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Note: SAMUEL VINSON
(from Andrea DeCuzzi's files)
Samuel Vinson was born in 1825 to John & Priscilla Vinson inWinterville, Pitt County, NC. About 1854 he married Charlotte McDaniel ofthe Judson Baptist Church area of Cumberland County, NC. Her father LoveMcDaniel, gave the land on which Judson Church is built. Sam bought 2661/4 acres of land for $620.00 in 1860 in the Evergreen Baptist Churcharea of Beaver Dam Township in Bladen County, NC. This part of Bladenwas annexed to Cumberland County in 1874. Samuel and Charlotte lived onthis land, farming and rearing their 12 children:
Isabelle Berry
Shep John Love
Vance Bennett
Montgomery Julian
Miles Oscar
Virginia James
Another child, Donnie, died at birth.
At the age of 34 Samuel enlisted in the Confederate Army in BladenCounty on Feb 26, 1862. He enlisted for 3 years, leaving Charlotte athome with 4 children under the age of 6. He was captured at Fort Fisheron Jan 15, 1865 and confined at Point Lookout, MD until May 13, 1865 whenhe took the Oath of Allegiance. While in prison he ate rats. Afterrelease he was given a little piece of fatback and a canteen. He walkedhome, cooking the fatback with poke salad to survive. Volume I of theNorth Carolina Troops states that Samuel was a private in the 2nd CompanyC, 36th Regiment of the North Carolina Troops.
In later life, Samuel moved to Roseboro, NC, where Charlotte boughtlot 55 on Roseboro Street. This is presently the site of the Greg Butlerhome. Sam helped build the Roseboro Baptist Church with his own lumber.He was Sunday School Superintendent in 1895. He was the postmaster inRoseboro from April 11, 1896 to July, 1897. He operated a store inRoseboro.
Sam was a tall, lanky, redheaded man, and wore a mustache.Charlotte was a small person, weighing only 98 lbs. when Sam marriedher. An elderly neighbor whose mother knew Charlotte well, said thatwhen Sam married Charlotte he took her to Winterville where they were tolive with his family. She did not like Pitt County and she walked backto Fayetteville, a distance of about 100 miles!
Sam died in 1902 and is buried beside Charlotte on the land which heowned in Cumberland County near Evergreen Church. His grave was recentlymarked with a stone given by the Veteran's Administration.
(Compiled by Evelyn W. Taylor in July, 1991).
SAMUEL VINSON CONFEDERATE SERVICE RECORDS
Enlisted in Bladen County at age 34, Feb 26, 1862 for 3 years.Present or accounted for through August 1864. Captured at Fort Fisher January15, 1863 and confined at Point Lookout , MD, until released after takingthe Oath of Allegiance May 13, 1865.
Served with the 2nd Company C, 36th Regiment, North Carolina Troops
(2nd Regiment North Carolina Artillery).
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