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Company ?,-27th Va., Stonewall Brigade, Khoavii /Viso as Alle? gheny Light Jnfantry. (Edited by John W. Daniel.) Below Is 1111 excellent skotoh of tuo career of the ? Allegtiuny Roughs." more generally known us "airpentcr's ,_at> tery." It Is by William M. McAllister, Esq., Its youngest soldier, wliose father, Its oldest soldier, communilccl Ihn .All? ghnnv Roughs during tho first yoar of the war, while they cnnstllutud Compnny ?. ot the Twenty-seventh Virginia Infantry, ' ol the Stonewall BrigMle- it wns ob Be?v?d by those who were in thct'ront ot j the, charge of..Ilio Fuurth anil Twenty- ; seventh Virginia liifantry on RicketCs Battery, that Captain McAllister ami his son went side by side through its guns when they were capture*!. Singularly enough Colonel notiert MirAlllster, of the, First New Jersey Regiment, wns In posi? tion In tlie Federai army just opposite to theso captured guns,. und upon his regiment the guns wero turned. .Colonel Robert McAllister n'fterwnrdH became a Renerai In the Fodcrnl army, nnd CnpUiin Thoiiins McAllister, of the Confederate army, was revered and honored us one of tho heroes of the Henry 3-1I1L JOHN AV. -JOANIKU By AV. M. m;A__ISTBR, of Warm Springs, Vu. Tlio following is the complete roll of the nbove company, n.s constituted on July 21, -3S6I, nt the first battle of Mantissas, giving the name, ?rank, whon and wvhero enrolled and ngc: Thompson McAllister,? Ca ptnin, April 2.', 3SR, Covlngton, Va., 40. Joseph Carpenter, First lieutenant, April 22, 3S61, Covlngton. Va, George B. McKendree, Second lieutenant, April 22, IRSI, Covlngton, Va,, 27. Henry II. Diinolt, Third Lieutenant, April 22, IS?, Covlngton, Vu., 2S. Robert I. Anthony, First Sergeant, April 22. 1S(51, Covlngton. Va? IS. ??.*?.*????1 Knrnes, Second Sergennt, April '22, 3Siil. Covlngton. V:i.. 24. LUllnton T. Dickey, Third Sergeant.? April 22, .1863. Covlngion, Vn., 26. J01111 03. Rlxey. Fourth Sergeant. April ? 3S61, Covlngton. Vn., 30. Ch'iirlCH ??. Jordnn. Fifth Sergeant, April 22, 3X63, Covlngton, Vn., 21. Philip D. Vowels, First Corporal, April 22, 1S61, Covlngton, Va? 35. James M. Hammond, Second Corpor.il, April 22, 3St*l, Covlngton,' Va., 20. Samuel fi. Carpenter. Third Oorpornl, April 22, 1801, Covlngton, Vn.. 39. J. It. Thompson. Fourth Corporal, April 22, 3801, Covlngton, Vu. Marlon Alfovd, private, April 22, 3863, Co,v ington, \ra., 2.,. Stephen AV. P. 33acon, private,'April 22, 3801, Covlngton, Va., IS. James T. Baker, Jr., private. April 22, .1861, Covlngton, Va., 22, Van II. Bunker, private, April 22, 3861, Covlngton, A'n., 22. James AAr. Bntnhnm, private, April 22, 1861, Covlngton, Vn., "26. William AA'. Baggage, private, April 22, 3861, Covlngton, Ara? 20. George T. Byrd, private, -.prll 22, 1S61, Covlngton, Vn., 23. Joseph JU. Boswell, privarte, April 22, lSiil, Covlngtoru Va., ?S. Patrick C/y?fi>? .private, April 22, 3863, Covlngt'on, Vn., 31. John C. Carpenter, private, April 22, 3503, Covlngton, Va., 22. Jame? P. Clark, privalo, April 22, 3Mjl, Covlngton, Va., 38. Patrle,k Cori?, private, April 22, 3R33, Cov? lngton, Va., 22. Joseph S. Dressier, private, April 22, 3801, Covlngton, Va.. 23. Hopkins 3?. Foster, private, April 22, 3803, Covlngton. A'n., 20, William (.'. Fudge, private, April 22, 3801, Covlngton, Va., 21. Joseph T. Fudge, private,? Apr|l 23, 1S01, Covlngton, Va? 21. Timothy Fllnn, private, April 22. 3SC3, Coylngton. \ra? 1?. Clarence ?. Fonerdoni private, April '?'i, "ISSI, dovlnglpni V?'.i 2n. James Glenn, private, April 22, 1S01, Cov? lngton; Va., 11. James Gniily, privato, April 22, 1861, Cov Ingtnii, A'n., 27. Jnmr-s P. Holm??.*!, private. April 22, ISRl, Covinglon, Va., 21. William Humphries, private, April 22, mi, Covlngton, Yn? -?.? Tlioniits liustiiiBs, private, April 22, ISM, Covlngton, A'n., 23. William R. Hit'?, private, April 22. 1SG1, Covlngton, A n? si. James A. Jordan, privato, April 22, 1S01, f'ovlliKti.ti, Vn., 20, Edwin Vf. Jordan, private, April 2i lx?l, Covlngton, Vn.. '-'!? Peter Jones, private, April 22, l*r,l, Cov? lngton, Vtt., in. Patrick KiitriT'it, privalo. Aprii 2?, lSfll, <"i.vini.?Imi, Vu., i'l. jriiiii ?,????.?????.. private, Aj.rll ?y.1, ISOJ, Cov? ingtpn. Vu,, 2i; l'i.ni.'ln' l? Kanu?;.?, private, April 22, 1S01, ("?vlnginn. Vu., 'il. John Kin?, privait-, Apl'H 22, IBiH, C'riv ?ifjtl.iii, Va., 21, Joseph Kimberliti, private, April '.., 186)., C?vinglon, Vu.. 21. .Iolui ,V. K'ifirht, privati}, April 'si. 18?*i, Cov'Jniiion, va., si, B, il. Kupp, private May 1?, "M?!, Har? per's ??".???\?. v.M.. 28, Sanimi i.t.w. privat., April 22, 1881, Cov? Infrien, Vi... yi. William T, l.ainl.ir. private, April >i, IM'I, Covliigion, \'n? '? Ciiiirl"??* l.aif.Tty prlyutO, April 'Si, Ig?"'), Covlngton, Va., ??. * Jollii l.?tIlipkillH, privat.?, April '.'-'. IS'I, Covinoteli. Va., 85. AVIili-.m A).nan. privat.?. Aprii Si, |Si)l, (Ol'litglnii. ?,'a., -'? Jampa lt. Mi.iitiw?iu?, private, April -J. isti!, Cpvlngtoh, Va., il). John ?Mil ligan, privau?, April --' w:i, Coy? liigtnii. \'n., 21. Win*..tin w, .Muift.1i, private, Apri) ?.*;', 1801, ????????'???. Va.. ?>). John V.'. Alai?.l'in *'. private. Apri] Si, ami, Covlngton, Va., s?. '"????',??? ?. .????1?>???. privato, July ", i-.-.i. Piii'ksyiil.-, Va., 18. Ua, ?'"-J McUoliuld, urlvylO, Apnl 'Si, ltl.1, CovluRton, Va., 33. Andrew MoGowan, private, April 22, 1861,; Covlngton, Vn? 23. Patrick McMahnii, private, April 22, 1861, Covlngton, Va., 2S. Thonins MeCiirmin. private, April 22, 3861, Covlngton, Vn., 30. John MeCulkuigh, private, Aprll22, 3851, Covlngton, ,?'