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- He enlisted in the Pulaski Guards (Capt James A. Walker's Company), which later became C Company 4th VA Infantry, on 17 April 1861 at Newbern. He fought in the battles of First Manassas and Kernstown, and was taken prisoner at the latter. Sent to Baltimore and later Fort Delaware, exchanged at Aitken's Landing 5 August 1862. Served as First Lt. in the First Nitre Battalion making gunpowder. On Confederate pension rolls act of 1928 at $200.
After the war farmed on Back Creek, specialized in the catte business. He represented Pulaski County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1906 and 1910. "Uncle Jim" as he was known to his kin and others was a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
H. Jackson Darst, "The Darsts of Virginia--A Chronicle of Ten Generations in the Old Dominion (With Sketches of the Cecil, Charlton, Glendy, Grigsby, Larew, Miller, Trolinger, Welch, Wygal and Wysor Families)," Williamsburg, VA, 1972, p. 368, et seq.: Served in the Confederate army as a private in the Pulaski Guards (Capt. James A. Walker's Company), Virginia Infantry, the "Stonewall Brigade," "fought in the Battles of First Manassas and Kernstown, and at the latter was taken prisoner. He was sent to Baltimore and later to For Delaware, where he remained for about six months until he was exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va., below Richmond, on August 5, 1862. Then he came home and was assigned to detached service during the remainder of the war as first lieutenant in the First Nitre Battalion, C.S.A., manufacturing gunpowder at the old Trolinger saltpetre cave, and in Bland County. After the war, [he] farmed on Back Creek where he specialized in the cattle business. . . . He represented Pulaski County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1906 and 1910. "Uncle Jim" as he was known to his own kin and others, was a local preacher of the Methodist episcopal Church, South. He was a frequent speaker at "all-day meetings" in many churches in the area, and conducted great numbers of funerals. . . ."
James T. Trolinger Obituary
Classification: Query
Posted: 8 Feb 2002 4:11PM GMT
Edited: 4 Feb 2005 8:37PM GMT
In a book I purchased I found an obituary for a James T. Trolinger, age 91, of Pulaski, VA. It is VERY lengthy, but here is the pertinent genealogy info: "Mr. Trolinger was a son of John and Mary Wygal Trolinger. April 8, 1868 he married Mary E. King and to this union the following children were born: John Edwin Trolinger, Henry Lewis Trolinger, William Pierce Trolinger, William Pierce Trolinger, Ellen King Trolinger, and twin girls who died at birth.
He is survived by one son, Henry Lewis Trolinger, of Johnson City, Tenn., one daughter, Mrs. Walter Price, Pulaski, and four grandchildren, Mrs. Stanyarne Little of Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. R. J. Waugh, Pulaski, James T. Trolinger, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Lewis S. Price, Pulaski." The article also states "He was born and reared east of Dublin. His father, John T. Trolinger, named that town, and joined with Stephen Trinkle, grandfather of former governor E. Lee Trinkle in donating the railway station site, and he was 12 when the first train ran to that stop." The article names numerous pallbearers and flower bearers, with many famiy names included. There is no date on the article, but based on articles on the backside, I think the year of death would be 1935. If interested in a copy, please contact me.
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Jas Trolinger
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Pulaski, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Newbern
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: James Thomas Trolinger
Occupation: Farmer
Age at enlistment: 18
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Virginia
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Virginia 4th Infantry Regiment on 17 Apr 1861. Mustered out on 15 Jul 1863. Transferred to on 15 Jul 1863. Mustered out on 24 Dec 1863.
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1842
Death Date: 10 Jan 1933
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Jos. T. Trolinger
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Dublin, Pulaski, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Trolinger
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farms
Household Members:
Name Age
Jos. T. Trolinger 37
Mary E. Trolinger 29 wife
Jno. E. Trolinger 11 son
Henry L. Trolinger 10 son
Ellie K. Trolinger 2 dau
Chas. W. Harman 18 nephew
Thos. S. King 71 father in law
Matilda P. King 66 mother in law
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James T Trolinger
Age in 1910: 67
Birth Year: abt 1843 [1843]
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Pulaski Ward 2, Pulaski, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mollie Trolinger
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: James T Trollinger
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
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1842 - 1932 (89 years)
