General Notes

Mary Adcox Mahoney said that Jesse Little served in the Con
federacy.
Clifton Ray Little, Sr. confirmed this information. Clifto
n Little stated that Jesse Little and Billy Little (? Willi
s Little) moved to Texas with two sisters, Harriett and Sar
ah in about 1880. Moved to Hill Co. in 1896.
1870 North Carolina Census, Edgecomb Co., line 347, lists:
Jesse Little M age 26 born 1844, North Carolina, Farmer.
Jesse Little died of pneumonia. He went to town for supplie
s in a wagon in a drizzling rain, and brought back a cloc
k that his wife Mollie had asked him to buy. Mary Adcox Mah
oney owns the clock today.
Jesse Little served in the Civil War and was at Gettysburg
. He was wounded, was in prison, and was later "traded" (in
fo from Dot Little 10/20/1998).
Jesse Little served in the confederacy, Co. F, 30th Regimen
t, North Carolina Infantry. This information was in a not
e from Wynelle Brooks Petty. Edith Little Brooks, Wynelle'
s mother, was a member of the United Daughters of the Confe
deracy.
Mary (Mollie) Peterson Little, Jesse's wife, applied for Je
sse's confederate pension and her application was approved
. A copy of this application is in the possession of famil
y members.
A letter from the War Department, The Adjutant General's Of
fice, Washington, dated 9/3/1931 states:
"The records show that Jesse Little, private, Company F, 3
0 Regiment North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army
, enlisted 8/31/1861, at Crab Tree, also shown as Sparta, a
ge 19, years.
The muster roll of that company for December 31, 1863 to Au
gust 31, 1864, last on file, shows him present.
Union Prisoner of War records show that he was captured a
t Cedar Creek, Union Prisoner of War , and admitted to U.S.
A. General Hospital, West's Buildings, Baltimore, Maryland
, on October 25, 1864, with gunshot wound upper 1/3 of lef
t thigh, where he was transferred for exchange and was rece
ived at James River, February, 1865, exact date not known.
He was treated at General Hospital #9, and Jackson Hospita
l Richmond, Virginia, on various dates from March 2, 1865 t
o March 9, 1865, when he was furloughed for 30 days, and n
o later record has been found.
The records also show that one Jesse C. Little served in th
at same company."
Signed by: C.H. Bridges, Major General, The Adjutant Genera
l, September 3, 1931.
From NC Gen Web Site:
"These are the Units that were specifically raised in Unio
n County, North Carolina. In addition to these Units, 40 Un
ion County men volunteered in units raised outside of Unio
n County, including the 27th, 28th, 30th and 37th Infantr
y Regiments and the 10th Battalion. "