Is your ancestor listed in this article? Soldiers of the Anson County, North Carolina Militia of the 1820s:

• John A. Allen

• John G. Allen

• Young Allen

• Sherwood Bailey

• George Bashford

• James Barber

• John Barber

• Moses W. Barber

• Thomas Bell

• John Bennett

• Clement Birmingham

• James Beverly

• Nathan Beverly

• Stephen Beard

• George D. Boggan

• Dempsey Boswell

• Jesse Boswell

• George Briley

• William K. Briley

• George Bryant

• Henry Bryant

• John Bryant

• Richard Carpenter

• William Carpenter

• Nelson Chance

• Eli Cochran

• Robert Cochran

• Moses Coppedge

•Emanuel Courtney

• William Courtney

• Benjamin Culpepper

• John Culpepper

• Benjamin Currin

• Wiliam Currin

• Green Davidson

• Nicholas Davidson

• Thomas Drew

• Amos Dubose

• John Dutton

• Samuel Dutton

• Harris Eason

• Stephen Eason

• Bird Flourney

• Jonathan C. Flourney

• Elias Fort

• Henry T. Fort

• David Fuller

• Collin Garner

• Simon Garner

• John German (Jarman)

• Willis Jerman (Jarman)

• Daniel Gould

• Benjamin Gray

• Thomas Gray

• James Haire

• David Haney

• Dennis Harrell

• James Harrington

• Nathan M. Hemby

• Jesse Henry

• William Henry

• William Hildreth

• Hill Hildreth

• James Hildreth

• James Hubbard

• Peterson Hubbard

•Henry Husbands

• Armstead Ingram

• Hemby Ingram

• Kirby Ingram

• Malachi Ingram

•Matthew James

• Samuel Johnson

• Robert Jones

• Burwell Kimbrough

• James Kimbrough

• Nathaniel Kimbrough

• Henry Kindred

• John Kindred

• Collin King

• Harris King

• Joshua King

• Wright Lee

• Wade Lee

• Legrand Lee

• Hugh Livingston

• Nelson P. Liles

• Charles Lockhart

• John L. Lockhart

• Thomas Lockhart

• Francis Long

• Edison Lovesey

• Joseph Lunsford

• Stephen Lunsford

• John McBride

• John McLendon

• Duncan McNabb

• A.G. Marshall

• Walter Mask

• Joseph Medley

• Smith Medley

• James Moore

• Edward Moorfield

• James Munnerlyn

• John Munnerlyn

• Joseph Munnerlyn

• Thomas Nobles

• William Nobles

• William Nowell

• Hezekiah Parker

• James Patrick

• Middleton Patrick

• Collin Pearce

• Levi Pearce

• John Pearson

• Shadrach Pearson

• William Pearson

• John Pemberton

• Jordan Perkins

• William E. Pope

• Berry Pope

• James Price

• John Price

• Reddick Price Junior

• William R. Privett

• James Pugh

• Peter Richardson

• James Rowe

• William Rowe Junior

• James Ross

• John Russell Junior

• John F. Russell

• Joseph C. Russell

• Richard R. Russell Junior

• William Russell

• John Sasser

• William Sanders

• Isaac Sanders

• Jacob Sanders

• Jesse Savage

• Absalom Scarborough

• Nathaniel Scott

• Samuel Scott

• Joshua Seago

• Joel Seago

• James Seago

• William Seago

• Augustine Shepherd

• Eli Shepherd

• William Shepherd

• James Singleton

• Benjamin Smith

• Sparks Smith

• Bryant Smith

• Merrill Stewart

• Anderson Story

• John Sturdivant

• Isaac H. Sullivant

• James Swink

• William Swink

• Joseph Teal

• Thomas Teal

• William Teal

• Allen Threadgill

• Benjamin Threadgill

• Burwell Threadgill

• George R. Threadgill

• John T. Treadaway

• Thomas Treadaway

• William Treadaway

• William Turner

• John Valentine

• Drury Vick

• Eli Vick

• George Vick

• Calvin Watkins

• Culpepper Watkins

• Jesse Watkins

• Mumford D. Watkins

• Artemas Watson

• William Watson

• Samuel Webb

• Dempsey West

• Jacob West

• Moses West

• Martin Williams

•William Williams

• Charles Willoughby

• Nathan Willoughby

•John R. Woods

• Joseph Woods

• Silas Wooley

Steve Bailey is employed with the Anson County Historical Society and has specialized in local African-American family history for 20 years.

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Steve Bailey

Contributing Columnist