tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118418331709436909.post8689640830327522415..comments2015-11-07T16:04:46.383-08:00Comments on Black Smith, White Lies: 64th North Carolina InfantryKate Halleronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08097028157969058637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118418331709436909.post-81176530644352013682012-11-01T08:22:01.795-07:002012-11-01T08:22:01.795-07:00Thanks for the information. A lot of people took t...Thanks for the information. A lot of people took the 'geographical cure' after the war, including some of my own relatives.<br /><br />Have you checked the entry at Renegade South, referenced in the blog post? Prof. Vikki Bynum has written several books and keeps a blog about Southern Unionists, as well as running a FaceBook group dedicated to the topic.<br /><br />There's quite a discussion of the Shelton Laurel massacre on her blog, and I'm sure your information would be welcome there, and probably much more widely read than it is here.Kate Halleronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097028157969058637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118418331709436909.post-23547727813358055482012-11-01T07:08:16.799-07:002012-11-01T07:08:16.799-07:00Sent a piece on James A Keith's history after ...Sent a piece on James A Keith's history after the war. Everyone seems to think he just disappeared... some "histories" even state that he changed his name in disgrace and was never heard of again. In truth, he moved to Arkansas and practiced medicien there (as he had prior to the war years in WNC). GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118418331709436909.post-10816572262787042812012-11-01T07:05:33.765-07:002012-11-01T07:05:33.765-07:00DR. J.A. KEITH, physician and merchant, Booneville...DR. J.A. KEITH, physician and merchant, Booneville, Ark.<br />Among the people of Logan County the name of Dr. Keith is not an<br />unfamiliar one, for he has not only won an enviable reputation as<br />a physician, but as a business man and citizen, he is respected by<br />all. He owes his nativity to Buncombe County, N.C., born December<br />16, 1824, and his parents, Rev. William and Sarah (Allen) Keith,<br />were native Virginians, the father born in 1777, and the mother in<br />1778. Their nuptials were celebrated in North Carolina, and of the<br />nine children that blessed that union, only three children are the<br />living representatives of this family: Nancy (wife of Alfred Murry),<br />and Sarah A. (wife of O.H. Ramsey.) Those deceased were named John,<br />Henry, William M., A.F., R.C. and Jackson. The father was a farmer<br />by occupation, but was also an ordained minister in the Baptist<br />Church. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. The parents both died<br />in North Carolina, the father in 1853, and the mother in 1867. The<br />latter was also a member of that church. Dr. J.A. Keith commenced<br />the study of medicine in Tennessee, in 1853, attended lectures at<br />Augusta, Ga., in 1858 and 1859, and after graduating, commenced<br />practicing at Mars Hill, Yancy County, N.C. He has practiced his<br />profession ever since, and is ever to be found at the bedside of<br />the sick and afflicted. He was a soldier in the Mexican War, was<br />also in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was brave<br />and fearless in the discharge of his duty. During the last named<br />war he enlisted (1862) in Company A, Sixty-fourth North Carolina<br />Infantry, and was elected commander of his company in March of that<br />year, and lieutenant-colonel on the organization. He was in the<br />battles of Chickamauga, Chickasaw Mountain, Perryville, Knoxville<br />and a number of skirmishes, serving until 1865. Previous to the war,<br />or in 1856, he was married, in Greene County, Tenn., to Miss Margaret<br />Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones, and a native of Greene County,<br />Tenn., born January 6, 1831. Her father died in 1867, and her mother<br />many years previous, or in 1849. Dr. and Mrs. Keith are the parents<br />of five children, three now living: James F., Laura (wife of W.D.<br />McInturf), and Mattie E. The two children deceased were Laura<br />(No. 1) and William B. After the war Dr. Keith engaged in the<br />practice of his profession, and emigrated from North Carolina to<br />Arkansas in 1869, locating in what is now Logan County.GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.com