Moses B. Mayhew (abt. 1830 - 1863)

Born about 1830 in Iredell, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Jul 1863 at about age 33 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Moses was born about 1830. He was the son of Presley Mayhew. He married Nancy (Hobbs or Honeycutt?) about 1848.

He passed away in 1863.

Civil War

Moses Mayhew enlisted as a Private in Company A, 4th Regiment North Carolina Infantry, on 11 July 1862^[1], along with his brothers, Robert E. Mayhew and J. B. H. Mayhew. Moses was killed on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1 Jul 1863^[1]. Robert E. Mayhew was captured by Union forces at Gettysburg and held until March 1865. J. B. H. Mayhew had previously been wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and did not return to service.

Of the Regiment it is said, “At Gettysburg he [Colonel Bryan Grimes] and his regiment were the first to enter the town, and they drove the enemy through Gettysburg to the heights beyond, capturing more prisoners than there were men in his command.”^[2]. It was also said that the regiment lost 31% of it's 196 men at Gettysburg.^[3]

Spouse & Children

Nancy E Hobbs (1830–1900)

-Elizabeth Jane Mayhew (1849–1890) m. John S. Thompson (1841-1812)

-James W Mayhew (1851–) m. (1) Nancy Ella Pierce (1871-1891), m. (2) Geneva Fisher

-Julia Ann Mayhew (1852–1914) m. Thomas Lafayette Mayhew (1853-1923)

-Margaret "Maggie" J Mayhew (1857-1941) m. Thomas McCrary

-Rosina C Mayhew (1858–1890) m. Lovick Waldo Mayes (1858-1903)

-Walter Mayhew (1859–)

-Martha Victoria Mayhew (1861–1940) m. John S. Thompson (1841-1812)

Notes

1860 US Federal Census, Iredell School District 49, Statesville. P.O., 10 Oct 1860^[4]

483 486 Moses Mayhew, 31, M, W, Day Laborer, NC

Nancy, 30, F, W

Elizabeth, 11, F, W

James, 9, M, W

Julia, 7, F, W

Maggie, 4, F, W

Rosana, 3, F, W

Walter, 7/12, M, W

Rebecca, 17, F, W

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations , compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865, Record Group: 109, NARA M270. State: North Carolina, Roll: 0139. On Fold3.com. Indexed as "Mayhen, Moseley B.
2. ↑ London, H. A. 1912. "Major-General Bryan Grimes." Carolina and the Southern Cross. Volume I, (1), November 1912. Page 12
3. ↑ NPS- CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
4. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, North Carolina Iredell School District 49, Statesville. P.O., 10 Oct 1860. Accessed at Ancestry.com

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