?., 22. George It. McKulght, private, April 22, 3861, Covlngton, Vii,? 23. Jacob 3,. Moyens, prlvtite, April 22, ISM,. Covlngton, A'n., 3D. A'lrglnlus l?, Otey, private, April 22, *18W,. Covlngton, Vu., 21. Peler M, Pence, private, April? 22, ISM, Covlngton, Va,, 21. William ?. AV. Pltzer, private, April 22, IMI, Covlngton, Va., 21. lllchnol QUlnlln, private, April ,22, 18CV Covlngton, Va., 24. James 12, lioso, .private, April 22, 1801i Covlngton, A'a.. 24. .? Thomas.-AV. Rosser, private,' April 22, 1801, Covlngton, Va?? 19. Henry 13. Ray, private, April?? 22, 3861, ? Covlngton, Va., 2C. James A. Rogers, private, April.22, 3801,? .Covlngton, A'm.,,20. x Alexander II. Read, private, ? April *22, 1861,; Covlngtotii Vn., 21. Jumes Rllcy, private, April 22, 3861, Cov? lngton, A'n., 31, James AV. Rend, private, April 22, ;1861,f Covlngton, Va., 3d. John S. Sawyers, private, April 22, ?861, Covlngton, Vn., 24. Kyle -C. Scott, private, April 32, 1861.; Covlngton, Vn., 22, John AV. Stnwfirt, ..private,; April ?22/ 1S63,; Covlugtqn, A'a.,-19. Bonjumln P. Stewart, private, April 22, 1861, Covlngton, Arn., 27. ?-William 'Hteele,? private, April .22, 1861,, Covlngton, Vn?, 27. Patrick Smith, private, May IS, 1861, Har? per's Ferry, A'a., 40. John Stillili, private, Muy IS, 3803, liar-, por's Ferry, Va., 30. Making 82 men, rank and Hie. AT FIRST MANASSAS AS INFANTRY, NOATSMHER. 3863, BECAME ARTHy-ERY. This compnny was enrolled on tho 22d April, 3 863, and entered the service ntnon? the volunteer force**-'of tho .'Stalo of Vir? ginia on the same day nt?Staunton, Va..r and on the following day .received? orders ; by telegram, from Governor John -.Ijeten-' or, to return to GoVlngton, 'Va.,.?or drill; and to uniform, which It. diri; and -wai: soon ordered to Harper's Ferry, Vn., vin'd! vus shortly tliereafter permanently nvs?' signed to tho Twenty-seventh Alrginlai Regiment of Infantry, nn Company .A, which .regiment was attached to General (then colonel) Tiipman J. Jackson's bri? gade, which, after tho first butilo of-.'M.-? nassns. was always known ns "Tli-n Stonnwnll Brigade." nntl continued 'to serve- us an Infantry company until tho 32th day of .November, .3801, when *Jt wns, by,?? special Order of;General Jack? son, converted Into mi artillery company, und served during the reslllue of the .war 3 In th?t'braneh ot the service, being known, first us "The. Alleghnny'llough's Battery*'! and later as "Carpenter's IB?ttery?" but' always attached'to the "Stonewall Bri? gade." ?MERGED WITH "THE JACKSON AR TII..1..ERY" OR "CUTSHAAV'S BATTERY," In the frill of 3802 i.tho "Jnokson Arlil lery." known as "Cutshaw's Battery," of which Colonel AA'. E. Cutsii-iw. now i.f Richmond, A'a., had been commander, having become so depleted In nuniboni, was merged into this battery, nnd the inline, "Curpentcr's Battery," was *3till retained. RECRUITS. This company was, from timo to time, recruited as follows, viz: From Allo ghany county, A*?.?by J. U. Carpenter. J, li. A. Boswell, Oeorgo Crawford, Thomas M. Jordan, Samuel Mathoney, Archibald A. Fudge, Jumos P. Payn*i, Charles S. .!. Skecn. l.edford A. Slvoly and C. C: Via. Prom Augusta county, Ara.?By William S. Ar?'y, George F. Arey, Benjamin Car? Icoff, .Samuel St. AVoodward, Thomas ?? Woodward and ?hes'loy AVoodward. Prom Nelson county, A'n.?By W. Bartlos. Promo Rookbrldgo county, Vn.? By V. Vf. Flggnlt, J. F, JjoUs, Jumos ?,????a???, J. ?1. ?.lackey, Reuben h. Martin, James AValker, AVilliam J. AVlnn and David Byron. Prom AArytho county; ?'a.?By J. Spreck or, S. Sprocket* nnd j. Swindle, Tho remnant of tho "Cutshnw Battery ' cnnslritotl ol" tho following .men, vis?,:, Lieutenant D, It. Barton, J. W. AVIlley, Jacob AVllloy, Fred'' ?Wllley, G. A, AVI1 liiinift, J. W. Hoffman, AV. F. Cohourn, AV. J. Miller, F. AV. Piper, J. M, AVllkln s?n.-H. Rldonoiir, Fred Rldlt^s, A. AA". Staff, W. AV. Bold. AV. P. Hicks. A. McCarty, Gcorgo Koolor, Daniel W. Clltio, C'hnrliis Kayser, James Boolor, .-. P. Blake. Joseph Cooloy, M. Clomm, A Hidonour, T, T; Hyte, George F. Everett', Jtilin McCn'rty, AV. J, V. Jones. 11. I.aiioii, A. .), Burrow, W. S. Brail foni, .1. AV. lCilinondsiui, Joseph Minuto, W. J. U.omp s*jy, JoSH.pl) All'miong, James C. Boat, Samuel Mathuney, R, N. St. John, Wil? liam St. .Iriliu, - St. John and Fitzgerald. It will thus appear lhat tho recruits numbered sixty-three, linking tho total enrollment of tlm company from first to last 11.".; of these l'nrty-l'ivo woro killed In battle nnd the number nf woundud In battle (which Itieliules nil such us worn wounded la more battles than nno) mori than 21)0. Al first Mann ?sas six wero killed itili seventeen wounded: ?\t Gettys? burg' ten were killed ami twenty-throe wounded' a I Wades depot, tour ware killed ami five wounded; at Wlnelinster, Huh ?Seplomber, 1KC1, ien were killed anil twenty-one wounded; hosldos. similor j numbers killed nnd wounded In other hnt ? l'as and skirmishes, ('lily elHht died from ?Ih.'eiiHes during lho out Ire period of ! the war. I, pitch tin itAT'n.Fs, ? The eonipany look'lull I III twenty??'.??; pitched battles, besides numerous sklr j Hushes. The.St- llielilde lil'Ht unti S''fHllll . Al.iiinssiis. Kein.slown, Hire** at Winches?, j ter, Phailestewit. 1'ort Republic. Mulv.ni j Hill,, t'eilar Moiiiitalii. Surrender at Har pt'i's i-'tiiy, Hliurpslitug, Kreili-ileksliurg, Chaneelloinvllle, Gettysburg. Hpntsvl v.inla, Mniineney, Mtl.; Wade's depot, Fisher's Hill ami <*.??|???? (nek. It will he observed that of tho eiiroll | mem of the .-niupnuy at the 'first ?\?a-? passas, nf 82 men, rant; anil tile, ;?7 we.?'