(Note: The following was compiled by Lynn Oakleaf Blackwell, daughter of Shirley Laverne Boliek. Thanks, Lynn!) (Lynn, formerly of Phelan, California, now lives in Quincy, Missouri.  You can e-mail her at mokids@positech.net ).

Descendants of Johann Adam Bolch Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR. was born 1725 in Vosgues Mountain, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and died April 1794 in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married ANNA CHRISTINA SCHWARZWALD 1750 in Pfalz -Palatine, Germany. She was born Abt. 1728 in Pennsylvania.

Notes for JOHANN ADAM BOLCH SR.:

His father was German and his mother was French. Both were from Rhenish-Prussia area of Germany. This is now known as Bavaria.

The name "Balch" has been found in Baluchistan, Tibet, Afghanistan, Russia, Romania, Servia, Poland, Pomerania, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Westphalia,Silesia, Herzegovina, Germany, Flanders, Alsace, Lorraine, and Brittany. Balchen is in Norway. There is a Balch mountain range and a a Balch pass in Tibet. In Northern Afghanistan, Balch is noted on the German maps where the ancient city of Bactra stood. In Great Britain, first mention is found in the building of Battle Abbey in 1066, but the name is Balcherman . In the reign of King John 1119-1216, was John de Newdigate in the County of Surrey, who had as wife Alcie, daughter of Walter de Horton.

The following was taken from ANCESTRY.COM an online genealogy site.

Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance

Immigrants into Pennsylvania : Vol 1

Name: Johann Adam Bolch

Ship: Neptune

Captain: John Mason

Place: Rotterdam

Date: September 24,1754

Family Search International Genealogical Index Vol 4.02 had the following info:

Name: Johan Adam Bolch

Sex: M

Birth: About 1725 Germany

Spouse: Anna Christina

Film Number 451058

Reference Number 83940

It is said that he was a shoemaker and hatmaker in Alsace. Before the Atlantic crossing to the New World, the NEPTUNE put in at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, where those planning to settle in the New World had to pledge allegiance to King George II of England. Johann and his family left Philadelphia within a year or two of their arrival and settled in what was then Lincoln County, North Carolina, which was later split into Lincoln and Catawba Counties in 1842. He was a successful farmer in North Carolina. The name Bolch in German means FISH SMOKER.

The following is a list of the Regiments that our ancestors served in during the Civil War and a brief description of what that regiment did during the war.

CONFEDERATE SIDE:

1st Regiment , North Carolina Cavalry-- 9th Regiment Volunteers-1st Cavalry was organized at Camp Beauregard, Ridgeway, North Carolina, in August 1861. Its companies were from the counties of Ashe, Northington, Mecklenburg, Watauga, Wayne, Warren, Cabarrus, Buncombe, Duplin, and Macon. Ordered to Virginia, the regiment was brigaded under Generals Hampton, L.S. Baker, James B. Gordon, and Barringer. It fought in many campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, including the battles at Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Fairfax Court House, Sharpsburg, Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania, Hampton's raid to Dumfries, Brandy Station, Aldie, Upperville, Carlisle, Gettysburg, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Reams' Station, Hampton's Cattle Raid, and Five Forks. The 1st Cavalry had 407 effectives at Gettysburg and 8 at Appomattox. The field officers were Colonels Lawrence S. Baker, W.H. Cheek, James B. Gordon. Robert Ransom, Jr., and Thomas Ruffin; Lieutenant Colonels Rufus Barringer and William H. H. Cowles; and Majors Thomas N. Crumpler, George S. Dewey, Marcus D. L. McLeod , and John H. Whitaker.

5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops-- Crute's compendium contains no history for this unit.

6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry State Troops - was organized at Halifax, North Carolina , in July 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Cumberland, Gates, Johnston, Graven, Rowan, Bertie, Wilson and Caswell. Ordered to Virginia, the regiment reached Manassas on July 19, and fought in the battle under General Longstreet. In April ,1862, it had 460 effectives and during the war was brigaded under Generals Early, Garland, Iverson, R.D. Johnston. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then was involved in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley and the Appomattox Campaign. It had 180 men in action at Seven Pines, lost 10 killed, 22 wounded, and 4 missing during the Seven Days' Battles , and had 4 killed and 37 wounded at Chancellorsville. The unit took 473 men to Gettysburg, losing more than half, and reported 16 disabled at Bristoe and 3 at Mine Run. It surrendered with 7 officers, and 76 men of which 48 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Thomas M. Garrett and Duncan K. Mc Ray; and Lieutenant Colonels, John C. Badham, William J. Hill, Joseph P. Jones, John W. Lea and Peter J. Sinclair.

8th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves-- Crute's compendium contains no history for this unit.

10th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry--was also called 3rd Battalion was organized during late spring of 1862 with five companies. The unit served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and in January , 1863 , merged into the 4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. Majors James P. Adams and William Stokes were its commanding officers.

12th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry--formerly the 2nd Volunteers, was organized near Garysburg, North Carolina, in May 1861. Its companies were drawn from the counties of Warren, Granville, Catawba, Cleveland, Nash, Duplin, Halifax, and Robeson. The regiment served in General Garland's , Iverson's, and R.D. Johnson's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House it participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days Battles to Cold Harbor, saw action in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and ended the war at Appomattox. This unit sustained 211 casualties during the Seven Days Battles, 5 at Fredericksburg and 118 at Chancellorsville. Of the 219 engaged at Gettysburg, thirty-six percent were disabled, and there were 3 killed and 11 wounded at Bristoe. It surrendered 8 officers and 139 men of which 76 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Henry E. Coleman, Benjamin O. Wade, and Solomon Williams; Lieutenant Colonels Edward Cantwell, William S. Davis, and Thomas L. Jones; and Majors Robert W. Alston, Augustus W. Burton, and David P. Rowe.

14th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry--- Crute's compendium contains no history on this unit.

23 rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry--- formerly the 13th Volunteers, was organized at Weldon, North Carolina, in July 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Anson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Richmond, Granville, Catawba, and Gaston. Seven companies arrived in Virginia on July 21; the other three came in August. First assigned to the Potomac District in the Department of Northern Virginia, it was later placed under the command of Generals Early, Garland, Iverson, and R.D. Johnston. The 23rd fought with the army from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, served in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and was active around Appomattox. It totalled 540 effectives in April, 1862, lost 84 during the Seven Days Battles, had 18 killed and 35 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and suffered 1 wounded at Fredericksburg. Of the 430 engaged at Chancellorsville, forty percent were disabled, and more than eighty percent of the 316 at Gettysburg were killed, wounded , or missing. It surrendered 4 officers and 82 men of which 35 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Charles C. Blacknall, Daniel H. Christie, John F. Hoke, and Robert D. Johnston;Lieutenant Colonels William S. Davis and John W. Leak; and Major E.J. Christian.

28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry--- was organized and mustered into Confederate service in September, 1861, at High Point, North Carolina. Its members were from the counties of Surry, Gaston, Catawba, Stanley, Montgomery, Yadkin, Orange, and Cleveland. The unit moved to New Bern and arrived just as the troops were withdrawing from that fight. Ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, it was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought at Hanover Court House and many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days Battles to Cold Harbor. The 28th was then involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox operations. It came to Virginia with 1,199 men , lost thirty-three percent of the 480 engaged during the Seven Days Battles, and had 3 killed and 26 wounded at Cedar Mountain and 5 killed and 45 wounded at Second Manassas. The regiment reported 65 casualties at Fredericksburg and 89 at Chancellorsville. Of the 346 in action at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were killed, wounded or missing. It surrendered 17 officers and 213 men. Its commanders were Colonels James H. Lane, Samuel D. Lowe, and William H. A. Speer; Lieutenant Colonels William D. Barringer and Thomas L. Lowe; and Majors William J. Montgomery, Richard R. Reeves, and S. N. Stowe.

32nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry ( Lenoir Braves )--was organized at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, in April 1862, using the 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. Its companies were raised in the counties of Tyrrell, Nash, Camden , Northampton, Catawba, Bertie, Chatham, and Franklin. The unit was stationed near Petersburg and Drewry' Bluff during the fall of 1862, then returned to North Carolina. Here it served in and around Kinston until May, 1863, when it moved back to Virginia. Assigned to General Daniel's and Grimes' Brigade it fought in various conflicts from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, saw action in the Shenandoah Valley with Early, and ended the war at Appomattox. This regiment lost thirty -five percent of the 454 engaged at Gettysburg and sustained 3 casualties at Bristoe and 3 at Mine Run. It surrendered with 4 officers and 110 men on April 9,1865. The field officers were Colonels Edmund C. Brabble, David G. Cowand , and Henry C. Lewis, and Lieutenant Colonel William T. Williams.

The 1st Infantry Battalion was formed during the Spring of 1861 with six companies. The unit served at Portsmouth, in eastern North Carolina, then the Petersbug area before merging into the 32nd North Carolina Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel William T. Williams and Major Edmund C. Brabble.

55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry-- was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in May , 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Pitt, Wilson, Wilkes, Cleveland, Burke, Catawba, Johnston, Alexander, Onslow, Franklin and Granville. The unit served in the Department of North Carolina, then moved to Virginia where it was assigned to General J. R. Davis' and Cooke's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, served in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and took part in the Appomattox operations. The regiment lost thirty-one percent of the 640 engaged at Gettysburg and fifty-nine percent of the 340 at The Wilderness. It surrendered with 4 officers and 77 men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonel John K. Connally; Lieutenant Colonels Alfred H. Belo, Abner S. Calloway, and Maurice T. Smith and Major James S. Whitehead.

57th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry-- was organized at Salisbury, North Carolina, in July 1862, with men recruited in the counties of Rowan, Forsyth, Catawba, Cabarrus, Lincoln, and Alamance. Sent to Virginia, the regiment was assigned to General Law's ,Hoke's, Godwin's and W.G. Lewis' Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Mine Run, then returned to North Carolina. After serving in the Kinston area the 57th was ordered back to Virginia. It continued the fight at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and around Appomattox. The unit reported 32 killed and 192 wounded at Fredericksburg, had 9 killed and 61 wounded at Chancellorsville and twenty-two percent of the 297 engaged at Gettysburg disabled. At the Rappahannock River in November ,1863, it lost 4 wounded and 292 missing. On April 9, 1865 it surrendered with 6 officers and 74 men of which 32 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Archibald C. Godwin and Hamilton C. Jones, Jr., and Major James A. Craige.

