(Compiled by Julie Rogers)

Henry Clay Pearson was born August 5, 1845 in Fauquier County, VA and died January 5, 1933, Purcellville, Loudoun Co., VA. Buried at Cool Springs Methodist Cemetery in Delaplane, Fauquier Co., VA. Occupation: Farmer, Mechanic, Carpenter in Oak Hill and in Piedmont, Contractor and stone mason. Place of Residence: Gainesville and Delaplane, Fauquier County, VA. Military: 43rd Battalion, Company C - Cavalry under Captain William H. Chapman under Col. John Singleton Mosby's Regt. Va. Cav., Partisan Rangers. Enlisted at the age of 20 (see Notes for further information). Was age 21 when married. Parents: Thomas Pearson and Jane E. Sisk. Married Mary Jane Pritchard on October 19, 1865 in Fauquier County,VA by O.A. Kinsolving
Mary Jane Pritchard was born April 6, 1846 in Fauquier County, VA and died August 21, 1902. Buried at Cools Springs Methodist Cemetery in Delaplane, VA. Was age 22 when married. Parents: Washington Pritchard ( <1820) and Theressa Ann Kendall (b <1824) (resided in Warren Co., VA.

Siblings of Mary Jane Pritchard:

Anna V. was born 1845,Warren Co. Residing in Fauq. Co., VA. Married age 20 to Francis Lee, age 23, 9/12/1865 in Fauquier Co., VA by Thaddeus Herndon. Francis Lee born _____, 1842 in Orange Co., VA. Residing in Fauq. Co. Occupation: Farmer. Son of Frances and Margaret Lee.

Sarah F. was born 1839,Warren Co. Residing in Fauq. Co., VA. Married age 17 to Robert D. Goods, age 25, 11/6/1856 in Piedmont Station, VA, by Thomas T. Wyson. Robert was born 1831, Alexandria, VA. Residing near Piedmont Station, VA. Occupation: Carpenter. Son of James C. and Elizabeth Goods.

Victoria E. born 1841, Warren Co., VA. Residing in Fauq. Co., VA. Married age 16 to Joseph S. Essex, age 23, 12/17/1857 near Piedmont Station, VA, by Thaddeus Herndon. Joseph was born 1834 in Warren Co., VA and living near Markham, Fauq. Co., VA. Occupation: Plasterer. Son of Joseph L. and Ann Essex.

Donna J. born 1860, Fauq. Co., VA. Married at age 27 to W.J. Carey, age 28, 11/7/1887 in Fauq. Co., VA by Charles L. Yates. W.J. Carey born _____, 1859 in Rappahannock Co., VA. Residing in Warren Co., VA. Occupation: Cook. Son of P. Edward and Ellen Carey.

Henry Clay Pearson's Places of Residence: Piedmont, Cool Springs, Marshall, Delaplane of Fauquier County, VA

Children of Henry Clay and Mary:

1. Estella P. - Born 3/31/1867 in Fauq. Co., VA. Died 6/18/1951. Married at age 25 to William Jackson Kirby, age 30, (b <1863) 12/28/1892. Son of James and Emma Kirby.

2. Burneff or Burniss Lee - Born 11/6/1868 in Cool Springs, Fauq, Co., VA. Died 8/1869.

3. Lillie Hugh - Born 6/11/1870, Cool Springs, Fauq Co., VA. Died 10/25/1927. Married Walter Manuel (b <1861) 12/23/1896.

4. Isabelle Clay - Born January 14, 1872, Fauq. Co., VA. Died February 21, 1884 in Oak Hill of Measles at age 11 yrs. Buried at Cools Springs Meth. Cemetery.

5. George Washington - Born 7/4/1873, Fauq. Co., VA. Died 11/24/1958. Married first Maude Herrell (b <1877) 3/8/1900. Married second Grace Pearson (<1877) in 1930.

6. Ida Lee - Born September 21, 1874, Delaplane, Fauquier Co., VA. Died June 10, 1968 in Gainesville, Prince William Co., VA. Buried at Gainesville Methodist Church. Married Robert Ashton Pearson on December 18, 1895 in Washington, D.C. Robert was born March 26, 1874 in Markham, Fauquier Co., VA. Died March 16, 1958 in Gainesville, Prince William Co., VA. Buried at Gainesville Methodist Church. Son of Richard Edward Pearson and Susan Cockrell.
Children of Ida Lee and Robert Ashton Pearson:

Willard Clay Pearson - Born October 23, 1896 I Orlean, Fauquier Co., VA. Died June 4, 1969 in Gainesville, Prince William Co., VA. Buried at Gainesville Methodist Church.

Raymond Leslie - Born 12/10/187 in Orlean, Fauq. Co., VA. Died 10/22/1963. Married Mary Fisher 1/2/1932.

Strother Davis - Born 2/16/1900 in Levi, Loudoun Co., VA.

Robert Amos - Born 4/10/1902 in Gainesville, Prince William Co., VA. Died 12/3/1908.

Living

Rita May - Born 2/8/1907 in Gainesville, Prince William Co., VA. Died 2/18/1907.

Living

Living

7. Ida J. - Born _____, 1874 - (age 6 as of 1880 census) (Died as a child and is buried in Marshall, VA)
Robert Lewis - Born 9/23/1876, Cool Springs, Fauq. Co., VA. Died 3/2/1954. Married Katie J. Herrell.

