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The Black Horse Cavalry Register
A biographical register of 234 identified members of Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry — the Black Horse Cavalry — compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell over more than a decade of research.
Source: This register is published from the manuscript A Biographical Register of the Members of Fauquier County Virginia's "Black Horse Cavalry," 1859–1865, compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell (1940–2006), with editorial assistance by Susan W. Roberts and research by Heidi Burke. Manuscript completed February 28, 2008. Published posthumously, with all source citations preserved.
234
Members documented
22
With portrait photos
89
With editorial notes
33
Uncertain membership
ℹ How to read the source codes
Each member's name is followed by letter codes indicating which historical rosters confirm their service with the Black Horse. More codes = stronger corroboration. The Martin Roll (M) is considered the most authoritative source.
N Swearing-in Roll
E Election Poll
D Payne Diary
M Martin Roll
V Vanished Roster
R 200 Roll
B Brawner's Farm
C Camp Roll
P Post-War Roll
T Tracing Roll
K Keith 1924
Y Nanzig
* An asterisk before a name indicates uncertain or transient membership.
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Members A–Z
234 entries- Courtenay Washington (M?) 1848–1937 draft notes K Y
- Peter Keith Boswell 1840–1900 draft notes N E M V T K Y
- Joseph B. Boteler 1841–1880 draft notes N E M V T K Y
- Peter Bower Bowen 1841–1902 draft notes M V K Y
- * Henry Brown ?–1862 M Y
- F. M. Campbell ?–1874 M V K Y
- Cassius Carter 1835–1914 draft notes M Y
- George Hugh Carter 1839–1914 draft notes E M V Y
- Shirley Carter 1840–1880 draft notes M V K Y
- William Osborne Caynor 1846–1902 draft notes M V T K Y
- Thomas T. Chichester 1838–1908 N E M Y
- Francis A. Childs 1819–1884 draft notes M V B K Y
- James H. Childs 1833–1878 N E M V B Y
- George W. Clarke 1835–1913 M V T K Y
- Nathaniel Alford Clopton 1832–1886 draft notes N M V B T K Y
- F. H. Cockrille M Y
- Austin A. Colbert 1846–1904 N M V R C P T K Y
- B. Polk Colbert 1846–? M V Y
- Joseph William Colbert 1839–1906 M V T K Y
- J. B. Collins draft notes Y
- T. E. Bond Collins ?–1865 M V K Y
- Edward Mewton Cologne 1842–1907 M V K Y
- James Franklin Cook N M V K Y
- Maywood F. Courtnay M V R C P K Y
- * Peter K. Crain ?–1863 M V K Y
- James Lemuel Crittenden 1828–1908 photo N E M V K Y
- H. Crocknell V K
- * Robert E. Crosen ?–1864 M V T K Y
- George Crumley ?–1874 V K
- Charles P. Curtis ?–1910 M V T K Y
- John Joseph Downman 1835–1873 N E M V K Y
- Rawleigh William Downman 1830–? E M V T K Y
- Robert Henry Downman 1833–1891 draft notes N M V R C P K Y
- * James A. Downs ?–1863 Y
- Francis R. Duke ?–1905 M V T K Y
- John Robert Eastham ?–1874 V K Y
- George Doroman Edmonds 1844–1927 draft notes M V K Y
- J. R. Edmonds 1835–1899 M V K Y