58th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry--was organized in Mitchell County, North Carolina, in July , 1862. Its twelve companies were recruited in the counties of Mitchell, Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, McDowell, and Ashe. In September it moved to Cumberland Gap and spent the winter of 1862-1863 at Big Creek Gap, near Jacksboro, Tennessee. During the war it was assigned to Kelly's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated and Palmer's Brigade. The 58th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, guarded prisoners at Columbia, Tennessee, during Hood's operations, then moved to South Carolina and skirmished along the Edisto River. Later it returned to North Carolina and saw action at Bentonville. It lost 46 killed and 114 wounded at Chickamauga, totalled 327 men and 186 arms in December, 1863, and took about 300 effectives to Bentonville. The unit was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel John B. Palmer;Lieutenant Colonels Thomas J. Dula, John C. Keener , Edmund Kirby, William W. Proffitt, and Samuel M. Silver.

This information was taken off the internet at www.itd.nps.gov.

Contributed by Lynn ( Oakleaf) Blackwell August 13,2002.

Children of JOHANN SR. and ANNA SCHWARZWALD are:

2. i. JACOB BOLCH² SR., b. 1751, Vosgues Mountain, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany; d. February 11, 1823.

3. ii. GODFREY BOLCH, b. 1752, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. September 24, 1823, Catawaba County, North Carolina.

4. iii. SEBASTIAN BOLCH, b. September 1753, On the High Seas; d. February 13, 1815, Claremont, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

5. iv. JOHAN ADAM BOLCH JR., b. January 08, 1755, Berk, Pennslyvania.

6. v. CHRISTINA BOLCH, b. Abt. 1760; d. 1855, Carter County,Tennessee.

vi. ELIZABETH BOLCH, b. 1749; m. JOHANN DANIEL BAUMANN.

7. vii. JOHAN CASPER BOLCH, b. December 26, 1756, Exter Township, Berks County, Pennslyvania; d. August 27, 1834, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB BOLCH² SR. (JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born 1751 in Vosgues Mountain, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and died February 11, 1823. He married MARIA SALOME GRIMES March 21, 1775 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was born January 27, 1753 in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for JACOB BOLCH SR.:

Came to America when he was 2 years old.

The Will of Jacob Bolch ( Bolick)

In the name of God Amen, I Jacob Bolch of Lincoln County and State of North Carolina, being infirm in body but of sound mind and memory thanks to the Lord for the same and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the following manner and form, First and principally I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God who first gave it me and my body I commit to the earth from which it was taken to be buried with decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as to what property it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and dispose of the same in the following manner,i.e., I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Maria Salome Bolch during her natural life tow head of horse beasts all the stock of cattle, hogs and the farming utensils all the household and kitchen furniture and it is my desire that she should remain on the plantation whereon I now dwell with my youngest son Jacob Bolch and that he ( the said Jacob) should remain with his Mother during her lifetime on this earth. I give and bequeath unto my son Adam Bolch by these presents a full discharge for all that he has received from me in my life time as an equivalent in full for his share of my estate after my decease and that he shall have no claim on the same after that period of my decease. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Christen Miller all the land, cattle, and household furniture etc, that she has already received from me in my life time the same to be her share in full of my estate after my decease; I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Bolch and his heirs for ever one hundred and seventy-five acres of land the right for which he shall receive after my decease, and I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Catharine Rinck and her heirs for ever one hundred and twenty-five acres of land the right for which is made to her husband Henry Rick, which he shall receive after my decease over and above what she has received in my life time. I also give and bequeath unto my son David Bolch and his heirs for ever one hundred sixty acres of land the right for which he shall receive after my decease. I also give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Bolch and his heirs for ever three hundred and thirteen acres of land and also the still and utensils and clock the right for which he shall receive after my decease. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Bolch fifty dollars which my son Abraham Bolch is to pay her over and above what she has already received from me in my lifetime. I also give and bequeath unto my son Abraham Bolch and his heirs for ever three hundred acres of land the right for which he shall receive after my decease with the exception that he pays unto his sister Sara Bolch the above mentioned fifty dollars in such property as will suit him to pay and will suit her to have and it is my will that after my decease all my property that I may then be possessed of without infringing upon my wife's legacy may be sold an an equal dividend made ( my debts and funeral expenses first paid) among my children ( Adam and Christena excepted) and I do hereby name , constitute and appoint my loving and dutiful sons Daniel Bolch and David Bolch to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former wills or bequeaths by me made or done ratifying and confirming this to by my only last will and testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal, this first day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

(Signed) Jacob Bolch ( Seal)

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Jacob Bolch to be his last will and testament in presence of us and in presence of each other.

His

Andrew (X) Hollar, Jurat

(Mark)

Levi Nunnally

Daniel and David Bolch Executers sworn, The foregoing Will was proved in open Court and admitted, Record and Executors sworn.

More About MARIA SALOME GRIMES:

Burial: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, North Carolina

Children of JACOB SR. and MARIA GRIMES are:

8. i. DANIEL³ BOLCH, SR., b. 1784, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

ii. CATHERINE BOLCH, b. Abt. 1776; m. DANIEL MORETZ, January 17, 1832.

iii. DAVID BOLCH, m. RACHEL SIMON, March 08, 1815.

iv. GEORGE BOLCH.

9. v. JOHAN ADAM BOLCH, b. January 01, 1778, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. May 1833.

10. vi. CHRISTINA BOLCH, b. 1780; d. 1854.

11. vii. ABRAHAM BOLCH, b. February 18, 1790; d. January 13, 1873, Alexander County, North Carolina.

viii. JACOB BOLCH,JR., b. 1792.

3. GODFREY² BOLCH (JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1752 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died September 24, 1823 in Catawaba County, North Carolina. He married CATHERINE TREFFEENSTATT in North Carolina. She was born 1772 in Pennsylvania.

Children of GODFREY BOLCH and CATHERINE TREFFEENSTATT are:

i. CASPER³ BOLCH.

ii. WILLIAM BOLCH, m. CATHERINE EIKERD.

12. iii. JACOB BOLCH, b. 1794.

13. iv. DAVID BOLCH, b. November 05, 1797, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. August 21, 1858.

14. v. DANIEL BOLCH, b. 1785; d. 1861.

vi. TULLIE BOLCH.

15. vii. GODFREY BOLCH, JR..

viii. JOHN BOLCH.

ix. CATHERINE BOLCH, m. HERMAN.

4. SEBASTIAN² BOLCH (JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born September 1753 in On the High Seas, and died February 13, 1815 in Claremont, Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married MARIA MARGARETA HANNA HEFFNER February 18, 1776 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1759.

More About SEBASTIAN BOLCH:

Burial: Lincoln County, North Carolina

Children of SEBASTIAN BOLCH and MARIA HEFFNER are:

16. i. MICHAEL³ BOLCH.

ii. CHRISTINA BOLCH, m. BARGER.

iii. MARGARET BOLCH, m. BAUMAN.

17. iv. JOHN BOLCH, b. Abt. 1787, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

v. ELIZABETH BOLCH, m. HENRY BAUMAN, March 29, 1809; b. March 16, 1784; d. March 03, 1849.

18. vi. SUSANNAH BOLCH.

5. JOHAN ADAM BOLCH² JR. (JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born January 08, 1755 in Berk, Pennslyvania. He married CHRISTINA HUFFMAN.

Notes for JOHAN ADAM BOLCH JR.:

Baptism by Rev. Daniel Schumacher of Johan Adam Bolch, son of Johann Adam Bolch and his wife, Christina on February 8,1755 when he was 4 weeks old. His sponsors were Johannes Rau Barbirer and Maria Ursula. Trinity Lutheran Church at Reading show the baptism of Johann Adam Bolch as taking place on February 6,1755 in the house at Schwarzwald. Schwarzwald is a small community southeast of Reading in Exeter Township, known today as Jacksonwald. this record establishes the place of residence of Johann Adam Bolch.

Children of JOHAN JR. and CHRISTINA HUFFMAN are:

i. MOSES³ BOLCH.

ii. CASPER BOLCH.

Notes for CASPER BOLCH:

19. iii. CATHERINE BOLCH.

iv. REBECCA BOLCH, m. JOHN BOWMAN.

v. BETSY BOLCH, m. HENRY BOWMAN.

vi. DAVID BOLCH, m. ELIZABETH NULL, November 30, 1824.

vii. ABSOLOM BOLCH, d. 1840; m. SALLY BOLICK.

viii. JACOB BOLCH, m. MARGARET RADER, December 23, 1819.

6. CHRISTINA² BOLCH (JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born Abt. 1760, and died 1855 in Carter County,Tennessee. She married (1) GRANIAS TREFFLESTED. She married (2) FREDERICK TREFFENSTATT Bef. 1790, son of CHRISTIAN TREFFENSTATT and MARIA ECKARD. He was born 1757 in Pennsylvania, and died November 1814 in Carter County,Tennessee.

Notes for FREDERICK TREFFENSTATT:

He was a farmer, he lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and moved to Carter County Tennessee after 1800 census . He came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania with his parents about 1766 to 1767. His parents were from Germany and came to America in 1753.

Children of CHRISTINA BOLCH and FREDERICK TREFFENSTATT are:

i. FREDERICK³ TREFFENSTATT, JR., b. 1785, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

ii. GEORGE TREFFENSTATT.

iii. TULLIE TREFFENSTATT.

7. JOHAN CASPER² BOLCH (JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born December 26, 1756 in Exter Township, Berks County, Pennslyvania, and died August 27, 1834 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married MARIA MAGDALENA DIEHL December 28, 1779 in Tryon , North Carolina. She was born August 15, 1756, and died October 25, 1838 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Notes for JOHAN CASPER BOLCH:

Johan Casper Bolch served in the Revolutionary War. While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1776 and served as a private in Captain Bateman's Company, Colonel Bateman's North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in November 1778 and served five months in Captain Taylor W. Richardson's Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted and served three months in Captain Davidson's North Carolina Company and went on an expedition against the Indians. He again enlisted in 1781, served three months in Captain Horshbarger's Company, Colonel Charles McDowell's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged about December 1,1781.

He fought against the troops of King George III in the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain at Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

Johan Caspar Bolch was baptized by Rev . Daniel Schumacher on February 16,1757 when he was 7 weeks old. His sponsor was Caspar Roeder.

Children of JOHAN BOLCH and MARIA DIEHL are:

20. i. JOHAN CASPER³ BOLCH, JR., b. 1799.

ii. SARAH BOLCH, b. 1803; m. SAMUEL AUSTIN, March 03, 1818.

21. iii. RACHEL REGINA BOLCH, b. February 27, 1805, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. February 25, 1885, Catawba County, North Carolina.

iv. POLLY BOLCH, m. ANDREW HOLLER.

v. ELIZABETH BOLCH, b. June 13, 1785; d. December 13, 1864; m. PHILLIP HEFFNER, March 14, 1822, Lincoln County, North Carolina; b. January 15, 1768; d. February 11, 1858.

22. vi. FRANCES FANNY BOLCH, b. 1803.

23. vii. SOLOMON BOLCH.

Generation No. 3

8. DANIEL³ BOLCH, SR. (JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born 1784 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married (1) ELIZABETH CHARMIN. She was born 1802. He married (2) SUSANNAH K. SIMON January 20, 1811.

Child of DANIEL BOLCH and ELIZABETH CHARMIN is:

i. WILLIAM⁴ BOLCH, b. Abt. 1841; d. July 15, 1862, Farmville Hospital, Farmville , Virginia.

Notes for WILLIAM BOLCH:

He was a Private in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.He enlisted with the 28th Company C, North Carolina Troops Roster is where his name has been found. He died of a battle wound, as a result thereof, of disease or as a prisoner of war.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the Civil War Regiments.

Children of DANIEL BOLCH and SUSANNAH SIMON are:

24. ii. FRANKLIN⁴ BOLCH, b. April 21, 1821; d. February 19, 1904.

iii. DANIEL BOLCH JR., b. September 10, 1823; d. October 27, 1887.

Notes for DANIEL BOLCH JR.:

He served in the Confederate Army in the 28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry during the Civil War.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the regiments of the Civil War.

iv. ELIZABETH BOLCH, b. 1831.

9. JOHAN ADAM³ BOLCH (JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born January 01, 1778 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died May 1833. He married (1) SUSANNAH MILLER. He married (2) ELIZABETH MAUSER Bef. 1807, daughter of JACOB MAUSER and MARIA HAUCKE. She was born November 18, 1785 in North Carolina.

Children of JOHAN BOLCH and ELIZABETH MAUSER are:

i. ELIZABETH⁴ BALCH, m. JOEL MILLER.

ii. LAVINA ROSE BALCH, b. 1816; d. January 17, 1858, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. WILLIAM TURNER.

iii. HENRY BALCH, b. October 1806, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Webster County, Missouri; m. SARAH SALLY HUNSUCKER, October 24, 1826, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

25. iv. ANDREAS BOLCH, b. Abt. 1808.

26. v. JOSEPH ADAM BOLCH, b. March 21, 1813, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. October 07, 1875, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee.

27. vi. HIRAM BOLCH, b. 1818; d. 1894.

vii. ANDREW BOLCH, b. 1807, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. Aft. June 1880, Tryon, Lincoln County, North Carolina; m. (1) ELIZABETH ROSANNAH DEAL; m. (2) POLLY BOLLINGER, March 20, 1832, Tryon, Lincoln County, North Carolina; b. Bef. 1815.

viii. MARY BOLCH, b. 1810, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. March 09, 1891, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. JOSEPH BOOVEY, April 09, 1832, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

ix. HARRIET ELIZABETH BOLCH, b. November 09, 1825, North Carolina; d. May 19, 1887, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. JOEL MILLER, March 14, 1843, Catawba County, North Carolina.

x. ANNA MAHALIA BOLCH, b. Bef. 1830; m. HENRY MILLER, January 08, 1843, Catawba County, North Carolina.

10. CHRISTINA³ BOLCH (JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born 1780, and died 1854. She married (1) JOHN MILLER. She married (2) DANIEL MORETZ 1832.

Children of CHRISTINA BOLCH and JOHN MILLER are:

28. i. PRISCILLA⁴ MILLER.

29. ii. FREDERICK MILLER.

11. ABRAHAM³ BOLCH (JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born February 18, 1790, and died January 13, 1873 in Alexander County, North Carolina. He married CHRISTINA HAWN.

More About ABRAHAM BOLCH:

Burial: 1873, Pisgah Church Cemetery, Alexander County, North Carolina

Children of ABRAHAM BOLCH and CHRISTINA HAWN are:

i. AGNES⁴ BOLCH, m. DAVID TURNER.

ii. ELIZABETH BOLCH, m. JONAS HOLLAR.

iii. HENRIETTA BOLCH, m. DAVIDSON MILLER.

iv. JOHN BOLCH, m. ELIZABETH HONEYCUTT.

v. MAHALIA BOLCH, m. EPHRIAM HERMAN.

vi. RACHEL BOLCH, m. JOHN DOCKERY.

vii. REBECCA BOLCH, m. MARTIN.

viii. SUSAN BOLCH, m. EDMUND LANCE.

30. ix. ABNER BOLCH, b. December 30, 1816; d. May 13, 1909.

31. x. MATHIAS TICE BOLCH, b. May 17, 1817, Alexander County, North Carolina; d. April 29, 1888.

32. xi. ALEXANDER A. BOLCH, b. 1823.

33. xii. ANDERSON ABRAHAM BOLCH, b. August 29, 1837; d. March 24, 1917.

34. xiii. ELIZABETH H. BOLICK, b. 1821, Alexander County, North Carolina.

12. JACOB³ BOLCH (GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1794. He married (1) SOPHIA MORRISON. He married (2) MARGARET RADER.

Children of JACOB BOLCH and SOPHIA MORRISON are:

i. THOMAS⁴ BOLCH, m. ELIZABETH TRIPLETT.

ii. ROBERT A. BOLCH, b. 1844; d. June 04, 1864, Richmond Hospital, Richmond, Virginia.

Notes for ROBERT A. BOLCH:

He was a Private in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He enlisted in the 32nd Company E, North Carolina Regiment, Catawba County, North Carolina. He died of battle wounds, as a result thereof, of disease or as a prisoner of war.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

iii. HARRIET BOLCH, m. MATHESON.

iv. ESTHER BOLCH, b. 1814; d. 1821.

Children of JACOB BOLCH and MARGARET RADER are:

v. ELIZABETH⁴ BOLCH, m. NOAH HEFFNER.

vi. LEAH BOLCH, m. WILLIAM SAMPLE.

vii. NOAH BOLCH, m. REBECCA JONES.

Notes for NOAH BOLCH:

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was in the 14th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

13. DAVID³ BOLCH (GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born November 05, 1797 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina, and died August 21, 1858. He married ELIZABETH SIGMON. She was born 1808 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Children of DAVID BOLCH and ELIZABETH SIGMON are:

35. i. AMOS ELKANAH⁴ BOLICH, b. November 20, 1829, North Carolina; d. 1886.

ii. ELIHAH BOLICH.

36. iii. HALLIE BOLICH.

iv. LYDIA BOLICH, m. RANSOM ROBERTSON.

37. v. PATRICIA BOLICH, b. 1838, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.

vi. VERA BOLICH.

38. vii. BENJAMIN DAVIDSON BOLICH.

39. viii. CAIN BOLICH, b. 1829; d. 1886.

14. DANIEL³ BOLCH (GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1785, and died 1861. He married ELIZABETH CHARMIN. She was born 1802.

Children of DANIEL BOLCH and ELIZABETH CHARMIN are:

i. DANIEL⁴ BOLICK,JR., b. 1817; d. 1853; m. JANE WEIR STEVENSON.

Notes for DANIEL BOLICK,JR.:

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was enlisted with the 28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

ii. CEPHUS BOLICK, b. 1827; m. JENNIE STEVENSON.

Notes for CEPHUS BOLICK:

He served in the Confederate Amy during the Civil War. He enlisted in the 5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops. See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the Civil War Regiments.

iii. AMBROSE BOLICK, m. REBECCA SHELL.

iv. MALINDA BOLICK, m. AMOS CLINE.

v. CATHERINE BOLICK, m. HENRY PAYNE.

vi. LEVI M. BOLICK, b. 1826; d. 1873; m. MARTHA E. CLARK.

Notes for LEVI M. BOLICK:

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He enlisted in the 10th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry. See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

vii. WASHINGTON A. BOLICK, b. 1834; m. NANCY LEE.

viii. WILLIAM BOLICK.

ix. ROSEANNA BOLICK, b. 1829; m. JOHN M. CLONINGER.

x. PHOEBE BOLICK, b. 1831; m. ELCAN HEWITT.

xi. EMALINE BOLICK, b. 1835; m. FRAZIER.

15. GODFREY³ BOLCH, JR. (GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) He married SABINA PROPST.

Child of GODFREY BOLCH and SABINA PROPST is:

40. i. CATHERINE MALINDA⁴ BOLCH, b. Abt. 1825; d. July 1889, Catawba County, North Carolina.

16. MICHAEL³ BOLCH (SEBASTIAN², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.)

Child of MICHAEL BOLCH is:

41. i. ELIAS⁴ BOLCH, b. Abt. 1812, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. 1884.

17. JOHN³ BOLCH (SEBASTIAN², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born Abt. 1787 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married (1) CHRISTINA. She was born Abt. 1788. He married (2) SARAH ANN CLINE.

Children of JOHN BOLCH and CHRISTINA are:

i. SARAH SALLY⁴ BOLCH, b. Abt. 1818; m. ABSOLOM BOLICK.

ii. RHONDA BOLCH, b. Abt. 1811; m. NELSON HUFFMAN.

iii. CHRISTINA BOLCH.

iv. SEBASTIAN BOLCH, m. SEABOCK.

Notes for SEBASTIAN BOLCH:

He was in the Confederate Army during the Civil war. He was assigned to the 12th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the Civil War Regiments.

42. v. PHILIP ALFRED BOLCH, b. 1823, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. October 26, 1864, Richmond, Virginia.

18. SUSANNAH³ BOLCH (SEBASTIAN², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) She married EDMOND LANIER.

Child of SUSANNAH BOLCH and EDMOND LANIER is:

43. i. A. JOSEPH L.⁴ LANIER, b. Bef. 1835, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. June 16, 1901, Catawba County, North Carolina.

19. CATHERINE³ BOLCH (JOHAN ADAM BOLCH² JR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) She married JACOB LONGCRIER.

Child of CATHERINE BOLCH and JACOB LONGCRIER is:

i. LYDIA⁴ LONGCRIER, b. September 05, 1825, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. February 20, 1906, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. MOSES HERMAN, April 07, 1878, Catawba County, North Carolina; b. February 05, 1812, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. August 06, 1891, Catawba County, North Carolina.

More About LYDIA LONGCRIER:

Burial: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, North Carolina

Notes for MOSES HERMAN:

He served in the military in 1864 to 1865 during the Civil War. He was a 1st Lieutenant in Company P, 89th Regiment, North Carolina Militia. He was a cabinet maker.

More About MOSES HERMAN:

Burial: Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Newton, North Carolina

20. JOHAN CASPER³ BOLCH, JR. (JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1799. He married EULIANA SEAPOCK October 28, 1823.

Children of JOHAN BOLCH and EULIANA SEAPOCK are:

44. i. LOGAN⁴ BOLICK, b. 1824; d. September 30, 1863, Chester General Hospital, Chester , Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

ii. POLLY R . BOLICK.

iii. JORDAN BOLICK, b. April 02, 1847; d. May 12, 1880; m. CATHERINE SIGMON.

Notes for JORDAN BOLICK:

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He enlisted with the 28th Regiment, Company C, North Carolina Infantry. He was a Private . See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

iv. EMMANUEL BOLICK, d. May 02, 1863, Chancellorsville, Pennsylvania; m. PAULINA CLINE.

Notes for EMMANUEL BOLICK:

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He enlisted in the 28th Regiment , Company C, North Carolina Infantry. He was a Private. See Johann Adam Bolch for note on Civil War Regiments.

45. v. ELIZABETH BOLICK.

vi. EMMA BOLICK, b. April 20, 1874; d. April 25, 1892; m. FLOWERS.

vii. WILLIAM HENRY BOLICK, b. 1845, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. Arkansas.

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY BOLICK:

Served in Civil War, F Company 23rd Infantry Regiment ,North Carolina. Transferred to C Company 28th Infantry Regiment ,North Carolina CSA.

viii. ANTHONY BOLICK, b. Abt. 1843; d. July 01, 1863, Battle of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Notes for ANTHONY BOLICK:

He was a Confederate Soldier that was killed in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.He was in the 23rd Company F of the North Carolina Regiment, Catawba County, North Carolina. He was a Private.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the Civil War Regiments.

ix. MAHALIA BOLICK.

21. RACHEL REGINA³ BOLCH (JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born February 27, 1805 in Catawba County, North Carolina, and died February 25, 1885 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She married JOSEPH E. KILLIAN February 24, 1821 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He was born May 16, 1800 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Children of RACHEL BOLCH and JOSEPH KILLIAN are:

46. i. ELIJAH⁴ KILLIAN, b. July 13, 1824.

ii. CASPAR E. KILLIAN, b. June 18, 1846, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. December 25, 1911, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. ROSANNAH MALINDA HERMAN; b. May 15, 1849, Clines Twp, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. September 19, 1899, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Notes for CASPAR E. KILLIAN:

He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company C, 28th Regiment, North Carolina Troops.

More About CASPAR E. KILLIAN:

Burial: Miller's / St. Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory County, North Carolina

More About ROSANNAH MALINDA HERMAN:

Burial: Miller's / St. Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory County, North Carolina

22. FRANCES FANNY³ BOLCH (JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1803. She married FREDERICK MILLER, son of JOHN MILLER and CHRISTINA BOLCH.

Children of FRANCES BOLCH and FREDERICK MILLER are:

47. i. ADAM CALEB⁴ MILLER, b. Abt. 1829; d. 1862.

ii. MARY M. MILLER.

23. SOLOMON³ BOLCH (JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) He married ELIZABETH BOLCH October 25, 1825.

Children of SOLOMON BOLCH and ELIZABETH BOLCH are:

i. LILLA⁴ BOLICK, b. December 13, 1824.

ii. WALLIS BOLICK, m. ELNOR BOLCH.

iii. JOSEPH BOLICK.

iv. EMMANUEL BOLICK.

48. v. EPHRIAM LAWRENCE BOLCH,SR..

vi. ISREAL BOLCH, d. Died in the War.

Notes for ISREAL BOLCH:

He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was enlisted with the 23rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. He was in the 23rd Regiment, F Company, North Carolina Infantry. He was wounded , taken prisoner and died of battle wound, as a result of thereof, or of disease. See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

Generation No. 4

24. FRANKLIN⁴ BOLCH (DANIEL³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born April 21, 1821, and died February 19, 1904. He married ANNA CLINE 1844 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Notes for FRANKLIN BOLCH:

He was in the Confederate Army in the 28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the different Regiments during the Civil War.

Children of FRANKLIN BOLCH and ANNA CLINE are:

i. LOUISE BOLCH⁵ BOLIEK, b. Abt. 1841.

ii. CAROLINE J. BOLIEK, b. June 07, 1845.

iii. CICERO E. BOLIEK, b. February 26, 1847.

iv. GILBERT BOLIEK, b. 1849; m. MINNIE L. CLINE.

49. v. JOSHUA DAVIDSON BOLIEK, b. April 11, 1851.

vi. LEWIS BOLIEK, b. 1853.

vii. CALEB W. BOLIEK, b. 1855.

viii. SARAH A. BOLIEK, b. 1857.

ix. SIMON J. BOLICK, b. September 23, 1864; d. 1939; m. LINA ALMEDA MARLOW, July 11, 1897, North Carolina.

25. ANDREAS⁴ BOLCH (JOHAN ADAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born Abt. 1808. He married ELIZABETH ROSEANNA DEAL March 17, 1835. She was born Abt. 1813.

Children of ANDREAS BOLCH and ELIZABETH DEAL are:

i. MARTHA⁵ BOLCH, m. GEORGE MILLER.

ii. MINERVA BOLCH, m. WESLEY MILLER.

iii. LAVINA BOLCH, d. Died as a child.

iv. GENELIA BOLCH, m. PAUL SIGMON.

50. v. WILLIAM HENRY BOLCH, b. May 06, 1840; d. August 18, 1916.

vi. SUSAN BOLCH, m. WILLIAM HENRY PROPST, SR..

51. vii. GERARD A. BOLCH, b. November 27, 1847; d. January 29, 1936.

viii. GEORGE BOLCH.

ix. SARAH BOLCH, b. Abt. 1850; m. LONNIE SIGMON.

x. CAMILA BOLCH, m. JOHN POOVEY.

26. JOSEPH ADAM⁴ BOLCH (JOHAN ADAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born March 21, 1813 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died October 07, 1875 in Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee. He married (1) SALLY SIGMON. He married (2) MARY POLLY BOLLINGER April 17, 1835 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, daughter of LEGION BOLLINGER and CATHERINE KILLIAN. She was born December 27, 1812 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died February 10, 1888 in Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Children of JOSEPH BOLCH and MARY BOLLINGER are:

52. i. JOHN ANDREW⁵ BALCH, b. July 30, 1850, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee; d. April 17, 1911.

ii. ABEL S. BALCH, b. 1836, North Carolina; m. N.J, Abt. 1862, North Carolina.

iii. SUNA BALCH, m. GILBERT BARGER.

iv. LEGION SYLVANUS BALCH, b. 1847, North Carolina; d. 1920, Cocke County, Tennessee; m. BARBARA ELIZABETH BLAZER.

v. ANNA PEARLINA BALCH, b. North Carolina; m. CALVIN BLAZER.

vi. ELMINIE BALCH, b. 1838, North Carolina; d. 1880; m. HENRY BLAZER.

vii. AMANDA EXCENIA BALCH, b. 1843, North Carolina; d. 1924; m. GILBERT ANDREW BARGER.

27. HIRAM⁴ BOLCH (JOHAN ADAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born 1818, and died 1894. He married (1) SUSANNAH MILLER. He married (2) ELIZABETH EIKERD January 08, 1843 in Catawba County, North Carolina, daughter of HENRY EIKERD and ELIZABETH MILLER. She was born July 20, 1826, and died November 11, 1916.

Children of HIRAM BOLCH and ELIZABETH EIKERD are:

i. EMALINE JANADINE⁵ BOLCH.

ii. FRACYANNA MAHALIA BOLCH.

iii. HARRIET LAVINA BOLCH.

iv. BANTALOW ANDREW BOLCH.

v. LAURA ELIZABETH BOLCH.

vi. ROSA GENELIA BOLCH.

vii. DEXTER MONROE BOLCH.

viii. ANGELINE TENNESSEE BOLCH.

ix. HIRAM ELKANAH BOLCH.

x. ADAM HENRY BOLCH.

xi. HATTIE BELLE BOLCH.

28. PRISCILLA⁴ MILLER (CHRISTINA³ BOLCH, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) She married SOLOMON ECKARD.

Child of PRISCILLA MILLER and SOLOMON ECKARD is:

53. i. FREDONNA SENORA⁵ ECKARD.

29. FREDERICK⁴ MILLER (CHRISTINA³ BOLCH, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) He married FRANCES FANNY BOLCH, daughter of JOHAN BOLCH and MARIA DIEHL. She was born 1803.

Children are listed above under (22) Frances Fanny Bolch.

