34 BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY Wayne Co. WV Col. Vincent A. Witcher, Commanding Officer WAYNE CO., WV, ROSTER All household numbers and ages refer to Mullins' 1860 Wayne Census. All ranks are privates unless otherwise specified. ANDERSON ADKINS, s/o Reuben and Agnes Adkins HH #121, 45 CO. B; Enlisted 30 Sept 1862 ANDREW JACKSON ADKINS, s/o Parker Millington and Kizziah Marrs Adkins uncle to Thomas J. McComas, below, and father of Francis Marion, below HH #341, 40 CO. A CALVIN ADKINS, s/o Jacob and Dicy Adkins HH #374, 33 CO. B; Enlisted 23 Aug 1862 CHARLES ADKINS, JR., s/o Charles and Mary Scott Adkins HH #480, 27 CO. D; Enlisted 1 Jan 1863 FRANCIS MARION ADKINS, s/o Andrew Jackson (above) and Kizziah Bowen Adkins and first cousin to Thomas J. McComas, below HH #341, 15 CO. A, Sergeant; Enlisted 11 Dec 1861 HANSFORD ADKINS, s/o John R. and Christena Adkins HH #378, 16 CO. D Later served in 45 VA INF, Co. F HUGH BOWEN ADKINS, s/o Isaiah and Nancy Bowen Adkins HH #278, 30 CO. B Also served in 45 BATT'N. VA INF. JAMES ADKINS, s/o Sylvester and Elizabeth Mays Adkins HH #363, 21 CO. A; Enlisted 3 Jan 1862 Also served in 45 BATT'N. VA INF. JOSEPH A. ADKINS NOT found in 1860 Wayne Census, but listed on 34th's Roster as a resident of Wayne CO. A; Enlisted 11 Dec 1862 HARMAN ARTRIP, s/o William and Mary Sperry Artrip HH #624, 22 CO. A; Enlisted 3 Sept 1862 Also served in 8 VA CAV, Co. K, and in Diamond's 10 KY CAV, Co. H RAPHAEL (Ralph) L. BLANKENSHIP, s/o Rafe and Mary E. Adkins Blankenship and future brother-in-law to Alexander Donahoe, below HH #386, 23 (In 1860, with Reace and Mary E. Adkins Blankenship Elkins) CO. B, 4th Sergeant; Enlisted 18 Apr 1862 Also served in 16 VA CAV, Co. H ROBERT COX, s/o Daniel and Jane Cox HH #840, 22 (with Jeremiah and Jane Cox Ratcliff in 1860) CO. A, 4th Sergeant; Enlisted 1 Dec 1861 SOLOMON CRABTREE, s/o Hiram and Eveline Short Crabtree HH #929, 26 CO. A Also served in 16 VA CAV, Co. E ALEXANDER DONAHOE, s/o James and Nancy Donahoe and future brother-in-law to Ralph Blankenship, above HH #1086, 24 CO. A; Enlisted 27 Jan 1862 Also served in 16 VA CAV, Co. H, Sergeant MILES ELKINS HH #466, 33 (The 34th's Roster lists him as a resident of Logan County, but he's in Wayne's 1860, 1870, and 1880 Censuses.) CO. B; Enlisted 15 Sept 1862 WILLIAM EPLING s/o Henry and Jessica Jane Adkins Epling (Jane, d/o Randolph & Charity) Brother-in-law to Lewis and Wesley Prichard In 1850 Cabell County Census, lived next door to Thomas Parsons and Ichabod Terry, below HH #470, 33, in 1860 Wayne Census CO. A; Enlisted 15 Sept 1862 Also served in 16 VA CAV, Co. H, and in 45 BATT'N. VA INF, Co. F THOMAS HENRY FINLEY HH #1029, 24 CO. A; Enlisted 11 Dec 1861 ELISHA ISAACS, s/o Samuel and brother to Fielding and John HH #856, 19 On postwar roster prepared by Col. Witcher --Cole FIELDING ISAACS, s/o Samuel and brother to Elisha and John HH #882, 28 On postwar roster prepared by Col. Witcher--Cole JOHN ISAACS, s/o Samuel and brother to Elisha and Fielding HH #856, 24 On postwar roster prepared by Col. Witcher--Cole WILLIAM H. ISAACS, brother to Samuel and uncle to Elisha, Fielding , and John HH #197, 44 On