Joseph Gordon Cloyd (abt. 1822 - 1862)

Ancestors

Died Jun 1862 at about age 40 in Henrico County, Virginia

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Biography

Joseph Cloyd was Killed in Action during the United States Civil War.

Joseph Cloyd served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: 1862 Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines in Virginia
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 22nd Regiment

JOSEPH GORDON CLOYD, son of Samuel and Betty (Rogers) Cloyd, was born in Washington County, Tennessee, and married Susan Kathryn Todd, (b. 1-22-1822; d. 11-7-1908), dau. of William A. Todd. She was born in Sumpter, and died in Columbia, S. C. He was a democrat, a contractor by occupation, and in religion a Methodist.

Previous to the Civil War he resided at Lenoix, S. C, and when the war between the States broke out he enlisted in the Confederate Army and was killed at the battle of Seven Pines in Virginia, 1862 and buried on the field.

Company A. Private, J.G. Cloyed^[1] The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.^[2]

Name: Joseph G. Cloyd

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Event Type: Military Service

Military Beginning Rank: Private

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Military Final Rank: Private

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Military Side: Confederate

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State or Military Term: North Carolina

Military Unit: 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Military Unit Note: (Formerly 12 North Carolina Infantry, Vols.)

Military Company: A

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Note: Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of North Carolina. Affiliate Publication Number: M230 Affiliate Film Number: 8 GS Film number: 821775

Citing this Record: "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9JH-BMS : 4 December 2014), Joseph G. Cloyd, Private, Company A, 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 821,775.

Children

1. Mary Virginia, b. 1848 ; m. Chas. Edward Syfan.
2. Whliam Franklin, b. 1850 ; m. Anna Parcell.
3. Samuel Asbery, b.1852-1915; m. Sallie Evans. Atlanta, Ga.
4. Granville, b. 1854 ; d. 1854.
5. Hattie L., b. 1856; m. (1) James S. Rawls; (2) W. A Vowell.
6. Egbert Augustus, b. 8-28-1858; m. Alice Jane Crawford.
7. James Alexander, b. 3 1861 ; m. Sue R. Bush. Lancaster, S. C, one dau., Susie Mae.^[3]

Burial at Oakwood ?

HISTORIC CONFEDERATE CEMETERY Rock Quarry Cemetery, removal to the Soldiers’ Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery - Richmond City, Virginia^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://nccivilwar.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/campaigns/battlesevenpines.htm
2. ↑ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Battle_of_Seven_Pines
3. ↑ Genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye and Tapp families in America ; with brief sketches referring to the families of Ingels, Jones, Marshall and Smith by Cloyd, A. D. (Augustus Davis), b. 1860 Published 1912 Topics Cloyd family, Basye family, Tapp family p.187
4. ↑ http://historicoakwoodcemetery.org/historic-confederate-cemetery.asp

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