*/ Were twiiiy-two yens of age and mi-j , tier, ami thut at that mentii? ihle haul *| j nearly tme-lhlid nf tin? iiiiiiu'iy we.'.il killed "I" wnuiitleil. An.iin at (?ettysb ligi ) nml ;tt Winchester tte.n? thai) uiie-lhlnl j O? Ile- imu in Imiti ? weit? kllU'.I ,,.r | Wtitiiulfl. I A short Uni" Milice th.? ?vcltei* had j ihe g..ml (ornine tn procure a c|lpp||*u ! II..1,1 Ih'? ?.,?\1???;1??? "( ?ai*., tte ,?>?:?| ii.i.i ! nei'' nf the dale January :t", I8QT, a pipi j then eiUtetl ami published I ? ?oloi'ol ? ? II. I.eleliei. a brother ni" Ihn Wq,? ?;?,, .' eriior ut Virginia, ffojij which l viuoiy below: ?"-' - - - - ? '?'?'?'? - -" -' ""?'. ?';. ; ? "THE RO_ti -OF -HoNoR"-aA,RpJ!??. TI3R'8 BATTERY.' "This comimny wiiH ?rganljtcil as In? fmitry m the fottuti' of Asio?lmt?', on ihe 22d of April, lini, under tho follow? ing officers! Thompson McAllister, enfi? talhl Joseph Cat'ponter, George (B.) Mc? Kendreo nhd 11. H. t>tiiott,.;Metif.bnnli*a? p.nd nonslstcd of elf*hty-nln? met), nild was known ite tho 'Allcghany Rouglm.' It iwrts ordered to -Harper's -Ferry, whero It wae assigned to the Twenty-seven tit Vlrglnla/lnfantry, GolniiM AV, W? ' Gor? don, 'Stonewtill Brigade,' and served wllfi tlio regiment until, the ,12th of N'.ivetnbei? of the same yenr. It noted' with 'din? ttiigtlls.hed gallnntry In the first battio of iMutmssae, und Lieutenant tninott cap? tured with his own'li?uda the bemtllfu?' hnllle flng.of tho First Michigan Regi inritt. When General Jackson avss pro nioi.dantlroi'dereil'ibhck'-to'-th*! Valley, It. waa transferred ;to the artillery branch of the service by hie order. Officers nml> men were'dellghted with the change, and; by .the time,thnt Generiti Jackson colri-? trieuecd his expedition to Bath and Hnn-: cock, January 3,'18?2, Itn'd nertrly nut-(?red? tho drill. Thoy.'partlclpntert in nil the hardships mid exposures of that cntti Iitilgn, "but wero not engaged with tho enemy.- hnving to content themselves with doing picket duty for two nights and a day, In snow and sleet about ltneo deep,; Avlthottt fire, blankets or. rations. (AAV did, .howfrVcr, throw a few .elicila across the PoloniHo"River, nnd'over'tho'town of; Hancock to remind the .enemy that we .were thore). 'It whs not long, however,? ?before rthelr ofllelency in their ncty arm '??of snt-vice? wns to be tested by tholr ? o tloim In tlinimcinoraiblo battle of Kerns-! town. Their cool courage In this action Won the npproynl'df the' cominnn'dl?g'gen-; orni, and they Woro -permitted to re-: organise ns .artillery, whilst two Other' ccnipniilcs detached ,at tho stimo timo were returned ito Infantry. "From this time untilycnrly 'In 3862, ?they remained with the TJtonowal! Bri-' -gado,' actively Tiartlclpatin.g In all of.lts 1 marches, battles and skirmishes?shuroiV In the honors of the meimprri.ble A'allCy.' campaign In tho -seven .days' fights around ?Richmond, and -ln?tho 'disastrous KPitlso of Burnsido at Frederlcksburg. In K?cenllior, 1?62, -when the batteries -nf tho division ,Were ordered back to Bowling :Oi*een 'to .golnto winter quarters, this battery was loft to dp .picket duty nt Buckner'siNeck, on the 'Rappahai?nock l'or four .months,-continuously, 'the -sec? tions oC the company doing .duty nlter notoly, and though-3iut scnntlly ^provided? ?'/lth tents, -tli?y were not permitted ; to ; build huts for shelter against :the stormi*,' tfpnn the reorganization ? of the .artillery? into battalions', -the -battery -whb*nssl_nedI to tho Third Battalion. A. N, Ar., com vpinnded by Major' R. Snowden Andrews, afterwards by Major Carter ,'N. Braxton. In common with tholr gallant comrades. In arms, It shared and suffered with thorn! In the' fatiguing marches of the First ?Mnrylund campaign, arid In the bloody, battles of Second Mniiassas and Sharps. : burg. At Second, Fredorieksburg it op? erated with General Burly's command against rScdgwIck. Passed through the Pennsylvania .campaign,., and undor the command of. the gallant 3_itimer,ht Get ?tyeburg, had ten men killed.nnd twenty three wounded. It. participai ed in nil the 'battles ot ?Grnnt's celebrated campaign [from the AVUdernoss to Cold Harbor, from thence was ordorod to ;tho Valley with General Early'jnnd sw-ved, through cut that arduous campaign, , and was ?present on overy battlefield from tho Monocncy to -J?*isi?,ar,s 13III, whero their ??uns were .captured! by tho onemy,. (At ?Flshcrsvllle they went Into winter ciliar.? iters, ..and soon thereafter a portion of the company was sent to Petersburg to help to man tho guns In the fortifica? tions, and about thirty oC the men were sent back to Atloghuny eounty ?with tlie ; artillery i horses', in charge Or. Captain John C. Carpenter, with orders to bo pre-? ? pared to return to tjio command at ,a nidment-s warning. Theso "inch were' or? dorod -to return about the time of the. ? mil of Richmond,, and had reached Lex? ington, Vn., when thoy received In? formation of the surrender of GeneraM 3-oe. '3'hey immediately started .from Lexington to join General Johnston. In Tennessee,, nnd when they bird got ns fur as Holline Institute, leurnnd of. the ??"arrender ot General Johnston ,,??? returned to Cov? lngton, Vn,, and riieyor surrendered. The rest of tho company surrendered with General Bee. "AVo have neglected lo stalo In Its proper connection, that/after tho company was transferred to artillery, it was com? manded by. Capt. Jos. Carpenter, & grad?? ate of tho Virginia Military Institute, a gallant and officient officer,? who died from a wound received at Cedar Run, (Slaughter Mountain). His brother, John C. Carpenter, succeeded him, a highly meritorious officer who retained tho command until the close of tho