Marion County, SC
CSA SERVICE RECORDS

 

ELVINGTON

Nathan ELVINGTON
Confederate Service Record
(Source: National Archives, Card #'s: 4932-1647/ 1694/ 1787/ 1879/ 1979/ 2064/ 2145/ 2225/ 2298/ 2369/ 2433/ 2499/ 2575/ 2640/ 2714/ 2767/ 9588; 4933-0055; 4507-2172; 4572-7311; 4573-7965)

Nathan T. Yelverton (sic) (spelled elsewhere as "Elvington", except where noted), Pvt., Capt. W. P. Shooter's Company, 1 Reg't South Carolina Vols. (this company subsequently became Company E, 1st (McCreary's) Regiment South Carolina Infantry)

Company Muster-In Roll:
Roll dated: Richmond, VA, Aug. 19, 1861
Muster-in to date: Date not stated.
Enlisted:
When: August 12, 1861
Where: Marion District, SC
By whom: Capt. W. P. Shooter
Period: For the war

Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec 1861:
Last paid: Oct. 31, 1861
Present or absent: Not stated

Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb, 1862:
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. McGowan
To what time: Dec 31, 1861
Present or absent: Not stated

Regimental Return for the month of March, 1862:
Absent enlisted men accounted for: absent on duty at Suffolk, VA

Company Muster Roll for April 30 to Oct 31, 1862:
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. McGowan
To what time: April 30, 1862
Present or absent: Not stated

Regimental Return for the month of October, 1862:
Absent enlisted men accounted for: sent to hospital or left on road sick

Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec, 1862:
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. McGowan
To what time: April 30, 1862
Present or absent: Present
Remarks: Bounty & clothing, Aug. 1, 1862

Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb, 1863:
Last paid:
By whom: Hammond
To what time: Dec 31, 1862
Present or absent: Present

Company Muster Roll for March & April, 1863:
Last paid:
By whom: Hewetson
To what time: Feb 28, 1863
Present or absent: Present

Company Muster Roll for May & June, 1863:
Last paid:
By whom: Hewetson
To what time: April 30, 1863
Present or absent: (blank)
Remarks: Returned since date of muster; name appears in column of names present

Company Muster Roll for July & Aug, 1863:
Last paid:
By whom: Hewitson (sic)
To what time: June 30, 1863
Present or absent: Present

Company Muster Roll for Sept & Oct, 1863:
Last paid:
By whom: Kemper
To what time: Aug 31, 1863
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Sick, sent to hospital

Hospital Muster Roll, 3rd Division, Jackson General Hospital, Richmond, VA:
N. T. Elvington appears on hospital roll:
to Sept. 1, 1863; dated Sept. 21, 1863.

Register of Receiving and Wayside Hospital, or General Hospital No. 9,
Richmond, VA:
Admitted: Sept. 15, 1963
Disposition: Jackson Med
Date: Sept. 17, 1863
(Confed. Arch., Chap. 6, File No. 106, page 76)

Morning Report of Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, for Sept. 17, 1863:
Brigade: McGowan's
Disease: Int. Fever
Admitted: Sept. 17, 1863

Receipt Roll for clothing issued to soldiers in Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA:
Date of issue: Oct. 23, 1863
Signature: N. Elvington

Receipt Roll for clothing at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA:
Date of issue: Oct. 23, 1863

Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec, 1863:
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Sick-sent to hospital

Hospital Muster Roll, 3rd Div., Jackson General Hospital, Richmond, VA: To Nov 1, 1863, dated Oct 31, 1863
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Kemper
To what time: Aug 31, 1863

Receipt Roll for clothing issued to soldiers, Jackson Hosp., Richmond, VA:
Date of issue: Nov 9, 1963
Signature: N. Elvington

Receipt Roll for clothing at Jackson Hosp., Richmond, VA:
Date of issue: Nov 10, 1863

Hospital Muster Roll, 3rd Div., Jackson General Hospital, Richmond, VA: to Dec 31, 1863, dated Jan 1, 1864
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Kemper
To what time: Oct 31, 1863
Present or absent: Present

Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb, 1864:
Present or absent: Absent

Hospital Muster Roll, 3rd Div., Jackson General Hospital, Richmond, VA: to Feb 29, 1864.
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Kemper
To what time: Dec 31, 1863
Present or absent: Present

Register of Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA:
Brigade: McGowan's
Complaint: "Febris Intermittens"
Admitted: March 20, 1864
Transferred: April 7, 1864
Where: 1st Division
(Confed. Arch., Chap. 6, File No., 189, page 4)

Receipt Roll for clothing issued to soldiers in Jackson Hosp, Richmond, VA:
Date of issue: March 23, 1864
Signature: N. T. Elvington

Receipt Roll for clothing issued to soldiers in Jackson Hosp, Richmond, VA:
Date of issue: March 31, 1864
Signature: N. T. Elvington

