WV MILITIA COMPANY OF McDOWELL, UNION
Organized in the year of statehood, 1863


McDOWELL COUNTY ROSTER
(Household numbers and ages refer to the 1860 McDowell County 
Census.)


SHORTEN SMITH
HH #151, 31
McDowell Company, Captain;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

HARRISON GROSS
HH #164, 19
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Lieut.;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

ABNER BELCHER
HH #210, 12
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Enrolled again 8 Mar 1865

ANDREW BELCHER
HH # 161, 25,   OR  HH #185, 17
Capt.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Enrolled again 1 Apr 1865

BENJAMIN BELCHER
HH #210, 41
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

DANIEL BELCHER
HH #210, 14
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Enrolled again 8 Mar 1865

WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Was Killed

JAMES CLINE
HH #179, 17
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

JOHN CLINE
HH #55, 22
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

JOHN LESTER
HH #135, 25
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Was Killed

AUGUSTINE (AUGUSTUS) MITCHEM
HH #50, 15
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Enrolled again 14 Mar 1865
A James A. Mitchem enlisted into the 29 VA Infantry in 1862.

ISAIAH MITCHEM
HH #50, 35
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

ANDREW ROSE
HH #152, 32
Cap't. Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

(WILLIAM) LEWIS SIMPSON
HH #195, 29
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Enrolled again 1 Apr 1865

ISAIAH SMITH
HH #212, 58
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

TOM SMITH
HH #212, 14
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

CHARLES TOTTEN
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Was Wounded;  Enrolled again, at the age of 18, 8 Mar 1865

JOHN TOTTEN
HH #203, 18
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863

EDLEY (AUDLEY) WHITT
HH #197, 29
Cap't.  Smith's Co., Private;  Enrolled Summer of 1863
Was Killed

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By 1865, McDowell, Raleigh, and Wyoming had reorganized into one militia unit, under 
Capt.  William Turner.

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HIRAM BLAKELY
HH #127, 17
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private;  Enrolled 8 Mar 1865

JAMES A. BLAKELY
HH #127, 15
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private;  Enrolled 8 Mar 1865

WILEY BLAKELY
HH #127, 50
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private/Musician;  Enrolled 8 Mar 1865

PETER CLINE
HH #130, 32
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private;  Enrolled 13 Mar 1865

GARRETT LAMBERT
HH #202, 33
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private;  Enrolled 8 Mar 1865

CHARLES K. LESTER
HH #189, 15
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private;  Enrolled 8 Mar 1865

WILLIAM NEWSOM
HH #61, 33 (Militia records say he's 45 in 1865.)
Cap't.  William Turner's Co., Private;  Enrolled 14 Mar 1865
A William Newsom enlisted into the 34th VA CAV in 1862.



Sources

West Virginia State Library, History and Archives;  On-line Militia Records
White, June.  1860 McDowell County Census, on-line, McDowell County, WV, Genweb Archives