war, and; who lost an arm in a cavalry fight under General Rossor. Many Individual Instances of.cool com*, ago and unshrinking ? devotion to duty might bo mentioned In connection with this men gr? and Imperfect sketch, but our limiter) space will not permit us to, do more than to give a brief history ot each company. .No company'in the Confodorato service won a moro honorable and desorv-jd dis? tinction than Carpentor's Battery, and noni.', that wo havo heard "of, lost moro heavily In killed and wounded, In propor? tion to numbers, Faithful to duty, thoy wore truo and noble soldiers In tho camp and on the field of battle, and many of thorn testified tholr devotion to tho causo with tholr hearts' blood, / in the fall of 18(*2, tho battery having suffered no severely from casualties, the "Jackson Artillery " (Captain Ctttshaw) was consolidated with the "Alloghany Roughs," after which time It.wus known us "Carpenter's Buttery.'? The officers of this company, from first to Inst, wem .us follows, viz.: Captains, Thompson Mo,\)l|stor, Joseph Carpenter and John C, Carpenter; lieutenants,, George R. MoKondreo, Henry 11. Dnnott, AVllliam T. Bnmbie, D. R. Barton. Samuel S. Cai'pontor and Churlos O. Jordan. ?At tho first battio of Mttnassns this Company, leti by Captain McAllister, citi)?: tiired near thn famous "Henry House," two of thn guns of Rlokot's Battery and recaptured one of the guns of lmliodon'B Battery, which luid boon captured liy ..tho Federals earlier In tho day; and also cap? lured Captain Rle.kot and the battle flag of tho First Michigan Regiment and quit? a largo number of-prlsoners. Tlio throo guns woro turned pn th?. eiuiiViy and contributed largely to .the firmi tout ot tint enemy at unti noni' tho H.uiry House. An Incident worthy of mention hern I? tho fact that Major General (then Colonel) Robert McAllister, of Ilio First New Jer? sey Regiment, a brother of Cap lain Thompson McAllister, with his own and the Second Now Jersey Regiment, formed thoso two regiments into a hollow stillare Immediately across tho public road from the Henry House, and Jn.tho direct front uf Captain McAllister's company ami these captured guns, to attempt to tjiii'i'k tin. rout of the Federals, then he 'conliiii?.giinoral, whop this company, with the iiitl nf these gnus, and tho .help nf other fragmentary coinnujind?, by 'well dli'tftetj alni dislodged 'this, 'hollow suu'iie. and sent these two magnificent N'uw ,Ut ?so.v regiments hurriedly tp the par ult/pg' | witli the (othor Follerai troops- In' thv.h? *?frii|il, alidi pursued thent ucrASS lho st?uc Udii??' ant) thonco until ?rdeieii tp'''le slst, ?? - ' - '- ' ?,. Captain .\|t*AlllsUu* ? wus tin.? oldest )?'???1? hla ?on, WlllUini M.^wa.s-???? youtiiitht jniaii in this company und thoy w<*ii>,both present at the Ficai Manusaas a'.iul euch t.viti a wound in this firm great battle ol' He? war. . - ?? thy original elb'IRy-'lwo men enrolled In this cotnphin*. It seems lo t'ho wilier qtilto rcliitiHtnblo that, afidi? Ihe lapso ut lioaHy, forty-four years, there ' am still l|vl,i_ ,twetily?olght, as follows! Citlitalh Johtt G,' ?nt'penlpr, Bloiitennnts George B.'MeKondfoe, AVI11lnm''i\ Bamblo, Ritintiel 8.. Cai-punititi, Churlos O. .Tordiui*. non commissioned officers mid prlVrtle?}? ?lames:. T. Baker, J*"?. Joseph ,M. BosWoil, George _. Boyd, l.ltllctoit .T, Dickey, ,Clnr ?heo A, F?nerdon, AVm. 0. Fudge. Joseph yTV; Ftidpie, James Grudy?...Juntos .Gioliti. Jamos AV. Hammond, Poter Joncs, Charlea LrtffertJ?,. John AV. Miitfioney, .Tamos lt.? M?ntrtgiie, "William Moi-nu,, AVIIlldm M. McAllister, Virginias l?. O toy, William D, W, Pltfc?er, Henry B. Ruy. James M. Rose, James Ai Rogers, Thomas AV. Rosser and John, B, ySawyorr?'. Of those survivors, Captain ?Toliii G. Carpo li I er, John AV., Mit? thonoy uria John 8. Sawyers each itisi an nt-m, und Btotllciuint W. T. Bnmblo an eye, in .battle, whilst, nearly every other? stirviv?r'Was.? wounded, moro ut* Iofo, so-; vuroly, rtt'lenst onco. jin'fl many of'lhoiu several'limes In battle. Most of those ?tirvlVors 'hfivo proven, in civil, as well ns In military, life their trun/nntl unfal? tering heroism nini patriotism, for thoy ?a??.'mud?.rcpntatlfitis ror, themselves and beet? self-?upportlng and successful lii, their respectful callings and occupations slnco tho 'war, as Ihey wero'.bruvo unti unfaltering in every duly during thoso trying times from 18(11 to 18(?5, tho time "that1 tried men's soiiIh." , AVM. ?1. M'AJJBISTKR. AVarm Springs, A'a., Fobruar.yfl, 11103? 1 FIRSTHAND LAST SHOT. The S?lem, Flying Artillery Fired at Bethel and Appomattox, Too. I .'haVo clipped tho following as a nutt? ier d'f ,|hWi_tft-'to *-l'? surviving-mei-ibe! s, of.tho old. Bdlem Artillery from General D, TI. ?Hill's.?ningtusliio 'The Hand -AVc, "Pho dati. -Virginio; Artillery BiUt?ry was ebnipos?? of tho Held -batteries dt tin last Vlr-titilti 'Artillery Roglhiont. und; be-, ing among lho Ilrst which oii.tcrrcd tha Confederates States Army, was composed of the most?reliable mon, und was alwajs near 'thp/flimhlng of guns In the. hour of ?peril. "Stationed at Norfolk -iikUt >*d*"l*-? town it became connected with the Army, of tlie ;??eniH'siila, Composed of sudh bat? teries ??s-tlio;:'Klchmoiid Howitzers, -Rook bridge' Batt?ryanil Saloni Artillery, which wero known '.'prominenti:? throughout tlio war, it could not.fall to bo true ?? ?\? last? Its lust ?commander was Col. R. A. Htira wtiy, agallant.Alobamuiiinn. ? ho wln?ld .cncot? which wo refer is, that it fired tho first .'ahd last shot of tho Army? Of. 'Northern-Virginia. ,..