Fourth Generation (Continued)
Family of Benjamin BANNER Jr. (20) & Margaret "Peggy" KIGER

60. Wilson Clayton BANNER. Born on 14 Aug 1827 in Stokes Co., NC.388 Wilson Clayton died in Surry Co., NC on 17 Apr 1893, he was 65.

4 Nov 1872 - Guilford Co.,NC - Wilson C. Banner filed for Bankrupty in Greensboro, NC. Docket only, Case # 525. Apparently went his father Benjamin who also filed the same day.

On 25 Jul 1855 when Wilson Clayton was 27, he married Martha "Ann" MORRIS, in Forsyth Co., NC.340 Born in 1842 in Stokes Co., NC. Martha "Ann" died in Surry Co., NC on 7 Dec 1912, she was 70.

They had the following children:
151 i. William Franklin (1859-1910)
152 ii. Mary Elizabeth (1860-1915)
iii. Minerva Jettie. Born on 26 Nov 1862 in Forsyth Co., NC. Minerva Jettie died in Forsyth Co., NC in 1893, she was 30.
153 iv. John Lee (1864-1922)
154 v. Joseph Benjamin (1867-1939)
vi. Lulu. Born in Nov 1869 in Forsyth Co., NC. Lulu died in Jan 1870 in Forsyth Co., NC.

Medical: Died at home in January 1870 of Scroffolas, according to 1870 Forsyth Mortality Schedule.
vii. Lillie. Born in 1872 in Forsyth Co., NC.
viii. Victoria. Born in 1875 in Forsyth Co., NC.

61. Christine "Adeline" BANNER. Born on 3 Aug 1828 in Stokes Co., NC. Christine "Adeline" died in Forsyth Co., NC on 25 Feb 1890, she was 61. Buried in Clayton Family Cemetery, Forsyth Co., NC.

On 8 Jun 1850 when Christine "Adeline" was 21, she married Reuben Moore CLAYTON (66) , son of John CLAYTON Jr. (23) (11 Sep 1788-22 May 1863) & Elizabeth MOORE (8 Feb 1796-11 Dec 1858), in Forsyth Co., NC.340 Born on 30 Dec 1824 in Stokes Co., NC. Reuben Moore died in Stokes Co., NC on 7 Dec 1865, he was 40. Buried in Clayton Family Cemetery, Forsyth Co., NC.

1850 - Forsyth Co.,NC - Reuben and his wife Christina Banner are living in the household of Reuben’s father, John and Elizabeth Clayton.

They had the following children:
155 i. William "Billy" Wilson (1851-1920)
ii. Selestia C.. Born abt 1852 in Forsyth Co., NC.
iii. John P.. Born abt 1855 in Forsyth Co., NC.
iv. Benjamin E.. Born abt 1858 in Forsyth Co., NC.
v. Mariah. Born in 1862 in Forsyth Co., NC.
vi. Mary. Born in 1862 in Forsyth Co., NC.
vii. Sarah E.. Born in 1866 in Forsyth Co., NC.
viii. Lelia C.. Born in 1866 in Forsyth Co., NC.

62. Marcrum Van Buren BANNER. Born ca 1831/1833 in Stokes Co., NC. Marcrum Van Buren died in Point Lookout, MD on 17 Feb 1865, he was 34.

Marcrum was conscripted as a Private in the Civil War in Winston, NC on 22 Oct 1865, in Co. D, 21st Regiment, N. C. Infantry Troops, Confederate. On 9 Feb 1865, Marcrum was captured near Petersburg, Va. by Federal Troops and sent to Point Lookout, MD and received by the 5th Army Corps on 8 Feb 1865. He was listed as absent and a prisoner of war in Jan and Feb 1865. Marcrum died of "neuralgia" on 17 Feb 1865 at Point Lookout, Md. in Prisoner of War Guard Yard 6957. He was buried the same day.

Marcrum and Virginia were first cousins.341

In 1848 when Marcrum Van Buren was 17, he married Virginia BANNER (103) , daughter of Martin Luther BANNER (39) (7 Feb 1808-9 Feb 1895) & Mary Weaver OGBURN (22 Apr 1811-26 Feb 1877), in Yadkin Co., NC. Born on 10 Feb 1831 in Surry Co., NC. Virginia died in Banner Elk, Watauga Co., NC on 7 Apr 1895, she was 64. Buried in Banner Elk Cemetery.

1850 - Forsyth Co.,NC - Virginia is living in the household of her father in law on the census.

They had the following children:
156 i. Margaret (1851-1934)
ii. Henry Martin. Born on 22 Sep 1853 in Surry Co., NC. Henry Martin died in Banner Elk, NC on 13 Feb 1904, he was 50. Buried in Banner Elk Cemetery.

Tombstone inscription reads "He was true to his friends".

