CIVIL WAR VETERAN
William Cecil "Cease" Halsey was the son of James Halsey ( b. abt 1793. d. abt 1871 in Grayson, VA) & Martha "Patsy" Peak (b. abt 1799 in Grayson, VA. d. 1899 in VA. According to his physician, Dr. B. C. Waddell, Cecil died of Lobar Pneumonia, per "Halsey Genealogy" by Rufus Clinton Halsey.
Our family lore which I first heard a number of years ago says that Cease Halsey gave a Daniel Daugherty a farm to be his substitute in the Civil War. Supposedly Daniel accepted the offer and went to fight as Cease's substitute. While Rufus Clinton Halsey makes no mention of this in his Halsey Genealogy, David Halsey picks up on the family lore and says, "It is said that Cecil Halsey gave Daniel Daugherty a farm to go to the Civil War in his place. He evidently did. Daugherty was a laborer staying with Nancy Dixon and family according to the 1850 U. S. Census of Ashe County, N.C." (Daniel is aged 35 & born in NC per the census). However, David Halsey gives no proof the story is true and appears to be relying on the family tradition. The farm transaction part of the story appears to be a possibility, but its quid pro quo link to Daniel's service in the Civil War was apparently pure legend.
To date I have never been able to find any proof of a Civil War substitution involving Cecil and Daniel.** Thus far I have located one Deed dated 13 Aug 1888 where Dan Daugherty sold an unspecified amount of land on Fox Knob to W. C. Halsey.*** There was a relationship between the two men because on 20 Feb 1856 in Ashe County, NC Daniel Daugherty married Cease's sister, Malinda Halsey.
Daniel Daugherty enlisted for the Civil War at the Fox Creek Meeting House in Grayson County, VA. He enlisted in Company I of the 51st Regiment of the Confederate States Infantry on 28 Jun 1861 for a period of 1 year. He was 49 yrs of age (b. abt. 1812-1813), having been born in Wythe County, VA. On 22 Jun 1862 he was discharged from C. H. Scriber's Company at the Armory of New River, Giles Co., VA because of disability due to "chronic rheumatism which he has been suffering from for six months" (See Daniel Daugherty's Civil War Record as the last pic under Photos).** Interestingly, he enlisted the same day in the same company & regiment and at the same place as William Cecil Halsey and William's brother, Morris Halsey (See below for Cecil's military record. See Morris Halsey's military Record on his own memorial). Both Cecil & Daniel have their own separate military records.
William Cecil Halsey has both a military record and a pension application. His pension application is partially based on a broken arm he received during the war (Under Photos see 1 page of the pension application's 6 pages). On the application Cecil states that Ahart Halsey and another illegibly named person swore by oath attesting to Cecil's good character. Two other residents of Grayson County, Jim Halsey and Mastin Halsey swore under oath that they knew Cecil, that they were with Cecil in Company I of the 51st Virginia Regiment during the war and that he was faithful in the discharge of his command. James Livesay and Jacob Grubb also swore under oath that they had known Cecil some 40 years and that they too had served with Cecil as he faithfully discharged his duty.
Cecil also has a military headstone application which was submitted by his son Jackson J. Halsey (See document under photos). From research I had learned that a military headstone had been erected for Cecil in the William C. Halsey Cemetery (a.k.a. Cease Halsey Cemetery or William Cecil Halsey Cemetery). This has now been verified by an actual photograph which can be seen under Photos.
