He died 8 Feb 1918 in Jacksonville, FL and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville Contact: Carolyn Scoggins

Nichols , W. F.

Nunnery, D. T. ( B. T. )

Oakes, Francis James, born 1820, died 1873

Outlaw, George, born 1823, died after 1865

Outlaw, Wiley, born 1811

Pace, John R., born 18 Sep1822, died 27 Aug 1894, buried Bethany Baptist Church

Page, Jonathan, born 1820, died Oct 1869, 1860 occupation listed as "Negro Speculation"

Peake, Thomas, born 1826. died after 1870

Pearce ( Pierce ), Benjamin McCoy, born 17 Aug 1846, died 26 Aug 1923, buried Quaker Cemetery

Perry, Daniel D., born 181, died before 1870

Rabon ( Rabun ), Abraham, born 14 Aug 1820, died 25 Apr 1883, buried Springvale Baptist Church

Rabon ( Rabun ), John A., born 4 Aug 1845, died 2 Mar 1911, buried Springvale Baptist Church

Reynolds, W. J.

Robinson, A. J.

Ross, James J., born 29 Mar 1817, died 19 Jun 1905, buried McDonald Cemetery

Ross, William B., born 1824

Rush, John Jason, born 14 Nov 1836, died 29 Mar1910, buried Rush-Young Cemetery

Rush, John Wallace, born 1825, died 18 Dec 1864 at the Florence Hospital

Senn, Henry

Sessions, Thomas, born 1815, died after 1870

Shannon, Samuel A. B., born 1 Jan 1816, died before 1870

Shannon, Thomas English, born 27 Dec 1820, died 28 Feb 1881, Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw District

Shehorn ( Shehane ), John, born 1837, captured Kershaw District 25 Feb 1865, died 10 June 1865 of Diptheria, and buried POW Camp, Point Lookout, MD.

Shiver Jr., Charles Ingram, born 30 Jan 1847, died 14 Jan 1916, buried Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw District

Simmons, James ( Joseph )

Spradley, John Brayant, born 25 Nov 1818, died 13 Mar 1890

Steen, Wilson, born 1808

Stewart, Thomas A. born 1847, died 1927, buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw District

Thom, Thomas

Trantham, William Dunlap, born 11 Nov 1847, died 24 Jun 1911, and is buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw District

Trapier, B. D.

Truesedell ( Trusdel ), Zachariah ( Zack ) Taylor, born 22 June 1847, died 4 Sep 1891, buried St. Johns UMC Cemetery

Turner, William E., born 1820 in England, died after 1870

Watkins ( Wadkins ) , Ben E., born 7 Feb 1845, died 7 July 1930, buried High Hills Truelight Church Cemetery, Lee District

Watkins ( Wadkins ), David Andrew, born 9 Jan 1847. died 17 Sep 1901, buried Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery

Watts, Daniel

West, Henry C., born 7 Apr 1826, died 7 Aug 1901, buried Bethany Baptist Church

Wilson, John W.

Wilson, Joseph

Wilson, W. J.

Winges ( Wienges ), Conrad M., born 2 Nov 1816, died 19 May 1882 in Rafting Creek Twp, Sumter County, buried Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw District

Winges ( Wienges ), Jacob, born 1848

Winges ( Wienges ), Joseph

Wood ( Woods ), Moran D., born 13 Apr 1819, died after 1870

Wood ( Woods ), Wiley, born about 1818, died after 1870

Young, John Zachariah (Zed), born 19 Aug 1848, died 30 Jan 1922, and is buried Wateree Baptist Church, Kershaw District

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