Mecklenburg Veterans

Veterans names in blue that don’t have a picture above them, and are before WWI, are links to the the Mecklenburg Community Tree on FamilySearch.org

Revolutionary War

October 1777 Militia Officers: In the First Batallion, 22nd Regiment

Lewis Burwell esq. Colonel, Thacker Burwell Lieutenant Colonel, & James Anderson esq. Major

John Murray, first Captain

Robert Smith, first Lieutenant

Thomas Carleton, second Lieutenant

Thomas Neal, ensign

Charles Clay, second Captain

Richard Epperson, first lieutenant

John Clay Sr. second lieutenant

Harman Thompson, ensign

Henry Walker, third Captain

William Neal, first lieutenant

Thomas Jones, second lieutenant

John Winn, ensign

George Tarry, fourth Captain

Drury Smith, first lieutenant

Baxter Davis, second lieutenant

Elijah Graves, ensign

William Green, fifth Captain

Richard Willon, first lieutenant

Edward Goode, second lieutenant

Thomas Pettus junr. ensign

James Hester, sixth Captain

Joseph Royster, first lieutenant

Clausel Clausel, second lieutenant

Caleb Johnson, ensign

Asa Oliver, seventh Captain

Robert Smith, first lieutenant

Thomas Carleton, second lieutenant

Thomas Neal, ensign

James Hall, eighth Captain

Charles Royster, first lieutenant

John Hudson , second lieutenant

Richard Winn, ensign

Howell Taylor, ninth Captain

Thomas Greenwood, first lieutenant

William Hundley, second lieutenant

Daniel Marrow, ensign

October 1777 Militia Officers: In the Second Batallion, 98th Regiment

Bennett Goode, esq. Col.; William Lucas, esq. Lieut. Colonel; John Burton, esq Major.

Reuben Vaughan, first Captain

Josiah Dailey, first lieutenant

Charles Hutcheson, second lieutenant

Richard Hutcheson, ensign

William Leigh, second Captain

William Roffe, first lieutenant

Thomas Shipp second lieutenant

James Wilson ensign

James Lewis, third Captain

John Kendrick, first lieutenant

Hardaway Davis, second lieutenant

George Freeman, ensign

Stephen Mabry, fourth Captain

Goodwyn Taylor, first lieutenant

John Holmes, second lieutenant

Thomas Tanner, ensign

John Brown, fifth Captain

Jesse Taylor, first lieutenant

Peter Thomas, second lieutenant

William Jones, ensign

Samuel Marshall, sixth Captain

Isaac Johnson, first lieutenant

Peter Winfield, second lieutenant

William Drumright, ensign

Lewis Parham, seventh Captain

Samuel Holmes Sr. first lieutenant

John Farrar, second lieutenant

William Lucas Sr. ensign

Benjamin Ferrell, eighth Captain

James Ferrell, first lieutenant

John Baskerville, second lieutenant

Jacob Bugg, ensign

Richard Swepson, ninth Captain

Tingal Jones Sr., first lieutenant

William Eastland, second lieutenant

James Toone, ensign

War of 1812

  • John J. Moore, Captain
  • Abner Newman
  • Williamson Rainey
  • George Rogers
  • Thomas Ryland
  • Charles Taylor
  • Edward Walker
  • Thomas Walker

Civil War

World War I

World War II

Korea

If you don’t see a name or picture and would like to have that added to the website, comment below or


photo credit for heading: 1917 Soldiers marching with rifles in a field, probably a U.S. Army training exercise in the United States. Library of Congress website.

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  1. Julie Cabitto's avatar

    Thank you for letting me know! I would love to talk to you. I’ll contact you at the address provided.

  2. David Rainey's avatar

    Hi Julie, I have been researching African American Schools in Mecklenburg County since 2019 and i have been all over…

  3. jollya5709c39ab's avatar

    Julie, Another fantastic project!! What a great website to bring people & their histories together for Mecklenburg. So interesting with…

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  5. Anonymous's avatar

    Very interesting I have several family members in Mecklenburg county Virginia. Surnames being Thomas, Guy, Maklin, Boyd Tucker, Feggins

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  8. Julie Cabitto's avatar

    Hi Stella, Thank you for commenting!I have not been there myself. But here are some pictures others have taken. Hope…

  9. insightfulc26baed07d's avatar

    And I agree with you, Julie, about finding descendants of people who knew our ancestors. Our family’s stories intertwine, likely…

  10. Stella C Church's avatar

    Do you have any photos of headstones in the Overbey Cemetery?