30. ABNER⁴ BOLCH (ABRAHAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born December 30, 1816, and died May 13, 1909. He married NANCY WINEBERGER. She was born April 22, 1821, and died November 06, 1898.

Children of ABNER BOLCH and NANCY WINEBERGER are:

54. i. MARCUS⁵ BOLCH, b. April 09, 1842; d. January 07, 1931.

55. ii. RUFUS BOLCH, b. June 08, 1843; d. January 22, 1939.

56. iii. JACOB ANTHONY BOLCH, b. May 06, 1845; d. November 29, 1925.

iv. SALLY MAHALY BOLCH, b. June 13, 1847; d. June 28, 1898.

v. JOHN CALVIN BOLCH, b. February 13, 1850; d. December 25, 1938; m. POLLY BRYANT.

vi. MILTON BOLCH, b. April 05, 1851; d. September 07, 1862.

57. vii. EMANUEL BOLCH, b. October 24, 1852; d. August 16, 1926.

viii. ELI BOLCH, b. November 18, 1854; d. June 30, 1950.

ix. JULIA BOLCH, b. December 22, 1856; d. August 11, 1926; m. GREEN.

x. MARY BOLCH, b. March 21, 1859; d. May 17, 1877.

xi. MARTHA LORETTA BOLCH, b. December 22, 1860; d. August 17, 1953; m. S.CALVIN BALCH; b. January 25, 1866; d. October 26, 1934.

31. MATHIAS TICE⁴ BOLCH (ABRAHAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born May 17, 1817 in Alexander County, North Carolina, and died April 29, 1888. He married ANNIE FLOWERS, daughter of ADAM FLOWERS and SARAH LANIER. She was born December 04, 1820.

Children of MATHIAS BOLCH and ANNIE FLOWERS are:

i. CANDACE⁵ BOLCH.

ii. JOSEPH BOLCH.

iii. NANCY BOLCH.

iv. SARAH BOLCH.

58. v. ELISHA MACKGILURAY BALCH, b. December 30, 1837; d. July 20, 1927.

vi. PINKNEY ADAM BOLCH, b. October 07, 1845; d. April 21, 1923; m. ADLINE PAYNE.

59. vii. EPHRIAM ELKANAH BOLCH, b. 1848.

viii. GEROGE WASHINGTON BOLCH, b. 1851.

32. ALEXANDER A.⁴ BOLCH (ABRAHAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born 1823. He married SARA MILLER.

Notes for ALEXANDER A. BOLCH:

He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was in H Company, 55th Regiment, North Carolina CSA. Present at 1st and 2nd Bull Run- A. P. Hill's Regiment.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on the regiments in the Civil War.

More About ALEXANDER A. BOLCH:

Burial: Pisgah Church Cemetery, Alexander County, North Carolina

Children of ALEXANDER BOLCH and SARA MILLER are:

60. i. AMANDA⁵ BOLCH.

61. ii. RACHEL BOLCH.

62. iii. CALVIN BOLCH.

63. iv. ENOCH BOLCH.

64. v. FINE BOLCH.

65. vi. HARRIET BOLCH.

66. vii. ALSAPH BOLCH.

33. ANDERSON ABRAHAM⁴ BOLCH (ABRAHAM³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born August 29, 1837, and died March 24, 1917. He married SARAH DOCKERY.

Notes for ANDERSON ABRAHAM BOLCH:

He was in the Confederate Army with his brother Alexander Bolch ,H Company 55th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina CSA, Present at 1st and 2nd Bull Run- A.P. Hill's Regiment. He was a farmer in Alexander County , across from Catawba, which was later flooded after the dam was built.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

Children of ANDERSON BOLCH and SARAH DOCKERY are:

67. i. WILLIAM MCLEASE⁵ BOLIEK, b. September 16, 1857; d. April 22, 1939.

68. ii. MARGARET ELLEN BOLIEK, b. July 13, 1859; d. 1940.

69. iii. ABNER LAFAYETTE BOLIEK, b. June 21, 1862; d. March 08, 1946.

70. iv. SUSANNA JANE BOLIEK, b. July 17, 1866.

v. LAURA CLEMENTINE BOLIEK, b. August 23, 1868; m. THOMAS SIMS, August 1908.

71. vi. RUFUS ALEXANDER BOLIEK, b. November 05, 1871.

34. ELIZABETH H.⁴ BOLICK (ABRAHAM³ BOLCH, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born 1821 in Alexander County, North Carolina. She married JONAS A. HOLLAR. He was born 1820 in Alexander County, North Carolina.

Children of ELIZABETH BOLICK and JONAS HOLLAR are:

72. i. MARY MAHALA⁵ HOLLAR, b. April 05, 1844; d. February 21, 1936.

ii. PETER MONROE HOLLAR, m. MARY STONER.

iii. ABRAHAM HOLLAR, m. PEGGY HERMAN.

iv. ANDREW HOLLAR, m. MARGARET HALSTON.

v. DAVID HOLLAR.

vi. SOLOMON HOLLAR.

vii. BERT HOLLAR.

viii. ENGO HOLLAR.

ix. SARAH HOLLAR, m. JOE BENTLEY.

x. NANCY HOLLAR, m. FONZO CLINE.

xi. AMANDA HOLLAR.

xii. MARTIN A. HOLLAR, b. 1842, Alexander County, North Carolina; m. MARTHA HARRIETT MCGALLIARD.

35. AMOS ELKANAH⁴ BOLICH (DAVID³ BOLCH, GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born November 20, 1829 in North Carolina, and died 1886. He married BARBARA CAROLINE DELLINGER, daughter of DAVID DELLINGER and MARTHA JONES. She was born February 12, 1836 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died February 12, 1920 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

More About BARBARA CAROLINE DELLINGER:

Burial: St. James Evangel, Catawba County, North Carolina

Children of AMOS BOLICH and BARBARA DELLINGER are:

i. BELLE⁵ BOLICH, m. ALEXANDER CORRELL.

ii. DURANT BOLICH, b. 1855, was 7 years old.

iii. JUNIUS FRANKLIN BOLICH, b. December 04, 1856, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. 1904, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. HARRIET DIANA SMITH, 1880, Catawba County, North Carolina; b. 1861, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. 1946, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.

73. iv. JEROME BOLICH, b. August 06, 1858.

74. v. SARAH JANE BOLICH, b. March 14, 1860, North Carolina.

vi. HARRIET ELIZABETH BOLICH, b. October 12, 1861; m. MACK TRAVIS.

vii. MARY ELLEN BOLICH, b. August 16, 1865.

viii. CHARLES POINDEXTER BOLICH, b. February 03, 1867; m. LECKIE GOODSON.

ix. MARTHA ETTA BOLICH, b. July 23, 1868; m. SIDNEY PROPST.

x. JAMES DAVID BOLICH, b. January 30, 1870, at age 4 years.

75. xi. JOHN ALONZO BOLICH, b. December 06, 1871.

xii. SEANNA DORY BOLICH, b. September 25, 1873.

xiii. ALBERT LUTHER BOLICH, b. March 08, 1875; m. SALLIE HALLMAN.

xiv. MINNIE CORA BOLICH, b. October 30, 1876; m. J. EDGAR SETZER.

xv. BERTHA MAY BOLICH, b. April 25, 1879; m. J. BRACK LACKEY.

xvi. ALVIN LOY BOLICH, b. June 26, 1885.

36. HALLIE⁴ BOLICH (DAVID³ BOLCH, GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) She married ROBERTSON.

Children of HALLIE BOLICH and ROBERTSON are:

i. SARAH⁵ ROBERTSON.

ii. AUGUSTUS ROBERTSON.

37. PATRICIA⁴ BOLICH (DAVID³ BOLCH, GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1838 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina. She married (1) HAVERSON. She married (2) WILLIAM GIBSON.

Child of PATRICIA BOLICH and HAVERSON is:

i. CANDICE⁵ HAVERSON.

Child of PATRICIA BOLICH and WILLIAM GIBSON is:

ii. WILLIAM⁵ GIBSON, JR..

38. BENJAMIN DAVIDSON⁴ BOLICH (DAVID³ BOLCH, GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) He married CATHERINE ELMIRA DELLINGER, daughter of DAVID DELLINGER and MARTHA JONES. She was born August 14, 1847 in North Carolina, and died March 22, 1925.

Children of BENJAMIN BOLICH and CATHERINE DELLINGER are:

i. D. EDWARD⁵ BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

ii. CHARLES BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

iii. FRANK BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

iv. JUNIUS BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

v. PRUETT BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

vi. KYLE BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

vii. LILLIAN BOLICH, b. Aft. 1838.

39. CAIN⁴ BOLICH (DAVID³ BOLCH, GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1829, and died 1886. He married BARBARA CAROLINE DELLINGER, daughter of DAVID DELLINGER and MARTHA JONES. She was born February 12, 1836 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died February 12, 1920 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

More About BARBARA CAROLINE DELLINGER:

Burial: St. James Evangel, Catawba County, North Carolina

Children of CAIN BOLICH and BARBARA DELLINGER are:

i. JOHN ALONZO⁵ BOLICH.

ii. JEROME BOLICH, m. MARTHA E. PROBST.

40. CATHERINE MALINDA⁴ BOLCH (GODFREY³, GODFREY², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born Abt. 1825, and died July 1889 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She married ELIJAH KILLIAN May 24, 1845 in Catawba County, North Carolina, son of JOSEPH KILLIAN and RACHEL BOLCH. He was born July 13, 1824.

Child of CATHERINE BOLCH and ELIJAH KILLIAN is:

i. PICKNEY ALEXANDER⁵ KILLIAN, b. August 15, 1849, Catawba County, North Carolina.

