Gap Families in Civil War

Weeks Family

Joseph Weeks (1801-1886) & MaryAnne “Polly” Holztclaw (1805-1886)

William Henry Weeks (b. 1833)

15 Mar 1862, Enlisted, private, Company H, 4th VA Cavalry

  • Name William H Weeks; Enlistment Age 29; Birth Date 9 Mar 1833
  • Enlistment Date 15 Mar 1862; Place Bealeton; Rank Private
  • Muster Date: 15 Mar 1862; Place: Virginia; Company: H; Regiment: 4th Cavalry; Enlisted
  • Side of War Confederacy; Survived War? Yes
  • Death Date 29 Apr 1902; Burial Place VA; Cemetery Warrenton Cemetery
  • 1865-05-05 Paroled, (Fairfax Court House, VA)
  • The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

16 Sept 1866 married Virginia Roberta Flourance (sister of George C. and Robert C Florance)

  • Imagine the wedding- Neighbors and childhood friends marry, Groom and 2 of the Brides brothers likely wear their Confederate Calvary Uniforms (sashes, swords, plumed hats?) 
James Richard Weeks (b. 1834, died 2 Jan 1861)

Age of Civil War soldier, dies few months before Fort Sumter (April

Florence (Florance; Flourance) Family

Alfred Alexander Flourance (1800-1848) & Jane Hereford Anderson (1807-1887)

  • Alfred born & died in Prince William Co; Jane a widow, never remarries
  • 10 Jan 1828 married Jane Hereford Andersen in Chesterfield, Virginia (Heugenot roots?)
  • by 1835 births of Children in Fauquier Co
  • 1850 census, Jane Head of Family in Gap, 8 Children, Real Estate = $400, son Alfred A Jr listed as farmer
  • 1860 census, Jane Head of Family in Gap, 6 Children, Real Estate = $1000; personal property = $375, Jane listed as farmer (son Robert C (21) attended school)
  • 1870 census, Jane Head of Family in Gap, 4 Children, 1 niece; Real Estate = $1100; personal property = $1685; sons (Robert, Erastus, Albin) listed as farmers
  • 1880 census, Jane Head of Family in Gap (paralysis); son Robert (cattle speculator) daughter & niece Jane (3 Janes); laborer 16yo Black male Dennis Rector

Property in Gap, by Amphitheater, house possibly top of Martin Meadow. 

George Cumberland Florence (b. 1835)

15 Mar 1862, Enlisted, private, Company H, 4th VA Cavalry

  • Name: C G Florence; Enlistment Age: 26; Birth Date: abt 1836
  • Complexion: Dark; Eye Color: Hazel; Hair Color: Brown; Height: 5 ft, 10 inches
  • Enlistment Date: 15 Mar 1862; Place: Bealeton; Rank: Private
  • Muster Date: 15 Mar 1862; Place: Virginia; Company: H; Regiment: 4th Cavalry; Enlisted
  • Muster Out Date: 5 May 1865; Muster Out Place: Fairfax Court House, Virginia; Muster Out Information: Surrendered
  • Side of War: Confederacy; Survived War?: Yes; Residence Place: New Baltimore, Virginia
  • Wounded, (Beaver Dam, VA), 1864;
  • 1862-11-15- 1862-12-15 AWOL Absent without leave
  • The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

13 Feb 1866  married Lucy Laws in Fauquier County, Virginia

1870 census, living with wife and daughter (NOT in gap) Pers Property = $570, farmer; farm owner Robert H Florance age 56 (uncle?), living with his wife and 6 children; farm value $1000

Robert Cornelius Florence (b. 1836)

9 Mar 1863, Enlisted, private, Company H, 4th VA Cavalry

  • Name: Robert C Florence
  • Enlistment Date: 9 Mar 1863; Private;
  • Muster Date: 9 Mar 1863; Place: Virginia; Company: H; Regiment: 4th Cavalry; Enlisted
  • Imprisonment Date: 9 Jun 1863; Imprisonment Place: Beverly Ford, Virginia
  • Casualty Date: 9 Jun 1863; Place: Beverly Ford, Virginia; Type: Wounded; Information: Wounded in head
  • Muster Out Date: 13 May 1865; Place: Fairfax Court House, Virginia; Information: Surrendered
  • Side of War: Confederacy; Survived War?: Yes
  • 1863-06-08 Horse killed, (Stevensburg, VA), Paid $600.00;
  • 1863-06-15 Exchanged; 1863-06-25 Paroled
  • The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

never Married, lived with mother Jane; worked as a “cattle dealer”, died of “Cerebral Hemorrhage”  (caused by head wound?)

10 Feb 1933, Application for Military Headstone, requested by president of Black Horse Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy (Mrs William N Hodgkin)

Lambert Family

Henry “Harry” Peyton Lambert (b. 1833)

8 May 1861, Enlisted, private, Company C, 8th VA Infantry

  • Name: Henry P Lambert
  • Eye Color: Blue; Hair Color: Red; Height: 6 ft, 1 inch
  • Enlistment Date: 8 May 1861; Place: Haymarket, Virginia; Rank: Private
  • Muster Date: 8 May 1861; Place: Virginia; Company: C; Regiment: 8th Infantry; Enlisted
  • Muster Out Date: 16 Oct 1862;  Information: discharged disability
  • Side of War: Confederacy; Survived War?: Yes
  • The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

10 Sept 1867 married Sarah Washington Lennard in Fauquier County

Lived in Lambert’s Gap (likely in a house near our current Tent Platforms) until his death in 1901

after the War, worked as a home builder, carpenter and wheelwright in Fauquier

 

Glascock Family

Roger Chew Glascock (b. 1838)

Apr 1862, Enlisted, Private, Company A, 12th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery (1st)

  • Name Roger C Glascock
  • Enlistment Rank Private
  • Muster PlaceVirginia; Company A; Regiment12th;  Battn LArtillery; Enlisted
  • Utterback’s Company, Brooke’s Battery (Warrenton Light Artillery)
  • Side of WarConfederacy
  • Title Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service RecordsHousehold Members
  •  Film Number M382 roll 22

08 Dec 1863 married Anna Moss in Fauquier County (married multiple times)

after War and Death of his father Alfred (d 1868), moved to Alexandria/DC, worked as accountant with US Geodetic Survey