Bertie County NcArchives Military Records.....Windsor, Company Civilwar - Rosters ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gerald Thomas gerald_thomas00@comcast.net February 19, 2017, 6:08 am The Windsor Company THE WINDSOR COMPANY by Gerald W. Thomas During 1990 I was in the midst of conducting research about Bertie County’s involvement in the Civil War – research that eventually culminated in my book, Divided Allegiances: Bertie County during the Civil War. About the spring of that year, I met with Harry L. Thompson, local Bertie County historian, to discuss the status of my research. During the meeting, Mr. Thompson provided me a roster of potential Bertie County military men labeled “The Windsor Company.” Mr. Thompson had copied the roster from a book in his possession. The roster was not dated and no ranks or other military identifying characteristics (company commander, regiment, etc.) were indicated. Mr. Thompson asked if I would try to ascertain if the unit was possibly of the Civil War era. Both Mr. Thompson and I were of the opinions that, logically, the roster was for a militia company. In response to Mr. Thompson’s request, I began to assimilate pertinent information from my files and records for as many men whose names were in the roster as I could. In short I: · compared the names of the men in the “Windsor Company” to my compiled roster of Bertie County Confederate soldiers; · researched the 1860 Federal census of Bertie County to determine the ages and project the estimate dates of birth for as many men as possible; and · reviewed my genealogical records for men with surnames in my “family tree” to determine estimated dates of birth and subsequent ages about 1860. Considering that most military service personnel were in their twenties and thirties when they served, if the dates of birth could be calculated for as many men as possible, then the approximate period of time that the company was active might be projected. By letter dated July 23, 1990, I conveyed to Mr. Thompson that I had concluded, based on the limited information at my disposal, that if the roster was that of the members of a militia company, then the unit most likely existed prior to the start of the Civil War (1861). Predominantly, the names in the roster did not match up with my Confederate service personnel listing. Information that I compiled and analyzed revealed that all of the men for whom I could estimate their dates of birth were in their mid-thirties and forties by 1860, the “eve” of the War Between the States. In my view the men’s approximate ages just before the start of the Civil War revealed that they were likely too old to be members of an active militia company in the early 1860s. The following list presents the names contained in the company roster. Obviously, due to the scarcity of information, no history of military service can be generated for the organization. Some names had been lined through and those names are indicated below (for example, John Doe). Adams, Alfred Allen, Thomas Bass, Peyton Biggs, Kader Bird, Benjamin Bird, Joseph R. Bird, Richard Bond, John T. Bond, Lewis T. Britt, Alonza Britton, Irvin Britton, William J. Broel, Henry Brogden, Henry Brogden, Thomas Bunch, Jeremiah Butler, John Butler, Leven Butler, Williamson Butts, C. J. H. Carter, James Carter, Thomas Casper, Jarrot Cherry, James H. Collins, Thomas Cowand, Demsey Cowand, William Craft, James Craft, Thomas Cullipher, Martin Curry, John Daughtry, Jordan Davis, Aaron Davis, Allen Davis, Hardy Davis, Thomas Davis, Whitmel Dudley, Robert Fanning, Thomas E. Ferguson, Will A. Fife, John Floyd, Samuel Gill, James Gill, James Jr. Gilliam, John H. Gray, William Gregory, Thomas Gurley, William P. Happock, John Harrell, Jesse Harrell, Samuel Henry, Nathaniel Hoggard, Richard Howell, William Hughes, Levi Hyman, William Johnson, John Johnson, Littleton Jordan, John P. King, Benjamin F. Leggett, James Lucas, Samuel Matthews, Jethro McGlaughon, James S. McPherson, Reuben Mitchell, George Mitchell, John Mizell, Aaron S. Mizell, Henry Mizell, Isaac Mizell, John Mizell, Joseph Mizell, Josiah Mizell, Will J. Moore, John A. Moore, Washington Moore, William C. Myers, John G. Myers, Nathaniel Pender, Gabriel Pender, John Pender, William B. Phelps, Andrew Phelps, Henry Phelps, Thomas Powell, Daniel Powell, Henry Powell, Thomas Pritchard, Jason Pugh, Isaac Pugh, Josiah Pugh, Thomas T. Rascoe, John T. Rascoe, Joseph J. Reddick, --- Rhodes, Nazareth Rigsby, William Ruffin, Peter B. Russell, Burwell B. Sheppard, John S. Simmons, Samuel W. Smithwick, Bryan Smithwick, James Smithwick, Samuel W. South, William Spence, William Spivey, Joseph Steely, James B. Swain, Franklin Tadlock, William Thomas, Everett Thomas, Michael Todd, David Ward, Demby Ward, George W. Sr. Ward, George W. Jr. Ward, James Ward, Turner Ward, Whitmel Weston, William White, Cader White, Edward White, Harrison White, Henry White, James White, John White, Meredith White, Reuben White, Starkey White, William Wilder, William Wilford, Robert Wilkerson, Thomas Williams, Thomas Williams, William Williford, Jonathan Wood, James Wynn, Robert Wynns, Jackson Possibly related or maybe coincidental, the North Carolina General Assembly, during its 1848-1849 session, passed “An Act to incorporate the “Bertie Guards.” The law stipulated that a company of volunteer infantry in Bertie County, commanded by Capt. John Williams, be instituted and styled as the “Bertie Guards.” The act mandated that the company be authorized for a period of twelve years, and that it conduct “regular drills” at least six times each year. __________ Author’s note: For a copy of the law concerning the “Bertie Guards,” see Laws of the State of North Carolina Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1848-’49 (Raleigh: Thos. J. Lemay, Printer – Star Office, 1849), 338-339, Chapter CLXXVIII – An Act to incorporate the “Bertie Guards.” [Capt.] John Williams’s name is not included in the roster of the Windsor Company. He was reportedly 51 years old in 1850, per his enumeration in the Federal census of Bertie County for that year. Records of the North Carolina Adjutant General's Office indicate that a Capt. John Williams served in the Bertie County militia/home guard during the Civil War. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/military/civilwar/rosters/windsor708gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb