Finding Aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers
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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY A, 30TH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
The collection consists of a printed document, filled in with the names of the officers
and the enlisted personnel of Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers (later
Company A, Second Virginia Cavalry, "Clay Dragoons"), dated 31 August 1861 to 31
October 1861. Also included are payroll records of the company as well as notes
concerning some of the men. Company A, under Captain James Winston WATTS, was
comprised mainly of men from Liberty (Bedford County, Virginia) and Lynchburg,
Virginia.
FOLDER 1 Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia
Volunteers
MS1393
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY A, 30TH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
The collection consists of a printed document, filled in with the names of the officers
and the enlisted personnel of Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers (later
Company A, Second Virginia Cavalry, "Clay Dragoons"), dated 31 August 1861 to 31
October 1861. Also included are payroll records of the company as well as notes
concerning some of the men. Company A, under Captain James Winston WATTS, was
comprised mainly of men from Liberty (Bedford County, Virginia) and Lynchburg,
Virginia.
FOLDER 1 Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers
COMPANY A, 30TH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
The 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, was organized in May 1861 in Lynchburg,
Virginia, with ten companies, enlisted for one year. The regiment was accepted into
Confederate States service on 1 July 1861, and was known as the 30th Regiment until
October 1861. In April 1862, the regiment was reorganized as 2nd Regiment, Virginia
Cavalry. Company A, "Clay Dragoons," was enrolled for service at Liberty, Bedford
County, Virginia, on 11 May 1861. During September and October 1861, Company A
was engaged in scout and picket duty along the Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike and
on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. During September, they were
camped near Vienna, Virginia, and in October, they were near Flint Hill and Centreville,
Virginia.
[Lee A. Wallace, Jr., A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865, Rev. 2nd ed. (Lynchburg:
H.E. Howard, 1986), p. 41; Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, Mss., MS1393,
Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]
MS1393
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JAMES WINSTON WATTS (1833-1906)
James Winston WATTS, son of Richard Durrett WATTS and Isabelle NEWELL, was
born 19 April 1833 in Bedford County, Virginia. He married 22 February 1854 Mary
Elizabeth JONES, daughter of Fielding E. JONES and Sarah SPEAR.
James Winston WATTS enlisted as a First Lieutenant in Company A, 30th Regiment,
Virginia Volunteers, on 11 May 1861, in Liberty, Virginia. He was elected Captain on
10 October 1861. When the regiment was reorganized as the Second Virginia Cavalry,
Captain WATTS was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel and served "with distinction,"
until he was disabled in 1863 at Aldie, Virginia. He was assigned to the command of the
military post at Liberty, where he remained until the end of the war.
In 1865, James W. WATTS moved to Lynchburg, where he entered into partnership
with Richard T. WATTS, his brother, and George M. JONES, his brother-in-law, in the
formation of Jones, Watts and Company. The company had hardware stores in
Lynchburg, Danville, Bedford City, Salem, and Roanoke, and became the leading
hardware dealers for the western part of the state.
Following the sale of the company in 1887, the partnership continued their investment
in coal mining operations. James W. WATTS was president of the National Exchange
Bank and was a leading proponent for the establishment of the Lynchburg Cotton Mill.
He was elected to the city council in 1877 and again in 1902. He also served as president
of the board of police commissioners.
Col. James Winston WATTS died 3 December 1906 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was
buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery.
[Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. IV (New York: Lewis Historical
Publishing, 1915), pp. 31-34; Robert J. Driver, Jr., and H.E. Howard, 2nd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg:
H.E. Howard, 1995), p. 282.]
MS1393
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY A, 30TH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
The collection consists of a printed document, filled in with the names of the officers
and the enlisted personnel of Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers (later
Company A, Second Virginia Cavalry, "Clay Dragoons"), dated 31 August 1861 to 31
October 1861. Also included are payroll records of the company as well as notes
concerning some of the men. Company A, under Captain James Winston WATTS, was
comprised mainly of men from Liberty (Bedford County, Virginia) and Lynchburg,
Virginia.
FOLDER 1 Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia
Volunteers
MS1393
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY A, 30TH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
The collection consists of a printed document, filled in with the names of the officers
and the enlisted personnel of Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers (later
Company A, Second Virginia Cavalry, "Clay Dragoons"), dated 31 August 1861 to 31
October 1861. Also included are payroll records of the company as well as notes
concerning some of the men. Company A, under Captain James Winston WATTS, was
comprised mainly of men from Liberty (Bedford County, Virginia) and Lynchburg,
Virginia.
FOLDER 1 Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers
COMPANY A, 30TH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
The 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, was organized in May 1861 in Lynchburg,
Virginia, with ten companies, enlisted for one year. The regiment was accepted into
Confederate States service on 1 July 1861, and was known as the 30th Regiment until
October 1861. In April 1862, the regiment was reorganized as 2nd Regiment, Virginia
Cavalry. Company A, "Clay Dragoons," was enrolled for service at Liberty, Bedford
County, Virginia, on 11 May 1861. During September and October 1861, Company A
was engaged in scout and picket duty along the Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike and
on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. During September, they were
camped near Vienna, Virginia, and in October, they were near Flint Hill and Centreville,
Virginia.
[Lee A. Wallace, Jr., A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865, Rev. 2nd ed. (Lynchburg:
H.E. Howard, 1986), p. 41; Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, Mss., MS1393,
Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]
MS1393
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JAMES WINSTON WATTS (1833-1906)
James Winston WATTS, son of Richard Durrett WATTS and Isabelle NEWELL, was
born 19 April 1833 in Bedford County, Virginia. He married 22 February 1854 Mary
Elizabeth JONES, daughter of Fielding E. JONES and Sarah SPEAR.
James Winston WATTS enlisted as a First Lieutenant in Company A, 30th Regiment,
Virginia Volunteers, on 11 May 1861, in Liberty, Virginia. He was elected Captain on
10 October 1861. When the regiment was reorganized as the Second Virginia Cavalry,
Captain WATTS was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel and served "with distinction,"
until he was disabled in 1863 at Aldie, Virginia. He was assigned to the command of the
military post at Liberty, where he remained until the end of the war.
In 1865, James W. WATTS moved to Lynchburg, where he entered into partnership
with Richard T. WATTS, his brother, and George M. JONES, his brother-in-law, in the
formation of Jones, Watts and Company. The company had hardware stores in
Lynchburg, Danville, Bedford City, Salem, and Roanoke, and became the leading
hardware dealers for the western part of the state.
Following the sale of the company in 1887, the partnership continued their investment
in coal mining operations. James W. WATTS was president of the National Exchange
Bank and was a leading proponent for the establishment of the Lynchburg Cotton Mill.
He was elected to the city council in 1877 and again in 1902. He also served as president
of the board of police commissioners.
Col. James Winston WATTS died 3 December 1906 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was
buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery.
[Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. IV (New York: Lewis Historical
Publishing, 1915), pp. 31-34; Robert J. Driver, Jr., and H.E. Howard, 2nd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg:
H.E. Howard, 1995), p. 282.]
MS1393
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Title
Finding Aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers
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finding aids
Description
Finding aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers document held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The company was known as the Clay Dragoons. The document lists officers and enlisted personnel for 31 August to 31 October 1961.
Creator
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Publisher
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Date
2023
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George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
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pdf
Language
English
Identifier
MS1393FA
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George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.), “Finding Aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers,” Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/459.