by ccwinslow394 | Sep 3, 2020 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Joe Young (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My ancestor, James Madison Young, was Captain of Company K, 11th N.C. Troops. On April 24, 1861, at the Smith-McDowell House in Buncombe County, twenty-fine-year-old Young mustered into Company E, known...
by ccwinslow394 | Jun 3, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHORS: Mike Stroupe and Sid Stroupe On October 28, 1861, Solomon Luther Stroup volunteered to serve in the Confederate Army in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was 24 years old at the time and volunteered for 3 years of service. On May 19, 1862,...
by ccwinslow394 | May 15, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe Levi Stroup was married to Nancy Stucky Stroup and they had one son and four daughters. On September 19, 1861, Levi, then forty-six-years-old, enlisted in the Confederate States Army. The family was residing in Gilmer County,...
by ccwinslow394 | May 15, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe In September of 1864, Silas M. Stroup, the son of David Rufus Stroup and the grandson of Joseph Stroup, enlisted at the age of 18 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was reported on a Bounty Roll in the same county in...
by ccwinslow394 | Mar 12, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe On September 11, 1861, nineteen-year-old Rufus Lott Stroup volunteered for the Confederate Army at Buncombe County, North Carolina. For unknown reasons, he enlisted again on May 13, 1862, in the same county. He served as a Private in Company H...
by ccwinslow394 | Feb 7, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe On November 9, 1861, John Marshall Stroup, at only seventeen years old, volunteered with the CSA in Buncombe County. The son of Joseph P. Stroup and born in 1844, John was described as having a dark complexion, dark hair, and...
