William Bernard. Colonel. Member of the Royal Council 1642-43, 1644-45, 1646, 1647, 1655, 1658-60.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, pp. 432, 499, 508, 526; Virginia Carolorum, pp. 184-86, 242, 261-63
Miles Cary. Collector of customs on James River, escheator general for the Colony, burgess Warwick County 1659-60, member of the Council 1665.
Source: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 528, vol. 2, p. 31; Harrison, The Virginia CarysS, p. 34
William Cary. Member of the House of Burgesses 1710.
Source: Calendar of Virginia State Papers, vol. 8, p. 131; Hening's Statutes, vol. 2, p. 31
Robert Cobbs. Church warden of York County 1652, justice of York County 1667, high sheriff of York County 1682.
Source: Calendar of Virginia State Papers
Samuel Cobbs. Member of House of Burgesses Amelia County 1742, 1750.
Source: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 8, no 3
Robert Ellyson. Member of the House of Burgesses James City County 1655-56 and 1659-60, early justice of the peace for Gloucester County, sat on first recorded court of that county on 16 February 1656-57.
Sources: Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia; Stanard, The Colonial Virginia Register, p. 72; Records of Colonial Gloucester County vol. 2; Hening's Statutes, vol.1, p 527, vol. 2, p. 32
Robert Higginson. Captain. Commanded the palisaded settlement of Middle Plantation (Williamsburg) in 1646 and earlier.
Sources: York County records, William & Mary Quarterly vol. 1, p. 85
Charles Lewis. Colonel. Virginia militia from Goochland, appointed 20 August 1753 and again 18 August 1761. Distinguished in French and Indian War.
Source: Hening's Statutes, vol. 7, p. 218; Sorley, Lewises of Warner Hall, p. 295
John Lewis. Colonel. Member of House of Burgesses and Royal Council.
Sources: Brock, Spottswood Papers; William & Mary Quarterly vol. 2, p. 227
Nicholas Martiau. Captain. Member of House of Burgesses for Kiskyake County 1623-24, for Isle of Kent 1631-32, for Kiskyake 1632-33, justice for Kiskyake.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 179
George Reade. Secretary of the colony 1637, acting governor 1638-39, member of House of Burgesses 1649 and 1656, member of Royal Council 1657-71.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 499; English Calendar; Colonial State Papers; Green, Historic Families of Kentucky; Conway, Barons of the Potomac; Virginia Carolorum, pp. 261-63
John Smith of Purton. Major. Member of House of Burgesses Warwick County and speaker of the House 1657-58.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, pp. 431, 499, 526; Green, Historic Families of Kentucky
John Smith of Shooters Hill. Member of House of Burgesses 1767-69 for Middlesex County.
Source: Journal of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1766-1769, p. 3
Augustine Warner Senior. Captain. Member of House of Burgesses York County 1652 and Gloucester 1658-59, member of the Royal Council from 1659 until his death in 1674, justice in York 1652 and Gloucester 1656.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 507; Virginia Historical Magazine, vol. 2, no 4
Augustine Warner Junior. Colonel. Member of House of Burgesses Gloucester County 1675-77, speaker 1675-76, member of Royal Council 1680-81.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 2, p. 569; Sainsbury's Abstracts from Colonial Records
Edward Waters. Member of Virginia Council, burgess and justice 1610-30, commander of plantations within surrounding precincts of Elizabeth city.
Sources: Virginia Historical Magazine vol. 2, p. 179; Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 131
William Waters. High sheriff and member of House of Burgesses from Northhampton County, governor of Virginia 1656.
Sources: Virginia Hist. Mag., p. 179; Hotten, Original Lists, p. 153; Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 528
Francis Willis [Uncle]. Colonel. Member of the House of Burgesses from Lancaster in April 1652, from Gloucester in November 1652, 1658-59, 1659-60. Died after 1680 in England having been expelled from office for speaking disrespectfully of the Assembly.
Source: Hening's Statutes, vol. 1, p. 499
Henry Willis. Colonel. Member of House of Burgesses from Gloucester 1715, 1718, 1723, founder of Fredericksburg, burgess Spottsylvania County 1740.