NewRiverNotes.com includes Cecil on a roster entitled, "Grayson Countians in the Civil War," wherein is given the following synopsis of his military record:
HALSEY, WILLIAM C., 24, 1860 GCC HH#1358, Corp., Co. I, 51st VA, Enl. on 6/28/61 at Fox Creek. Taken POW at Waynesboro on 3/2/65, sent to Fort Delaware on 3/12/65. Released there on 6/20/65, Res. of Grayson Co., fair comp., light hair, brown eyes, 5'8". B. 1831. Age 28, Farm Laborer, 1870 GCC. D. 1901 at Mouth of Wilson. Pension approved on 2/19/1909 by the Grayson Co. Pension Board.****
CIVIL WAR RECORD of WILLIAM CECIL HALSEY
Name: William C Halsey
Enlistment Date: 28 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Fox Creek, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Corporal
Muster Date: 28 Jun 1861
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: I
Muster Regiment: 51st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Imprisonment Date: 2 Mar 1865
Imprisonment Place: Waynesboro, Virginia
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Complexion: Fair
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Light
Height: 5 ft, 8 inches
Residence Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Death Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Burial Place: Mouth of Wilson
Notes: 1865-03-12 Confined, (Fort Delaware, DE); 1865-06-20 Released, (Fort Delaware, DE)
Additional Notes: Born in 1831. Died in 1901
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series*****
The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was formed at Wytheville in western Virginia in 1861. At the Battle of Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 the 51st suffered major losses. The survivors of Early's Army of the Valley were either captured or dispersed.****** It was at this battle that William Cecil Halsey was captured and taken prisoner of war at Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 and sent to Fort Delaware on 12 Mar 1865. He was released from there on 20 Jun 1865.
The facts speak for themselves. Because of the extant military records for both Cecil & Daniel it appears that the substitution story is pure myth. Anyone having any documentary evidence disputing what I have written above regarding William Cecil Halsey's Civil War Service or lack thereof, please contact me through my Find A Grave Profile Page noted at the bottom of this document. My e-mail is listed there. Verifiable documentation or old family documents dating no later than the 1930s or 1940s must be provided either via a web link or by uploading a copy of the doc to my e-mail.
*Halsey Genealogy by Rufus Clinton Halsey 1512-1980, p. 7 (self published); Halsey Genealogy Since 1395 A.D., Book Two by David Halsey, p. 135 (pub by Heritage Books, 2008).
**Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/42/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-confederate-virginia: accessed September 3, 2022). Daniels Civil War file can be viewed at www.fold3.com currently at https://www.fold3.com/image/13293490).
***Grayson County, Virginia Deeds Grantee Index, p. 370 (Actual Deed is found in Vol 21, p. 547 to which I do not have acces). I did not locate any type of land transactions or deeds between William Cecil Halsey and a Daniel Daugherty in Vols 1 & 2 of "Grayson County, Virginia Genealogical References: Genealogical Extracts from Court, Land, and Military Records & Other Sources, 1793-1870" by Brendon S. Burns (Independently published, Arlington, VA 2020 & 2022). However I believe these 2 volumes by Brendon Burns are only the first of a series still being worked on.
****"Grayson Countians in the Civil War," newrivernotes.com (currently found at https://www.newrivernotes.com/grayson_history_military_065_grayson_countians_in_cw.htm.
*****Source Citation: Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Also see William's original Civil war Record under Photos (Record from https://www.fold3.com/image/12502688).
******The Civil War in the East: 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment (https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/virginia/51st-virginia-infantry-regiment/).
Bio Compiled by David Burns, M. Div
(Find A Grave Member# 47319474)
Initial Update: 13 Sep 2022
Last Update: 11 Apr 2023
William Cecil "Cease" Halsey was the son of James Halsey ( b. abt 1793. d. abt 1871 in Grayson, VA) & Martha "Patsy" Peak (b. abt 1799 in Grayson, VA. d. 1899 in VA. According to his physician, Dr. B. C. Waddell, Cecil died of Lobar Pneumonia, per "Halsey Genealogy" by Rufus Clinton Halsey.
Our family lore which I first heard a number of years ago says that Cease Halsey gave a Daniel Daugherty a farm to be his substitute in the Civil War. Supposedly Daniel accepted the offer and went to fight as Cease's substitute. While Rufus Clinton Halsey makes no mention of this in his Halsey Genealogy, David Halsey picks up on the family lore and says, "It is said that Cecil Halsey gave Daniel Daugherty a farm to go to the Civil War in his place. He evidently did. Daugherty was a laborer staying with Nancy Dixon and family according to the 1850 U. S. Census of Ashe County, N.C." (Daniel is aged 35 & born in NC per the census). However, David Halsey gives no proof the story is true and appears to be relying on the family tradition. The farm transaction part of the story appears to be a possibility, but its quid pro quo link to Daniel's service in the Civil War was apparently pure legend.
