United States Colored Troops, no. 9.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
37 U.S.C.T. Edmond T. Jones. Co. T, 35 Reg’t U.S. Col’d Inf. appears on Company Descriptive Book of the organization named above. Description: age, 19 years; height, 5 feet 10 inches; complexion, black; eyes, black; hair, black; where born, Franklin County, NC; occupation, laborer. Enlistment: when, 1 December 1863; where, Norfolk VA; by whom, A.P. Smith; term, 3 years. Remarks: free before April 19, 1861; mustered out Brazos, Santiago, Texas, 4 Feb 1866.
In the 1860 census of Galloways, Franklin County: Chesley Jones, 29, ditcher, wife Kersiah, 24, and children Georgianna, 7, Joshua, 6, Joseph, 5, Martha, 3, and Major, 2, plus Edmond Jones, 21, ditcher.
15 U.S.C.T. Ephraim Anderson. Co. D, 15 Reg’t U.S. Col’d Inf. appears on Company Descriptive Book of the organization named above. Description: age, 37 years; height, 5 feet 7 inches; complexion, light; eyes, blue; hair, dark; where born, Granville County, NC; occupation, carpenter. Enlistment: when, 29 September 1864; where, Columbus, Ohio; by whom, Capt. Ben. Nesbitt; term, 1 year.
In the 1860 census of Dutch, Granville County: Ephraim Aanderson, 32, day laborer, John Curtis, 35, day laborer, and Alex Mitchell, 25, farmer, in the household of Jesse Oakley, farmer.
15 U.S.C.T. Lindsey Anderson. Co. D, 15 Reg’t U.S. Col’d Inf. appears on Company Descriptive Book of the organization named above. Description: age, 30 years; height, 5 feet 8 inches; complexion, dark; eyes, hazel; hair, black; where born, Granville County, NC; occupation, laborer. Enlistment: when, 29 September 1864; where, Columbus, Ohio; by whom, Lt. Wheaton; term, 1 year; remarks: mustered same as enlistment, discharged by reason of expiration of service 29 September 1865.
In the 1860 census of Oxford, Granville County: Linsey Anderson, 32, farmer, wife Polly, 25, and children Polly, 6, and Sarah, 4.
27 U.S.C.T. Thomas H. Evans. Co. D, 27 Reg’t U.S. Col’d Inf. appears on Company Descriptive Book of the organization named above. Description: age, 36 years; height, 5 feet 8 inches; complexion, dark; eyes, black; hair, black; where born, Granville County, NC; occupation, laborer. Enlistment: when, 27 February 1864; where, Delaware County, Ohio; by whom, G. St. Clair; term, 3 years; remarks: discharged 7 October 1864, mustered 8 March 1864 at Camp Delaware O by Capt. Bond.
In the 1860 census of Nutbush, Granville County: D. Stewart, 16, James Stewart, 8, Nancy Stewart, 6, Thomas Evans, 35, and D. A. Marrow, 26, all mulatto except Marrow, who was white.