LW Lusk, 1st SC Cavalry

My third Great Grandfather Leroy Worth Lusk was born in Oconee County, South Carolina to Nathan and Rosannah Capehart Lusk on Tuesday May 10th 1831 at about four in the morning according to his Family Bible. Leroy farmed in and around Salem, Oconee County, South Carolina, he married Jeanette A Rogers daughter of James and Mary Swafford Rogers on February 5th 1856 and had three children before the start of the Civil War. Jeanette was born June 16th 1840 in Oconee County, SC.

Leroy Worth Lusk mustered into Company F, 1st Regiment South Carolina Cavalry as a Corporal and was a 2nd Lieutenant by the end of the war.

The First South Carolina Cavalry Regiment as formed in October 1861, and served in South Carolina until it was assigned to Gen. Wade Hampton's Brigade, under Maj. General JEB Stuart and moved to Virginia in the fall of 1862, this regiment fought in numerous battles including Chambersburg, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Kelly's Ford, and Mine Run. Ordered south to defend their native state and surrounding areas in the fall of 1864, the First South Carolina Cavalry was prominent in the defense of Savannah and the Campaign of the Carolinas. After four years of honorable and gallant service, the First South Carolina Cavalry was included in the surrender of the Army of Tennessee in April of 1865.

In the midst of the war on March 9th 1863 my Great Great Grandmother Mary Roseanne Lusk was the first of seven more children born to Leroy and Jeanette. They lived and raised their family in Oconee County on the same land where generations of Lusks have lived. Jeanette died on March 16th 1905 and was laid to rest in the Henry Lusk Family Cemetery; Leroy died about 4 years later on May 9th 1909 and was also buried in the Lusk Family Cemetery.

Leroy’s Grave was marked with only a stone and funeral home marker until Tom a cousin of mine obtained a memorial stone for Leroy W Lusk from the Veterans Affairs Dept., he and a couple more cousins chipped in money to provide a stone for Jeanette also and set the stones in September 2008.

Thank You Tom