When the Puzzle Piece Doesn't Fit...

 
The Brock’s of Chesterfield County are all related and descendants of a Valentine Brack/Brock.

While doing Civil War research I found a S. W. Brock and a Samuel W. Brock that died in the Civil War; along with a Samuel W. Brock that survived and received a pension from the Civil War.


1. Samuel W. Brock, Jr., b. 1830, died 15 June 1865
2. Samuel W. Brock, b. 15 Nov 1844, died 5 Feb 1924
3. S. W. Brock died of disease 30 November 1864


A look at the 1860 Census for Chesterfield County shows only two Samuel W. Brock’s in 1860 eligible to serve. There is no S. W. Brock listed in the Census for Chesterfield. The two Samuel W. Brock’s both served in the War. Samuel W. Brock, Jr. died of disease while serving in the War and Samuel W. Brock, son of Squire H. Brock, survived, returned to Chesterfield and died in 1924. [1]

1860 Chesterfield Census Brock Listings – Heritage Quest

1. Samuel W. Brock, Jr. b. abt 1830, died 15 June 1865
This Samuel Brock is the son of Samuel W. Brock, Sr., age 81, of Chesterfield.

DEATH: "Roll of the Dead" & "Broken Fortunes" by Randolph Kirkland, Jr. Page 39, Samuel W. BROCK, Pvt., 21st SCVI, age 35, Died 15 June 1865 at Charleston, SC. (Prob. Company D).

If Samuel died at age 35 then his birth year would have been 1830. Clearly enough evidence exists to prove that this Samuel W. Brock is Samuel W. Brock, Jr.

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William P. Brock, a son of Samuel W. Brock, Jr. applied for Letters of Administrations for his Father’s Estate on 12 November 1866. [3]

2. Samuel W. Brock, b. 15 Aug 1844, son of Squire H. Brock did serve and received a pension for his service. He died 5 February 1924.

"Record for Confederate Veterans, 1909 -1973," SC Department of Archive & History (SCDAH), SCDAH Database Search (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx): viewed 2 April 2013), photocopy, "PENSION APPLICATION," Series: S126088; Item: 02442; Samuel W. Brock. [4]

3. S. W. Brock died 30 Nov 1864 in Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Charleston County, South Carolina.

On Fold3.com we find S. W. Brock, Co. I, 1^st Reg’t SC Artillery that “died of disease Mt. Pleasant General Hospital Nov 30/64 (30 November 1864) [5]

http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|67715845

I have found no evidence the S. W. Brock above is connected in any way with the Brock‘s of Chesterfield County. The limited data I have does not contain enough clues to place him in my Brock Line. In the meantime, he will continue to reside in my database until additional information can be located.

The information/data we have is insufficient to attach S. W. Brock to a family in the database. Additional research and evidence is required to avoid a hasty incorrect conclusion. 

If you have any information on the S. W. Brock listed above please contact me.











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[1] Index, 1860 Census, Brock Surname, Chesterfield County, SC, Heritage Quest On-Line <www.nclive.org>, 2 April 2013.
[2] 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: University of South Carolina, 1997), Samuel W. Brock Jr., page 39.
[3] "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 March 2012), microfilm of original images, "Samuel w. Brock, Jr. - Estate Folder #191," Images 852 THRU 869 of 1550.
[4] "Record for Confederate Veterans, 1909 -1973," SC Department of Archive & History (SCDAH), SCDAH Database Search (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx: viewed 2 April 2013), photocopy, "PENSION APPLICATION," Series: S126088; Item: 02442; Samuel W. Brock.
[5] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 April 2013), entry for S. W. Brock, Private; Co. I, 1st SCV Artillery; Confederate.