The Toe River Valley Confederate

For the past three or four weeks, members of the Col. Palmer Camp have been out placing flags on the graves of Confederate soldiers in the cemeteries of the Toe River Valley. This year, as in years past, the camp has placed about four hundred flags in Yancey, Mitchell, and Avery Counties. We added some new cemeteries this year and found some new graves. In Northern Yancey County, we were able to document the graves of these soldiers:

John Taylor Beaver, Company C, 58th North Carolina Troops
Jerry M. Ferguson, Company B, 29th North Carolina Troops
John W. Wilhite, Company D, 7th North Carolina Cavalry
Henry Howard, Company G, 29th North Carolina Troops
John H. Tomberlin, Company K, 50th North Carolina Troops
Charles Sconce, Company G, 32nd North Carolina Troops

We also found several others in Northern Mitchell County that we are currently looking into.

The Colonel Palmer Camp will be very busy this Saturday with programs in Yancey County at 9:00 am, Bakersville at 12:00 pm, and the old Bakersville Cemetery at 8:00 pm. We hope to see you there.

The picture on the page is that of members of the Colonel Palmer Camp at the grave of John Houston in the Henson’s Creek Cemetery in Avery County.