Trewolla of Cornwall and the Civil War

[Cornish Terrier]

Another new thread for us all to deal with - and, once again, I will fill in more detail soon.

Basically, one family of Trewolla went to America in about 1835.
From that family there were three sons who fought as Confederate Soldiers during the American Civil War.

Anyone has anything to input before I get things going will be most welcome to do so.

[Cornish Terrier]

Due to other commitments I have not been able to get to this one yet but will try and do so soon.
Again - anyone with any input will be most welcome and I will work on things as soon as I get the time.

[Zenobia]

Does the Henry L. Trewolla you mentioned before fit in here?

Details please....

[Cornish Terrier]

Yes - this is Henry Lafayette Trewolla who was apparently born in Greensville Co., VA 18th September 1824 as son of Henry Trewolla and Mary (nee Beall).
I understand he married Nannie Elizabeth (nee RESSELL/RUSSELL) in 1854 and had at least two children.
His father Henry was baptised at St Clement, Cornwall, 16th August 1801 as son of John Trewolla and Margaret (nee Pearce).
Henry married his second wife, Eliza Jane (POYTREP) in Granville Co., NC 12th May 1833 but I know of no further children.

I my know further tonight as I am about to embark on what will probably be a long night's work.

Through ROOTSWEB I have access to much of the US Trewolla family information as provided by Vikki Bolles and a couple of others so I want to try to elicit what I can as soon as I can.

That means a couple of other things will be delayed but it is inevitable and I will try to keep on top of things.

[Zenobia]

He ended up in Mississippi, correct?

[Cornish Terrier]

Yep! - His father Henry apparently died in MS in 1855.
Henry Lafayette was in MS in the 1850 Census and onwards and it seems most, if not all, his children were born there.

I am currently trying to work through the RootsWeb stuff on this family and there is some conflicting information that I have to deal with.

But Mississippi it is.

Now - throw me your next line!

[Zenobia]

Well, Henry Trewolla left another Trewolla legacy...

Are you familiar with this Trewolla family of Tallahachie, MS:

Benjamin Trewolla b. ca. 1840
Emma Trewolla b. ca. 1832
Emily Trewolla b. ca. 1858
Moses trewolla b. ca. 1865
Amanda Trewolla b. ca. 1868
Alcorn Mack Trewolla b. ca. 1870

The family continues in MS for a couple of generations and at one point is going by "Trewalter"

[Cornish Terrier]

OK then! - Try this one on for size. ;D

1900 US Federal Census - Tallahatchie, MS

Mack Trewalla bn. abt 1876 - Black
Jame Trewalla bn. abt 1873 - Black
Armstrong Trewalla bn. abt 1893 - Black
Kate Trewalla bn. abt 1895 - Black
Mose Trewalla bn. abt 1897 - Black
William Trewalla bn. abt 1898 - Black
Ben Trewalla bn. abt 1900 - Black

World War 1 Draft Registrations

Armstrong TREWILLA bn. Mar 1894 Charleston, MS - Black

World War 1 Civil Draft Regristrations

Mose Trewolla bn. 4 Aug 1897 of Tallahatchie, MS - Black

Try that lot on for size and see what you can do with it!

(I sure as heck don't know what to make of it - yet!)

[Cornish Terrier]

Be very pleased if you could send me all other information you might have on this family.

[Zenobia]

Yep, that is the one I was talking about...

The 1860 slave schedule for Tallahatchie Co., shows Henry Trewalla with the following slaves:

42 Male Black
38 Female Black
30 Female Black
28 Female Black
18 Male Black
13 Female Black
8 Male Black
6 Male Black
6 Female Black
1 Female Black

The 28 year old female and the 1 year old female come close to matching Emma and Emily. Ben might be the 18 year old male. I presume that the rest of Henry's slaves chose to use a different surname after they became freedmen, unless they moved out of the state.

I think it would be most interesting to see if Ben and Emma still have descendants using the Trewolla surname.

[Zenobia]

ianjtrewhella said:

OK then! -
World War 1 Draft Registrations

Armstrong TREWILLA bn. Mar 1894 Charleston, MS - Black

World War 1 Civil Draft Regristrations

Mose Trewolla bn. 4 Aug 1897 of Tallahatchie, MS - Black

Where did you find those two?

When I checked the WWI Draft Registrations all I could find was:

William Trewalter b. 16 Aug 1897, registered in Tallahatchie MS

[Zenobia]

This one is interesting.

I was trying to find the black Trewolla family in later census, with little success, but in 1910 I found 8 year old Robert Trewella (black) living as a servant with widowed Madie Lee (white) and her family. Madie was married in 1879 to Thomas Lee as Madie Trewalla.

I am assuming that Madie was a descendant of Henry L Trewolla? If so, it looked like the former slaveowners and former slave families kept some ties.

[Zenobia]

Oh...here is the corrected and full version of 1900:

Mack Trewolla, head, farmer, age 24, m. 5 yrs., b. Mar 1876, MS, both par b. MS
Jane Trewolla, wife, farm laborer, age 27, b. Apr 1873, MS, both par b. MS
Armstrong Trewolla, son, age 7, b. Mar 1893, MS
Kate Trewolla, dau, age 5, b. Jan 1895, MS
Mose Trewolla, son, age 3, b. Oct 1896, MS
William Trewolla, son, age 2, b. Feb 1898, MS
Walter Powel, stepson, farm laborer, age 11, b. Feb 1889, MS
Ben Trewolla, father, farm laborer, age UNK, b. MS, par. b. UNK

[Cornish Terrier]

Had a reply almost finished on this one then lost it.

Send me a reminder note and I will try and sort it out after work tonight.

[janelee]

admin said:

I am assuming that Madie was a descendant of Henry L Trewolla?

Yes, Madie is his daughter, my great grandmother. The records that I have found show that Henry L Trewalla had two children, Mary E. and James H. I'm assuming that Mary E. is in fact Madie. This info came from the 1860 census when she was 3 yrs old, which ties in with her birthdate in 1857. I would be curious to know what happened to her younger brother James. Does anyone know of any further children?