Sources: Hening's Statutes, vol. 4, pp. 11, 23
Nathaniel Brooks. Private. Captain Galen Clapp's (2nd Scituate) company of Minutemen, Colonel Anthony Thomas's regiment, marched on alarm of 19 April 1775 — service, 4 days. Private, Captain Joseph Stetson's company, Colonel Thomas's regiment, marched to Hingham 24 March 1776, on alarm after Dorchester Heights — service, 5 days. Sergeant. Captain Amos Turner's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment, enlisted 23 September 1776 — service, 1 month 28 days, at Rhode Island, roll dated Newport RI. Sergeant, Captain Hayward Peirce's company, Colonel Jeremiah Hall's regiment, raised in Scituate and Hanover to serve at Bristol RI, marched 10 December 1776 — service, 3 months 2 days. Sergeant. Captain Peirce's company drafted from Scituate-Hanover 25 September 1777. Sergeant, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment, discharged 28 October 1777 — service, 1 month 6 days, secret expedition to Tiverton RI. Sergeant. Captain Calvin Curtis's company, Colonel John Jacobs's regiment, engaged 29 June 1778 — service to 1 January 1779, 6 months 6 days, at Rhode Island. 2d Lieutenant. Commissioned 27 July 1780 from Plymouth, detached to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
Source: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 2, p. 582
Noah Brooks. Private. Captain Aaron Kimball's company, General Artemas Ward's regiment, marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775. Discharged 28 April 1775 — service, 1 week and 4 days. Private. Captain John Hartwell's company, Colonel Eleazer Brooks's regiment, marched from Lincoln on 4 March 1776 to fortify Dorchester Heights — service, 5 days.
Source: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 2, p. 582
Samuel Cobbs. 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Virginia, 25 September 1776. 1st Lieutenant. January 1777. Retired 14 September 1778.
Source: Hittman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, p. 162
Onan Ellyson. Ensign. Chesterfield, Virginia militia, enlisted 3 October 1777.
Sources: Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, p. 197
Jacob Garrard. Private. 1778, Wilkes County GA troops. Major. 1780, 3rd North Carolina regiment. Buried Wattsfield cemetery, Doris GA.
Source: Hatcher, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, vol. 2
Anthony Garrard. Private. NC Continental Army. Grant of land in Georgia for service. Born Virginia 1756, died Wilkes Co. GA in 1807.
Source: Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia vol. 3, p. 86
Daniel Goddard. Private. Captain Job Cushing's company, Colonel Artemas Ward's regiment, marched on alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge; service, 10 days, reported, returned home. 1st Lieutenant. Captain Asa Rice's (2d) company, 6th Worcester regiment of Massachusetts militia, commissioned on 12 September 1777, list of officers endorsed 1 January 1778.
Source: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 6, p. 518
Edward Goddard. Shrewsbury. Private. Captain John Oliver's company, Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's regiment, enlisted 28 September 1777, discharged 18 October 1777, service 28 days including travel home, company served as reinforcements to Northern army at the time of the reduction of General Burgoyne. On list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 6th Worcester regiment, as returned by Captain Asa Rice, dated Shrewsbury, 15 December 1777. Residence, Shrewsbury. Engaged for town of Shrewsbury. Joined Captain John Hood's company of mechanics (artificers); term, 3 years.
Source: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 6, p. 519
Edward Goddard Junior. Shrewsbury. Private. Captain Job Cushing's company of Minutemen, Colonel Artemas Ward's regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge, service, 18 days, reported returned home.
Source: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 6, p. 519
Goddard, Luther. Private. Captain Joseph McNall's company, in a regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Peirce; enlisted May 12, 1779; service, 1 mo. 24 days, at Tiverton, RI.
Source: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 6, p. 521
Mark Hardin. Private. Enlisted first in Surry Co. NC, in 1781 from Gulford Co., applied for pension November 1832 in Walton Co. GA.
Sources: DAR, vol. 22, p. 167; White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, vol. 2, p. 1515
William Hornby. Held off Charleston SC: Prison Ship Torbay, Charles Town Harbour the 18th May 1781 ... We have the honour of inclosing you a Copy of a letter from Colonel Balfour Commandant of Charles Town, which was handed us immediately on being put on board this Ship: The Letter speaking for itself needs no comment; Your Wisdom will best dictate the notice it merits — We just beg leave to observe that should it fall to the Lot of all, or any of us to be made victims, agreeable to the menace therein contained, we have only to regret that our blood cannot be disposed of more to the Advancement of the Glorious Cause to which we have adhered. A seperate Roll of our names attends this letter. With the greatest respect we are Sir ... For ourselves and 130 Prisoners ..."
Sources: McCrady, History of South Carolina; Papers of Continental Congress, vol. 2 p. 218
Stephen Alexander Juhan. Private. 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Philadelphia militia, Lieutenant Colonel James Reade and Captain Samuel McLaine.
Sources: Payzant, Payzant and Allied Jess and Juhan Families in North America
Elijah Rice. Drummer. Lexington Alarm Roll, Captain Luke Drury's company in General Wards' regiment, marched on alarm of 19 April 1775 from Grafton — 5 days. Corporal. Captain Jesse Stone's company in Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, marched to Benington by order of Brigadier General Warner, enlisted 27 July 1777 — 1 month and 9 days. Appears on a list of men who served to credit of 3rd Precinct of Brookfield, enlisted 30 June 1778 — 1 month. Appears on receipt dated Worcester 17 March 1784 for remainder of 2 months wages signed to Benjamin Heywood paymaster of 6th Regiment.
