Cornelia Lea 'Neal' Guerrant^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1845 - 1926  (81 years)

• Name	Cornelia Lea 'Neal' Guerrant
  Born	16 Feb 1845	Rockingham County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Mar 1926	Rockingham County, North Carolina
  Buried	Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery Reidsville, North Carolina
  Person ID	I70115	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico, Descendants of Richard 'Gunsmith' Carter, Descendants of William Walters
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2022

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 person has linked a DNA test to Cornelia Lea 'Neal' Guerrant
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	Y-DNA-	Private	R1b-08

  
  

  Father	Daniel Ellington Guerrant,   b. 13 Nov 1804, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Nov 1895, Reidsville, Rockingham Co., NC  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Malinda Ann Vernon Stubblefield,   b. 20 Nov 1810, Rockingham Co., North Carolina ,   d. 31 May 1868, Rockingham Co., North Carolina  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F5979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Spencer dna Carter,   b. 31 May 1841, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 14 Jun 1896, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	5 Sep 1863	Rockingham, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. James Horace dna Carter,   b. 14 Apr 1867, Rockingham County, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Apr 1941, Ruffin, Rockingham County, NC  (Age 74 years)   2. Augusta Carter,   b. 25 Jan 1880, Rockinham County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Nov 1909, Rockingham County, Virginia  (Age 29 years)   3. Lucy Daniel Carter,   b. 9 Oct 1877, Rockingham County, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Dec 1908  (Age 31 years)   4. Annie Vernon Carter,   b. 27 Apr 1869,   d. 7 Aug 1918, Reidsville, North Carolina  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F518495646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Death Certificate-Cornelia L. Carter (nee Guerrant) dcornelialcarter.jpg
  		Death Certificate-Augusta Anderson (nee Carter) augustacarteranderson.jpg
  		Death Certificate-James Horace Carter jameshoracecarter1.jpg
  		Letter to Neal from Her brother 70115CorneliaGuerrantCarter.jpg
  		Letter to Neal from her brother Page 2 Cornelia Guerrant Carter 70115CorneliaGuerrantCarter2.jpg
  		Letter from her brother Cornelia Guerrant Carter Page 3 70115CorneliaGuerrantCarter3.jpg
  		Envelope of Letter to Sister Cornelia 70115CorneliaGuerrantCarter4.jpg
  		Cornelia Carter-Obit Greensboro Daily News Mar 14, 1926
  		William Spencer Carter-Death Notice Webster's Weekly-Reidsville, NC Jun 18, 1896