On 9 Mar 1876 when Henry Martin was 22, he married Mary Elizabeth "Betty" LOWE, in Surry Co., NC.368 Born in 1856 in Surry Co., NC.
iii. Henry or Harvey. Born abt 1854 in Forsyth Co., NC.
iv. Martha. Born in 1856 in Watauga Co., NC.
v. Nancy. Born in 1856 in Watauga Co., NC.
vi. Mary L.. Born abt 1856 in Forsyth Co., NC.
vii. Abraham Tyre. Born abt 1858.
viii. Patricia.
ix. Andrew.

63. Mary "Catherine" BANNER. Born on 16 Apr 1839 in Stokes Co., NC. Mary "Catherine" died in Forsyth Co., NC on 6 Jun 1906, she was 67. Buried in Red Bank Baptist Ch. Cemetary, Forsyth Co., NC.

On 5 Feb 1857 when Mary "Catherine" was 17, she married Joseph Martin MERRITT, in Forsyth Co., NC.340 Born on 17 Mar 1828 in Stokes Co., NC. Joseph Martin died in Forsyth Co., NC on 22 Jan 1896, he was 67. Buried in C.W. Marker, Red Bank Baptist Ch. Cemetary, Forsyth Co., NC.

Enlisted in the Confederate troops in the Civil War on 8 Jul 1862. He was a
private in Co.D, 21st Regiment, N. C. Troops. He was hospitalized with
a gunshot wound in the right shoulder on 3 Jun during the long seige at
Petersburg,VA. Joseph was wounded again on 9 Oct 1864 in the hip and his
back. He was captured by Union troops and confined at Fort Henry, Maryland
on 10 Feb 1865. He was exchanged on 20 Feb 1865 and allowed to return
home.389

Research: 8 Jul 1862 - Joseph Martin Merritt, husband of Catherine Banner enlisted in the Confederate Army , he was
a private in Company D, 21st Regiment, North Carolina Troops. He and his wife had 2 children and his
wife was pregnant with the third child.

3 Oct 1862 - An excerpt from a letter that Joseph wrote to his wife Catherine Banner concerning his daughter Sallie Merritt (1860-1915):
".......My dear sweet wife, I received your letter of the 2nd on Tuesday last, which give me great satisfaction to me to hear that you all well. Oh, I want to see you and little sweet Sallie so bad. I want to know how Sallie gets along talking. I did not know that I thought so much you till I have been so distantly separated from you....."

6 Sept 1862 - An excerpt from a letter that Catherine Banner wrote to her husband Joseph concerning Sallie Merritt (1860-1915):
".....me and little Sallie is well at this time, my dear. I shall take good care of myself and Sallie."

21 May 1863 - Letter from Alexander Merritt,Jr. brother to his brother Joseph Martin Merritt:
"Dear Brother, I take the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to inform you I am well. Hoping when these lines comes to hand they may find you all well. We are camped at Hanover Junction 25 miles from Richmond. I have received a letter from you today and was glad to hear from you but I would like to come home but there is no chance for me to get a furlough until the volunteers come home so if you have to come you must stop at Hanover Junction and inquire fo rthe 50 Regt. Mr. C. B. Ziglar and Wm. Shouse come by her(e) going to the 27 Regt. I sent a letter by them to Wm. Boyd. I heard he was killed but I don't know whether it is so or not. I might hear before long. You say you and John went a fishing and caught some minners. If John was here he could catch some big fish. Such big ones he can't pull them out. We are on the South Hannah river and little river guarding railroad briges and digging Breastworks. Our brigade have been attached to Gen. Winders division. He has command of Richmond and the brestworks round about there and we may stay around Richmond or go on to Fredericksburg, they talk about going into Maryland but I think it will be a bad move. I would like to see you(r) fine son[Joseph Benjamin]. I know he is a buster. They are looking for another fight at Harrisburg for the(y) are taking carloads of men an grainery(?)-----
so I must close excuse the bad riting and rite to me soon. I got the letters you sent to Greenville and the Martha Davis sent too.
so I must close. Alex B. Merritt