Sources: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 13, p. 152
Elijah Rice Junior. Private. Lexington Alarm Roll, Captain James Davis' Company in Colonel Doolittle's Regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775 from the town of Holden — service 5 1/2 days.
Sources: Secretary for the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. 13, p. 152
Ebenezer Stetson III [Uncle]. Age 16. Private. Enlisted on 26 March 1777, Captain Carver's company, Colonel Bradford's regiment, General Patterson's brigade. Saw action at Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth. March 1780 on board privateer Viper, William Williams of Boston, master; on 16 July engaged British letter of marque brig Resolution, mounting 16 guns, lost right leg by cannon shot; drew pension from 1818 act of $96 annually.
Source: Barry, A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch, pp. 70-71
Stephen Alexander Juhan. Colonel. 23rd Regiment, South Carolina militia.
Noah Walter Brooks [Uncle]. Age 19. Private. Company C, 44th Massachusetts, 1st Regiment Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Cabot. Enlisted 12 September 1862, mustered out 18 June 1863. Passage by steamer USS Merrimac for Beaufort NC, part of 2d Brigade of Wessell's 4th Division, Foster's 18th Corps. Engagements: Rawle's Mill NC, 2 November 1862; Kinston NC, 14 December; Whitehall NC, 16 December; Washington NC, 30 March 1863.
Source: U.S. National Archives
Howell Cobb [Uncle]. General. Delegate with Robert Tombs from Georgia to Congress in Alabama in which Confederate States of America adopted constitution 12 March 1861. Elected president pro temp. Promoted Brigadier General 13 February 1862, Major General 19 September 1863.
Sources: Confederate Roster, Charles C. Jones, Lt. Col. artillery, CSA; Georgia Secession Convention Proceedings Journal; McCash, Thomas R. R. Cobb, pp. 177-87
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb [Uncle]. General. Delegate from Clark County to Georgia Secession Convention 1861; fierce orator for secession; rank at induction, Colonel. At death at Fredericksburg, Brigadier General, staff officer Cobb's Legion; letter from Lee to Howell Cobb on death of TRRC: "I beg leave to express my sympathy in your great sorrow; your noble and gallant brother has met a soldier's death, with great esteem, your obd svt, RE Lee, general"
Sources: McCash, Thomas R. R. Cobb, pp. 177-87, 322
Cobb's Legion. Named for Howell Cobb — full-time politician whenever it was possible and a lawyer when it wasn't, elder son of then-wealthy planter John Addison Cobb of Georgia and Sarah Robinson Rootes of Virginia, governor of Georgia, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and secretary of the Treasury in the Buchanan administration.
Sources: Johnson and Buel, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War vol. 3; McCash, Thomas R. R. Cobb, pp. 241-72
Carl Court. Private. Captain Donnelly's Company, Lone Star Rifles, 4th Texas Regiment Infantry. "Personally appeared before me Jacob Cline, a notary public for the state of Texas and Country of Harris duly commissioned and qualified, William Ponte to me — — who on oath declares that he was a member of Captain Donnelly's Company, Fourth Regt stationed on the Rio Grande in the year 1861 that he was intimately acquainted with Charles Court, a private in Capt. Redwood's Company of Infantry, that the said Charles Court died on the 13th day of August 1861 at Fort Bryant that the said Wm Ponte saw him dead and laid out and buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Brownsville."
Source: Original death notice, dated 4 October 1862
Henry Theodore Ellyson. Age 19. Private. Captain Browne's company, 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Browne's Reconnaissance Cavalry Corps, Richmond, Virginia. Enlisted 15 July 1863 under Captain Norfleet.
Source: Confederate muster record duplicate, Virginia State Library, Richmond
James Taylor Ellyson [Uncle]. Age 16. Private. Company K, 1st regiment Virginia Artillery, Howitzers Light Artillery Battery. Enlisted from the university at Charlottesville on 19 April 1864, mustered out 9 April 1865 at Appomattox.
Source: National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Louis Ford Garrard [Uncle]. Private. Student at Alabama Military Institute 1862. Served with Nelson Rangers (Independent Georgia Cavalry). Escort of General Stephen D. Lee; conspicuous at Battle of Nashville and Franklin, TN.