To date I have never been able to find any proof of a Civil War substitution involving Cecil and Daniel.** Thus far I have located one Deed dated 13 Aug 1888 where Dan Daugherty sold an unspecified amount of land on Fox Knob to W. C. Halsey.*** There was a relationship between the two men because on 20 Feb 1856 in Ashe County, NC Daniel Daugherty married Cease's sister, Malinda Halsey.
Daniel Daugherty enlisted for the Civil War at the Fox Creek Meeting House in Grayson County, VA. He enlisted in Company I of the 51st Regiment of the Confederate States Infantry on 28 Jun 1861 for a period of 1 year. He was 49 yrs of age (b. abt. 1812-1813), having been born in Wythe County, VA. On 22 Jun 1862 he was discharged from C. H. Scriber's Company at the Armory of New River, Giles Co., VA because of disability due to "chronic rheumatism which he has been suffering from for six months" (See Daniel Daugherty's Civil War Record as the last pic under Photos).** Interestingly, he enlisted the same day in the same company & regiment and at the same place as William Cecil Halsey and William's brother, Morris Halsey (See below for Cecil's military record. See Morris Halsey's military Record on his own memorial). Both Cecil & Daniel have their own separate military records.
William Cecil Halsey has both a military record and a pension application. His pension application is partially based on a broken arm he received during the war (Under Photos see 1 page of the pension application's 6 pages). On the application Cecil states that Ahart Halsey and another illegibly named person swore by oath attesting to Cecil's good character. Two other residents of Grayson County, Jim Halsey and Mastin Halsey swore under oath that they knew Cecil, that they were with Cecil in Company I of the 51st Virginia Regiment during the war and that he was faithful in the discharge of his command. James Livesay and Jacob Grubb also swore under oath that they had known Cecil some 40 years and that they too had served with Cecil as he faithfully discharged his duty.
Cecil also has a military headstone application which was submitted by his son Jackson J. Halsey (See document under photos). From research I had learned that a military headstone had been erected for Cecil in the William C. Halsey Cemetery (a.k.a. Cease Halsey Cemetery or William Cecil Halsey Cemetery). This has now been verified by an actual photograph which can be seen under Photos.
NewRiverNotes.com includes Cecil on a roster entitled, "Grayson Countians in the Civil War," wherein is given the following synopsis of his military record:
HALSEY, WILLIAM C., 24, 1860 GCC HH#1358, Corp., Co. I, 51st VA, Enl. on 6/28/61 at Fox Creek. Taken POW at Waynesboro on 3/2/65, sent to Fort Delaware on 3/12/65. Released there on 6/20/65, Res. of Grayson Co., fair comp., light hair, brown eyes, 5'8". B. 1831. Age 28, Farm Laborer, 1870 GCC. D. 1901 at Mouth of Wilson. Pension approved on 2/19/1909 by the Grayson Co. Pension Board.****
CIVIL WAR RECORD of WILLIAM CECIL HALSEY
Name: William C Halsey
Enlistment Date: 28 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Fox Creek, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Corporal
Muster Date: 28 Jun 1861
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: I
Muster Regiment: 51st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Imprisonment Date: 2 Mar 1865
Imprisonment Place: Waynesboro, Virginia
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Complexion: Fair
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Light
Height: 5 ft, 8 inches
Residence Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Death Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Burial Place: Mouth of Wilson
Notes: 1865-03-12 Confined, (Fort Delaware, DE); 1865-06-20 Released, (Fort Delaware, DE)
Additional Notes: Born in 1831. Died in 1901
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series*****
The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was formed at Wytheville in western Virginia in 1861. At the Battle of Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 the 51st suffered major losses. The survivors of Early's Army of the Valley were either captured or dispersed.****** It was at this battle that William Cecil Halsey was captured and taken prisoner of war at Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 and sent to Fort Delaware on 12 Mar 1865. He was released from there on 20 Jun 1865.