14 Mar 1864 - A letter from Alexander Merritt to his son Joseph Martin Merritt while he was in the Civil War.
“Dear Son, your letter of the 6th of March I received today and it was a great satisfaction to all to hear
from yhou and to hear that you was well and getting plenty to eat, and I would like to be down with you
a while and help you and the rest of the boys eat fish and the big boat that old Jeffs boys is going to get
and said down to New Bern, and take it and run old Abes troops in to the sea and drown them, and take
Norfolk and hang old Butler and make the yankees leave for a more peaceful part of the world.
It appears from what I can gather from the newspapers and ..... county and state in the raising of troops
there will be a powerful effort made this spring to subjugate the yankee nation and have peace on their
own terms in a few months. It may turn out that way, but I don’t think it will. There will be a great many
hard battles fought and most of the soliers killed and wounded and no peace while there is any to fight.
The enrolling has been going on seven days at Winston and they are making a tolerable clean business
of it between 18 and 45 years old. The two sets of militia officers hold their office without being
interrupted this time. The first two days they enrolled 29 and I have not heard how many they have got
since. Tommorrow they will finish for this time. They take great authority over the men. As soon as they
are enrolled, they are marched to the point of the bayonet to the guard house and kept there until sent to the army. The last sparks of liberty is gone out of this part of the world.
MARCRUM V. BANNER come to be enrolled. He has got a petition fixed up to get out by being over seer
for his Father, but he says he don’t think it will clear him. He wants you to write him if can get room in
your company or in Capt. Snow’s company.
I will now tell you about some other things. In the first place we are all well. Hope your wife and children is well, the old man’s folks and MARKCRUMS is well. James Ingrim has got home on parole and brings
the sad news of Alexander B. Merritt*. Alexander was taken prisoner in the third day’s battle at Gettys-
burg in Pennsylvania will several thousand others and sent to Fort Delaware, and was sick some time
and they sent him to the hospital and Sank Hardgrove told Ingrim that he never saw him any more after
he went to the hospital, but some there told him he was dead. Ingrim was sent to Washington City. He
was not with Alex and Hardgrove at Fort Delaware. He has left about five months ago and it appears that
he has been dead more than five months. If he had lived until now he would have had a chance to come
home, but the sound of his footsteps and pleasant voice will hear no more forever. You must excuse my
bad writing. Write to me soon........
Alex B. Merritt to Jos. M.Merritt
It is now 12 o’clock at night”
* Alexander B. Merritt is the brother of Joseph Martin Merritt. Alexander was killed in the Civil War.
Alexander never married and was killed in 1864.

16 Mar 1864 - An excerpt from a letter that Catherine Banner wrote to her husband Joseph concerning Sallie Merritt (1860-1915):
".......I got the comb you sent me. I was mighty glad of it and I think a heap of it. Little Sallie says she is mighty glad of it, and says it is mighty pretty."



3 Jun 1864 - Joseph Martin Merritt was wounded in the right shoulder at the battle of Petersburg, Va.

(9 OCT) Joseph Martin Merritt was wounded again in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va. in the hip and back.
He was captured and taken to various federal hospitals until he finally confined at Fort McHenry, MD on
10 February 1865.

They had the following children:
157 i. Lewis Cyrus (1857-1932)
ii. "Sallie" Virginia. Born on 7 Dec 1860 in Forsyth Co., NC. "Sallie" Virginia died in Forsyth Co., NC on 30 Apr 1915, she was 54. Buried in Red Bank Bap. Ch. Cemetery.
158 iii. Joseph Benjamin (1863-1935)
iv. Phillip Alexander. Born on 30 Jan 1866 in Forsyth Co., NC. Phillip Alexander died in Forsyth Co., NC on 18 Jan 1930, he was 63.

On 18 Feb 1912 when Phillip Alexander was 46, he married Lucinda Jane EDWARDS, in Forsyth Co., NC.
v. John Fox. Born on 6 Jun 1868 in Forsyth Co., NC. John Fox died in Forsyth Co., NC on 3 Jul 1873, he was 5.
vi. Thomas Franklin. Born on 23 Jan 1870 in Forsyth Co., NC. Thomas Franklin died in Forsyth Co., NC on 9 Mar 1946, he was 76.

On 17 Nov 1895 when Thomas Franklin was 25, he married Elsie Lillian "Lillie" MORRIS, in Forsyth Co., NC. Born on 14 Sep 1879 in Forsyth Co., NC.
vii. Anna Eliza. Born on 6 Apr 1873 in Forsyth Co., NC. Anna Eliza died in Forsyth Co., NC on 3 Mar 1937, she was 63.

On 28 May 1899 when Anna Eliza was 26, she married Julius STOLTZ, in Stokes Co., NC.
viii. Mary Susan "Sudie". Born on 16 Aug 1876 in Forsyth Co., NC. Mary Susan "Sudie" died in Forsyth Co., NC on 24 Jul 1939, she was 62.

On 19 Jan 1901 when Mary Susan "Sudie" was 24, she married James Arelius GRUBBS, in Stokes Co., NC.
ix. Elizabeth Margaret "Bettie". Born on 19 Sep 1878 in Forsyth Co., NC. Elizabeth Margaret "Bettie" died in Forsyth Co., NC on 3 Dec 1944, she was 66.

On 3 Dec 1944 when Elizabeth Margaret "Bettie" was 66, she married John Louis WOLFF, in Forsyth Co., NC.
x. Harvey Joel. Born on 16 Aug 1888 in Forsyth Co., NC. Harvey Joel died in Forsyth Co., NC on 28 Oct 1962, he was 74. Buried in Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery.

On 5 Dec 1917 when Harvey Joel was 29, he married Desdemona Eva SHORE, in Yadkin Co., NC. Born on 9 Oct 1891 in Yadkin Co., NC. Desdemona Eva died in Forsyth Co., NC on 18 Jun 1972, she was 80. Buried in Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery.

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