- R. H. Edmonds M Y
- Hugh T. Embrey M V Y
- J. J. Embry M V K Y
- D. H. Epling Y
- John Stanley Fant 1839–1908 photo draft notes N E M V B T K Y
- Thomas Albert Fant 1841–1935 N M V C B T K Y
- * John Marshall Ficklin 1843–1864 draft notes M V T K Y
- William Lewis Ficklin 1841–1904 N E M V R C P B Y
- Henry Hancock Lee V (the Fifth) 1837–1911 draft notes M T K Y
- Edward L. Fisher 1841–1911 M V K Y
- George Warren Fitzhugh 1826–1873 draft notes N E M Y
- Thomas Fitzhugh 1829–? M V K Y
- Robert van Benton Fletcher 1842–1920 draft notes N R C P Y
- C. G. Florence 1833–1901 M V K Y
- Robert C. Florence draft notes M R C K Y
- John Madison Follin 1844–1932 photo draft notes M V T K Y
- Henry Clay Fones 1844–1929 draft notes M V K Y
- * James Gaskins ?–1863 M V K
- John Alfred Gaskins 1834–1893 draft notes M V R C P K Y
- Thomas T. Gaskins ?–1874 N E M V K Y
- William Eustace Gaskins 1821–1926 draft notes N M R C B K Y
- J. G. George Y
- Montgomery George 1843–1881 draft notes M V T K Y
- Octavus Cason George ?–1908 draft notes M V T K Y
- T. B. George ?–1874 M V T
- Armstead B. Glascock 1824–? E Y
- Orlando F. Glascock ?–1874 draft notes M V K Y
- Charles Henry Gordon 1829–1897 draft notes N E M V R C P B K Y
- Dallas P. Gordon ?–1874 draft notes M V T K Y
- * I. J. Gordon ?–1861 Y
- * Samuel H. Gordon ?–1861 N M V K Y
- William C. Gordon ?–1874 E M V K Y
- Edward C. Graham 1846–1906 M V K
- Robert A. Gray ?–1874 M V B K Y
- Bernard Peyton Green 1842–1902 draft notes M V R C P T K Y
- John Archibald Green 1841–1908 draft notes K Y
- Moses Magill Green 1837–1919 draft notes M V R C T K Y
- Nimrod Milton Green 1827–1882 draft notes E M V K Y
- Thomas Ritchie Green 1838–1898 draft notes M V R C P K Y
- C. C. Greiner 1841–1864 Y
- Ferguson Hamilton 1843–1892 N M V R B K Y
- James H. Hansborough ?–1874 M V T K Y
- Robert Allison Hart 1840–1909 draft notes N V P B K Y
- * Edward "Woody" Aisquith Helm 1844–1863 draft notes V K
- * Robert Henry "Harry" Helm 1845–1864 draft notes V K Y
- William Pickett "Billy" Helm 1836–1922 draft notes M V R C P K Y
- George W. Herrington draft notes E
- George Lewis Holland 1832–1927 N E M V R C B K Y
- M. C. Holmes 1837–1897 M V K Y
- Charles Eli Holtzclaw 1846–1920 M V R C P K Y
- Seth L. Horner 1844–1878 M V K Y
- Alexander Hunter 1843–1913 draft notes M V B K Y
- Henry Smith Hunton 1845–1881 draft notes M V K Y
- Joseph G. Hunton 1826–1906 E V K
- Thomas Hunton 1845–1924 M V K Y
- William Smith Hunton 1840–1896 draft notes N E M V K Y
- William Harrison Triplett II 1833–1896 E M V R C B K Y
- Marshall Keith James 1839–1871 draft notes N M V T Y
- Tarleton Fleming James 1832–1892 M V R C P K Y
- George William Johnson 1845–1914 photo draft notes M V K Y
- Horace Johnson 1823–1894 N M V K Y
- John J. Johnson 1837–1912 draft notes N M V P T K Y
- William Johnson 1824–1891 N M B Y
- * Lawrence Batts Jones draft notes M V K Y
- Strother Seth Jones 1831–1916 draft notes N E M V R C P B T K Y
- William B. Jones 1846–1919 M V T K Y