Morning Report of Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA,
for: April 12, 1864
Returned to duty: April 12, 1864
Division: 1

Company Muster Roll for March & April, 1864:
Last paid:
By whom: Kemper
To what time: Feb 29, 1864
Present or absent: Present

Company Muster Roll for April 30, to Aug 31, 1864:
Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Kemper
To what time: Feb 29, 1864
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Prisoner in hands of the enemy

Company Muster Roll for Sept & Oct, 1864:
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Captured by the enemy, July 28, 1864

Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec, 1864:
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Captured by the enemy, July 28, 1864

Roll of Prisoners of War at Point Lookout, MD:
(name spelled "Elvingston")
Date of arrival: Rec'd from City Point, Aug 5, 1864
Where captured: Petersburg, VA
When captured: July 29, 1864
Remarks: Transferred to Elmira, NY, Aug 8, 1864
(Point Lookout, MD, Register No. 1, page 146)

Roll of Prisoners of War received at Elmira, NY, August 12, 1864, from
Point Lookout, MD:
(name spelled "Elvingston")
Where captured: Petersburg
When captured: July 29, 1864
Remarks, charges, etc: Transferred for exchange, Feb 13, 1865
(Elmira, NY, Register No. 2, page 170)

Roll of Prisoners of War Paroled at Elmira, NY, Feb 9, 1865, and sent to James River for Exchange: * (named spelled "Ellington")
Roll dated Elmira, NY, February 13, 1865
(Roll 3, Sheet 4)


(NOTE: Owen Elvington is buried in Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery, Powhatan County, Virginia. His marker reads:

O Elvington
PVT CO E 1 SC INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
AUG 1, 1862

*(Notation on this last record: Duplicate O.C.G.P. roll on files shows in caption: "Paroled February 13, 1865, and forwarded via Point Lookout for exchange." Roll No. 7, Point Lookout, MD, bears the following indorsement which also applies to the men whose names are borne on this roll: "Received at Boulwares & Cox Wharf, James River, February 20 and 21, 1865, from Lt. Col. Jno. E. Mulford, U.S. Asst. Agt. for Exchange, Three Thousand and Thirty-eight (3038) paroled Confederate prisoners of war on this roll, including officers. )
--Ro. Ould, Agent of Exchange

--Paula Smith

Owen ELVINGTON
Confederate Army Service Record
(Source: National Archives, Card #s: 4932-1650/1695/1788/1880/1980/2065/2198)

Elvington, O
Co. E, 1 (McCreary's) South Carolina Infantry. (1 S.C. Inf., Prov'l Army.) (Confederate)
Private

Confed. Arch., Chap 10, File No. 10, Page 77:
"O. Elvington" appears on a REGISTER of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States who were killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease.

Where born: Marion Dist., SC
When deceased: Aug 15, 1962
Where and from what cause: Not stated where
Amount of money left: (blank)
Effects: (blank)
In whose charge: (blank)
When received: April 1, 1864
Number of certificate: 3140
Remarks: Last paid to April 30, 1862. Due $50 Bounty and clot(sic) from February 1, 1862.

Company Muster-In Roll:
Owen Yelverton (sic), Pvt, Capt. W. P. Shooter's Company, 1 Reg't South Carolina Vols. (subsequently Company E, 1st (McCreary's) Regiment, South Carolina Infantry), appears on Company Muster-In Roll of organization listed above.

Roll dated: Richmond, VA, August 19, 1861
Muster-in to date: date not stated,
Enlisted:
When: August 12, 1861
Where: Marion District, SC
By Whom: Capt. W. P. Shooter
Period: For the war

Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec, 1861:
Last paid: Oct. 31, 1861
Present or absent: Not stated.

Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb 1862:
Last paid:
by whom: Capt. McGowan
to what time: Dec 31, 1861
Present or absent: Not stated

Company Muster Roll for April 30 to Oct. 31, 1862:
Last paid:
by whom: Capt. McGowan
To what time: April 30, 1862
Present or absent: Not stated.

Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec, 1862:
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Sick-sent to hospital in June

Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb, 1863:
Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Sick, sent to hospital in June, 62

Company Muster Roll for March & April, 1863:
Remarks: Died. Last heard from at Huguenot Hospital. Supposed to have died about 15 August, 1862.

Register containing a record of the Property of Deceased Confederate Soldiers
(Confed. Arch., Chap. 1, File no. 28, page alph):
Date of death: Aug 1, 1862
Hospital: Huguenot

(NOTE: Owen Elvington is buried in Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery, Powhatan County, Virginia. His marker reads:

O Elvington
PVT CO E 1 SC INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
AUG 1, 1862

I visited this cemetery on November 3, 1999. It is maintained by the J.E.B. Stuart Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
--Paula Smith

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