Silas Washington Pace (abt. 1815 - 1915)

Born about 1815 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

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Died 6 Apr 1915 at about age 100 in Green River Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Silas Washington Pace was the son of Jonathan Pace and Susannah Allen Pace. He married Evaline Staton about 1839. In 1860 the family lived in Anderson County, S.C. In the 1880 census, he was listed in the census of Henderson County and the census of Polk County in North Carolina. The family lived in the area of the Mountain Page community where the two counties meet near today's Greenville Watershed and the state line. He died some time between 1880 and 1900.

A marked and/or decipherable grave stone has not been found. There are numerous and undecipherable grave stones within this cemetery. Based on land deeds, where the family lived, and the fact his wife's family's grave stones are within this cemetery, family genealogists and researchers state his grave site and his wife's grave site are within this cemetery.

Burial: Metcalf Family Cemetery Saluda Polk County North Carolina, USA

Silas was captured at Rappahannock on November 7, 1863 and was held at Point Lookout, Md. and exchanged March 17, 1864. He was a private in Co. I, 54th North Carolina Regiment.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142908939
• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/c/Melissa-Pace/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1129.html
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142908939/silas-washington-pace: accessed 05 January 2023), memorial page for Silas Washington Pace (1819–6 Apr 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142908939, citing Metcalf Family Cemetery, Saluda, Polk County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jennie Jones Giles (contributor 48363002).
• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Regiment 42, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1212; Page: 321; Family History Library Film: 805212
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #18630656 (accessed 5 January 2023)
  Silas Pace (45), Farmer, in Regiment 42, Anderson, South Carolina. Born in South Carolina.
• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Green River, Henderson, North Carolina; Roll: 967; Page: 306A; Enumeration District: 099
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #19572357 (accessed 5 January 2023)
  Silas Pace (61), married, Farmer, head of household in Green River, Henderson, North Carolina, USA. Born in North Carolina.
• "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRY-3K3J : 13 November 2019), Silas Pace, 6 Apr 1915; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102329424.
• Military: "U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865"
  National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/>, acquired 2007
  Ancestry Record 1138 #5942951 (accessed 5 January 2023)
  Name: Silas Pace; Side: Confederate; Regiment State/Origin: North Carolina; Regiment: 54th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry; Company: I; Rank In: Private; Rank Out: Private; Film Number: M230 roll 30.
• Military: "U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865"
  National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1124 #836214 (accessed 5 January 2023)
  Name: Silas Pace; Military Place: North Carolina; Side of War: Confederate; Company: I; Regiment: 54.