William F. Singleton

A 22 year old farmer in Conwayboro, Horry District, he enlisted as Private, Company L, 7th South Carolina Infantry on 26 June 1861.

He was wounded by a gunshot in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862 and captured nearby two days later.

He was at Fort McHenry in Baltimore from 3-8 December, then sent to Fortress Monroe, VA for exchange. He was in a Petersburg, VA hospital 10-14 December, then given a 40 day furlough. He was absent in March 1864 and in hospitals from July to September, then on furlough again, with no further military record.

By 1880 and to at least 1900 he was a farmer in Bucks Township, Horry County. In 1910 he was peddling notions there.

His service from Swain.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1880-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

05/25/1839 in SC

07/27/1914; burial in Pauley Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, Dongola, SC