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Charles H Clements is of a Honorable Noble and Royal Birth. In his direct Line of Descent and Ascent each male served our Country Militarily and even prior to her Birth in 1776. A Descendent of Lady Elizabeth Fuller Clements and Sir Geoffrey Clements (descendant of the last independent line of Welsh Royalty from the 12th century, the line of Rhodri the Great who were forced to renounce their claim to the thrown and then into hiding by the English Royal Family of the 12th Century). Stock holders in the London Virginia Company which founded Jamestown VA. After Geoffrey Clements died in 1609, Mrs. Elizabeth (Fuller) Clements, with her sons, Jeremiah, Nicholas, and Ezekiel, and daughter Elizabeth came to Jamestown in 1611 in the ship "George," to take up her shares in the London Virginia Company. Charles H Clements 6th Great Grand Father was Jeremiah Clements who represented James City County in the House of Burgesses in 1641. His 5ht Great Grand Father was Captain Francis Clements of the Surry County Virginia Militia, 1692; Burgess of Surry County, Virginia, 1692-1693; Clerk of the Assembly of Virginia, 1697-1708. Capt. Francis Clements Brother and 7th Great Uncle of Charles was John Clements, a Leader in Bacons Rebellion who was a major contributor in holding the Strong hold of the Jacobean house during the Rebellion, this was the beginning of tensions between the Colonies and English. Another Ancestor a fourth Great Grand Uncle Capt. Benjamin Clements with his partner Col. Charles Lynch supplied Gun Powder to General George Washington’s Army during the American Revolution. Fourth Great Grand Uncle Capt. Benjamin Clements and William Lawton were Captains of Companies of Rangers for Halifax for defense against the Indians in the French and Indian Wars, 1755.1 "Sometime ago, my having made powder was mentioned in your paper, but as I wish for no more merit (should there be any in it) than I deserve, I inform the public that Mr. Benjamin Clement is a partner with me in making powder, and that he was the first in the colony that I know of who attempted to make it, although' he did not bring it to perfection. Since our partnership, we have brought it to such perfection with salt-petre of our own making that the best riflemen approve of it; and with the little mill that we have we can make fifty pound weight a day. Salt-petre, only, is wanting, which may very easily be made by observing the following directions; and when it is considered how much we want powder and that salt-petre is the principal ingredient, it is hopeful that those who have the good of their country at heart will exert themselves in making it. Without it we can have no powder, consequently, no means of defense; but with it we shall soon have both. I am, Sir, your very humble servant, Charles Lynch August 5, 1775"2 The directions for making the salt-petre were to dig up the dirt floor of old meat houses - boil the dirt and strain through straw. Fourth Great Grand Uncle Capt. Benjamin Clements was now 75 years old. He died in 1780 and is buried at the foot of "Clement Hill". His estate was valued at £27,664.4.8. Charles Clement, son of Adam and Agnes, inherited "Clement Hill". It passed to the Hurts through the marriage of John L. Hurt to Nannie Clement, granddaughter of Charles, Sr., and daughter of Charles, Jr. and wife Lucy Hunt.3 1, 2, & 3: From Maude Clement's History of Pittsylvania County, pp. 67, 144 & 145. Fourth Great Grand Uncle Capt. Benjamin Clements (great-great- grandfather of MarkTwain) will names his wife Susanna and children: (Will Book 2, p.115). Sons, Adam & Isaac named Executors (Account Book I, p.86). 1. Stephen 2. Isaac - married Anne Denham of Wales. She was born 18 July 1772 and died 23 December 1856 (Records Clement Bible). He commanded a company of Pittsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary War. ...more

Document appears to give orders to Charles H Clements from Robert E. Lee to go out and arrest Straglers on July 13" 1862. This is following the Confederate Conscription Act of April 1862, when enforcement was often harsh and included execution. Partial Quote ciatation from Encyclopedia Virginia : http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Desertion_Confederate_During_the_Civil_War.

actual age was 23 not 27 as he was born in 1838

Enlistment Date: 6 Apr 1861 Enlistment Place: Republican Grove Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Virginia Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 4 June 1861. Enlisted in The Davis Rifle Guards Company F, 38th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 4 Jun 1861. Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 1 Jul 1863. Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 27 Aug 1864. Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works. ...more

Charles Herbert Clements