Source: des Cognets, Governor Garrard of Kentucky
William Urquhart Garrard [Uncle Will]. Student at the Alabama Military Institute at Tuscaloosa in 1861. Served with 31st Alabama Regiment; promoted 1st lieutenant Company I of 31st, in 1863; later captain of Company K, 23rd Alabama. Campaigns: Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Dalton campaign, Hood in Tennessee. Conspicuous at Vicksburg, leading one or two desperate charges; General Stephen D. Lee wrote J.A. Seddons, Confederate Secretary of War 21 July 1863, recommending promotion for Sergeant-Major William Garrard, 31st Alabama Regiment, Stevenson's Division, for "distinguished gallantry in the field at Baker's Creek and during the siege of Vicksburg.... He attracted my attention repeatedly by good conduct and officer-like deportment. He has won promotion on the field." Paroled with Johnston's army at Bentonville NC in 1865.
Source: des Cognets, Governor Garrard of Kentucky
Luther Judson Glenn. Colonel. Delegate from Fulton County with J. F. Alexander and J. P. Logan to Georgia Secession Convention held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861; Infantry Battalion, company C, Stephens' Rifles, Cobb's Legion, Georgia, enlisted 1 August 1861 as Captain, promoted to Major 18 July 1862, to Lieutenant Colonel 15 September; led Cobb's Legion, McLaw's Brigade, Longstreet's Division at Antietam, supporting west flank near Sunken Road; wounded 1 May 1863 at Chancellorsville; led Cobb's Legion, Wofford's Brigade, McLaw's Division, Longstreet's (1st) Corps at Gettysburg, participated in assault on Peach Orchard and Wheatfield to Devil's Den to the base of Little Round Top, ordered to withdraw to woods west of Wheatfield on 2 July, supported artillery on Peach Orchard Ridge on 3 July.
Sources: U.S. National Archives, "Antietam and Gettysburg Battlefields"
Thomas Reade Rootes IV [Cousin]. Commander CS Navy after resigning US Navy. At his death and by his request, wrapped in Stars and Stripes for burial.
Sources: Glenn family papers; Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers
Gordon Ellyson. usna 1905. Lieutenant Commander. Navy Cross. Assistant for operations to Commander Sub-Chaser Detachment I. Stationed in Plymouth, England. Responsible for the foundations of modern antisubmarine warfare. Previous to the war designated Naval Aviator Number 1, trained with Glenn Curtis at Hammondsport, San Diego, Washington, Norfolk. Naval duty: 1921 Executive Officer Hampton Roads Naval Air Station; 1921 Bureau of Aeronautics, Plans Division; 1922 Air Advisor Naval Mission to Brazil; 1925 Commanding Officer Torpedo Squadron VT-1 in USS Wright; 1926 Executive Officer USS Wright; 1926 Executive Officer USS Lexington. Survived 57 crashes, did not survive 58th.
A.B. Court. usna 1905. Lieutenant Commander. Planning Officer, Hull Division, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
AB Court. usna 1905. Captain, retired. Called back into service, offered choice of mechanical superintendant, Panama Canal; inspector of steel for the Navy, Pittsburgh; took inspector of naval materiel, San Francisco. Pallbearer at funeral of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.
John Martine Court. usna 1936. Lieutenant jg. Philadelphia Naval Shipbuilding Yard. Pacific Fleet, Service Force, Pearl Harbor; Service Squadron 10: Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Tacolban, Okinawa, Tokyo Bay; Service Division 102, Hull Assistant Maintenance Officer, Senior Assistant Maintenance Officer.
USS Ellyson. dd-454. Commissioned 28 November 1941, one of the fastest destroyers of any navy. Flagship, Destroyer Squadron 10 from June 1942 for the duration of World War II in Atlantic theater. Subchaser and plane guard duty. Screened carriers at Casablanca in Operation Torch in invasion of North Africa in 1942. Battleship and convoy escort to British Home Fleet. Escorted battleship Iowa in 1943 carrying Roosevelt to Tehran Conference. Led hunter-killer group to the May 1944 destruction of the U-616, the longest and most persistent sub chase in history. Screening and fire duty in Normandy D-Day invasion of June 1944, Utah Beach, Cherbourg, and attack at Pointe du Hoc. Minesweeps and attacks in Operation Anvil invasion of southern France. Designated DMS 19 minesweeper in Pacific theater. Flagship of Mine Squadron 20. First invading ship to enter Okinawan harbor eight days before invasion. First major warship to enter Tokyo Bay on 28 August 1945. Seven bronze battle stars — four in Atlantic theater and three in Pacific.
Sources: www.history.navy.mil; www.navsource.org; www.destroyerhistory.org
John Martine Court. usna 1936. Commander. Hull Maintenance Officer, Service Division 31, Japan, on staff of division commander Captain J.M.P. Wright, near Straits of Tsushima.
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