James Simon Clifton Senior served in the Confederate Calvary during the Civil War (Source: US Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Film Number M 381 roll 6). He enlisted at the Lancaster Courthouse on December 28 , 1861. At first, I thought that he was around twelve years old when he enlisted, which was not uncommon at the time (The Civil War, St range and Amazing Facts, by Burke Davis, Chapter 11, pg. 63 . It mentions that about 100,000 that served were aged fifteen years or younger). H e was assigned to the tenth Battalion South Carolina Calvary. He was listed on The Muster Roll of Sep/Oct, 1862, which was the last muster roll for that unit during the war. By Special Order No. 254, December 16, 1862, the 10th and 12th Battalions merged, along with two other companies and formed the 4th South Carolina Calvary Regiment. (Letter received from the Confederate Abstract, S.C. Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Record s, NARS Microcopy # 267, Roll Number CW560). His rank at the beginning of the war was private, and his rank at the end of his service was private.
From the 1870 Chester County, South Carolina Census there was a James S . T. Clifton who was registered living at the residence of a Jesse Clifton and Mary (?). The age was 22 years and the profession was a lawyer! Further research showed this was not the same James Simon Clifton that I was looking for. It turns out, however, according to the S.C. Department of Archives and History, that there is a James S. Clifton in the 1860 Lancaster County Census as well, staying with his mother Catherine (Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, South Carolina; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 805221). Further investigation revealed that his father and mother was Jesse Clifton and Catherine ?. It is also possible that this is the same Jesse Clifton who later married a Mary Walker after settling in Chester County. Apparently Catherine divorced Jesse Clifton and changed back to her maiden name and raised James Simon on her own. It also appears that they were living nearby William Rufus Bennett's farm, and they possibly worked on that farm, which can explain how James Simon Clifton met his wife Sarah , who was William Rufus Bennett's niece.
His children by Sarah Elizabeth Bennett was Mary Jane Clifton, who married Charles D. Bennett, possibly the son of William Rufus Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Mackey), b. Sep 2 1871 d. Mar 8 1950, William A . Clifton, b . 1873 in South Carolina, d. unknown, and James Simon Clifton Jr., b. Jun 7, 1876 d. 30 Nov 1953 in Lancaster, SC.
He was wounded at the battle of Hawes' Shop, VA on May 28, 1864 with a Minie' Ball in the left Shoulder. As a result of his wound , h e was furloughed for 30 days on Jul 19, 1864. Grandmother told me that he eventually died of his wounds around 1876, a month before his son , James Simon Clifton Jr. was born, but official records place the death on Aug 28, 1877.
He is currently buried beside his in-laws Alfred Bennett and Margaret Horton in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina .
Contributor: Robert Funderburk (47213795) • [email protected]
From the 1870 Chester County, South Carolina Census there was a James S . T. Clifton who was registered living at the residence of a Jesse Clifton and Mary (?). The age was 22 years and the profession was a lawyer! Further research showed this was not the same James Simon Clifton that I was looking for. It turns out, however, according to the S.C. Department of Archives and History, that there is a James S. Clifton in the 1860 Lancaster County Census as well, staying with his mother Catherine (Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, South Carolina; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 805221). Further investigation revealed that his father and mother was Jesse Clifton and Catherine ?. It is also possible that this is the same Jesse Clifton who later married a Mary Walker after settling in Chester County. Apparently Catherine divorced Jesse Clifton and changed back to her maiden name and raised James Simon on her own. It also appears that they were living nearby William Rufus Bennett's farm, and they possibly worked on that farm, which can explain how James Simon Clifton met his wife Sarah , who was William Rufus Bennett's niece.
His children by Sarah Elizabeth Bennett was Mary Jane Clifton, who married Charles D. Bennett, possibly the son of William Rufus Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Mackey), b. Sep 2 1871 d. Mar 8 1950, William A . Clifton, b . 1873 in South Carolina, d. unknown, and James Simon Clifton Jr., b. Jun 7, 1876 d. 30 Nov 1953 in Lancaster, SC.
He was wounded at the battle of Hawes' Shop, VA on May 28, 1864 with a Minie' Ball in the left Shoulder. As a result of his wound , h e was furloughed for 30 days on Jul 19, 1864. Grandmother told me that he eventually died of his wounds around 1876, a month before his son , James Simon Clifton Jr. was born, but official records place the death on Aug 28, 1877.
He is currently buried beside his in-laws Alfred Bennett and Margaret Horton in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina .
Contributor: Robert Funderburk (47213795) • [email protected]
James Simon Clifton Senior served in the Confederate Calvary during the Civil War (Source: US Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Film Number M 381 roll 6). He enlisted at the Lancaster Courthouse on December 28 , 1861. At first, I thought that he was around twelve years old when he enlisted, which was not uncommon at the time (The Civil War, St range and Amazing Facts, by Burke Davis, Chapter 11, pg. 63 . It mentions that about 100,000 that served were aged fifteen years or younger). H e was assigned to the tenth Battalion South Carolina Calvary. He was listed on The Muster Roll of Sep/Oct, 1862, which was the last muster roll for that unit during the war. By Special Order No. 254, December 16, 1862, the 10th and 12th Battalions merged, along with two other companies and formed the 4th South Carolina Calvary Regiment. (Letter received from the Confederate Abstract, S.C. Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Record s, NARS Microcopy # 267, Roll Number CW560). His rank at the beginning of the war was private, and his rank at the end of his service was private.
From the 1870 Chester County, South Carolina Census there was a James S . T. Clifton who was registered living at the residence of a Jesse Clifton and Mary (?). The age was 22 years and the profession was a lawyer! Further research showed this was not the same James Simon Clifton that I was looking for. It turns out, however, according to the S.C. Department of Archives and History, that there is a James S. Clifton in the 1860 Lancaster County Census as well, staying with his mother Catherine (Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, South Carolina; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 805221). Further investigation revealed that his father and mother was Jesse Clifton and Catherine ?. It is also possible that this is the same Jesse Clifton who later married a Mary Walker after settling in Chester County. Apparently Catherine divorced Jesse Clifton and changed back to her maiden name and raised James Simon on her own. It also appears that they were living nearby William Rufus Bennett's farm, and they possibly worked on that farm, which can explain how James Simon Clifton met his wife Sarah , who was William Rufus Bennett's niece.
His children by Sarah Elizabeth Bennett was Mary Jane Clifton, who married Charles D. Bennett, possibly the son of William Rufus Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Mackey), b. Sep 2 1871 d. Mar 8 1950, William A . Clifton, b . 1873 in South Carolina, d. unknown, and James Simon Clifton Jr., b. Jun 7, 1876 d. 30 Nov 1953 in Lancaster, SC.
He was wounded at the battle of Hawes' Shop, VA on May 28, 1864 with a Minie' Ball in the left Shoulder. As a result of his wound , h e was furloughed for 30 days on Jul 19, 1864. Grandmother told me that he eventually died of his wounds around 1876, a month before his son , James Simon Clifton Jr. was born, but official records place the death on Aug 28, 1877.
He is currently buried beside his in-laws Alfred Bennett and Margaret Horton in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina .
Contributor: Robert Funderburk (47213795) • [email protected]
From the 1870 Chester County, South Carolina Census there was a James S . T. Clifton who was registered living at the residence of a Jesse Clifton and Mary (?). The age was 22 years and the profession was a lawyer! Further research showed this was not the same James Simon Clifton that I was looking for. It turns out, however, according to the S.C. Department of Archives and History, that there is a James S. Clifton in the 1860 Lancaster County Census as well, staying with his mother Catherine (Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, South Carolina; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 805221). Further investigation revealed that his father and mother was Jesse Clifton and Catherine ?. It is also possible that this is the same Jesse Clifton who later married a Mary Walker after settling in Chester County. Apparently Catherine divorced Jesse Clifton and changed back to her maiden name and raised James Simon on her own. It also appears that they were living nearby William Rufus Bennett's farm, and they possibly worked on that farm, which can explain how James Simon Clifton met his wife Sarah , who was William Rufus Bennett's niece.
His children by Sarah Elizabeth Bennett was Mary Jane Clifton, who married Charles D. Bennett, possibly the son of William Rufus Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Mackey), b. Sep 2 1871 d. Mar 8 1950, William A . Clifton, b . 1873 in South Carolina, d. unknown, and James Simon Clifton Jr., b. Jun 7, 1876 d. 30 Nov 1953 in Lancaster, SC.
He was wounded at the battle of Hawes' Shop, VA on May 28, 1864 with a Minie' Ball in the left Shoulder. As a result of his wound , h e was furloughed for 30 days on Jul 19, 1864. Grandmother told me that he eventually died of his wounds around 1876, a month before his son , James Simon Clifton Jr. was born, but official records place the death on Aug 28, 1877.
He is currently buried beside his in-laws Alfred Bennett and Margaret Horton in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina .
Contributor: Robert Funderburk (47213795) • [email protected]
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