-,,? , :. -<? ' The'first-engagement ywhlahpnrtoek of the natur?''of a, battio and of which was tlie subject ;of~'nioi*e newspaper dcscrlp tion'mnd i'om?Tk than any other, was the. battio-Ot Bethel, where Gen. B.utlor ob? tained notoriety, in this engagement tho above" named, battery was represented by the Richmond Howitzer.??, und Gils being tho Ilrst action In which artillery was used, they llrod tho flrat shot after war hnd boon formally declared. . ?l'ho "battery?, was reorganized in. .the Spring of 1862." As thus organized it par? ticipated,'in.even* prominent battio fought bv ?the Army of Northern A'irginia. On tlm retreat from Richmond it was ono ot tho few regiments, or butteries, of any branch, of-the -service whloh .preserved Its organization Intact to the fatal ?olds of Appomattox. Arriving at the placo oh-which was-to ho enacted so important alicene just at early dawn, tho first notes .of^cotifllct came, strangely-upon mcj" :whOi supposed the colls of the anaconda, not yet so finii. The greater portion of tho night had been spent In marching, and morning found? tho men fatigued and weary. No timo for breakfasting. no food for the nieal. Jaded horses moping? ly trudged along, scarcely able to draw the light field piece which worn now ond-' ing the service? In which they had so long bprno a part. A; As tho hoail of tho column rettc*?"""" the summit of.tho hill on .which stands Uio;'villago of Appomattox-C? H? the'enemy opened lire. The ever-momor ablo 9lh had conio, hut little did that fair tuvo mo guns, ,wnou mueren in wn.ii w It ?? we worn making the charge, gunners left the nimmor tliutVrammod ia the hist .shot that was flrodjh.v Gen. OAFTAIX C B. GRIFFIN. morning" betoken Hie issue of the day. Tl.t? Salem Flying .ATtUlery (Co A com-., mahded by Captain C. B. (riffln, was I placed In position on tho extrem? left. Alter having made several ineffective? at? tempts io obtain ?possession of tlio road at thl Courthouse, the enemy massed u, heavy line preparatory to .charging the Salem Battery, ivhloh hold tlio position commanding the town. They charged*old; ly on to within pistol shot, when an ordor from Gen. Gordon war? g von. to cease'1 .firing" and.at tho same timo ono of his Udos boro a whlto flag to tho advancing I collimili; Tho whale army hud beony-sur-j rendered. Tho hoarse sound ol '??>n""" had died away on overy part of tho lino except this, tho extreme left; whloh was soon after silenced and w th It the last gun of t,ho Army of Northern Virginia, Generiti Gordon, In his farewell address to his corps, paid" a compllmont to this battalion Tor Its conduct during tho war, ond adverted to the fact that It had ?red tho Ilrst and last shot ,ln tho -Army of Virginia. Col, Battoraly. of. tho lirst New York cavalry, wus commanding tho col? umn which made tbo .'charge above referr? ed to, and has given, to '?Harper s Weekly an account of?the' transaction, in which ho given a correct representation of the pos? ition of tbo actors und tho surroundings, showing, Mr. Pear's house, In tho yard pf which tho Salem Battery was placed. In bis article he uses tho following language: "Tho guns shown, in' Mm accompanying sketch flre.i tlm last shot, on this occa? sion, at ilio Pollerai Army. In tlivlr ht)s e to savo tho guns, ,when ordered to with? draw the gt homo ,..,.. ,_, ?,.,.. . , Beo's Army, ft Is now In my possession. "Tho item eoncernlng the ram-rod is Incorrect, Inasmuch as If was taken away whon the gun was hauled off. No tr?p? idation was nuinlfostod, and everything was properly taken cam of. Coloner) Rat? tersly very probably, has ll?0 ???'?? rammer, but he iniiHt hitvo sociirotl It after tho. nrlllloi ? was packed litui ' surrendered, which was dono a short distant.?!* off, This account is In overy particular eor rert, and ns such gives a pleasing <?ol|i oidoueo connected with tho most gal In tit ami dlgnllled struggle ever fought by tin 'American or other army. Another olr MimsPmce imi iin'vor'.uy of renitirk Is, that Mr. McLonn.f upon whose1 farm tho Aral battle or Mtmaysas was fought, own? ed tin? land upon which the surrender at Apmiiuuttox look iliaco. (Signed) ,"W, F.. 11.' . Cnptuin C. R. Griffin was horn and ronr ?d lu Salem, Va? and was a physician of distinction. ;?' , I lit-enlisted nt tlm outbreak of tin? wai, as ? privalo la ihcealom Flying Artillery; was In IKiii promoted to llr^ 1 louli iniiit. and, In September, Wi. wairmade c^iln of said Rattory on tlie rlflitli ol Its la? mented coiumandor, A. Hupp? ??.-?? ' Cnptuin (lilffin'?" photograph, taken "Honn after tho eurrcuidpr. ' show? in lilVt hnml the "???lit" .?mich aimed tlm ?last shot" llrod at Apponitittox. '?.Ouplaln GrllTlu Was a limthm "fJn1?^ ,?.????. AV. Griffin. -Chaplin of rtm l!)H> A a. Reel- C- ?? ?.. Ma.lor H. Grillili. 0. S.,A.? Ju-J?v! W. Giiflllli U'} V*0; ,1.1"?1.?? H?!.v' ?':\'' ?, ?,;a. ami Captain, of Cf. H. fll,.,\''* RoKt., Infantry, .pimnl-'j Amer ???;? W?r. and t.t lient. Commandei"? I'. |), (.illlin. l< V N? who was ? 1. euteiiant on iuar.1 th? ''Rrooklyn'? at lho battle of bar. ? hi ? o, July ltd. (SUS. ,.,.e,.ri"ril" Hin lu war and in poacr, the ret?> ;l il ti e "Prillili Brother."" H Hll OIW ???'??? unti relleete ticdlt Ul'Oll their C?H??Ui aiKt talliti?, **?'? "-'? >?? 