8. Kate "Katie" Cora - Born September 10, 1878. Died 1952. Married Eppa W. Payne (b <1874) 12/12/1900.

9. Carroll - Born November 10, 1879. Died 3/13/1880 or 5/1/1880 in Piedmont at age 10 mo. Cause unknown.

10. William Strother - Born February 10, 1881. Died 12/28/1899.

11. Mary "Mamie" Theressa - Born December 23, 1883 near Piedmont, Fauq. Co. Died 11/30/1950. Married Lewis Rector (b < 1879) 1/30/1907.

12. Pearlie Golden - Born 1/29/1885. Died 9/1/1957. Married Thomas Payne ( <1881) 3/18/1903.

13. Shelton Ruth - Born 10/1/1887, Markham, Fauq. Co., VA. Died 1946. Married Hayward L. Triplett 11/12/1912.

14. Cecial Clifford (my brother-in-law's line) - Born February 28, 1890 in Gainesville, Fauquier County, VA. Died February 19, 1940 in Gainesville, VA. Buried Cool Springs Meth. Cemetery. Married Adaline "Addie" Carver in 1917. (To be confirmed) Addie was born June 27, 1893. Daughter of Bailey and Amanda Carver of The Plains, Fauquier County, VA. Bailey's occupation: Farm Hand. Ceceil and Addie has the several children, one being: Homer Clifford who married Mary Catherine Powell (born April 5, 1920 in Round Hill, Loudoun County, VA) August 13, 1949 in Frederick, Maryland. Mary resides in Purcellville, Loudoun Co., VA.

(NOTES)
("A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861 - 1865", Revised 2nd Edition, by Lee A. Wallace. Taken out of book 714 of 1,000)

Cavalry was the general term applied to military forces which normally served on horseback.

Partisan Rangers were authorized by an act passed by the Confederate State Congress, April 21, 1862. The President, by this act, was authorized to commission officers with the authority to form bands of partisan rangers into companies, battalions, or regiments, to serve as infantry or cavalry. Partisan Rangers, after their acceptance into Confederate State service, were entitled to the same pay and rations, during their term of service, as the other troops and they were also subject to the regulations of the C.S. Army. Partisan Rangers were the land equivalent to the privateers which preyed the seas. The act of April 21, 1862, provided that they were to be paid the full value for arms and munitions captured from the enemy and delivered to a designated quartermaster.

Complaints on the conduct of the State's rangers reached the Governor as early as April, 1862. Captured rangers were regarded by the Federals as guerrillas and it was only after an exchange of correspondence with Virginia authorities that they were reluctantly afforded the same treatment as other prisoners of war. In February, 1863, the State's rangers were transferred to the Confederate States. The ranger companies of Virginia are listed under STATE RANGERS.

The Partisan Ranger organizations listed here are the mounted companies, battalions and regiments, raised in the State under authority granted by the Confederate States. In spite of their brilliant exploits in Northern Virginia, notably those commanded by Col. John S. Mosby, the partisan rangers seemed to have been a troublesome matter with Confederate authorities from the very beginning. The name, too, appears to have carried an ugly stigma. Although commissioned a captain of partisan rangers, Mosby, on March 23, 1863, was advised by Lee that his company was to be placed on the same footing as the troops of the line and on March 25, 1863, General Stuart advised Mosby to ignore the term "Partisan Rangers." "It has a bad repute," wrote Stuart, who advised Mosby to call his command the "Mosby Regulars". This advice, however, was ignored by Mosby.

On February 17, 1864, Congress abolished the partisan rangers. The act provided that the partisan ranger organizations then serving as regular cavalry were to be continued, but would be considered as cavalry and not partisan rangers. It also stipulated that other partisan ranger units were to be united with other organizations and brought under discipline and control of the Provisional Army. The act of February 17, authorized the Secretary of War to exempt, from the operation of the act, certain partisan ranger organizations serving within the enemy lines. The commands of Mosby and McNeill were among those exempted.

Mosby's Regt. Va. Cav., Partisan Rangers
Mosby, John Singleton, Col., 1864 - 1865.

Formerly the 43rd Bn. Va. Cav., Partisan Rangers, organized in 1863, this command was increased to a regiment about December 7, 1864. The battalion companied did not change their lettered designation when the regiment was formed.

Company C., Capt. William H. Chapman's Company: Organized December 7, 1863; formerly Company C, 43rd Bn. Va. Cav.; Partisan Rangers. Parole reports indicate two companies were paroled as Company C, those of Capt. A.J. Hobson and Capt. William Suttles, neither of whom has been identified as of the company as of the 43rd Bn. Captains: William Henry Chapman (to Lt. Col. 1864), C.S. Jones (?), A.J. Hobson (?), William Suttles (?).

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H.C. Pearson, Private, Company C., Enlisted February 2, 1864 for the war by William H. Chapman. Present on January - February 1864 Muster Roll, Appears on 4th quarter, 1864 Clothing receipt roll, Par. 4/22/65 at Winchester. Age 20, 5 ft. 11 inches, light complexion, light hair, grey eyes. Residence: Fauquier County. Born August 5, 1845. Appears on 1898 Roster of Confederate Soldiers for Marshall (previously known as Salem) District, Fauquier County. Lived in Delaplane in 1895. Occupation: Contractor residing in Gainesville in 1909. Attended the 1895 Reunion of the 43rd Bn Va. Cav. in Marshall. Died January 5, 1933. Buried at Cool Springs Methodist Cemetery in Delaplane, VA.