Military Monday~ Pvt. Carrol Washington Davis

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

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Carrol Washington Davis enlisted with Company C, 2nd Battalion South Carolina Sharp Shooters on May 1, 1862. This muster card shows that he was “absent” in September-October 1862.[1] Ironically, he would not die in the War but at home approximately four (4) months later.

Carrol Washington Davis was born on 20 June 1821, a son of William Davis and Julia Thurman. His estate folder (Probate File #66) shows that he died in February 1863.[2]

He was twice married to sisters, daughters of Lewis Boatwright and Elizabeth Rebecca Davis Boatwright. He was first married to Elizabeth Boatwright; she died 15 December 1852. He then married her sister, Mary B. Boatwright. Mary B. Boatwright died 22 February 1863.  

In February a double tragedy struck this family, his wife Mary B. Boatwright died as a result of childbirth complication during the birth of their daughter Mary Eliza Davis. Mary Eliza survived and raised a family;

 dying in January 1945.

While his estate does not show an exact death date; I know he died on or after 22 February 1863. In his estate folder only his children were named as survivors; his wife was not mentioned.

Carrol W. Davis and Mary B. Davis are buried in the Davis Family Cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.[3]








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[1] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 7 July 201), entry for C. W. Davis, Private; Co. C, 2nd Battalion South Carolina Sharp Shooters; Confederate.
[2] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ : Viewed January 2012), images, "Carroll W. Davis, Probate File #66," images 23-158; South Carolina Archives and History.
[3] Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for Pvt. Carrol Washington Davis; (20 June 1821–6 February 1863); Memorial # 33374788; Record of the Davis Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 8 July 2012.