The facts speak for themselves. Because of the extant military records for both Cecil & Daniel it appears that the substitution story is pure myth. Anyone having any documentary evidence disputing what I have written above regarding William Cecil Halsey's Civil War Service or lack thereof, please contact me through my Find A Grave Profile Page noted at the bottom of this document. My e-mail is listed there. Verifiable documentation or old family documents dating no later than the 1930s or 1940s must be provided either via a web link or by uploading a copy of the doc to my e-mail.
*Halsey Genealogy by Rufus Clinton Halsey 1512-1980, p. 7 (self published); Halsey Genealogy Since 1395 A.D., Book Two by David Halsey, p. 135 (pub by Heritage Books, 2008).
**Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/42/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-confederate-virginia: accessed September 3, 2022). Daniels Civil War file can be viewed at www.fold3.com currently at https://www.fold3.com/image/13293490).
***Grayson County, Virginia Deeds Grantee Index, p. 370 (Actual Deed is found in Vol 21, p. 547 to which I do not have acces). I did not locate any type of land transactions or deeds between William Cecil Halsey and a Daniel Daugherty in Vols 1 & 2 of "Grayson County, Virginia Genealogical References: Genealogical Extracts from Court, Land, and Military Records & Other Sources, 1793-1870" by Brendon S. Burns (Independently published, Arlington, VA 2020 & 2022). However I believe these 2 volumes by Brendon Burns are only the first of a series still being worked on.
****"Grayson Countians in the Civil War," newrivernotes.com (currently found at https://www.newrivernotes.com/grayson_history_military_065_grayson_countians_in_cw.htm.
*****Source Citation: Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Also see William's original Civil war Record under Photos (Record from https://www.fold3.com/image/12502688).
******The Civil War in the East: 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment (https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/virginia/51st-virginia-infantry-regiment/).
Bio Compiled by David Burns, M. Div
(Find A Grave Member# 47319474)
Initial Update: 13 Sep 2022
Last Update: 11 Apr 2023
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
William Cecil "Cease" Halsey was the son of James Halsey ( b. abt 1793. d. abt 1871 in Grayson, VA) & Martha "Patsy" Peak (b. abt 1799 in Grayson, VA. d. 1899 in VA. According to his physician, Dr. B. C. Waddell, Cecil died of Lobar Pneumonia, per "Halsey Genealogy" by Rufus Clinton Halsey.
Our family lore which I first heard a number of years ago says that Cease Halsey gave a Daniel Daugherty a farm to be his substitute in the Civil War. Supposedly Daniel accepted the offer and went to fight as Cease's substitute. While Rufus Clinton Halsey makes no mention of this in his Halsey Genealogy, David Halsey picks up on the family lore and says, "It is said that Cecil Halsey gave Daniel Daugherty a farm to go to the Civil War in his place. He evidently did. Daugherty was a laborer staying with Nancy Dixon and family according to the 1850 U. S. Census of Ashe County, N.C." (Daniel is aged 35 & born in NC per the census). However, David Halsey gives no proof the story is true and appears to be relying on the family tradition. The farm transaction part of the story appears to be a possibility, but its quid pro quo link to Daniel's service in the Civil War was apparently pure legend.
To date I have never been able to find any proof of a Civil War substitution involving Cecil and Daniel.** Thus far I have located one Deed dated 13 Aug 1888 where Dan Daugherty sold an unspecified amount of land on Fox Knob to W. C. Halsey.*** There was a relationship between the two men because on 20 Feb 1856 in Ashe County, NC Daniel Daugherty married Cease's sister, Malinda Halsey.