1650 Ono of tho earliest families to settle on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and to bc -coiuo most promliiont, bOth:ln church and* State, -was that 'of Dlgges, tho name of which. Is to bo found upon tlie curliest rcqortls of, t.l)o colony and has boon hand? ed down Blnco,on'.nearly every pago Of history as collected with State and ; eoun? ty ofllco or' representing the parish us warden or. vestryman. Tlm" llrst to come to tho colony wns Col. Edward'Dlgges, ?oil of Sir Dudley Dlgges, of Chllhum, Kent county, England, .who Was knight, 'baronet artd Master of t.he Rolls In, flio reign of Charles 1. Sir Dud-? ley was a member 'of tho.London Com? pany und iulltiehced It greatly In behalf of the colony. Bishop Mende, In his "Old 'Churches," Hpeakln_ of t.ho Dlggeses, ciuotes Mr. Burk, tho historian, as'saying: "Sir Edwyn Sandys,'Sir Dudley Dlgges,? Sir John SavlUo, with sevoral other mem-r hers of the London Company, wero cort-v sldered the .most elegant soholara and-'the! most eloquent speakers In tho ?Ki.tion." Col. Edward Dlgges first settled In AVar-i wick county about 3Gf>0. lie was onq' ,'of .< his'Majesty's'Council, 3634, and also Pres? ident of'the Colony. He Is said to have ?been n.m'in or great wealth, owning near? ly -h.alf, of Mulberry Island, on the James, Ttivct?, whore .he lived at a plftoo called: ?Denbigh'.-' Tho Island Is said to ihdvo boon HD-named for tho number of-mulberry? trees there, planted by Colonel Dlggos to lend his silkworms upon, ho .being' the; first to introduce and -promote thn ci.il-. ture-of silk in the colony, samples m which urn said to be still held by 'somo! otrhis many descendante. v '."'????' Colonel Dlgges married Elizabeth ?:,; by whom were six sons and seven datigli-; ters. One. of his sons?Dudley?married Susannah' Cole, daug-.ht.er of Colonel AVU llum Colt?, of AVarwlck county,.and-a near; neighbor of the Dlgges. Colonel Dudley was also of the ''King's' -Council In A'irglnln and Auditor for tho. colony. Ho idled- the 27th of .January,', 171-, at the age of 47, and hls'ivlfe Susan-' naili died December 9. 170R. in her thirty-, "fourth, year. Ills son, who was culled ?'lHqu. '.Colo Dlgges, of Ills Majesty's; ?Council. was tlie father of Mury llur rlson, wifo of Nnthunlel" Harrison', of ?Prince Georgo county, Virginia. * She died Wn. November 32, 3744, In ;her twenty-sev-' tenth yenr. This Mrs. Harrison win the. grandmother of Georgo -Harrison, of Low er Brandon. Jnmus River, nnd of AA'llllam H arrisoli, of Upper 'Brandon, .Somo. of the Dlgges family moved to York county and lived at it place called Chllhnm, named ?after their .sent "h Kent? county, England. The sons of Cole Dlgges were Edward,? William and Dudley. Dudley Dlgges mltr-l rled first, a. Miss Armlstead -mid second a: Miss ? Wormley. of Rosegli!, Mlddlenex c.'ounty; ho had two sons?Cole and Dud? ley?and several daughters, one of wlionii married a Burwell, one a Btratton, un-, oilier a _.ggos and twd married Nicol-, ?sons. A daughter of tlie last one was ?wife, of Rev. Dr. Wo.odbrido; William, a ' son ,q??('.'olo Dlgges, .married -hla..,coueln : Elizabeth,, of Denbigh, and Dudley, .an? other' grandson, married his cousin Louisa; Tliomas'and Edward Dlgges, also grandsons of Mr. Colo Diggos, moved to Fauctuier county arid toad large families.* Of his granddaughters, one married?a Mr.' Powell, of Petersburg, A'a.; two married' FltzhughK, of Fttuq'uier county. Col. Colo Cole was said ,to lii?.va ow*nod,..a largo amount -af property--one, 'place culled Chilham Castle, hear York; another called Bellilold; -on York ?Ivor, between York nnd AVllllnmsburg, and Donblgh, In *AVar-, wlok. . ?'.,-.'! Bellilold was th? old burying ground of l.ho Dlgges; why It was so named Is not known. It In said that the tombstones' nro still standing in a remaikablo state of preservai ion. being of English black lrt?n-? stone. Thero may bo soon the. monument to tlie emigrant, Colonel Edwnrd.'Dlgges/ who died on March 1C, 1675, In .his -llfty-' fifth year: also one to bis son Dudley and. his wlfo Susannah (?ole)'Dlgg>H. ???????; monument, eroctcti by Colonel Edward; Dlgges was-said to have owned a large* stated that ho died In 174-1 in Ills tltty thlrtl year; evidently this ?svi, mistake of tho.your, which should be.3644. Tho Dlgges were always'staunch EplBco-' pulitina,? as Bishop Mende -says of rthom: "Thence onward wo moot the mime In th? lista of vestrymen nnd '.burgesses until tho period camo in our country's-history' which tried the souls even of the bravest, ? when, in 177,'), wo find the name of Dudley Dlgges on the first committee for cor? respondence with tlio other colonies about our grievance;?,-and In 1776 tho naines of Dudley Dlgges and AA'llllam Dlgges ns members from York with General: Nel? son In tho groat convention, And ever since thut time It hau been our .happiness to lind that nnn.o often enrolled on tlio lists of vestrymen and communicants of our church. . , ' , ? ' Tho descendants of the Dlgges' family have intermarried with many of themoHt ?prrtmlnont families or tho State, a list of whloh we propose to gather for a tutu?'??? number. ' ,'?.','' ??' , (The coat of arms, ns borne by Sir Dud lev 33lggo8,-.or England, Is ? described att'.. ?TltiloH, on a cross urgent, live double?, headed eagles' hears, erased, ,subi?." :.'."-,< Crest??Fir?'? ?n oaglo's leg, eouped from; tini thigh, sable, Issuniit therefrom three Ostrich l'onthorsj argent; socond. a double hearted cuglos' bends, eriuwd, sable," The llrst wlfo of Dudley Dlgges, spu of Colonel Lflggs, Avus ti Miss Armlstead. They, too, woro of English royal do-cunt, beiirliiar arms, ns handed -down by the fitmllv, described its follows; "Or it chevron between three points of spears, ??able tnssols In the middle. Crest-JA Dexter arni In armor, embossed paper, holding the hit It ond of ? broken spear. Motto?Scrivo?