Ann [LNU]; A Single Clue Exist to Her Identity

About January 1860 Samuel W. Brock married a young single lady named Ann. By October of 1860 their first child, a son, called Thomas C. was born to this union. Two years and five months later young Thomas was joined by a new born brother called Samuel W. in March of 1863.^{1 2} 




From the very start of this marriage, a civil war was being fought in our northern states and young men in large groups were being organized and sent off to join this war. Surely, Samuel and Ann was caught up in all this madness and knew that he would eventually be called. 
At some point in time Samuel W. Brock, Jr. did leave for the war. Records for his service are scarce and only one was found on Fold3.com.³


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Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - SC

… Fifth Reserves (Ninety Days, 1862-63) T-Y, Fifth (Brown's) Battalion, Reserves Fifth Militia › B › Brock, Samuel W H
What is not scarce is a death date for young Samuel W. Brock, Jr.

• A Samuel Brock, 1at SCV Artillery - Died of Disease at Mt. Pleasant General Hospital, 30 November 1864. ⁴
• Samuel W. BROCK, Pvt.,  21st SCVI, age 35, Died 15 June 1865 at Charleston, SC. "Broken Fortunes" by Randolph Kirkland, Jr. Page 39, (Prob. Company D) ⁵

In both cases, by the end of the war, Samuel is deceased and Ann is left a Widow with two small children. 
Samuel's estate was probated in late 1866 and contains a “letter” from his wife Ann requesting  payment for the board of Samuel’s two children for the past 88 months. This document is dated 16 March 1872.

Eighty-eight month prior to March 1872 is 16 November 1864, It is my opinion that Samuel W. Brock, Jr. died of Disease at Mt. Pleasant General Hospital, 30 November 1864.⁶


So far, no documents has been found that would provide the surname of Ann, wife of Samuel W. Brock, Jr. Of the two children born to this union only one was traceable to his death. Samuel W. Brock III, died 12 January 1936 in Chesterfield, South Carolina.⁷

His death certificate provided no clues to his Mother’s surname.




The only known clue to the surname of Samuel W. Brock, Jr. wife Ann is the 1880 Census for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. ⁸



And that single clue is that Robert Preslar, age 6, is her nephew. Was Ann/Anna a “Preslar”? Was she the daughter of Levi and Lydia Preslar. As of today, I have found no proof for the parents of Robert Preslar, age 6 in 1880, born about 1874. If you know anything about Ann  the wife of Samuel W. Brock, Jr. I would love to hear from you. 





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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, , Page: 168A; Line 29, Dwelling 1070, Family 1070, Household of Samuel BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 April 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. 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.
3. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 4 September 2013), entry for Samuel W. BROCK, Private; First Artillery; Confederate.
4. Ibid.
5. 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. "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.
7. Sam Brock, death certificate 005643 (12 January 1936), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
8. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.