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52691405. Birth: Feb. 16, 1845, Rockingham Co., NC Death: Mar. 30, 1926, Ruffin, Rockingham Co., NC Buried here per death certificate. No tombstone located. Parents: Daniel Ellington Guerrant (1804 - 1895) Melinda Ann Vernon Stubblefield Guerrant (1810-1868) Spouse: William Spencer Carter (1841 - 1896) Burial: Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery Reidsville, Rockingham Co., NC [S37] Death Certificate, Cornelia L. Carter (nee Guerrant). [S37] Death Certificate, Augusta Anderson (nee Carter). [S37] Death Certificate, James Horace Carter. [S89] Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/566794053455697/?multi_permalinks=2395386150596469%2C2390171254451292%2C2390122531122831¬if_id=1641049570897206¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif, 1 Jan 2022. Frank G Carter Jr January 1 2022 · Here's a letter from my great grandfather's (William Spencer Carter 1841-1896) sister to his wife, Cornelia Guerrant Carter (1845-1926) while he was away in the Civil War. According to records, W.S. Carter was wounded at Gettysburg during the failed "Pickett's Charge." He was a member of the Virginia 38th, infantry division headed by Cabell. Records also indicate that after recovering from his wounds in 1863, he re-enlisted in 1864 and stayed with the infantry until the surrender at Appomattox Court House. Note that the letter's envelope is dated, January 1864. This is in error. As many people forget to change the date at the new year, Aunt Bettie did the same. Along with the letter is the following "translation" from the original holder. My wife found the letter on E-Bay for all places and purchased it for me several years ago as a present. I hope you'll appreciate this family artifact. Ringgold, Va. Jan 1st 1864 (probably 1865 as envelope marked Jan 2 1865) My Dear Sister, I take the pleasure this morning to write you a few lines to inform you that we are all well and do sincerely trust that you are all enjoying good health. I have no news of importance to write. Neal how have you enjoyed yourself this Christmas. I think it one of the dullest Christmases I ever saw in my life. I have not enjoyed my self at all. I never felt as lonely in my life it seems as though I am lost. I reckon you have been in one of your kinstand (?) sprees or you would have been down this Christmas. I wrote to Brother some time ago and I have not heard any thing from you all in a long time. I think he or you one might of wrote before now. I heard Brother had lost a horse. I am very sorry and hope he will get well if he is not dead. I have not seen Ma nor none of Grand Ma?s family this Christmas. Uncle Will Howerton is safe now. He came up Christmas day. I don?t know when he will return though I expect soon. I sent Mr. Calhoun a very nice box before Christmas it _____ safety I sent it by Jim Norman of Company A. Neal, tell Vilet she must write to me. I can?t hear from her nor none of them. I would write to Pattie but don?t know the post office. I will write to Vilet soon tell her I send one of Mr. Calhoun?s letters to her. The last one I got from him every week sometimes two. Tell her to take good care of it. Neal, if nothing happens, I am coming down next spring to see you all. I am afraid to come this winter on account of my rheumatism. I suffer sometimes a great deal and then again a feel very well. Tell Brother to buy me one bale of cotton No. 10 and bring it down when he comes and I will pay him for it. Tell him to come soon and bring you. I hears nothing of his going back to the army. I hope he will never go back again everybody seems low in spirit down this away. I hope peace may soon be restored to this land and our friends may soon return to their homes in quietude. Eugenia and Pattie Will are both fat and well. You never saw a child grow faster in your life than Pattie Will. She can laugh out loud and cries after me constant. Neal please send me some strips of cotton cloth. I send you some. May god?s richest blessings rest from you and my Dear Brother excuse one for the present. My love to all the family accept for your self a portion. Come soon, write sooner. I remain your affectionate sister, Bettie. Civil War Envelope and Letter ? 1865 Envelope is a deep gold color and very small, about 3-3/4? x 2-1/2?. Badly torn. Stamp has been cut off leaving a rectangular hole. Stained. Addressed Jay 2 1864 from ???ggold Va [Jan 2, 1864, Ringgold, Virginia]. Addressed to Mrs. Cornelia L. Carter, Ruffin Depot, Rockingham Co., N.C. The envelope was reused and turned inside out before this use, and the interior has written on it: Leaksville, March 2, to Mr. William Calhoun, Ringgold, Va. The letter measures 9? x 7? when fully opened. It is discolored from age, mainly in the folds. It is addressed to ?Dear Sister? and was sent by ?Bettie.? It was written from Ringgold, Va, Jan 1st 1865. This is interesting. It makes me believe that she wrote the wrong year on the envelope. I do that every January myself (write the old year by mistake!). Bettie mentions her brother and that she heard he had lost a horse? Talks about a lonely Christmas?.she had not seen Ma nor none of Grandma?s family this Christmas... Says Will Howerton is up now, he came up Christmas day... She sent Mr. Calhoun a nice box before Christmas? Sent it by Jim Norman of Company A? Mentions Vilet and Pattie? I?m coming up next Spring to see you all? Tell Brother to buy me one bale of cotton No. 10 and bring it down when he comes? I hear of his going back to the army? I hope he will never go back again. I hope peace will soon be restored to this land and our friends may soon return to their homes in quietude?Eugenia and Pattie Will are both fat and well?never saw a child grow faster in your life than Pattie Will?please send me some strips of cotton cloth? Further research reveals that Elizabeth ?Bettie? Jane Carter (born about 1843) married William Calhoun. She was the ?Bettie? who wrote the letter to her sister-in-law, Cornelia Lea ?Neal? Guerrant (1845-1926) who married William Spencer Carter (1841-1896). The families lived in Rockingham County, North Carolina near present-day Ruffin and just over the state line in Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Unfortunately, Elizabeth ?Bettie? Jane Carter Calhoun remarried before 1870 to Joseph Hill. Did her husband William Calhoun die in the Civil War or never return home? On the 1870 census, she is living with Joseph W. Hill with her daughter Eugenia Calhoun, but daughter Pattie was not living with them. See Original Letter [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=NC-MarriageRecords&h=11655651&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=8909. Cornelia L. Guerrant to William Spencer Carter [S170] Family Tree DNA, https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/carter/about/results. Kit # 194790 Group R1b - 08 0 Spencer Carter b 13 Mar 1776 VA d 10 Jul 1861 Pittsylvania Co VA + Verlinda Virginia Lucas b 1781; m 18 Dec 1804 Halifax Co VA 1 Alexander Carter b 1819 VA d 1858 NC + Martha Ann Lyon b 10 May 1820 Pittsylvania Co VA; m 30 May 1840 Pittsylvania Co VA d 13 Feb 1885 Rockingham Co NC 2 William Spencer Carter b 31 May 1841 Pittsylvania Co VA d 14 Jun 1896 Rockingham Co NC + Cornelia Lea Guerrant b 16 Feb 1845 Ruffin, Rockingham Co NC; m 05 Sep 1863 Rockingham Co NC d 10 Mar 1926 Ruffin, Rockingham Co NC 3 James Horace Carter b 14 Apr 1867 Oregonville, Rockingham Co NC d 20 Apr 1941 Ruffin, Rockingham Co NC + Bessie Borum b 10 Apr 1880 Keysville, VA; m 25 Oct 1905 Rockingham Co d 1967 Ruffin, Rockingham Co NC 4 Parents of person who tested 5 Person who tested