This company of 16 year old boys left Lancaster District for service in the war during the Fall of 1864, under the command of Captain J D Caskey. The company was ordered to rendezvous at Hamburg, S.C. early in September, 1864 with three other companies (F thru H), all under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William P Gill. With the invasion by Sherman's hordes, they were activated into Chesnut's Brigade for the Campaign of the Carolinas. The unit surrendered in May 1965 at Cheraw, SC.

An account of the history of the company was given by Mr. John Q. Cousart, a private in this unit, in the 1 June 1892 issue of the Lancaster Enterprise.

This roll was compiled from a payroll of the Company, dated 2nd of March 1865, which was in the possession of Mr. W. P. Caskey.

Birth and Death Information was compiled from various sources by W A 'Bil' Brasington, Houston, TX, great grandson of John Samuel Brasington, Private in this Company.

Least we forget the total committment of our ancestors to our rights and freedom.

Caskey, James Dixon Captain born 08 MAR 1809, died 03 MAR 1876
Duncan, Columbus Livingstone 1st Lieutenant born 25 SEP 1829, died 31 DEC 1901, buried Salem Cemetery, Heath Springs, SC
Porter, J Leonard S 2nd Lieutenant born 27 DEC 1847, died 23 APR 1904
Van Landingham, John Henry 3rd Lieutenant born 14 MAY 1848
Clyburn, Minor 1st Sergeant born 19 AUG 1848
Beckham, George Westly 2nd Sergeant born 1849, died 1905, buried Bennett Family Cemetery, Lancaster County, SC
Truesdale, James 3rd Sergeant born about 1848
Cherry, W Thomas 4th Sergeant born about 1848
Funderburk, Leonard Jackson 5th Sergeant born 30 JAN 1849, died 01 DEC 1909, buried Tuscaloosa, AL
Caskey, Joseph M 1st Corporal born 02 MAY 1848, died 20 NOV 1903, buried New Hope Baptist, Lancaster, SC
Bruce, Phillip Thornwell 2nd Corporal born about 1848
Hinson, Martin Van Buren 3rd Corporal born 25 FEB 1848, died 24 AUG 1933, buried Fork Hill Baptist Church, Lancaster County, SC
Craig, James Hood 4th Corporal born about 1849

PRIVATES:

Arant, Ransom born about 1848
Belk, Samuel E born about 1848
Bailey, William G born 11 APR 1847, died 06 MAY 1873, buried Salem Cemetery, Lancaster County, SC
Blackwell, David L born 22 NOV 1848, died 24 JUL 1919, buried Kershaw City Cemetery, Kershaw, SC
Brasington, John Samuel born 20 AUG 1848, died 24 NOV 1934, buried Beaver Creek Methodistm Lancaster County, SC
Caskey, Samuel L born about 1848
Caskey, Leonard Strait born about 1847
Caskey, John Davis born about 1847
Cousart, John W born about 1848
Baker, William Samuel born about 1851
Catoe, William Andrew born 30 Jul 1848, died 5 Oct 1917
Dunlap, E C born about 1849
Douglas, James L born about 1848
Dixon, James B born about 1848
Estridge, Franklin C
Funderburk, Jackson A born MAY 1848, died after 1910 in Trinity, Texas
Funderburk, Capers Lafayette born 14 SEP 1847, died 16 FEB 1916, buried in Climax, AL
Faile, Nathan born 22 MAR 1846
Gay, George W born about 1848
Gregory, William M born about 1849
Gardner, John F born about 1848
Gardner, R
Hancock, Henry Clay born May 1847, died 1912, buried Westside Cemetery, Lancaster, SC
Hinson, Richard H born about 1848
Hopkins, Thomas born about 1847
Lyles, William J born about 1843
Lark, John E born about 1850
Long, William J born about 1850
Marshall, W J
Morrow, Benjamin F born about 1848
Mungo, Loverick Franklin born 31 MAR 1847, died 14 NOV 1908, buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, Kershaw County, SC
Nelson, James C born about 1849
Neill, Thomas E born about 1848
Outen, William G born about 1849
Plyler, Dixon Barnes born 05 SEP 1848, died 10 FEB 1891
Tolbert, John born about 1848
Taylor, Marion
Raley, Joseph A born about 1845
Raley, Edward born about 1848
Raley, Levi born about 1848
Robinson, Hilton born in 1848
Robinson, Pierson born about 1848
Robinson, Nathaniel P born about 1849
Short, W J L born about 1849
Small, Parker born in 1849
Stogner, John Crawford born about 1847
Sowell, James Murchison born 20 JAN 1848
Stewart, Samuel
Vickery, Thomas P born about 1848
Williams, William J born about 1848
Wright, A C
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REF: Info. on this regiment was provided by Bil Brasington: WABRASINGTON@uniontexas.com, Great grandson of John Samuel Brasington, 3rd SC State Troops, Company I

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