Daniel Daugherty enlisted for the Civil War at the Fox Creek Meeting House in Grayson County, VA. He enlisted in Company I of the 51st Regiment of the Confederate States Infantry on 28 Jun 1861 for a period of 1 year. He was 49 yrs of age (b. abt. 1812-1813), having been born in Wythe County, VA. On 22 Jun 1862 he was discharged from C. H. Scriber's Company at the Armory of New River, Giles Co., VA because of disability due to "chronic rheumatism which he has been suffering from for six months" (See Daniel Daugherty's Civil War Record as the last pic under Photos).** Interestingly, he enlisted the same day in the same company & regiment and at the same place as William Cecil Halsey and William's brother, Morris Halsey (See below for Cecil's military record. See Morris Halsey's military Record on his own memorial). Both Cecil & Daniel have their own separate military records.
William Cecil Halsey has both a military record and a pension application. His pension application is partially based on a broken arm he received during the war (Under Photos see 1 page of the pension application's 6 pages). On the application Cecil states that Ahart Halsey and another illegibly named person swore by oath attesting to Cecil's good character. Two other residents of Grayson County, Jim Halsey and Mastin Halsey swore under oath that they knew Cecil, that they were with Cecil in Company I of the 51st Virginia Regiment during the war and that he was faithful in the discharge of his command. James Livesay and Jacob Grubb also swore under oath that they had known Cecil some 40 years and that they too had served with Cecil as he faithfully discharged his duty.
Cecil also has a military headstone application which was submitted by his son Jackson J. Halsey (See document under photos). From research I had learned that a military headstone had been erected for Cecil in the William C. Halsey Cemetery (a.k.a. Cease Halsey Cemetery or William Cecil Halsey Cemetery). This has now been verified by an actual photograph which can be seen under Photos.
NewRiverNotes.com includes Cecil on a roster entitled, "Grayson Countians in the Civil War," wherein is given the following synopsis of his military record:
HALSEY, WILLIAM C., 24, 1860 GCC HH#1358, Corp., Co. I, 51st VA, Enl. on 6/28/61 at Fox Creek. Taken POW at Waynesboro on 3/2/65, sent to Fort Delaware on 3/12/65. Released there on 6/20/65, Res. of Grayson Co., fair comp., light hair, brown eyes, 5'8". B. 1831. Age 28, Farm Laborer, 1870 GCC. D. 1901 at Mouth of Wilson. Pension approved on 2/19/1909 by the Grayson Co. Pension Board.****
CIVIL WAR RECORD of WILLIAM CECIL HALSEY
Name: William C Halsey
Enlistment Date: 28 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Fox Creek, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Corporal
Muster Date: 28 Jun 1861
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: I
Muster Regiment: 51st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Imprisonment Date: 2 Mar 1865
Imprisonment Place: Waynesboro, Virginia
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Complexion: Fair
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Light
Height: 5 ft, 8 inches
Residence Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Death Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Burial Place: Mouth of Wilson
Notes: 1865-03-12 Confined, (Fort Delaware, DE); 1865-06-20 Released, (Fort Delaware, DE)
Additional Notes: Born in 1831. Died in 1901
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series*****
The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was formed at Wytheville in western Virginia in 1861. At the Battle of Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 the 51st suffered major losses. The survivors of Early's Army of the Valley were either captured or dispersed.****** It was at this battle that William Cecil Halsey was captured and taken prisoner of war at Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 and sent to Fort Delaware on 12 Mar 1865. He was released from there on 20 Jun 1865.
The facts speak for themselves. Because of the extant military records for both Cecil & Daniel it appears that the substitution story is pure myth. Anyone having any documentary evidence disputing what I have written above regarding William Cecil Halsey's Civil War Service or lack thereof, please contact me through my Find A Grave Profile Page noted at the bottom of this document. My e-mail is listed there. Verifiable documentation or old family documents dating no later than the 1930s or 1940s must be provided either via a web link or by uploading a copy of the doc to my e-mail.
*Halsey Genealogy by Rufus Clinton Halsey 1512-1980, p. 7 (self published); Halsey Genealogy Since 1395 A.D., Book Two by David Halsey, p. 135 (pub by Heritage Books, 2008).
**Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/42/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-confederate-virginia: accessed September 3, 2022). Daniels Civil War file can be viewed at www.fold3.com currently at https://www.fold3.com/image/13293490).