* raison. Wo have reason to believe thul this MIi?s Ai'Oilstoud, who married Colonel Dlgges,? was a daughter of -Rohert Arniistoyd, of Spotsylvniilrt county, nnd who died -17?11 or 95. James Maury. the first consul ?At Llvor pnol under President George Washington, gave n power of ' attorney to' "James Lewis, t'ontloiuuii," nf Spotsylvanla,coun? ty, Vn., to rnoolvo from tho hands of the oxoruloi? of the last will und testament of Robert Armlstead, luto Of LquIhu county, A'a., "father of my lato wlfo, Catherine, all and overv legacy duo from ilio estate of slitti ArinlHtead." etc. LSeo; Spotsyl-' vaniii records).? Tlm sumo can bo said' of the Colo family, (if . Aot-oinao, Wlt-U' whom thoy Uitei'fll?lTlode.m'ly, and .many I ljioiiiliuint men of ??'the early .colony I were amone them; ?sppelully? th|> Rovr I Ruiioow L'ulo. who wns. en licit'to Honrlro J parlsliVlo talui the place of the I'ov. Dr. ? AVni. Stltb. ?vho liecanu? Pr?sident.of AVil ! Hani and Mary C?l love'; but the Rev. AVni. I Cole i>Hlgncd lim olile?.* find 'did not Ilvo ????? afterwards, Allen. Filini ".All.i.-? ?. C*?.. Waynesbnro, Va.: dut you. give a history or outline ot DIGGS FAMILY. Moses Allen's family, also .King FI hob, of Now Kent, or ono ol! tho lower coun? ties, who hud a grimt train tho Ititi**. M'oses Allen ?vas from Massachusetts, and In escaping from a British vessel hist his life. Among his descendants was Captain Allen Wilson, of Cumberland.county, who served In the .Legislature! for i.woiity.four or .twenty-five -years; also AVIIHs Wilson, who was Lleittonunt-Govemor, nnd Judge AVIIson, of Lynchburg courts. ? Captain AVIIson Waa my grandfather, but I would like inuch to know more about them. In reply to tho abovo, most of the Aliens (or Alleyno; family wore llrst from Mas? sachusetts, 3030. Many of the Allen lihd Allan family tiro given In Spotsylvanla records. They'Intermarried with t';o Wil? son family there, nnd moved to Cumber? land ooituly, Va. Both familles nro an oxtendod ' one. Can any 'of our rendors give details of them Y Gregory. ? descendant Ivfis sent the following on the nnclcnt "Gregor McGregor" lam-' Ily of Scotland. "Gregor McGregor, of iho Clan Grcfeor, fourth son of arogor McAnech'aii, of Glenerquhuy, Is recognized its tho foiiiidor of tho family of Gregorio, or Grogory, In Scotland.?tnd, America. Hi? descendants, James Muc Gregor, settled on the Boysoo In 3510, and his son James was miniamoli Gregorio. 'Tin? ,family settled at Aber? deen, and furnished, successively to the scientific world.somo of the most distin? guished ?avants of that and the following century. DnVId . Gregory, of Ktaulrdy, giOut-grnndsom of tlie "abavi?, James Gregory (horn'.102?, tiled 17:?,) was tho father of, Jumes .Gregory, who. succeeded his brother Davh-I: as'professor ist mathe? matics rat the -university of ISflenbtirg when the latter moved ?to O-cford. Ills second ?on, ,'William ?'. Gregory, emigrated U>'Massachusetts and died there 1740. Tho elder illno, of the dsecoridnnts uf David Gregory, of.'Klnalrdy, 'is now represented by the descendante ?t -William Gregory, 'tito -emigrant.','' Craig-^Seaton?Russell. Although the Craig or Cralk family was given,-May 22, 1301, also 29th, the following .tuts been sent ns of-some ad? ditional Interest, nnd confirming whut lias already been said:1 ."James Whlt_lU)l and Rebecca (Russell) Cmlg vwero ? :tho parents -of AVllllnm,. AVhitehlll, Gilbert, John. Robert and Hugh' Craig, with two daughters, one of wholu marrlod a Clafko, tho othor (Rachel Grai?;) nnarrlotf Nelson.'Sent?n, whoso sister,' Anne. Hentoiu marrlod William Cnilg, abovci They woro 'children'of James hud Elizabeth (l?v6) ?oatrtn. . daughter of Thomas Love. Any further information of-this family -will be appreciated, XVass David Craig, fathor o? this Jamcfs-Whltc hill Craig? . RtStiecca RimSe^ wns ? -daughter of? Andrew ond- Margaret l'Chrlstlnn) Rus-? sell. His tracina; wanted. It, Is stated 'by a descendant ot* Roy. John Craig, born nt ,Now Domnnger .county, Attlrlm, Ire-, lund, August 17, 1709. died In Augusta county Va? August "??4, 1774. that, there, were two or throe dtfferept families nf?. Craig?all ourly settlers in the Vulley ?G Virginia, and none of them kin as far tin? ?**~:?.\" '? , Tho above Rev. John Crnlg niarrloil June 11, 1743, Isabella. Ilellena Russell; daughter of, Mr. George Russell. Tholr ohldren wore: .-.-.*. 1. Patience Craig?.married ; William Hamilton. .2. 'Mary Cralg-?marrled Captain diarios .Roehln, who avbs wounded tit Gullford Courthouse, 1781. .1. Joanna. Oralg?married John Hamil? ton. 4. -^? Craig?married - Atwator., 6. George-Craig, born 1713: died Soptom-, i ber 27, 1815? he married Catherine Ken-, iicrly. . Jordon. - Editor'Genealogical Column: Dear Sir,?Can.you .or any of your cor i reepon'de?ts -Inform me as regards 'the; ? Jordon :faroJly, particularly that of Reisen .Jordon,. who ,11 v?d In Isle of AVIght coun? ty, Va.? I "thing .the family lived In or about Suffolk or Smlthtleld, Uto llrst linlf of the past eentury. C. A. n.. ' Richmond, Vav Thorn was Mnthow nnd Martha Jordon living In Henrlco Parish, 17?2; also AVm. Jordon, who was living In Dunonburg. Parish, Richmond Co., A'a.. 1734; thlt latter Is .recorded ?? 1746, as one of tho executors of the estate of Thomas AA'. Belfiold, who; lived, in Frederlcksburg,, Va. Thla Is as; near as .wo,'oan come to uny.of the oarly famlly. Can any of our readers gl\*e "further 'data:? Thompson. /Editor Genealogical Column*. 'Dear'Sir,?In Mvs, Watson's book. VNo tttble Families," sho gives the following uccount of the Thompson family: . ? '.'It is' said that Sir Roger 'Thompson came to America, In the sorvlco of Eng? land, time lof 'Bacon's Rebellion." The name of his wife unknown, but his son, AVllllum, was the fivther of Martha Thompson, who married James Taylor In' '1C39. Sir Roger Was tho sd*n of Sir AVI1 .'Ham Thompson, who was associated wll.lt ?