Though his birth year was listed as 1825 on his death record, it is believed that he was probably born sometime later - his age fluctuates throughout the census records so it is difficult to determine. His death record also named his parents as Jack & Harriet Cunningham. Wyatt served in the Confederate Armies beginning in 1862 as a 'wagoner', running supplies around Winnsboro, Camden, Ridgeway and into Charleston -- areas of South Carolina. He was wounded in the leg near the end of the war in March 1865. After the war, he was found in Lancaster County, SC (per census)...by 1920 Wyatt was in Union County, NC ("McCain's Mill area" on census) spending his later years as a laborer and farmer and still later living with his youngest daughter, Roseanna. Possibly married twice judging from censuses (Amanda is with him in the 1870 census; later Patsy,who dies in 1919 per Family Search, & yet is listed with him on the 1920 census record; on his death record, a Mollie McWain is listed as spouse - was that suppose to be McCain?). Census research will show several grandchildren with him but the only children seen over the years are: Wiatt, a son, and daughters, Ethel and Rose/Roseanna --this, of course, does not mean these were his only children. During the wartime period he was owned by Dr. Thomas McDowell of Liberty, SC so most likely this was where he was born. Wyatt received a pension for his service from North Carolina beginning in 1931. He attended at least one reunion with the old fellow soldiers, leaving on a train under the "watchful eye" of W. C. Heath, headed to Richmond on June 20, 1932. A total of twelve made the trip, four of whom were 'colored'. Death date and burial come from his death certificate; reunion trip information from "The Monroe Enquirer" (June 16 & 20 of 1932). Service information from his 1931 pension application.