***Grayson County, Virginia Deeds Grantee Index, p. 370 (Actual Deed is found in Vol 21, p. 547 to which I do not have acces). I did not locate any type of land transactions or deeds between William Cecil Halsey and a Daniel Daugherty in Vols 1 & 2 of "Grayson County, Virginia Genealogical References: Genealogical Extracts from Court, Land, and Military Records & Other Sources, 1793-1870" by Brendon S. Burns (Independently published, Arlington, VA 2020 & 2022). However I believe these 2 volumes by Brendon Burns are only the first of a series still being worked on.
****"Grayson Countians in the Civil War," newrivernotes.com (currently found at https://www.newrivernotes.com/grayson_history_military_065_grayson_countians_in_cw.htm.
*****Source Citation: Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Also see William's original Civil war Record under Photos (Record from https://www.fold3.com/image/12502688).
******The Civil War in the East: 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment (https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/virginia/51st-virginia-infantry-regiment/).
Bio Compiled by David Burns, M. Div
(Find A Grave Member# 47319474)
Initial Update: 13 Sep 2022
Last Update: 11 Apr 2023
William Cecil "Cease" Halsey was the son of James Halsey ( b. abt 1793. d. abt 1871 in Grayson, VA) & Martha "Patsy" Peak (b. abt 1799 in Grayson, VA. d. 1899 in VA. According to his physician, Dr. B. C. Waddell, Cecil died of Lobar Pneumonia, per "Halsey Genealogy" by Rufus Clinton Halsey.
Our family lore which I first heard a number of years ago says that Cease Halsey gave a Daniel Daugherty a farm to be his substitute in the Civil War. Supposedly Daniel accepted the offer and went to fight as Cease's substitute. While Rufus Clinton Halsey makes no mention of this in his Halsey Genealogy, David Halsey picks up on the family lore and says, "It is said that Cecil Halsey gave Daniel Daugherty a farm to go to the Civil War in his place. He evidently did. Daugherty was a laborer staying with Nancy Dixon and family according to the 1850 U. S. Census of Ashe County, N.C." (Daniel is aged 35 & born in NC per the census). However, David Halsey gives no proof the story is true and appears to be relying on the family tradition. The farm transaction part of the story appears to be a possibility, but its quid pro quo link to Daniel's service in the Civil War was apparently pure legend.
To date I have never been able to find any proof of a Civil War substitution involving Cecil and Daniel.** Thus far I have located one Deed dated 13 Aug 1888 where Dan Daugherty sold an unspecified amount of land on Fox Knob to W. C. Halsey.*** There was a relationship between the two men because on 20 Feb 1856 in Ashe County, NC Daniel Daugherty married Cease's sister, Malinda Halsey.
Daniel Daugherty enlisted for the Civil War at the Fox Creek Meeting House in Grayson County, VA. He enlisted in Company I of the 51st Regiment of the Confederate States Infantry on 28 Jun 1861 for a period of 1 year. He was 49 yrs of age (b. abt. 1812-1813), having been born in Wythe County, VA. On 22 Jun 1862 he was discharged from C. H. Scriber's Company at the Armory of New River, Giles Co., VA because of disability due to "chronic rheumatism which he has been suffering from for six months" (See Daniel Daugherty's Civil War Record as the last pic under Photos).** Interestingly, he enlisted the same day in the same company & regiment and at the same place as William Cecil Halsey and William's brother, Morris Halsey (See below for Cecil's military record. See Morris Halsey's military Record on his own memorial). Both Cecil & Daniel have their own separate military records.
William Cecil Halsey has both a military record and a pension application. His pension application is partially based on a broken arm he received during the war (Under Photos see 1 page of the pension application's 6 pages). On the application Cecil states that Ahart Halsey and another illegibly named person swore by oath attesting to Cecil's good character. Two other residents of Grayson County, Jim Halsey and Mastin Halsey swore under oath that they knew Cecil, that they were with Cecil in Company I of the 51st Virginia Regiment during the war and that he was faithful in the discharge of his command. James Livesay and Jacob Grubb also swore under oath that they had known Cecil some 40 years and that they too had served with Cecil as he faithfully discharged his duty.
