Veteran, Private, Co F, 18th Reg, SC Inf, CSA, Civil War (M381 ROLL 3)

The 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, were men from Laurens County and other counties in the northwestern part of the state. Company F was mostly men from Union, with some also from York and Spartanburg. Camp Hampton (was located on Wade Hampton III's estate outside Columbia, South Carolina

John is buried in Skull Shoals.
There is a good bit of documentation of that.
Place of burial documented in family history
and in other geneological papers. Quote in all
of them is: "Buried without a stone."

Possibly born circa 1826 in Union, SC.
The few census records that record John,
all state born circa 1826 in South Carolina.

Family all say John came from Ireland
by way of Philadelphia, perhaps it was
his ancestor? Either way, no one in my
family knows anything about John in
the time before he married Susan.

Father of:
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Josephine (Black) Taylor
William Allen Edward "Billy" Black
Govan Black
Marion Black
Eugene Black
Syl Black
Elbridge "Bridge" Black
(and possibly one other)

My paternal great-great-great-grandfather
and the end of my known family history.

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Married Susan. Possibly Susan Taylor,
daughter of Mark Taylor and Mahala Huckaby.
She was possibly born Oct 20, 1832 in
SC. Its believed that she remarried after
John passed. Her place of burial unknown.
Note that, regardless of her maiden name,
she was not Susan Elizabeth Taylor (for
that Susan married John and Susan's son
William Allen Edward "Billy" Black).

There are some versions out there about
John and how he died. Everything my family
has told me has always proven to be correct.
Family said that John had wanted to serve in
the war and was told no, then they found out
he had been a blacksmith and somewhat of a
master of making guns and knives... so they
changed their minds and enlisted him. After
surviving his enlistment, he was sent home.
Only, unbeknownst to him, he had contracted
the measles and got more and more ill as he
made his way home. Family said he was SO
close to home when he died. They buried him
in Skull Shoals and never allowed his body to
come to the homeplace... so he never, ever,
quite made it home.

However Civil War records have now been, in
my opinion, validated by similar information on
estate papers, show he died in Camp Hampton

Now that I have his proven date of death,
I may try and order a veteran's stone for him.
(05 Mar 2022; junebug, ErgoSum, aka, Susan Black)

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