41. ELIAS⁴ BOLCH (MICHAEL³, SEBASTIAN², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born Abt. 1812 in Catawba County, North Carolina, and died 1884. He married CATHERINE MAUSER June 08, 1837 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. She was born 1808 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

More About ELIAS BOLCH:

Burial: St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, North Carolina

Children of ELIAS BOLCH and CATHERINE MAUSER are:

i. SARAH⁵ BOLICK, b. Abt. 1843.

ii. LACONIAS HENRY BOLICK.

iii. ABEL BOLICK, b. January 12, 1838, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. March 01, 1908, North Carolina; m. (1) CATHERINE SIGMON, May 21, 1863, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. (2) ELENORA EUPHEMIA DELLINGER, February 20, 1883, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Notes for ABEL BOLICK:

He was a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted in the 28th Regiment, Company C, North Carolina Infantry. He was a Private. See Johann Adam Bolch for listings of the Regiments of the Civil War.

More About ABEL BOLICK:

Burial: St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory County, North Carolina

iv. AARON BOLICK, b. March 19, 1840; d. April 05, 1930.

Notes for AARON BOLICK:

He served in the Confederate Army, 28th Regiment , Company C, Catawba County, North Carolina. He was a Corporal, he was wounded and taken prisoner.

v. MARTHA BOLICK.

vi. HENRY J. BOLCH.

vii. PERRY BOLICK.

viii. SIDNEY BOLICK.

ix. GERARD BOLICK.

x. ELIAS H. BOLICK.

42. PHILIP ALFRED⁴ BOLCH (JOHN³, SEBASTIAN², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1823 in Catawba County, North Carolina, and died October 26, 1864 in Richmond, Virginia. He married ANNA SARA BARBARA DIETZ 1847, daughter of SOLOMON DIETZ and ELIZABETH HUFFMAN. She was born March 22, 1818, and died November 17, 1879.

Notes for PHILIP ALFRED BOLCH:

He was in the Confederate Army as Private in the Civil War with the 28th Company H, in the Catawba County, North Carolina Regiment. He died of a battle wound, as a result thereof, of disease or as a prisoner of war.

See Johann Adam Bolch for notes on Civil War Regiments.

More About PHILIP ALFRED BOLCH:

Burial: Richmond Hospital, Richmond, Virginia

Children of PHILIP BOLCH and ANNA DIETZ are:

i. LEMUEL⁵ BOLCH, b. August 01, 1850, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. May 25, 1911, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. AMANDA S. HERMAN, February 12, 1874, Catawba County, North Carolina; b. July 23, 1855, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. April 06, 1926, Catawba County, North Carolina.

More About LEMUEL BOLCH:

Burial: Fairgrove Methodist Church Cemetery, Hickory County, North Carolina

More About AMANDA S. HERMAN:

Burial: Fairgrove Methodist Church Cemetery, Hickory County, North Carolina

ii. SARAH ANN E. BOLCH, b. 1849, Catawba County, North Carolina.

iii. CHRISTIAN FREDERICK BOLCH, b. 1852, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. 1931, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. ALICE JANE SATTERWHILE, August 10, 1893.

76. iv. CALEB MONROE BOLCH, b. May 25, 1855, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. September 04, 1930, Caldwell County, North Carolina.

v. MARTHA J. BOLCH, b. 1857.

vi. POLYCARP BOLCH, b. 1860, Catawba County, North Carolina; m. ELLEN SHAFFER, May 07, 1876.

vii. EDWINA BOLCH, b. October 11, 1861, Caldwell County, North Carolina.

43. A. JOSEPH L.⁴ LANIER (SUSANNAH³ BOLCH, SEBASTIAN², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born Bef. 1835 in Catawba County, North Carolina, and died June 16, 1901 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He married LEAH HERMAN January 21, 1859. She was born January 18, 1830 in Iredell County, North Carolina, and died November 10, 1908 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

More About A. JOSEPH L. LANIER:

Burial: Huffman/ Lanier Cemetery, Catawba County, North Carolina

More About LEAH HERMAN:

Burial: Huffman/ Lanier Cemetery, Catawba County, North Carolina

Children of A. LANIER and LEAH HERMAN are:

i. DARIUS⁵ LANIER.

ii. CANDACE I. M. LANIER.

44. LOGAN⁴ BOLICK (JOHAN CASPER³ BOLCH, JR., JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born 1824, and died September 30, 1863 in Chester General Hospital, Chester , Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He married MARTHA ANN MAUNEY.

Notes for LOGAN BOLICK:

He enlisted in Confederate Army on March 14,1863, was wounded at Picketts' Charge, July 3, 1863,at the Battle of Gettysburg, and died at Chester General Hospital, Chester Pennsylvania on September 30,1863. He died of a battle wound, as a result thereof, or disease or as a prisoner of war.

He was also wounded at Chancellorsville but survived this battle. He served under Stonewall Jackson in Chancellorsville Battle. His remains were later moved to Philadelphia National Cemetery , where his name is among those honored on the Confederate Memorial.

The following articles, contemporaneous to the imprisonment of Logan Bolick ( Bolch) and other Confederate prisoners at Chester Pennsylvania, after being wounded and left on the battlefield at Gettysburg, were furnished by Tom Belton, Curator of Military History at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, North Carolina. All information is in the original text as it was written in the 1860's.

July 17, 1863

Delaware County Republican

REBEL SICK AND WOUNDED- Fifty rebel prisoners, most of them sick and wounded, arrived at the United States General Hospital near this place, on Tuesday last. They were a hard party- dirty, villainous looking, and dressed in all manner of costumes. A portion of them were officers, doubtless a grade about the 'white trash' , as the slave holding nabobs, were wont, in times past, to stigmatize the poor white laborer. The hospital here has been selected as one of the stations fro the rebel wounded. We join with our fellow citizens in the deep regret that is universally felt that so fine and institution should have been converted into a retreat of the enemy. There is said by competent judges to be no better Hospital in the country, in point of healthy location, eligibility and other matters that tend to make such a place desirable. And yet the wounded and sick or our own Army must be transported to other institutions possessing few if any of the advantages of the one in our locality, to give place to these ragged rebels, who have been shooting down our brothers, relatives and friends. We wish we could have been spared this infliction.

July 24, 1863

Chester, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County Republican

"REBS." since our last issue, a large number of wounded rebel prisoners have arrived at the United States Army Hospital near this place, and the institution, we are told, is literally crowded with these people. A train of cars brought a lot on Friday, an several transport steamers have since landed their living freight at our wharves. One of these vessels, which reached here on Sunday, had on board seven hundred, only two or three hundred of whom found accommodations at the hospital. The remainder was taken to New York to be placed in a similar institution there. Language fails to describe the personal appearance of the genus rebel. Let the reader who has never seen a specimen of the tribe, imagine a crowd of miserable rag pickers or dock loafers, such as were , at one time, to be found, in small numbers,along the wharves of our seaport cities- dirty, filthy, ragged and infested with vermin- looking as devoid of animation as brutes, and he may form a faint idea of a gang of secesh, able to walk , as they appeared on their march through our streets to their destination. They are all of a dirty, clay color, and no two of them are dressed alike-some even being clad in the faded and torn cast off blouse of the Union soldier. The badly wounded are truly objects of compassion. Some of them are without legs, others minus an arm, while many are injured in the head and breast. A few- generally those who have been forced into the service- say they are tired of the war, assert their regard for the old flag, and declare they will never again fight for Jeff Davis, while others express a determination to go back to the rebel army as soon as they are exchanged. The officers, of whom there are a goodly number, are as respectable looking as the privates, and can only be distinguished by some mark, such as a chevron on their coat collars, or a tassel on their shocking bad hats. The prisoners are placed in the bath at the hospital, as soon as they arrive, cleansed as far as soap and wate4r will cleanse them , and then dressed in Uncle Sam's clothing. A few days will transform them into some decency of appearance at least. Arrangements are being made to accommodate them.

August 5,1863

Media, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County American

DYING OFF-- The rebels, who number some thirteen hundred, at the Upland Hospital, are dying off at the rate of ten to thirteen a day, and the deaths are said to be on the increase, from the fact that the diarrhea, which is of an inveterate character, has broken out among them. The hospital is in a crowded condition, and non but the worst cases having been brought there, the mortality among them may be expected to be great. Many of the worst are placed in tents in the adjoining lots, where they can have plenty of air, and where they will be removed somewhat from the influence of the obnoxious mass of putridity, which exists in the wards. Those who die are placed in pine coffins, and buried in the RURAL CEMETERY, near Chester, where a lot has been set apart for them at so much per head. They are treated precisely as the Union soldiers. This is right. They are the victims of bad men, an while they are at our mercy as prisoners of war, it would be cowardly, and beneath the spirit and dignity of our people to use them indifferently or barbarously. We do not however, suppose our citizens are going to tax themselves to an infringement on the wants of the Union soldiers, no that our ladies who on other occasions even vied with each other in their attentions at this Hospital, only to be insulted or treated with the coldest indifference, are now going to sacrifice their health, or endanger their lives among so much disease an filth which now exists there.

August 7,1863

Chester, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County Republican

THE POOR REBS - Over an hundred rebels of the fifteen hundred recently brought to the Army Hospital near this place, have ' fought their last fight.' Among the number deceased, are Captains, Lieutenants, and the lower grade of officers. They hailed from all parts of Secesh, from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia and Maryland - not a few from the latter State. The principal part of those who have died were afflicted with chronic diarrhea before their arrival here- Many of them were sent from Fort Delaware, and were in the last stage of sickness when they reached the Hospital. No men could be more kindly treated or better cared for, and this contrasts strongly with the treatment of our soldiers taken to Richmond, confined in th Libby prison, in the tobacco warehouses, and other filthy holes, the strictest surveillance put upon them, and only half fed.

August 7,1863

Chester , Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County Republican

FORT DELAWARE- There are now about 12,000 rebel prisoners at Fort Delaware, and new barracks are in course of erection. It is said that 10,000 more are to be sent there. On Monday night of last week, about 12 o'clock, one of the prisoners was shot while attempting to escape. He was stripped naked and has fastened canteens under his arms, which buoyed him up. His clothes were tied in a bundle and placed on his back. He was discovered when about fifty yards from the fort, when he was fired upon by the guard, and instantly killed, one shot passing through his arm, and another through his lungs. The canteens buoyed up the body, and it was subsequently recovered. The firing occasioned considerable excitement at the Fort. The long roll was beat; the garrison rushed to arms and was formed into line. The cannon was loaded with grape, and brought to bear on the rebel quarters, in anticipation of a general rising of the rebs. When the cause was ascertained the troops returned to their quarters an quiet was restored.