Cecil also has a military headstone application which was submitted by his son Jackson J. Halsey (See document under photos). From research I had learned that a military headstone had been erected for Cecil in the William C. Halsey Cemetery (a.k.a. Cease Halsey Cemetery or William Cecil Halsey Cemetery). This has now been verified by an actual photograph which can be seen under Photos.
NewRiverNotes.com includes Cecil on a roster entitled, "Grayson Countians in the Civil War," wherein is given the following synopsis of his military record:
HALSEY, WILLIAM C., 24, 1860 GCC HH#1358, Corp., Co. I, 51st VA, Enl. on 6/28/61 at Fox Creek. Taken POW at Waynesboro on 3/2/65, sent to Fort Delaware on 3/12/65. Released there on 6/20/65, Res. of Grayson Co., fair comp., light hair, brown eyes, 5'8". B. 1831. Age 28, Farm Laborer, 1870 GCC. D. 1901 at Mouth of Wilson. Pension approved on 2/19/1909 by the Grayson Co. Pension Board.****
CIVIL WAR RECORD of WILLIAM CECIL HALSEY
Name: William C Halsey
Enlistment Date: 28 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Fox Creek, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Corporal
Muster Date: 28 Jun 1861
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: I
Muster Regiment: 51st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Imprisonment Date: 2 Mar 1865
Imprisonment Place: Waynesboro, Virginia
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Complexion: Fair
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Light
Height: 5 ft, 8 inches
Residence Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Death Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Burial Place: Mouth of Wilson
Notes: 1865-03-12 Confined, (Fort Delaware, DE); 1865-06-20 Released, (Fort Delaware, DE)
Additional Notes: Born in 1831. Died in 1901
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series*****
The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was formed at Wytheville in western Virginia in 1861. At the Battle of Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 the 51st suffered major losses. The survivors of Early's Army of the Valley were either captured or dispersed.****** It was at this battle that William Cecil Halsey was captured and taken prisoner of war at Waynesboro on 2 March of 1865 and sent to Fort Delaware on 12 Mar 1865. He was released from there on 20 Jun 1865.
The facts speak for themselves. Because of the extant military records for both Cecil & Daniel it appears that the substitution story is pure myth. Anyone having any documentary evidence disputing what I have written above regarding William Cecil Halsey's Civil War Service or lack thereof, please contact me through my Find A Grave Profile Page noted at the bottom of this document. My e-mail is listed there. Verifiable documentation or old family documents dating no later than the 1930s or 1940s must be provided either via a web link or by uploading a copy of the doc to my e-mail.
*Halsey Genealogy by Rufus Clinton Halsey 1512-1980, p. 7 (self published); Halsey Genealogy Since 1395 A.D., Book Two by David Halsey, p. 135 (pub by Heritage Books, 2008).
**Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/42/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-confederate-virginia: accessed September 3, 2022). Daniels Civil War file can be viewed at www.fold3.com currently at https://www.fold3.com/image/13293490).
***Grayson County, Virginia Deeds Grantee Index, p. 370 (Actual Deed is found in Vol 21, p. 547 to which I do not have acces). I did not locate any type of land transactions or deeds between William Cecil Halsey and a Daniel Daugherty in Vols 1 & 2 of "Grayson County, Virginia Genealogical References: Genealogical Extracts from Court, Land, and Military Records & Other Sources, 1793-1870" by Brendon S. Burns (Independently published, Arlington, VA 2020 & 2022). However I believe these 2 volumes by Brendon Burns are only the first of a series still being worked on.
****"Grayson Countians in the Civil War," newrivernotes.com (currently found at https://www.newrivernotes.com/grayson_history_military_065_grayson_countians_in_cw.htm.
*****Source Citation: Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Also see William's original Civil war Record under Photos (Record from https://www.fold3.com/image/12502688).
******The Civil War in the East: 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment (https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/virginia/51st-virginia-infantry-regiment/).
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