- Charles Champe Taliaferro, Jr. 1842–1927 draft notes M Y
- * Erasmus Helm, Jr. 1839–1862 E M V K Y
- Hugh Hamilton, Jr. 1840–1927 M V R C P B T Y
- John Scott, Jr. 1820–1907 R C P B K Y
- Sands Smith, Jr. 1838–1914 M V T K Y
- Thomas Martin Lomax, Jr. 1833–1917 M V R C B T
- William A. "Billy" Bowen, Jr. 1842–1912 draft notes N M V R C P B T K Y
- Isham Keith 1833–1902 draft notes N M V B K Y
- James Keith 1839–1918 draft notes N E M V B K Y
- George R. King Y
- Ike Lake 1837–1905 P
- Charles Philip Latham 1844–1897 photo draft notes M V B K Y
- Robert Latham ?–1874 M V B K Y
- Charles Hunton Leache 1837–1910 photo N E M V K Y
- Robert Lear N Y
- Thomas M. Lee K
- * William F. Lee ?–1863 M T K Y
- John H. Lewis 1832–? E M V K Y
- Richard Lewis 1836–1905 photo draft notes N M V B K Y
- William Henry Lewis 1838–1908 draft notes N E M V C P K Y
- James Monroe Love 1843–1933 M V K Y
- R. J. Loving 1833–1910 Y
- * R. Wyndham Lucas ?–1864 M V K Y
- Thomas R. Lunsford V K Y
- George H. Markell 1831–1895 photo draft notes M V R C P K Y
- * James Markham Marshall 1842–1862 draft notes N M V K Y
- Aclpfar Arell "Acca" Marsteller 1844–1904 draft notes M R V K Y
- Edward Martin M V T K Y
- George Washington "Josh" Martin 1844–1898 photo M V R C P K Y
- John M. Martin 1835–1874 M V T Y
- John Richard "Dick" Martin 1841–1916 photo draft notes N M V T K Y
- Robert Edward "Bob" Martin 1843–1871 photo N E M V K Y
- Beverly Randolph Mason 1834–1910 photo draft notes M Y
- Robert E. McCormick 1828–1900 photo E M V R C P K Y
- Elias H. McDonald 1844–1931 M V K Y
- John T. McDonald 1845–1929 M V R C K
- James H. McVeigh ?–1874 M V K Y
- Richard M. Meredith 1839–? N Y
- Walker Reid Millan 1824–1891 photo draft notes M V K Y
- Wellington Millon 1810–? draft notes N E M V B T K Y
- Robert Mitchell 1833–1915 N M V B K Y
- James H. Moffit N Y
- Henry T. Digges N(?) 1843–? M K Y
- John P. Newhouse 1841–1874 N M V T K Y
- S. E. Page draft notes M
- Alexander Dixon Payne 1837–1893 draft notes N M V R C P B K Y
- Daniel James Payne 1825–1900 M V K
- E. S. Payne 1824–1887 Y
- John Daniel Payne 1828–1880 draft notes Y
- John Scott Payne 1814–1867 N E V K Y
- John William Payne 1846–1903 M V K Y
- Joseph Fant Payne 1845–1920 draft notes M V T K Y
- * W. Payne, Jr. (William Winter Payne?) 1835–1909 draft notes V K
- William M. Pegram ?–1874 M V K Y
- Jesse Mauzy Peters 1829–1911 M V R C T K Y
- Whitfield Peters 1841–1927 draft notes P
- Julius [Julias?] Alexander Pilcher 1844–1874 draft notes V K
- Theodore Clay Pilcher 1844–1917 M V R C P B T K Y
- * Thomas Gordon Pollock 1838–1863 V K
- John Martin Porter 1834–? N E M V T K Y
- James Garnett Priest 1833–1874 N E M V K Y
- * Robert Randolph 1835–1864 photo draft notes M V B K Y
- George Chilton Ransdell 1839–1900 M V T K Y
- Joseph Samuel Read 1830–1884 photo N E M V K Y
- James W. Rector 1842–1913 E M V B T K Y
- Ludwell Thomas Rector ?–1874 M V B T K Y
- Hiram A. Rickets 1832–1874 M V T K Y
