William James Weatherford (1831 - 1864)

Born 9 Sep 1831 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Mildred (Hemrick) Weatherford — married 25 May 1851 in Clarke County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1864 at age 32 in Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States

Biography

Pvt William Weatherford served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jul 1861
Mustered out: Jun 28, 1864 (DOW)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company G North Carolina 25th Infantry

William James Weatherford was born in South Carolina in 1831 to Elisha Weatherford and Melinda Center.

He married Milly Hemrick May 1851. They lived in Athens for ten years and had four children. When the war between the states erupted, he enlisted along with Milly's brothers in the Highland Guards on July 1861. He served as a Private under Capt. William Grady until he was badly wounded. He died in Virginia in 1864 of his wounds and pneumonia.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #93519845 (accessed 13 December 2015), William J Weatherford, 1864; Burial, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America, Hollywood Cemetery
• Jarvis, Grace. The Hemrick and Allied Families (Germany To Georgia), 1727-1974. Baltimore, MD: Deford & Company, 1975. Pages 31-40.

Pending

• Source Citation

Description State : South Carolina Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Confederate Army Casualty Lists and Reports, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Confederate States Army Casualties: Lists and Narrative Reports, 1861–1865. Microfilm publication M836, 7 rolls. ARC ID: 653994. Records of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Department. War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Source Description By some estimates, almost half a million Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing during the Civil War. You’ll find the names of thousands of them in these casualty lists. *http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/civilwar_histdatasys/910421/printer-friendly?_phsrc=CvK89&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gsfn=William+James&gsln=Weatherford&msbdy=1831&msbpn__ftp=Spartanburg%2c+South+Carolina&new=1&rank=1&gss=angs-c&pcat=39&ml_rpos=1

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Roll #: 322 (Fold3)

Notes

• Weatherford -27 casualties of the 14th Regiment S.C.V. (South Carolina Volunteers) on the 1st of January 1862. Needs more research...
• Ancestry - above ref prob a different Wm. Weatherford
• Conflicting info: death date - ? 1864 or 1862. In Jarvis' book it was said that his burial place unknown so did they recover the body?
• gravestone: Co G, 25 NC Infantry, CSA.