Chesterfield County Military Veterans~Pvt. John Henry Perkins

Pvt. John Henry Perkins

Company "L", 2 SC Infantry

Spanish American War

18 Aug. 1898-19 Apr. 1899

At the age of 20, John Henry Perkins III, son of John Henry Perkins, Jr. and his wife  Margaret E. Griggs enlisted in serve in the Spanish-America War.^{1 2} 

After the War, John Henry, III married Jerusha Ann Sellers, daughter of Samuel Joseph Sellers, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Hurst. ³

Between 1914 and Sept. 1918, John Henry and Jerusha Ann moved their family from Chesterfield County, South Carolina to Fulton County, Georgia. Then between 1920 and 1930 they moved again to Cobb County, Georgia. 

John Henry Perkins and Jerusha Ann Sellers had the following children:

        i.    Joyce Myrtle Perkins, born 15 Sep 1905, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Clester Merritt Cobb; died 24 Dec 1986, Cobb County, Georgia. ⁴        ii.    Maggie Perkins was born about 1908 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Died Young. ⁵        iii.    Charles Henry Perkins was born on 22 Oct 1913 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He died on 22 Sep 1992 at the age of 78 in Fulton County, Georgia.⁶       iv.     John Robert Perkins was born on 11 Dec 1918 in Buckhead, Fulton, Georgia. He died on 11 Nov 1999 at the age of 80. ⁷


John Henry Perkins is my 3rd Cousin twice removed. Our common ancestor is Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers.




 
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[1] http://www.spanamwar.com/2ndsouthcarolinaroster.html
[2] http://www.fold3.com/image/1/309186895/
[3] 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0036, Page: 3A/106 (stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 48, Family 49, Household of John H. PERKINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1455.
[4] Ibid.
[5] 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0036, Page: 3A/106 (stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 48, Family 49, Household of John H. PERKINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1455.
[6] 1920 U. S. Census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, Buckhead, Fulton, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) 157, Page: 11A/253 (stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 192, Family 224, Household of John H. PERKINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2015); citing NARA publication Roll: T625_253.
[7] Ibid.

Military Monday~Spanish American War-James A. Sellers

James Aaron Sellers was born 15 June 1872, a son of James Arnold Sellers and Sarah Jane Pittman Sellers.
James served as a  Private in Company D,  2nd Regiment S.C. Infantry Vol. Spanish American War.

“Company D, 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was organized at Manning, South Carolina, and was mustered into service May 21st, 1898; completing the Independent Battalion. Was under the second call of the President, assigned to duty with the 2nd S.C.V.I.. Left Camp Lee, Columbia, South Carolina, for Camp Cuba Libre, September I5th, 1898, and was there assigned to duty with the 7th Army Corps, under General Lee. Left Camp Cuba Libre for Savannah, Georgia, October 21st, 1898. Left Savannah, Georgia, for Havana, Cuba, January 3rd, 1899, and remained at Camp Columbia, Cuba, until March 23rd, 1899, when the regiment was ordered to Augusta, Georgia, for muster-out. Was mustered out of service at Augusta, Georgia, April 19th, 1899, by Lieutenant Ellwood W. Evans, 8th United States Cavalry, mustering officer.”[1]

“The Spanish-America War was a short-lived conflict between The United States and Spain. Due to unrest in Cuba, President McKinney sent the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba to protect American citizens. He delayed notifying Spain and that upset the Spanish Government.

On the night of February 15, 1898 there was an explosion on-board the U.S.S. Maine and it sank in the bay killing 266 soldiers.

With the major newspaper (Hearst & Pulitzer) stirring the pot with their ”yellow journalism”  Congress passed a joint resolution which was signed by President McKinley on April 20, 1898. The United States gave Spain an ultimatum and Spain in return declared War on April 23, 1898. Thus began what is known as the Spanish-American War.” [2]

If you haven’t read much about the Spanish-American War, I highly recommend the article here: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

By 15 June 1900 when the census was enumerated, James Aaron Sellers had been off to war in Cuba, returned home and married Louisa Watson, widow of Robert J. Vick. The 1900 census showed James and Louisa married in 1900; while the  FindAGrave Memorial shows they were married in June 1899. [3] 

James Aaron Sellers died Jun. 20, 1947 and is buried at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.


James Aaron Sellers is my 1st Cousin twice removed.





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[1] http://www.spanamwar.com/2ndsouthcarolina.htm
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
[3] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 16 June 2012); Headstone for James Aaron Sellers; (14 June 1872–20 June 1947); Records of the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.