- John Thomas Riley 1837–1909 M V R C P K Y
- John W. Riley 1832–1874 N M V K Y
- John Payne Robinson 1845–1912 M V R C P B T K Y
- * William N. Robinson ?–1862 E M V K Y
- J. M. Sarver Y
- J. K. Savage K
- Anton Schwab 1834–1906 Y
- William Wallace Scott 1845–1929 draft notes M V B K Y
- Charles Zadock Sedwick 1846–1919 M V K Y
- Andrew Jackson Shepherd ?–1895 M V K Y
- George Harden Shumate 1834–? draft notes N B Y
- Walter Simms 1845–1925 Y
- E. B. Sisson Y
- William Keith Skinker 1838–1918 draft notes N M V B K Y
- Anderson Doniphan Smith 1829–1912 draft notes N M R C P Y
- Boyd M. Smith 1844–1921 M V K Y
- Channing Meade Smith 1842–1932 photo N M V K Y
- Isaac Eustace Smith 1827–1872 Y
- * John P. Smith ?–1861 draft notes N E V K Y
- * Norman E. Smith 1844–1863 draft notes V K
- Thomas J. Smith 1844–1912 M V K Y
- W. E. Smith Y
- * William Aquilla Smith 1840–1862 draft notes N E V K Y
- * William B. Smith ?–1864 M V K Y
- * William Rowley Smith 1836–1864 draft notes V K Y
- William Albert Smoot 1840–? photo M V R C B K Y
- * James Kerfoot Sowers 1845–1864 M V T Y
- William Mason Spilman 1844–1898 M V B K Y
- Cornelius Randolph Hite, Sr. 1842–1910 M V T K Y
- Churchill W. Steward 1834–1874 M V K Y
- * John William Stone 1828–1863 photo draft notes M V T K Y
- * Peter Conway Stone 1850–1863 M V T K Y
- A. J. Stribling 1829–1915 M B Y
- William E. Stribling ?–1874 M V B K Y
- John K. Taliaferro 1844–1927 draft notes M V R C P T K Y
- * Robert L. Taliaferro ?–1916 draft notes Y
- J. F. Tate 1828–? Y
- George Washington Taylor 1823–1902 M V P K Y
- William Nicholas Thorn 1833–1900 M V B K Y
- Johnzie Tongue 1843–1925 M V R C B K Y
- J. William Towson 1839–1920 photo M V B K Y
- Bradshaw Beverly Turner 1841–1910 Y
- John Roberts Turner 1838–1918 draft notes M V R C P K Y
- Lyttleton Tyler 1836–? N M K Y
- * Madison C. Tyler ?–1861 draft notes N M B K Y
- Churchill G. Digges M V(?) ?–1864 K Y
- * George Fitzhugh Vass 1843–1862 draft notes M K Y
- James Vass 1841–1916 draft notes M R C T K Y
- * Townshend Dade Vass 1846–1864 draft notes M K Y
- Bolivar Ward 1825–1895 M K Y
- * Ellis Clarke Ward ?–1863 M Y
- Henry S. Ward ?–1863 Y
- George A. Washington ?–1896 M K Y
- Malcom Baylor Washington 1837–1920 photo draft notes Y
- John Joseph Wayman 1844–? M K Y
- Mortimer Weaver 1837–1920 draft notes P
- William Henry Weeks 1833–1902 M K Y
- George A. Wheatley M Y
- * James Garland Wheatley 1843–1864 M V K Y
- Charles Brown Willis 1844–1886 photo draft notes M T K Y
- Hancock Lee Willis draft notes M T
- Samuel Melville Withers 1844–1936 P C B K Y
- James E. Yancey draft notes M K Y
Note on completeness: The register documents 234 identified members. The full company likely numbered 322 or more over the course of the war — records for some men remain elusive. Entries marked "draft notes" contain unresolved research questions from the working manuscript. Corrections and additions from researchers and descendants are welcome at hopewell@blackhorsecavalry.org.