Wm Anderson McCoy Genealogy

Charles McCauley of Orange County in the Civil War

The 1860 US Census shows three persons named Charles McCauley in Orange County NC, one 4 years old, one 9 years old and the other 25 years old living with his wife, Julia, and his 1-year-old daughter, Bettie in Hillsborough.

There are two Charles McCauley records among the Confederate records. One is for Charles Maurice Tallyrand McCauley, a colonel in the North Carolina Infantry and a Charles McCauley, a Lieutenant in the North Carolina Militia. It is the latter of these two whom I believe to be the Charles McCauley represented in this record. His service record consists of two entries. In 1862 he is compensated for expenses incurred while arresting and transporting to Camp Holmes (near Raleigh) four deserters from the North Carolina Infantry. In 1863 he receives compensation for escorting a conscript to Camp Holmes. There are no further records for this person,

The Charles McCauley who was husband to Julia Ann Watson is known by court documents to have died between between January and February of 1864.

The Hastings tree (FVHastings) on Ancestry-com alleges that Cornelia Watson's parents were Bennett Watson and Elizabeth Hastings and that they were also the parents of Wilson Watson, who married Margret Watson with whom he was a parents of Julia Ann Watson, wife of Charles McCauley. This would make Charles McCauley and Julia Ann Watson first cousins. Multiple sources state that first cousin marriages were not uncommon at this time (and are still allowed in several states).