1870 Census Glade Twp, Barbour County, WV
Wilt, John H. W M age 32
Nancy W F age 23
George W M age 3
Albert W M age 3/12
John H. Wilt, father of James B. Wilt, was born in
Barbour County, and spent his active life in that and in
Tucker County. He was also a volunteer soldier at the
time of the Civil war, going out with the Second Virginia
Infantry, Company K. He was in the three days fighting
at Gettysburg, the seven days fighting in the wilderness,
and in many other battles. He was three times wounded,
twice by bullets and once by a piece of shell. These
wounds permanently injured him and did much to shorten
his life. He was a color-bearer of his regiment. John H.
Wilt, who died on his farm in Tucker County in 1910, at
the age of sixty-seven, had led an active career on his
modest farm for many years. He was a school commis-
sioner in his district, road supervisor, a democrat in poli-
tics and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
In Barbour County he married Miss Nancy Phillips, daugh-
ter of Elijah Phillips, of one of the old families of that
county. Mrs. John Wilt died in 1883, at the age of thirty-
five. Her children were George W., Albert, Alice, Amanda
CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Overview:
31st Infantry Regiment was organized under W.L. Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861.
Wilt, John H.
Regiment Name: 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Side: Confederate
Company: K
Soldier's Rank In: Corporal
Soldier's Rank Out: Corporal
Alternate name:
Film Number: M382 roll 61
Excerpt from:
Union and Confederate Solders and Sympathizers of Barbour County, West Virgina
By John W. Shaffer
Wilt, John H.
Enl. Co. K, 31st Va. Inf. 5-29-61; wd Winchester 2-25-62; prom, to cpl.
8-62 serving as regimental color-bearer, wd. Left arm Rappahannock River
8-21-62; hospitalized to end of war. Farmer b Barbour
1842, son of Peter and Catherine (Wilson) Wilt, Methodist-Protestant Church;
m. Nancy Philips 1867; moved to Tucker Co., W.Va. 1870’s where d, November 2, 1908.
1870 Census Glade Twp, Barbour County, WV
Wilt, John H. W M age 32
Nancy W F age 23
George W M age 3
Albert W M age 3/12
John H. Wilt, father of James B. Wilt, was born in
Barbour County, and spent his active life in that and in
Tucker County. He was also a volunteer soldier at the
time of the Civil war, going out with the Second Virginia
Infantry, Company K. He was in the three days fighting
at Gettysburg, the seven days fighting in the wilderness,
and in many other battles. He was three times wounded,
twice by bullets and once by a piece of shell. These
wounds permanently injured him and did much to shorten
his life. He was a color-bearer of his regiment. John H.
Wilt, who died on his farm in Tucker County in 1910, at
the age of sixty-seven, had led an active career on his
modest farm for many years. He was a school commis-
sioner in his district, road supervisor, a democrat in poli-
tics and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
In Barbour County he married Miss Nancy Phillips, daugh-
ter of Elijah Phillips, of one of the old families of that
county. Mrs. John Wilt died in 1883, at the age of thirty-
five. Her children were George W., Albert, Alice, Amanda
CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Overview:
31st Infantry Regiment was organized under W.L. Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861.
Wilt, John H.
Regiment Name: 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Side: Confederate
Company: K
Soldier's Rank In: Corporal
Soldier's Rank Out: Corporal
Alternate name:
Film Number: M382 roll 61
Excerpt from:
Union and Confederate Solders and Sympathizers of Barbour County, West Virgina
By John W. Shaffer
Wilt, John H.
Enl. Co. K, 31st Va. Inf. 5-29-61; wd Winchester 2-25-62; prom, to cpl.
8-62 serving as regimental color-bearer, wd. Left arm Rappahannock River
8-21-62; hospitalized to end of war. Farmer b Barbour
1842, son of Peter and Catherine (Wilson) Wilt, Methodist-Protestant Church;
m. Nancy Philips 1867; moved to Tucker Co., W.Va. 1870’s where d, November 2, 1908.