Francis Latimer Wiatt

He was practicing law by June 1845, then in Washington County, MO, and was appointed Treasurer of Jefferson County, MO on 14 November of that year, but was back in Virginia by 1849 and in North Carolina by 1858. In 1860 he was a 45 year old miner at Walkersville in Union County, NC.

He enrolled there on 17 February 1862 and mustered for Confederate service as Captain of Company A, 48th North Carolina Infantry on 5 May. He was promoted to Major on 15 July.

He was wounded in the leg in action on Loudoun Heights near Harpers Ferry on 15 September 1862.

He tendered his resignation citing age, health, and his wound on 20 September while in Martinsburg, VA and it was accepted on 20 October 1862.

He was mayor of Monroe, NC in 1866 and had a law practice there in 1870. He died sometime before 1880, at which time his widow was living in Los Angeles, CA with 3 of her children.

His service from Moore1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3, also as Francis L. Wiat (he signed his name with two Ts). His wounding location from Brigadier General Walker's Report. Personal details from family genealogists, notably the family bible of his grandfather William Wiatt of Fredericksburg, History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Counties Missouri (1888), and the US Census of 1860-1880.

He married Lucy Jane Brickey (1821-1881) in her hometown Potosi, MO in February 1842 and they had 4 children.

There is still considerable mining for gold, copper, and lead in Union County, NC today.

09/02/1815; Fredericksburg, VA