Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996
Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996
Rank: Pvt.
1860 Census: Circuit Court Clerk, age 31.
Enlistment: Nickelsville, Scott Co., age 33, 7/2/61.
Educated in common schuools. To Missouri by horseback 1846. Began academic course there intedning to enter college. After 2.5 years, while in last academic year, "called home because of father's illness to take charge of large family and grazing interests." Never finished college. Entered mercantile business with brother Abram B. McConnell 1852. Prewar Scott Co. circuit court clerk 1858-1861.
Present thru 7/13/61. Detailed, clerk in regt. commissary dept., by 8/31/61. Present in unit 10/15/61. Discharged by 8/16/62 when he organized co. (Co. A 27th Bn Va. Cav.) in Trigg's Bn. Partisan Rangers. Promoted to Maj., 25th Va. Cav., Regt., 11/1/62. Court clerk, Scott Co., 1864-1865 until "turned out by Federal military government." Postwar treasurer, Scott Co., 1870-1875. Court clerk there again 1875-1877. Director, Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow Gauge RR, 1877-1878. Defeated for Va. Legislature 1885. Active in county Democratic politics 1886-1891. Died 4/23/1918. Bd. Estill Cemetery, Gate City, Scott Co.
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