Notes for James A. Biddix
Listed on North Carolina Marriage Index, Grooms list. Groom: Bidicks, James A. Bride: Hall, Elizabeth. Date: 27 Apr 1850. Record No. 064-01-004. Bondsman: A. Burgin. Witness: S. J. Neal, Clk. Bond No. 000079187.
FTM CD #229, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850. McDowell County, North Carolina, Bidicks, James A. and Elizabeth Hall, married on April 27, 1850.
McDowell County, North Carolina Marriage Records, 1797 - 1869, by Frances T. Ingmire:
Elizabeth Hall & James A. Bidicks married on April 27, 1850 in McDowell Co, NC.
James A. Bidicks and Elizabeth Hall were married on April 27, 1850 in McDowell Co, North Carolina. Bondsman was A. Burgin. Witness was S. J. Neal, Clerk. Record # 01-004, Bond #79187. North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741-1868.
Census Enumerations for James A. Biddix:
1850 No Township Listed, McDowell Co, NC, Sept 5, 1850, p291b:
#529/529 James Biddix 24 m NC, md within the year
Elizabeth 22 f NC, md within the year
1860 Marion Twp, McDowell County, North Carolina, p313:
#91/91 James Biddix 32 m, farmer, Personal Property $500, NC
Elizabeth 31 f NC
Matilda 7 f NC
Mary 6 f NC
John 5 m, b NC
Jason 3 m NC
Melinda 1 f NC
1860 McDowell County Census - Schedule: Production of Agriculture
James Biddix:
Acres of land improved: 40
Acres of land unimproved: 200
Cash value of farm: $1000
Value of farming implements and machinery: $15
Asses and mules: 1
Milch cows: 3
Other cattle: 7
Sheep: 2
Swine: 26
Value of livestock: $200
Wheat, bushels of: 10
Indian corn, bushels of: 300
Irish potatoes, bushels of: 8
Sweet potatoes, bushels of: 15
50 lbs butter
Value of animals slaughtered: $100
James A. Biddix died in a POW camp on Hart's Island, New York, June 8, 1865.
Note from Randy Biddix (great great grandson of James A. Biddix)
James died during the Civil War as a prison of war at Hart Island, NY on June 8, 1865. Elizabeth was pregnant with Cal when James went off to war, and from what's been passed down through ancestors, Cal never saw his father. He often remarked that he was more Hall than Biddix. Hart Island was the last prison established by the Union. James served in the 58th regiment out of McDowell county, joining the war late. Elizabeth gives different dates on two different pension applications as to when he actually joined the war so it gets a little confusing. My guess is that he stayed to work the farm until after Francis died and he and the others settled the estate. He served along side two brother-in-law's, Moses and Elijah Hall. He was involved in many of the battles surrounding Sherman's march to the sea, and was captured in Orangeburg, SC in February of 1865. He was transferred to New Bern, NC and then on to Hart Island. As with most of the men in the NC regiment, he was in poor health when he arrived at Hart Island and died of "dropsy" (congestive heart failure). Conditions at the prison, as with most, were poor at best. Betty never remarried and to the best of my knowledge lived with her daughter Malinda and her husband, Alfred Hudgins, toward the end of her life. I still have a lot of research to do concerning this time period. She moved to the Broad River area close to the Rutherford county/Buncombe county lines. Moses Calhoun (Cal, as we know him) married Tempy Early and they had several children. Tempy died and Cal later married Leola Ownby. They had 5 children.
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North Carolina Troups, 1861-1865, Volume 14, Page 277, for Company A, 58th Regiment:
BIDDIX, JAMES A., Private
Place and date of enlistment not reported; however, he probably enlisted subsequent to August 31, 1864. Captured at Orangeburg, South Carolina, February 12, 1865. Confined at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, April 10, 1865. Died at Hart's Island on June 8, 1865, of 'dropsy from heart disease.
[Courtesy of Jane Howard]
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[see Other Documents: Military Records, James A. Biddix]
James Biddix, Private, Co. A, 58 Regiment North Carolina, appeared on a Register of Prisoners of War at Hart's Island, New York Harbor.
12 Feb 1865, captured at Orangeburg, South Carolina
10 Apr 1865, received at Post from Captain Perkins, Newbern, North Carolina; assigned to Company 26
8 June 1865, died of Dropsy from heart disease
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Is this James A. Biddix?
[see Other Documents: Military Records, J. Bidix]
J. Bidix, Private, Capt. John W. Mallett's Company, North Carolina, appeared on undated Company Muster Roll; enlisted 10 Oct 186_ [no year] at Camp Vance, North Carolina by Captain J. C. McRae for the duration of the war.
Note:
Some information on Camp Vance:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NCBUNCOM/2003-03/1047856697
"Camp Vance was located in Burke Co., NC, six miles outside Morganton. It was established as a training facility in 1861. By 1864 all the soldiers trained there were the conscripted.(Confederate Conscription Act passed 17 February 1864)."
"Most of the records were burned during a surprise raid on the camp by the Union Col. George W. Kirk, with about 130 men, out of east Tennessee, on 28 June 1864."
Some information on Capt. John W. Mallett's Company , Captain later Major James C. McRae, Camp Vance, North Carolina
http://www.newrivernotes.com/cw_nc/mcrae.htm
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Carroll Biddix, supplied the birth and death dates for James A. Biddix, July 26, 1826 - June 8, 1865.
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Burial: Cypress Hill National Cemetery, Kings Co, New York; tombstone read James A. Reddix, but it is Biddix, with the correct birth and death dates, in records for that plot (per Randy Biddix). Due to the efforts of Randy Biddix, the old tombstone has been replaced with a new tombstone with the correct spelling of Biddix. [see Tombstones: James A. Biddix]
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