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List of Claimants
Unionists and the Civil
War Experience In
the Shenandoah Valley
| Volume
I - Contains
Southern Commission Claims
of 37
families of Brethren,
Mennonite and other faiths in
the Mt. Crawford and
Cross Keys areas of southeast
Rockingham County, Virginia
(741 pages) |
Volume
II - Highlights
the stories of 32
familes of Brethren,
Mennonite and other faiths who
lived in the Greenmount,
Linville and Edom areas
of northwest Rockingham
County, Virginia (738
pages) |
Volume
III - Summarizes
the Claims of 56
Brethren and Mennonite
families who lived
in the Bridgewater, Dayton
and Mole Hill areas of
Rockingham County, Virginia
(1000 pages) |
Volume
IV - Summarizes
the Claims of 56
Brethren and Mennonite
families who lived
in the areas of
Rockingham County, Virginia
(1000 pages) |
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Listed below are the
names of the 37 claimants
in Volume I. In addition
to each claim, the testimony
of neighbors and family
members opens windows of
insight and understanding
into each claim and the
difficulties county residents
experienced during this
time.
Frank. M. Chapman
Thomas Dovel
John Gangwer
Abraham Garber
David J. Garber
Joel Garber
Adam R. Gladden
Abraham D. Heatwole
John R. Keagy
Noah Landes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lewis Pence
David E. Rhodes [Rodes]
Frederick S. Rhodes
Henry L. Rhodes
John Rhodes [Rodes]
Abraham Shank
Daniel Sluss
Samuel Whitmore
Joseph Beery
Solomon Beery
Samuel Cline
Mathias Diehl
John Evers
Daniel Flory
Noah Flory
Jacob Harshbarger
Jacob Harshbarger and John Harshbarger
Elijah Huffman
Phillip Nichter
David Pence
Samuel Ruebush
William Rodehafer
Peter Showalter
Harrison C. Spangler
Samuel H. Wampler
Martin Whitmer |
Now you can explore
the personal struggles
of families in Rockingham
County, Virginia, who held
to their convictions regarding
slavery and war and maintained
their loyalty to the Union
during the Civil War. In
Volume II of Unionists
and the Civil War Experience
in the Shenandoah Valley,
you will meet 32 such families
who lived in the Greenmount,
Edom and Linville communities
of the county.
Listed
below are the names of
the 32 claimants in Volume
II. In addition to each
claim, the testimony of
neighbors and family members
opens windows of insight
and understanding into
each claim and the difficulties
county residents experienced
as the war raged up and
down the Valley. John L.
Heatwole, Valley historian
and author of The Burning,
sets the book in context.
In the preface he writes, “Without
addressing the impact of
the war on the civilian
population and the drama
of dissent, the story of
the Civil War is incomplete
and one-dimensional.” Here
are the areas and names
of the families featured
in Volume I.
Michael W. Bowman
Samuel Bowman
Mary Brenneman
Martin Cromer
George W.M. Evers
Adam Gowl
Emanuel Grove
John Hildebrand
William Hinkle
Benjamin Miller
Jacob Miller
Michael M. Miller
Christian Myers
Samuel Niswander
Samuel H. Plaugher
James Ritchie
Jackson Showalter
Emanuel Spitzer
Jacob Wenger
John
H. Beery
David C. Breneman
Henry, Geil
Jacob Geil
John Geil
Jacob Shank, Jr.
John E. Shaver
George W. Showalter
Isaac Wenger
Jacob W. Zirkle
John D. Miller
Anthony Rhodes
Henry J. Showalter
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Listed
below are the names of
the 56 claimants in Volume
III. In addition to each
claim, the testimony of
neighbors and family members
opens windows of insight
and understanding into
each claim and the difficulties
county residents experienced
during this time.
Joseph
Click
John Evers
David Garber
Joel Glick
Harvey Johnson
Mary Kagey
Jacob H. Lindsey
Samuel E. Long
William Mc Williams
Abraham Miller
Barbara Miller
Henry Miller
Jacob Miller
John A. Miller
Samuel Miller
Henry Niswander
William S. Perry
Samuel Sheets
Christian & Susanna Snell
Benjamin
Bowman
Daniel Bowman
Henry Early
John A. Early
John Flory
Christian C. Garber–
John J. Garber
Gabriel D. Heatwole
John G. Heatwole
Abraham Sager
Benjamin A. “Annie” Sandy
Silas Sandy
Jacob Senger
Michael Shank
Mary Sunnafrank
Benjamin Wenger
Noah C. Wenger
Peter
Blosser
Rebecca Burkholder
Samuel Coffmam
Jacob Driver
Daniel P. Good
David Hartman
Margaret H. Rhodes
Jacob Shank
Emanuel Suter
John B. Wenger
James
Anderson
Benjamin S. Bierley
John Brunk
Henry Burkholder
Daniel J. Good
Archibel Holland
James J. Miller
Joseph M. Miller
Tazewell Moubray
Christian Showalter
John Wine |
Listed
below are the names of
the claimants in Volume
IV. In addition to each
claim, the testimony of
neighbors and family members
opens windows of insight
and understanding into
each claim and the difficulties
county residents experienced
during this time.
John H. Baker
George Branner, Est
John A. Cline
Mary Guyer
Mary S. Homan
Michael Homan, Est.
Joseph F. Kline
Michael B. E. Kline
William J. Miller
John Minick, Est. & Noah
Minnick
Peter Ritchie
Abraham Shank
John Shaver
Jacob Silvuse
Isaac Smith
Noah Spitzer
Joseph Wampler
Joshua Wampler
John Zigler
George
Kline
John B. Kline
Samuel Shank
Abraham Beery, Est.
Abraham Brenneman
Jacob Good
George W. Grady
John Hawse
Phillip Hollar
Jacob A. Mitchell
Jacob Moyers
John Shultz
David Spitzer
Jacob Spitzer
John Stinespring
John B. Zirkle
George Brunk
Dr. Wesley Newham
Jacob Turner
W. K. Abbot
James M. Branner
William Cambell
David and Louis Driver
John W. Driver
Jonas Early
Martin Garber
Emanuel Hoover
David Kline
William McInturff
Samuel H. Myers
David B. Rhodes
William G. Thompson
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Rockingham
County businessmen Norman R.
Wenger and David S. Rodes have
researched the archival records
of the Southern Claims Commission
and compiled the claims these
families submitted to the U.S.
Government for compensation
after the war. The claimants'
stories reveal physical hardship,
struggles of conscience and
fear of losing one’s
life.
Editor Emmert Bittinger, Professor
Emeritus of Bridgewater College,
has prepared the numerous documents
for publication and written an
insightful introduction to
Volumes I-III. His comments and
claim summaries set each in context
and help the reader to understand
the claim and how the Claims Commission
responded to it.
Volumes in the Unionists series
may be purchased from Reflections
of Yesteryear in the Dayton
(Va.) Farmer’s
Market and Rockingham
Cooperative on Grace Street in Harrisonburg
for $49.95, plus tax, and
may also be found in Harrisonburg,
Virginia bookstores.
This series is co-published by
the Valley Brethren-Mennonite
Heritage Center,
P.O. Box 1563,
Harrisonburg, VA 22803
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