Three Forks Battalion, Co. C

Biographical Information

Name: Fugate, Martin
Born: Abt. 1828, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY
Death: January 03, 1865, Willard Creek, Perry Co. KY
Parents: Benjamin Fugate & Sarah
Wife: Susan Couch
Census: 1850 Perry Co. KY, # 229
Pension: Yes. Application #376038
Buried: Suckey Gap Cemetery, Perry Co. KY
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Notes: Mustered in Rocky Gap, Ky, Sep 10, 1864; Mustered out Irvine, Ky July 17, 1865
Source: Descendants of Peter Fugate

Name: Richie, Joshua
Born: Jan. 1, 1845
Death: July 21, 1914
Parents: Thomas & Rachel "Katie" Eversole [m. 1866]
Census:
Pension:
Buried: Joshua Richie Cemetery, Fisty, Knott Co., KY.
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Previous Military Service:
Enlisted Co B, 13th KY Cavalry, 09/07/62 , Whitesburg, KY.
Transferred to Co, I, 13th KY Cav, April 30, 1863;
Deserted [no date listed]
Notes: Family history has it that the older men in the 13th mistreated him and he deserted. Of course he later joined the Union Army. [T. Cornett]
Note: This man received a Confederate marker despite his desertion from the CS service!

Name: Roark, Jesse
Born: 1842, Letcher Co. KY
Death:
Parents: James Roark & Elizabeth Mullins
Wife 1: Sarah ? [b. Dec. 19, 1842; d. 1889]
Wife 2: Celia Caudill [b. 1852]
Census:
Pension:
Buried: Williams Cemetery, Mash Fork, Magoffin Co. KY
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Notes: Sergeant of Captain William B. Eversole's Co. C, Three Forks Battalion. Enrolled Aug. 1, 1864 to serve six months; discharged July 17, 1865, Irvine, KY. He was born in Letcher Co. KY, was 24 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, farmer.
Source: Barbara C. Roark Davis [Legends in Blue & Gray, Vol. IV, p. 1549]







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