Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice  South Creek Sesquicentennial 1838 - 1983 (Reprint) Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

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1833-1983 South Creek Sesquicentennial
Reprinted on Tri-Counties site with permission of June SMITH Mickley
ReTyped by Paul Newell

ORGANIZATIONS

SOUTH CREEK CIVIL WAR VETERANS

Listed below are Civil War soldiers of South Creek Township from 1861-1865. The first date following each name is the date of muster into the service; the last date is the date of discharge. Following the rank; company and regiment are indicated by capital letter and number. The abbreviation s.c., means surgeon’s certificate; g.o. general order; s.o. special order. Names marked with a star (*) contain information obtained from some other source than official records. If soldier served two or more enlistments full record is given after his name in first regimental classification, and if in both Pennsylvania and New York regiment, record is given in former classification.

Pennsylvania Volunteers
 

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New York Regiments
 

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MEN OF SOUTH CREEK DRAFTED TO CIVIL WAR:

South Creek Township added its citizens to the rolls of the Union Army under the National Draft passed by Congress to engage in the Civil War. They were, according to the Troy Times of Oct. 1, 1863, as follows:

ANDRUS, Nelson

BLACKMAN, Orman

BROOKS, Perry C.

CRAIG, Thomas

CRANE, Ira

DEAN, Peter J.

DEWEY, A.J.

DIX, Thomas S.

DUNNING, Abram

DUNNING, George, Jr.

FULLER, Abel

FULLER, Joesephus

GLYNES, Winthrop Y., Jr.

KERRICK, Samuel C.

KILGORE, Raymond C.

LEWIS, Heman

RADY, Morris

RYAN, Michael

SEAFUSE, Samuel

SHEPARD, Daniel L.

STRUBLE, Peter

VANKIRK, John

WORTAINDYKE, Andrew

Other Regiments

HARKNESS, Henry – regiment not determined

HODGE, Hezekiah – regiment not determined

HODGE, Nehemiah – regiment not determined

JONES, Andrew – regiment not determined

RAY, Robert – regiment not determined

ROBINSON, William – regiment not determined

SMITH, Harvey L. – regiment not determined

POPULATION (1860), 937
 

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PATRIOTIC ORDER, SONS OF AMERICA

The Patriotic Order Sons of America P.O.S. of A. No. 416, A Revolutionary War Organization. Charles O. Pitt of Gillett was secretary in 1907. They entered parades in Troy and other places. [Note from JMT - POS of Al was not an organization haveing to do with the Revolution - See my Flagholder Section for more information]

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

A GAR post was organized shortly before 1884 at Gillett. It was listed in the 1907 Bradford County Directory as Lieut. Eams Post No. 582 at Gillett. Daniel Chase was Commander. It was made up of members who served in the Civil War.

The Post passed into history with the death of Fred Moore, age 83, on February 7, 1930. He was one of the two surviving members. With his death the Post Charter was surrendered and Daniel Chase, who was in his 90th year, alone remained of a post that once boasted 61 members at the time of its organization. The lone survivor, Daniel Chase, passed away on July 18, 1934 and the age of 94.

A Memorial Day Association was formed to conduct services and decorate graves of the veterans. John W. Chase, son of Daniel, was elected president; Bertha Kingsley, vice president; Nettie Updike, secretary and Lena Woodhouse, treasurer.

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