Tombstone Tuesday – Alsey Brock.

Alsey Brock is my second grand Uncle. He is the oldest brother of my second great grandfather Hezekiah Brock, Alsey and Hezekiah were sons of Benjamin Brock and Temperance (LNU).

Alsey Brock was born on 10 Sep 1815 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died on 13 Mar 1858 at the age of 42 and was buried at Old Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Alsey Brock married Lucy Morris, born on 13 Jul 1822 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Lucy died on 4 Jan 1887 at the age of 64 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina and buried beside her husband in Old Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Alsey Brock and Lucy Morris had the following children:

i. Charles A. Brock, born 26 Nov 1836, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah J.(LNU); died 23 Sep 1898, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

ii. Pleasant A. Brock, born 10 Mar 1839, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Martha Eugenia Horne, 10 Feb 1869,[1] Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina; died 28 Feb 1873, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

There's a real interesting deed on file in the Chesterfield County Courthouse between Lucy Brock and W. T. Powell.  After the death of Alsey and her son Pleasant, Lucy places all her property in trust for the benefit of her children and grandchildren.  

DEED: Lucy BROCK to W. T. POWELL.

Lucy puts all of her property in trust with W. T. POWELL to hold the same for the benefit of her children. She refers to the natural love for her son Charles A. BROCK and his wife Sarah J. BROCK and Mary Kerry BROCK the child of Irvin S. BROCK. Ten ($10.00) dollars paid to W. T. POWELL and 3 lots (Lot #156, 157 and 158) in the Town of Cheraw to be placed in trust. One was the lot where her son Pleasant A. BROCK resided at the time of his death (d. 28 Feb. 1873). W. T. POWELL shall hold the same for the use and benefit of Charles A. BROCK, his wife Sarah J. BROCK and Mary Nezzie BROCK, the child of Irvin S. BROCK, living with Charles A. BROCK and Sarah J. Brock.

If Charles and Sarah should not have children then at their death to pass to Mary Kezzie BROCK, and if she is not living to pass to SARAH BROCK, the widow of Hezekiah BROCK.[2]

    

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[1] Family data, Pleasant A. Brock Family Bible, Holy Bible, (Oxford: University Press., 1865); original owned in 2004 by Ashton Gandy, [address for private use], Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina.

[2] Land Deed - Lucy BROCK to W. T. POWELL; ; Deed Book #5; Page(s) 782-785; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; 23 July 2012

^[3] Birth & Death dates for Alsey & Sarah Morris Brock are dates found on their tombstones at Old Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery.

[4] LNU - Last name unknown

Military Monday – David Richard Teal

David Richard Teal's Civil War Record[1] can be found on Fold3.com , a paid subscription website. His entire record consists of 6 pages /image one of which page one is an Index page.

He enlisted on January 1, 1864, very late into the War.  He enlisted as a Private into Co. E, 21^st South Carolina Volunteers Infantry. This was Capt. Benjamin T. Davis outfit and many of his friend's neighbors and cousins were members of this unit.  He enlisted for 3 years and the January –February Muster Roil showed him due a $50.00 bounty.

The next image is a Muster Roll for April 30 - August 31, 1864 - This image showed that he was furlough 1 Sept. 1964 and again indicated he was due a $50.00 bounty.

Image 5 is a Muster Roll for Sept-Oct 1864 – shows David absent without and still due a bounty of $50.00.

Only two additional images remains and they are displayed below

Image 5 – Shows David Richard Teal as a Prisoner of War (POW) at Point Lookout, Maryland.

He was captured on March 4, 1865 in Chesterfield, SC.   This is very important. March the 4^th 1865 was the day that Gen. Sherman Union forces entered the town of Chesterfield destroying everything and burning the Courthouse to the ground.  This is the second record that I have examined where Chesterfield men were captured at home on 4 March and imprisoned as POW's. The first was my second great grandfather Hezekiah Brock.

 

David Richard Teal made it back home from Point Lookout and Married Nancy J. Davis, daughter of John Calvin Davis and Charlotte Hurst.  David and Nancy had 6 children; 5 daughters and a son. Nancy J. Davis Teal died in 1895[2] (date on Tombstone) and David Richard Teal remarried in 1897 to Lucinda Caulder; they had 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters.

Finally, Image 6 is the Oath of allegiance that David Richard teal signed upon his release from Point Lookout, Maryland on 21 June 1865.

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[1] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|83230560 : accessed 21 July 2012), entry for David R. Teal, Private; Co. E. 21st SC INF CSA; Confederate.

[2] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 1181. Tombstone of Nancy J. TEAL; 1837–1895, Teal Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

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