August 14,1863

Chester, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County Republican

MORE REBS- A steamer from Fort Delaware, on Monday last, brought another additional hundred rebels to the United States Army Hosp8ital at this place. They were the most woe begone specimens of humanity we ever laid eyes on. Wan and wasted, they were mere walking skeletons of men, and seem to have been sent here on to die. They are without animation, and if they are a fair representation of the poor men of the South, we pity those who are under the slaveholder's rule.

August 19,1863

Media, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County American

THINGS IN CHESTER-

THE ' REBS'- The sick an wounded rebel prisoners in U.S. Hospital at Upland, are being removed as soon as they become convalescent, and others are sent on to supply their places. On Monday last about three hundred of them were transferred to Fort Monroe, probably to remain until exchanged, and as they were marched through the town on their way to the boat, an admirable opportunity was afforded their sympathizers of displaying to the public their love for the rebels, and their devotion to their bankrupt cause. For some time past various parties from Baltimore and elsewhere, have been boarding at the hotels in this Borough, and these have been visiting the Hospital almost daily, carrying with them ice cream, fruit an delicacies of almost every kind, for distribution amongst there friends and favorites, the rebels. I wish I could say that these at least ill advised attentions were confined to strangers, but so far from this being the face, several of our own citizens who refused to move a muscle to relieve the sufferings of our own wounded an sick, and who were disabled whilst defending their own homes, participated in this ovation to rebellion...

August 26,1863

Media, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County American

ESCAPE OF REBEL OFFICERS- We understand that two of the rebel officers who have been for some time past in the U.S. General Hospital, at Upland, escaped one day last week. One of them was a nephew of the famous bridge burning rebel, Trimble, and a member of his staff. Some efforts were made to find out their whereabouts, but they have so far proved unsuccessful. Now why these men should have been allowed to escape is a mystery. The general opinion seems to be that they received assistance, either from some secret enemy of the -Government within the hospital, or from some of the notorious Copperheads in the surrounding neighborhood, who have been allowed to visit them so frequently. A change of programme, as to the manner of conducting the hospital is about to be instituted. No admission will be given to any one, except upon official business, or to relatives of the prisoners coming from a distance, who will be required to make application in writing to the executive officer, and to establish their claim of relationship to such prisoner; the guard is to be made more efficient, and the whole place is to be surrounded by high picket fence. This is all very well and should have been done long ago, but if it should be, as many are-inclined to believe, there is any disloyal person among the officers in Y charge of the place, guards and picket fence will avail but little. We hope there will soon be a change for the better.

September 2,1863

Media , Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County American

THINGS IN CHESTER

MONUMENT TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY PATRIOTS- The committee who have in charge the matter of laying out the Chester Rural Cemetery have appropriated the most beautiful site in it for the purpose of burying all those from Delaware County who may have served honorable either in the army or navy of the United States. The idea is to erect a monument in the centre of this plat- the necessary funds for which shall be raised by voluntary subscriptions from all loyal persons, to be collected by committees in the different parts of the county. It is proposed that a book, containing a brief biography of each one buried there, shall be kept within the monument. Delaware County should take an interest in the matter an lend a helping hand to the patriotic men who have originated the idea.

September 4, 1863

Media , Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County Republican

DEPARTURE OF REBEL OFFICERS- Forty rebel officers left the " United States General Army Hospital" at this Place, on Monday last, for Sandusky, Ohio. They were well posted, while here, by the Copperhead sympathizers from Baltimore and Philadelphia, who were in daily attendance upon them, an will be ready to give, should they reach their home, full information as to the place of their friends in the North. They go to the Fort at Sandusky, where it is to be hoped, they will be treated as well as the rebels treat Union prisoners at Richmond. Previous to their departure, and while in the cars, Miss Martin and Miss Frances Butler, of Philadelphia supplied them with greenbacks.

September 18,1863

Chester, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County Republican

MORE REBS- a new batch of rebel prisoners arrived at the General Army hospital near this place yesterday. They were principally from Gettysburg, and most of them are sick and wounded.

September 23,1863

Media, Pennsylvania ( Delaware County)

Delaware County American

THE PRISONERS-- About three hundred of the convalescent rebel prisoners were removed from the Hospital, on Saturday last, and placed on board a boat to go to City Point, to be exchanged, but when they arrived at Fort Delaware, where they were to take on another lot, the boat had got broken so that they were unable to proceed farther, and not being able to land at the Fort, were obliged to return to this place, and the prisoners were again sent to the Hospital, they were started again on Monday afternoon last.

I found diary on the internet in a Bolch family file at http://www.isocks.com/jpLittle.html. It has been copied word for word from the original paper.

COMPANY C,28th REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS

By J.P. Little

1st Lieutenant and Ensign, Company C 28 Regiment

Company C, 28th Regiment Volunteers, was organized by Thomas L. Lowe at Newton, North Carolina, in summer of 1861, numbering about 130 men. Left Newton August 13th , went to High Point, was organized into the 28th Regiment, and left there that fall to go into winter quarters at Wilmington. Remained there during the winter of 1861 guarding that section of the coast. In the spring of 1862 was called to New Bern, arrived there just in time to be in the evacuation, as Burnside's Fleet was already landing.

We marched back to Kinston and there was organized into Branch's Brigade. After a short stay there we were called to Richmond, Virginia , and there organized into General A. B. Hill's division and later, into General Stonewall Jackson's corps, and then was engaged in the battle at Hanover Court House, where we had a sharp fight with the enemy.

After this fight we took up camp west of Richmond, an then , on the 26th of June, we broke camp, crossed the Chickahominy and engaged McClellands"s army on their right flank on Thursday evening above Mechanicsville, and was in all the great Seven Days battles at Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Frazier's Farm and Malvern Hill from June 26th to July 1st, 1862. Was engaged in battle every day until the next Tuesday evening at Malvern Hill where McClelland's army, after a dreadful defeat, took shelter under cover of their gunboats on the James River, July 1st. This is known as the Seven Days battles around Richmond. Federal losses were over twenty thousand. Confederate losses were nineteen thousand, five hundred and thirty-three. McClelland army numbered about two hundred thousand troops, well armed, well equipped, well drilled and was inspected just before the battle by an English officer and pronounced to be the finest army in the world. We defeated this grand army of General McClelland, this " young Napoleon", as General Lee called him, " met his Waterloo."

After a short stay in camp, east of Richmond, the first Maryland campaign was planned. And then taking up a long line of march , encountering the enemy at Cedar Run, where we had a sharp fight, defeating the enemy and diving them from the field. This was the 7th, 8th and 9th of August. Federal losses were one thousand and eight hundred. Confederate losses were one thousand, three hundred and fourteen.

Continuing our march, we arrived at Manassas and engaged the Federal troops in battle. After two hard days fighting, we won a complete victory, driving the enemy in the direction of Washington. This known as the second Manassas, or Bull Run battle. Hill's men fought with rocks from a railroad cut. Many men were killed by having their skulls broken with rocks. Federal losses were seventeen thousand; Confederate losses eight thousand. This was like unto the first Manassas Battle.

WHEN SCOTT AN WOOL DID AT US PULL,

ACROSS THE COUNTRY LEVEL,

WE MET THEM THERE AND FOUGHT THEM FAIR,

AND WHIPPED THEM LIKE THE DEVIL.

Continuing our march, we encountered the Federals at Ox Hill, near Leesburg. After a hard fight we drove the enemy from the field, After this battle, we crossed the Potomac River near Leesburg into Maryland, making a little stop at Fredrick, Maryland,an planting a battery on the hill directed solid shop against a railroad bridge. It soon yielded to our shots and tumbled into the stream.

Continuing our march through Maryland, crossing the Potomac River back into Virginia near Williamsport, marching down the river via Martinsburg to harpers Ferry capturing about twelve thousand troops, and more arms and ammunition than we could et away with. This was a very important place as the United States had an arsenal here. It was also noted as the place where John Brown raised the first insurrection. Johh Smith first settled Virginia at Jamestown. John Brown first unsettled it at Harpers Ferry.

Now for Sharpsburg or Antietum. Then a double quick up the river to Shepard's Town, crossing the Potomac River back into Maryland, engaging the enemy so as to relieve General Longstreet and D. H. Hill who were in a deadly struggle with the enemy, driving them from the field that night. Federal losses eighteen thousand Confederate three thousand. Crossing the Potomac at Shepard's Town, the enemy following us. We fought them to a finish, back in and across the river. The broad surface of the Potomac was floating with dead bodies. Federal losses were three thousand, Confederate losses two hundred and sixty-one.

We then tore up the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Martinsburg; then took up camp at Bunkers Hill. After a short stay there , the cry was "for Fredricksburg." We broke camp at Bunker Hill and marched up through the Shenandoah Valley, where the destruction of war was visible everywhere. Crossing the Shenandoah River near Winchester, winding our way up the mountains, a distance of about nine miles, I saw we had reached the top. The army halted, and as I looked around me, I saw the cloud capped mountains of the Blue Ridge heaving her lofty peaks and smoky terits in the very clouds of heaven and basking her towering spires in the dazzling sunlight of eternal day. As we looked back over the blood stained valley, we beheld the Shenandoah, as she rolled her sporting waters through the valley, fertilizing thousands of acres of the most productive land, and yielding broad fields of sparkling water for the broad-billed duck and silver-scaled fish. Oh, what a scene! A valley once of peace and plenty now all laid to waste and desolation.

Now continuing our long and tedious march, we arrived at Fredricksburg and engaged the Federals in battle on December 13,1862, and after a hard fought battle defeated the Federals, driving them back across the Rappahannock River. I shall never forget the scene of the women and children as they passed through our lines, some with babies in their arms, What became of them I never knew. Confederates lost four thousand, two hundred and one, Federals lost twelve thousand, three hundred and twenty-one.

Then we went in camp below Fredricksburg for the winter of 1862-1863.

