Andrew J. Cole

Male Abt 1828 - 1863  (~ 35 years)


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  • Name Andrew J. Cole 
    Born Abt 1828  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 4 Jul 1860  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    Southern Division 
    _UID B3A48CB4ADC74E61A01EF2CAD42147097970 
    Died 24 Mar 1863  Raleigh, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: of fever 
    Person ID I1239  Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2018 

    Father Tunis Cole,   b. Abt 1783, Pittslyvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Nancy Cunningham,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Dec 1804  Pittslyvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 7 children 
    Family ID F1204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha C. Wray,   b. Abt 1829,   d. Bef 10 Mar 1893, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)  [1
    Married 27 Dec 1853  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Marriage License 2 Jan 1854  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. William Cole,   b. Abt 1855, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary A. Cole,   b. Abt 1857, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Susan Ellen Cole,   b. Jul 1860, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1920, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Andrew Cole is the son of Tunis Cole. He is most likely born about 1828 in North Carolina because his presumed father was living there at the time of his birth. His birth date is estimated from census data.

      A marriage bond was issued to Andrew J. Cole to marry Martha Ray (Wray) on 2 Jan. 1854. They were married 27 Dec. 1853 in Rockingham Co., North Carolina. Theophilus Carr was bondsman and WM Ellington the witness. Bond # 000119173.

      A.J. Cole, 32, is listed in the 1860 census in Rockingham Co. He is living with his wife Martha, 31, son William L., 5, and daughter Mary A., 3. Rockingham Co., North Carolina Census 1860, Roll M653_912, pg. 35. They are living in Wentworth township.

      An Andrew J, Cole served in Co. E, 45th North Carolina Infantry and died on 24 Oc. 1863. 45th N.C. Infantry Casualty List, transcribed by James Green, Rockingham County, NC Genweb Archives, <http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/rockingham/rockinghammilitary.html>, submitted September 10, 2008.


      A.J. Coles’s father died possessed of 60 acres of land on Wolf Island Creek in Rockingham Co. His wife Leah and children petitioned to sell the land. The petitioners were Leah Cole (his wife), Green Cole, Theophilus Cole, Athal Carroll and his wife Jane, Washington Hudson and his wife Elizabeth, R.L. Corum and his wife Sarah, Frances Cole, minor child of A.J. Cole, and William Cole, minor child of Tilman Cole. Tunis Cole Estate Records, Rockingham County Estate Records 1780-1926, North Carolina Divsion of Archives, C.R. 084.508.9.

      Robert W. Ramsay, Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747 - 1762, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1964.

  • Sources 
    1. [S99] Rockingham County, North Carolina, 1860 U.S. Census, Southern Division; 69; 524; 524; A. J. Cole; 20 February 2015 (Reliability: 3).

      A. J. Cole-32-M-North Carolina-farmer
      Martha C.-31-F-North Carolina
      William L.-5-M-North Carolina
      Mary A.-3-F-North Carolina

    2. [S29] Military, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers from North Carolina, Andrew J. Cole; Register of Conferate soldiers who died; 1863; Pvt; Co. E, 45 North Carolina Regiment; 443; 21 Feb 2015.

    3. [S49] North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 (Ancestry), Andrew J. Cole; Mary Ray; 006600; 21 February 2015 (Reliability: 2).