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- Occupation: Shoemaker, blacksmith. Jesse spent time in Texas after
the war.
Some records have him born on 27 Feb 1827. He enlisted in the
Confederate Army at Camp Pickens, 20 July 1861. His leg was
amputated above the ankle, in a Richmond, VA military hospital, two
days after being wounded at Gaines Mill, Battle of Cold Harbor, Va.
on 27 June 1862.
He was a private in Co D, Orr's Reg't., 1s S. C. Rifles. On 11 Aug
1864, he appeared before Col. Brown of the 14th S. C. Vol. Anderson
Co. for an affidavit that he had lost his leg and was requesting an
order for an artificial limb. He was an in-transit patient at
Wayside General Hospital, Charlottesvile, Va. on 21 Sept 1864, in
furlough status. Upon reaching Seneca railroad station, he walked to
Townville on his wooden leg and crutches.
Some records indicate he was born in Union Co. S. C. At any rate he
apparently lived in Union Co. prior to 1850 when he moved to Oconee
Co. with his brother, William S. Woolbright. His tombstone reads -
age 51 years, 2 months, 26 days. Died 29 Dec 1879.
In Pickens Co. Dist. Census of 1860 he is shown with wife Jane. In
1870, they had moved to Fork Twp. Anderson Co. S. C. Had a tendency
to come home intoxicated and Jane was known to have knocked him out
the back door a few times as she could not abide this kind of behavior
in her home. He either fell (or was pushed) off an elevated back
porch in an intoxicated state which resulted in his demise.
(Sources: Ben & Rupert Woolbright, Townville, S. C. 1992. Allie Mae
Earle has his birthdate as 30 Oct 1828. Copies of military records
courtesty of C. Guy Woolbright, III, of Greenville, S. C. Confed.
Arch., Chap.6, File No. 463, page 450)
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1828 - 1879 (51 years)