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Re: Capt. Thornton's Company, VA Light Artillery

Good Job, George.

Here's a tiny bit more.

Capt. Thomas Rowe Thornton's Co. Va. Lt. Arty.
Caroline Artillery [aka Caroline Light Artillery], Caroline County; enlisted July23, 1861, for the war; served in Lightfoot's Bn of Arty; composed of independent companies.

Virginia Caroline Light Artillery Battery
Organized for the war in Caroline County, July 23, 1861
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Va, April 9, 1865

Achilles Southworth seems a bit old for this, but:

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Achilles Southworth
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Caroline, Virginia
Household Members: Name Age
Achilles Southworth 43 w/m Shoemaker
Catharine Southworth 36 w/f wife
Margaret Southworth 16 w/f
Esther Southworth 13 s/f
Jos Southworth 11 w/m
Martha Southworth 10 w/f
Isabella Southworth 9 w/f
Burton Southworth 8 w/m
Hugh Southworth 6 w/m
Sabernia Southworth 5 w/f
Julia F Southworth 1 w/f

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Achilles Southworth
Age in 1860: 53
Birth Year: abt 1807
Home in 1860: Caroline, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Kirkwood
Household Members: Name Age
Achilles Southworth 53 w/m Shoemaker
Catherine Southworth 46 w/f wife
Hugh Southworth 16 w/m Laborer
Saburna Southworth 14 w/f
Julia F Southworth 11 w/f
Charles B Southworth 8 w/m
Cinderella Southworth 5 w/f
James W Southworth 3 w/m

[Next door lives John Wharton, age 30, also a shoemaker. I wonder if he learned his trade from Mr. Southworth]

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Achilles Southworth
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Age in 1870: 64
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Bowling Green
Household Members: Name Age
Achilles Southworth 64 w/m Shoemaker
Catharine Southworth 55 w/f keeping house
Siberna Southworth 24 w/f
Julia F Southworth 21 w/f
Chas B Southworth 18 w/m Farmer
Cinderella Southworth 14 w/f
Jas W Southworth 12 w/m

[John Wharton still lives next door but now he is farming, not shoemaking]

Achilles Southworth
Born: 1806 Caroline, Virginia
Died: Jun 1874 Caroline, Virginia
[son of James B. Southworth b. Unk D. 1845]

Marriage: 23 Jul 1836
Spouse 1
Exony Record
Born: 1818 in Tennessee, [county], Tennessee
Died: 1850 in Franklin, Franklin, Missouri

Marriage: 13 Jun 1851
Spouse 2
Katherine B Lemons
Born: 1830 in Tennessee, Tennessee
Died:

Marriage:
Spouse 3
Catherine M Seal
Born: abt 1814 in Caroline, Virginia
Died: 1872 in Caroline, Virginia
[daughter of John Seal 1789-1858 and Margaret Edmundson 1787-1864]
Children Sex Birth
Ira Southworth M 1832 in Caroline, Virginia
Margaret E. Southworth F abt 1834
James Woodrow Southworth M 4 Apr 1858 in Caroline, Virginia
Esther Southworth F abt 1837
Joseph L. Southworth M abt 1839 in Caroline, Virginia
Martha E. Southworth F 1839 in Caroline, Virginia
Isabella Southworth F abt 1841 in Caroline, Virginia
Hugh Southworth M abt 1844
[Catherine] Sabernia [Saburnia] Southworth F abt 1845
Julia Franklin Southworth F abt 1849 in Caroline, Virginia
Unnamed Infant Southworth F 18 Oct 1855 in Caroline, Virginia [Cinderella]
Charles Bruce Southworth M 4 Jun 1852
Burton Southworth M abt 1842

Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
about CATHERINE SEAL
Groom Name: ACHILLES SOUTHWORTH
Bride Name: CATHERINE SEAL
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1830
County: Caroline
State: Virginia

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about J Achilles Southworth
Name: J Achilles Southworth
Service Info.: CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY CIVIL WAR
Cemetery: Barlow Family Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Shumansville VA Caroline County Bowling Green, VA 22427

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James Lewis Barlow

1860 United States Federal Census
about James L Barlow
Name: James L Barlow
Age in 1860: 23
Birth Year: abt 1837
Home in 1860: Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Bowling Green
Household Members: Name Age
James L Barlow 23 w/m Hempmaker
Cassandra E Barlow 19 w/f
Henrietta Barlow 4 w/f
Peter S Barlow 2 w/m
Virginialler Barlow 1 w/f
Edward D Barlow 14 w/m

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Robert W. Pitts

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Pitts
Home in 1880: Reedy Church, Caroline, Virginia
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Cinderella
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Pitts 34 w/m Farmer
Cinderella Pitts 24 w/f wife Keeping House
Fernando H. Pitts 6 w/m son
Charles B. Pitts 2 w/m son
Saberna C. Pitts 4 months [Feb 1880] w/f daughter

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Pitts
Age in 1910: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Spouse's Name: Carderina
Home in 1910: Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Pitts 64 w/m Farmer married once, for 37 yrs
Cinderella Pitts 54 w/f wife Keeping house, mother of 7 children, 3 still living
Harry W Pitts 27 w/m son widowed Farm laborer
Carroll Pitts 14 w/m grandson single
Hawsie Whorton 15 w/f servant single

[Next door lives Charlie B. Pitts, w/m, 32, married 6 yrs, Farmer, his wife Effie R., 26, mother of 3, all still living; Robert J., son, 5; Charles B. Jr., son, 3; Felton W., son, 2]

Robert Woodford Pitts
Born: 25 Aug 1845 Caroline, Virginia
Died: 14 Apr 1935 Caroline, Virginia
Marriage: 8 Jan 1873 in Caroline, Virginia
Cinderella Southworth
Born: 18 Oct 1855 in Caroline, Virginia
Died: 2 May 1931 in Caroline, Virginia
Children Sex Birth
Fernando Hartwell Pitts M 4 Nov 1873
Charles Burton Pitts M 2 Jul 1877 in Caroline, Virginia
Sabernie C Pitts F 17 Jan 1880
Harry Woodford Pitts M 27 Nov 1881 in Caroline, Virginia

JR

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