postwar roster prepared by Col. Witcher--Cole ISOM MARCUM, cousin to Stephen, who lived next door to him in 1860; s/o William Welcome and Nancy Crum Marcum HH #816, 17 CO. A; Enlisted 3 Jan 1862 (Census annotation says home guards killed an Isom Marcum in Wayne County, but there's no time or source reference given. Possibly, he was killed the same month he enlisted since records list him as having deserted in Jan of 1862.) STEPHEN (A?) MARCUM, cousin to Isom, who lived next door to him in 1860 HH #817, 14 CO. A/D; Enlisted 11 Dec 1861 (The only Stephen Marcum that could be Stephen A. in Mullins' 1860 Wayne Census, when he lived with Van B. Marcum. According to Rhoda Marcum Burkes, this Stephen is the s/o Moses and Sarah Wiley Marcum and first cousin to Van B. Marcum.) THOMAS J. McCOMAS, s/o Monticue and Margaret Adkins McComas, nephew to Andrew Jackson Adkins, above, and first cousin to Francis Marion Adkins, above HH #372, 14 Bugler, F & S JOHN PARSONS HH #469, 23 CO. A; Enlisted 28 Jan 1862 THOMAS PARSONS In 1850, lived in Cabell County, next door neighbor to William Epling, above, and to Ichabod Terry, below HH #468, 30, in 1860 Wayne Census CO. A; Enlisted 15 Sept 1862 SAMUEL PORTER HH #725, 32 CO. A; 15 Sept 1862 JOHN PRICHARD, s/o William and Mary Prichard, 1850 Wayne Census HH #223, 1850; age, 22 in 1860 CO. A LEWIS PRICHARD, s/o William and Mary Prichard, 1850 Wayne Census; m. Julia Epling brother-in-law to William Epling HH #223, 1850; age, 26 in 1860 CO. A WESLEY PRICHARD , s/o William and Mary Prichard, 1850 Wayne Census; m. Charity Epling Brother-in-law to William Epling HH #332, 17 (with William Adams in 1860 Wayne Census) CO. A WILLIAM PRICHARD, s/o William and Mary Prichard, 1850 Wayne Census HH #223, 1850; age, 12 in 1860 CO. A; Enlisted 28 Jan 1862 HARRISON SMITH HH #254, 15 CO. B; Enlisted 30 Sept 1862 ICABUD (ACABUD) TERRY, s/o Friend and Emily Rowe Terry of Cabell County In 1850 Cabell County Census, HH#450; in 1880 Wayne Census, Lincoln West District, HH# 004 In 1850 Cabell County Census, next door neighbor to Thomas Parsons and to William Epling, above CO. A, Sergeant; Enlisted 3 Jan 1862 Later served in 45 Battalion Infantry, Co. F, 2 Lt. THEODORE TONEY HH #34, 12 CO. E FRANCIS MARION WATTS HH #956, 16 CO. B; Enlisted 4 Apr 1862 LABON T. WELLMAN HH #652, 24 CO. B, Sergeant Major, 2 Lt.; Enlisted 4 Apr 1862 JAMES WELLMAN HH #621 or 617; ages 12 and 15 CO. ?; First cousin to Labon T. Wellman VINCENT ADDISON WITCHER HH #225, 21(23) Lt. Col., Commanding Officer, 34 BATTALION VA CAVALRY Sources Ancestry.com, Civil War Service Records Cole, Scott C. 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. Printed by H. E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia. 1993. Diamond's 10th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA. geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8140/10thky.html Library of Virginia. Digital Collections, On-line, Confederate Rosters. Mullins, Billie Hill. Wayne County, West Virginia, 1860 Federal Census. Logan, WV. Wayne County Genealogical and Historical Society. 1880 Wayne County Census, Annotated. WCGHS@CITYNET.NET Submitted by June White, juja@inetone.net