-many notable Stute trials, which took, rpluoo during the reign of Queen Anne.; anu 'George;I; among them was the Earl ? of Oxford,?etc. Can-you.furnish UBWltlrthe; gcnoalogy of this family, through tho* Tlmes-Dlspatch column? ? JOSEPH BOWYER, iPhoonix, Ariz. In nnswor our correspondent i H referred to the many articles already "written on tlie Thompson-Taylor connection: 'but If avo can Una luiythlng now on the family' of either, It will bo glvon, Foster, Editor Genealogical Column: ':- ' .' i-enr Sir,?In your tssuu of the 13th of? Fobruary, ? noticed a short account of t,he Foster family, of Norfolk county, A'a. Having In my vpnssossion n, letter Which contains eonie of the-samo nimios as thoso publlslieitr*?! thought my -bit ot Informutlon might bo of servi?! tu the onoulror, M. B. ,T? of Tree Square, Va, Va. . My grundfather, Bolflold Starke, hud a slstor, Ann Starke, who marrlod Both Faster, ot Norfolk^ Vu? Thoy had a son, Winston Foster, wbo was a captain In tlio United States Marino Sorvlco, and all? ot hor son AVho wins named Both. My great aunt. Mrs. Ann Fostor, was living In Norfolk as luto as 3?0U. J. L? ?. Starke. We have also un enquiry from Rich? mond on tho Starke fumlly In Virginia; as soon as wo get somo particulars from i the descendants roferred to, it avIH he given In our column, ,. -' E. C, M. Heiskell. /To Mrs. J. ?. O?, Rerwyn, Pa.; (lood ,1 low ??Heiskell was living In Spotsylvanla ?'county, 17S?. Ho wus a blacksmith by trailo; riniti* a lucrativo business tit that I. day, Ills wife, Margaret Hampton, was I undoubtedly daughter of Charles Choster 1 Colsim Hampton, of Spotsylvunia. county, ? who was-Hcn ot Go-orgo.und Mary llantp tun, who lived In Frederick. county. Uood lowo Heiskell (spelled Goodlovo Heiskell 1 In spolsyvnnlu reconU) owned much prop? erly In and and slaves In and near V mU erleksbuig. and was living there; In 37Sli. ! Tho Hamptons are uls'i fre'tiuently. men-, ? tinned about the su'nie tlm?,'.but Of the'r I uiitocedontij mil? Is know?. The tolo 'brillad Wade Humptuti, of tturRevolution ury AVar, born In South Carolina in ?&4,. was of tho A'lrglnla stotik.#'IIIs gA?ndsoii, General Wade Hampton, Mriyia dleliirgulsh? cd In tho Confederate War.':-' 13. C. M? Compitoti. To "Mrs. l?,' C. J.," ?BWckstoiio, A'a.t Tho following is what we havo com? across lately on "Compton" family; Jamos Complot!, of Soliti ??tuero, ..city of Bollilo*,?), Gent, Groat Britain, now liv? ing In Virginia. (September 8, I7C1), gave power of attorney, to Fielding I?owIh, (of Predorloksburg,, in which Ho mention?* 10,000 aces of land In Ctilpoper county, 'granted said Compton by Hon. Lord Fairfax:, and states also that Compton Intends leaving tho colony. (See Spotsyi viittla rocords.) Nothing'1 further is sftld of the family, nor can any arms ho found of the Muglisi? family, Rimigli they'must have held high position there. A branch ot tho Comptons ?reto bo found In Mary? land, about lSOO, but of these little is known, 13. C. M. Evans. Jiidllor of The Tlrnes-Dlspalch; Please publish in*, your. "G?noaloglcal. Column" thu following: "?Alias JSvans (first" nalno was Martha, I ' think) etimo front AValos about ISO or lit) years ago, wl'.'i two" brothers, and settled In Virginia. Please loll who hor brothers wore, nnd who she' married. X think she marrie?] Alexander Crawford:* but ho was married twice, find would like to know' If she.was his first or socond wife, and If so, give na.ncsof children. .?.-?'??* ' "A'HEADER, "Lexington, Va'." - /\. \ Editor Genealogica! Column TImes-Dl?? patch: ' ? Dear Sit?,--Can you inform mo when" and where the name of "Steptoo" first emigrated to Virginia; was it In AVtJst moreiund or Northampton county? ? - IT. S. E., Stormont, Va. The first ninno of. Steptoo. as found se far, Is tha?. of Jamos 8to,D??e, who was ?witness to a- deed of Curviti Corbin and ?wlfei of .Westmoreland county, to An? thony Poster, or Spotsylvttnla county,,. for land in St. George Parlili, sold him In - 1"d1. AVhethor this Jamos Steptoo was tlio emigrant, we do not know. Perhaps ionio one-con tell. . ? E. C. M. Hamilton. ? "Dear Sir,?AV'ill you kindly publish th? ?geneulogy of tlio Hamilton family In A'lr Klltfa?" My grandfather, John Washington Hamilton, settled In Cumberland county, Va., 17?0 to 1 BOO. He married a Mine Boat wr|ght. of tho some county. Wanted to know the ancestry of this branch of the Hamilton family. My gieut-greaUgrnnd 'fatbor came from England uhout 17C?. ? H.'M. .T., , - Newport New?, Ara. Answering the above, wo have always .beOp .under lho Impression that the first HamRtons in lids country .settled lit' Now York. There were Arthur and AVI1 >IIum. Hamilton Jiving in Spotsylvnnla, 1"*72-1T"7>,, who may have been the ancos ?tqrs uf tlio above Joint" Hamilton. ' AVa havo no moans- of tracing tho full lino. Can nny.reader do so? . .??. C. M.. Dear -Editor,?Can you or any of your eorrranbutlents tell me who tho parents nf Amy Booker AVobb were?. In the AA'obb ????a???,? 'the statement 1? mudo that' ?Tolili Avohb (Of James and Mary Edmon- . son AiVtebb) married Amy Booker, of Dln wlddfe county. Va. G am very anxious to ktio'v the names of her patymts and an? cestors. INQUIRER. WE MEND THESE WITH "FERROFIX" and Make as Strong as Mew, at Half the Cost. Also -Iron and Brass Castings and Machine Word. CAMERON-TENNANT MACHINE WORKS, 2404,2406 East Main Street. 'Phone 1180, "Suchards?' SWISS MILK CHOCOLATE. R. L CHRISTIAN & C0. 4QENTS. 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