Breaking camp in the spring of '63, we arrived at Chancelorsville and engaged the Federals in battle on the 2nd and 3rd of May. This proved to be one of the bloodiest battles of the war. General Stonewall Jackson was wounded on the evening of the 2nd , and died at Guinea Station on Sunday, May 10th.

I shall never forget that memorable day--May 3rd. The second shell that was thrown from the enemy busted in our ranks, just to my left. I turned my eyes and saw the mangled bodies of Marcus Seitz, Jones Smyre and Laban Yount--all perished--and Solomon Honeycutt badly wounded. This impressiveness of my surroundings hushed my voice an filled my eyes with tears. Leaving our dead behind.

Steadily we step adown the slope;

Steadily we climb the hill;

Steadily we load, steadily we fire,

Marching right onward still

Confederate losses were ten thousand, two hundred and eighty-one. Federal losses were seventeen thousand, one hundred and ninety-seven.

The writer of this sketch had his right arm broken in front of the Chancelorsville House, near the plank road.

Now a second invasion of the North was planned. Leaving Chancelorsville, crossing the Blue Ridge and the Shenandoah River, marching down the valley, driving the Federal scouts out of the way. Crossing the Potomac near Williamspoort, we marched through Maryland, arriving at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and engaging the Federals on July 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

This battle was one of the most deadly conflicts of the Civil War. The map of the battlefield shows that Lane's Brigade went as far as the farthest. Losses in the battle of Gettysburg were heavy on both sides. Confederate losses were over twenty thousand, Federal losses were twenty-three thousand, one hundred and ninety.

We withdrew from the battlefield on July 4th, and in returning from that great battle, we intercepted the Federals at Falling Waters. After a sharp fight we gave the Federals to understand that we only wanted time to recross the Potomac back into Virginia. And after a strenuous march we finally arrived at Liberty Mills, near Gordonsville, and went into camp for the winter of 1863-64.

After spending the winter here, we broke camp on May 1st, and on the 5th , 6th, and 7th, we engaged the Federals in the Wilderness. True, the name-- a wilderness it was. After three days battling with the enemy we were led out of the Wilderness-- not by Joshua of old, but by General Robert E. Lee-- but only to be engaged in a more deadly conflict at Spottsylvania Court House on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of May, it being the fortune, or misfortune, as it was, on the 12th, for the 28th Regiment to be place where they fell into that historic bloody angle where hand to hand conflicts ensued , and where blood flowed like water. No wonder General Sherman's definition of war was "Hell."

In the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House, General Grant's losses, since passing the Rapidan, from May 4th to May 16th, were more than forty thousand men. In Spottsylvania county there were five great battles fought: The first and second Fredricksburg, Chancelorsvill, Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. All in a radius of fifteen miles. Men gave their lives by the thousands and poured out their blood in torrents. We have nothing in history to equal it. This Regiment, the 28th, Lane's Brigade, was in all these battles and suffered heavily, and was complimented highly by General A. P. Hill and General Lane for their bravery and good behavior.

Now the march to Chickahominy on May 21st, 1864. General Grant withdrew from Spottsylvania and commenced his move towards Richmond; General Lee moving parallel with the enemy, determined to force him east of Richmond. We had a sharp engagement at North Anna River and near Noel's Station on the 22nd and 23rd of May, also at Jericho Ford. Arriving on June 2nd at Cold Harbor Ridge, and on the morning of the 3rd , just at the break of day, there was just light enough to guide the troops, the second great battle of Cold Harbor Ridge began. This was the same ground that was contested by General Lee and McClelland two years previous. A fearful struggle took place in the works soon after the battle began. The enemy was repulsed time after time and driven back with fearful loss. The attack ended at 12 o'clock. Every attack of the enemy had been successfully repelled, and the battle closed with the Confederates in full possession of their works. Confederate losses were twelve hundred, Federal losses thirteen thousand. This ended the campaign north of the James River.

The Federal losses since th passing of the Rapidan River were more than sixty thousand men, ten thousand more than Lee's total strength. Confederate losses eighteen thousand.

Passing south of the James River, we took up our position in front of Petersburg where we were in many hard fought battles during the summer, fall and winter of 1864 and 1865, until the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865. One of our hardest fought battles in defense of Petersburg was on July 25th,1864 at Ream's and Malone's Stations. Heath's division and Lanes' Brigade were advanced under cover of guns of Pegram's Battery, until directly in front of the works, when a rush was made which resulted in the capture of th whole line--not however, before the enemy had been driven off in a desperate hand to hand struggle in the works, in which clubs, muskets and bayonets were used freely. The Confederate losses were seven hundred and twenty. Federal losses two thousand. After retiring from this battle constant skirmishing occurred between the two armies, and many sharp encounters took place between the hostile Calvary forces, the most brilliant of all those affairs was the dash made by General Hampton into the Federal lines in September. It was known that General Grant had a large drove of cattle grazing in Prince George County. This information was gained by General Hampton from a letter to General Grant which he intercepted. The letter stated that the cattle had been sent to the neighborhood of Sycamore Church, and that they were in splendid condition. Hampton, at once, determined to secure the beeves, which were much needed by our army.

Hampton leaving Petersburg on the 14th of September and arriving at Sycamore Church; and, at daylight on the morning of the 16th, he surprised and stormed this position, capturing the works and camp of the enemy and three hundred prisoners and all the cattle,about twenty-five hundred in number were secured. And the object of the expedition being accomplished, Hampton set of on his return. Fitzhugh Lee brought up the rear, the captured cattle marching between. The beeves stretched out over a line of four miles, but were skillfully handled. And from time to time, be had to drive of the enemy's cavalry on his way back. He finally succeeded in reaching Petersburg safely with all his captures at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 17th, having lost only fifty men during the expedition. This was the greatest cattle victory during the war. A nice presentation of Hampton to the hungry Confederates.

Steak for breakfast, Steak for dinner and steak for supper.

And now during the remainder of the fall and winter of 1864 and 1865 , we were in ail the principal battles and witnessed all the principal events up to the blowing up of the great tunnel which formed a crater and looked like a second Mount Vesuvious where the Negro troops with the whites rushed in to break our line. But our artillery being trained on the crater, mowed them down by the hundreds. They were caught in their own death trap.

Now the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. On the morning of the 2nd o April, Lee bad decided to abandon the cities he had so long defended. As we passed out and looked back we saw that which added more to the horror, destruction-- great clouds of smoke go up from the two great cities, where men poured out their life's blood and perished by the tens of thousands. We saw our fate was sealed, our cause lost. Now our last retreat back to Appomattox Courthouse, where General Lee surrendered the remnant of the grand army of fighting men the world ever produced.

Now in conclusion , I will say the War Between the States was undoubtedly one of the most interesting events in the pages of modern history. Being a veteran of the Civil War, I could mention many thrilling narrations of battle scenes, daring adventures, narrow escapes and feats of personal prowess during the war-- all tending to make indelible impressions upon the tablets of memory.

The writer feels a willingness to contribute his mite to the store of accumulate materials relating to the Confederate soldiers now waiting to be molded into finished historic shape by one of her gifted sons. Our flag of the Confederacy is furled, and will live in song and story , though its folds are , in the dust.

This company met their responsibilities and performed their duties faithfully and courageously; and on all occasions when the fire of the battles spread it deadly pall over the battlefields, they proved to be as brave as the bravest.

More About LOGAN BOLICK:

Burial: Miller's / St. Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory County, North Carolina

Children of LOGAN BOLICK and MARTHA MAUNEY are:

77. i. NATHANIEL A.⁵ BOLCH, b. March 11, 1848; d. March 22, 1929.

ii. M.CAMILA BOLCH.

78. iii. JEFFERSON ANTHONY BOLCH, b. 1862; d. 1935.

iv. HARRIET S. BOLCH.

v. MONROE M. BOLCH.

45. ELIZABETH⁴ BOLICK (JOHAN CASPER³ BOLCH, JR., JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) She married PHILLIP HEFNER.

Children of ELIZABETH BOLICK and PHILLIP HEFNER are:

79. i. HIRAM⁵ HEFNER, b. January 08, 1824, Catawba County, North Carolina; d. 1880, Catawba County, North Carolina.

80. ii. DAVID HEFNER, b. September 28, 1827, Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. September 05, 1906, Catawba County, North Carolina.

46. ELIJAH⁴ KILLIAN (RACHEL REGINA³ BOLCH, JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) was born July 13, 1824. He married CATHERINE MALINDA BOLCH May 24, 1845 in Catawba County, North Carolina, daughter of GODFREY BOLCH and SABINA PROPST. She was born Abt. 1825, and died July 1889 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Child is listed above under (40) Catherine Malinda Bolch.

47. ADAM CALEB⁴ MILLER (FREDERICK⁴, CHRISTINA³ BOLCH, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born Abt. 1829, and died 1862. He married SUSANAH LOUISA BENFIELD 1850 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She was born 1828.

More About ADAM CALEB MILLER:

Burial: 1862, Richmond, Virginia

Children of ADAM MILLER and SUSANAH BENFIELD are:

81. i. CANDACE B.⁵ MILLER, b. Abt. 1854, Catawba County, North Carolina.

ii. ANNA ROSABELLE MILLER, b. 1859, Catawba County, North Carolina.

iii. FRANNIE G. MILLER, b. Abt. 1861, Catawba County, North Carolina.

48. EPHRIAM LAWRENCE⁴ BOLCH,SR. (SOLOMON³, JOHAN CASPER², JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹ SR.) He married MATILDA LETITIA GREEN.

Child of EPHRIAM BOLCH and MATILDA GREEN is:

i. EPHRIAM LAWRENCE⁵ BOLCH,JR..

Generation No. 5

49. JOSHUA DAVIDSON⁵ BOLIEK (FRANKLIN⁴ BOLCH, DANIEL³, JACOB BOLCH² SR., JOHANN ADAM BOLCH¹) was born April 11, 1851. He married CANDACE B. MILLER August 09, 1972 in Catawba County, North Carolina, daughter of ADAM MILLER and SUSANAH BENFIELD. She was born Abt. 1854 in Catawba County, North Carolina.