The 1860 census shows Samuel W. Brock[1], his wife Martha and their nine children living on a farm and very successful. The families consisted of 7 boys and 2 girls. Then the Civil War started and five of the seven boys went off to serve in the War. Only one of the five survived the war; the other 4 died while serving their country.
iii. Joel Washington Brock was born in 1829 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. He served in the military Civil War in 1861–1865. Joel died on 1 Mar 1865 at the age of 36 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
iv. Samuel W. Brock Jr., born abt 1830, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 15 Jun 1865, Charleston, South Carolina.
v. Eli W. Brock, born Feb 1836, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 1905 Chesterfield, South Carolina.
vi. Calvin Brock, born Feb. 22, 1832 in Chesterfield, South Carolina; died Camp Chase on 9 Feb 1865 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.
vii. Thomas Brock, born about 1839 in Chesterfield, South Carolina; died on 17 Oct 1863 at the age of 24 in Columbia, SC
viii. Margaret Elizabeth Brock, born 1840, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 1890, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
ix. James Paul Brock, born 28 Feb 1845, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 2 Feb 1919, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
William P. Brock – no record found for service during the war.
Joel Washington Brock – Co. I, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery; died 1 March 1865 at Charleston, SC.[2][3]
Samuel W. Brock, Jr. – Co. I, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery; Died of disease on 30 Nov 1864 at Mt. Pleasant and died 15 June 1865 at Charleston, SC. There is a conflict here- The Nov 1864 date came from the official Civil war record is accepted as the correct date. The other is from a secondary source – the book "Broken Fortunes".[4]
Calvin Brock - Captured near Opequan Creek, Winchester, Virginia on 13 Sept. 1864. Received at Camp Chase between 16-20 September 1864; Died 9 February 1865 from chronic diarrhea. Grave Location, 1/3 mile south of C. C. (Camp Chase), grave 1141.[6]
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Thomas Brock - Company D, 21st SCVI, age 24, Died 17 October 1863 at Columbia, SC. died of disease (Typhoid fever).[7]
James Paul Brock – Too young to serve.
[1] 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 118; Line 32, Dwelling 347, Family 346, Household of Samuel BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed March 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
[2] William J. Rivers, Roll of the dead: South Carolina troops, Confederate States service (Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1994).
[3] Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: Univ of South Carolina, 1997), Samuel W. Brock Jr., page 39.
[4] Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: Univ of South Carolina, 1997), Samuel W. Brock Jr., page 39.
[6] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 15 June 2012), entry for Calvin Brock, Private; 8th SCV Infantry; Confederate.< http://www.fold3.com/image/#271|77259599>
[7] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 15 June 1012), entry for Thomas Brock, Private; Co. D, 21st SCV Infantry; Confederate. <http://www.fold3.com/image/#271|84540299>
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