Joseph Warren "Joe" Minter

1821 - 1872  (51 years)

• Name	Joseph Warren "Joe" Minter
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	1821	Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Name	Joe
  _UID	D9B7F275A83E4555A474C2D3C1D817F0C450
  Death	12 Mar 1872	Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	The following is copied from findagrave.com: A Confederate Soldier 24th VA Cavalry ***** Death date from his widows' civil war pension application, dated 14 July 1902. Joseph Minter and Matilda were married in Sept 1850 near Martinsville, VA. Joseph died on the 12th of March 1872 near Martinsville, VA. of Typhoid Pneumonia. (source:Reamey Winn) The following is copied (and slightly adapted) from Don Chamberlayne's Minter Notes: Sources and interpretations pertaining to Joseph and Matilda (Bocock) Minter were received (in the Summer of 2011) from Keith Turner, a descendant of one of Matilda Bocock's brothers. Not being a Minter descendant himself, Keith presumably is not otherwise involved with Minter genealogy or history, but his contribution regarding Joseph and Matilda has proven valuable and has cleared up much of the vagueness and uncertainty of the previous version of this note. Keith contributed data from the following three sources: Civil War service records; the record on Joseph from the Death Records Indexing Project of the Virginia Genealogical Society <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/dripabout.htm>; and a copy of an application submitted in 1902 by his widow, Matilda, for a pension from the Commonwealth of Virginia based on his service during the Civil War (copy available here <http://webpages.charter.net/chamberlayne/minter/Matilda%20Minter%20pension.pdf>). These sources, plus those previously available, including information and a photograph of Joseph received from Henry County archivist Desmond Kendrick, the genealogy work of Ken Storm, and listings from the U.S. Censuses taken during the period. Joseph Minter, the third child and first son of Silas and Nancy (Stultz) Minter, was born in 1820 or 1821, married Matilda Jane Bocock of Henry County in 1850, and died in 1874. Regarding the dates of his birth, and to a lesser extent, his death, there are some inconsistencies, particularly in the census, but also in Matilda's 1902 pension application. The best and most reliable source, however, is the Death Records Indexing project noted above, which offers the following key information regarding Joseph Minter: that he died March 12, 1874 at the age of 53 (hence born in 1820 or 1821), that his death came as a result of pneumonia, that his father's name was Silas, that his wife's name was Matilda, and that he had a son, James, born about 1853-54, the "informant" regarding his death.[Death Records Index, 1874, line 34] Although there is no proof that he is the Joseph Minter in question, the 1850 census of Henry County listed a man by that name, age 25, as overseer on the tobacco farm of George Napier (occupation "tobacconist"). It was shortly after that census taking, in September, 1850, near Martinsville, that Joseph married Matilda Jane Bocock [her pension application of 1902]. Joseph's war record is clear in one regard and unclear in another. It is well established that he served with the 24th Virginia Cavalry. His name is among those listed in a roster of Company H of the 24th Cavalry <http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/cavalry/roster2/24th_cav_rgt_rost_h.html>, and his widow claimed in her 1902 pension application that he served in the 24th Cavalry, and provided the names of two of his commanding officers. In addition, Henry County archivist Desmond Kendrick labeled his photograph of Joseph with his name and Company. There is also the possibility that he served an earlier stint with the 57th Virginia Infantry (1861-62). The name Joseph Minter appears on the roster of the 57th, but it is unclear whether this is the same Joseph Minter. Keith Turner is trying to determine whether the Joseph Minter who served with the 57th and was discharged after a year because he was over 40 (as noted in the war record), later re-enlisted, either with the 24th or with one of its predecessor companies which were consolidated into the 24th in June, 1864. Since "our" Joseph Minter would have been 40 at the outset of the war, the case for his service with the 57th is strengthened, but it should be noted that Dodd's list of Henry County marriages before 1850 includes two other Joseph Minters, neither of whom is known to us, both of whom, based on their dates of marriage, probably were old enough to qualify as 40 or more during wartime service. As for Joseph's middle name, the photograph shown here, provided by Mr. Kendrick with his own documentation, shows the name Joseph Jackson Minter, and Ken Storm gives the middle name Warren. No other source mentioned here, however, offers any middle name or even a middle initial for Joseph. A son of Joseph and Matilda, also named Joseph, born about 1865 to 1870 (per inconsistent census data, 1867 per Ken Storm) was shown in some later censuses with the middle initial "W," but the source of the name "Warren" is unknown. Regardless of the middle name, the younger Joseph (born 1865-70) married Lucy D. Franklin and, according to Storm, they had ten children, one of whom was Thomas Joseph, born about 1897-98 (per census listings), who married Myrtle Dora Bray. A granddaughter of Thomas and Myrtle is Julia Minter Kendrick, a current resident of Henry County and a person to contact for exchange of information concerning this line. Another is her brother-in-law Desmond Kendrick, who is well known among Henry County history and family researchers as the archivist of the county library, and a very knowledgeable source on the county and many of its families. The 1870 census showed Joseph (47, farm laborer) and Matilda (30) Minter residing in or near Martinsville with eight children: James (15, farm laborer), Drewry (13, farm laborer), Sarah (12), Silas (10), Julia (8), Rosey (7), Joseph (5) and Matilda (1). Joseph's real estate and personal property were valued at $200 each, meaning they resided either in a house on a lot or on a small homestead, but not a working farm of their own, in or near Martinsville. In the 1880 census, Joseph having died in 1872, Matilda Minter was listed as age 50, the mother of the head of the household who was her son James, 26, identified as "farmer," owning his own land. Also present were James' wife Sarah, 28, and their daughter Mary, 2, as well as four brothers and three sisters of James: Drewry (23, works on farm), Silas (19, works on farm), Julia (15, at home), Rosa (14, at home), Joseph (10, at home, sick with diarrhoea), Mary (8) and George (5). One daughter of Matilda, Sarah, had married and moved elsewhere by 1880. Matilda, who was listed as age one in 1870 was not present in 1880, presumably having died. Another possible source of useful information regarding Joseph Minter (possibly including his middle name) would be any obituary notice that might have appeared upon the death of his son, Joseph W. Minter, said by Ken Storm to have occurred in 1952.
  Person ID	I578	America
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Silas Fredrich "Silas Sr." Minter,   b. 26 Mar 1790, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia d. 16 May 1872, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Nancy STULTZ,   b. 1797, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1838, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1813	Henry County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Jane "Tillie" BOCOCK,   b. 20 Mar 1832   d. 19 Feb 1932, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1853	Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Nancy Minter,   b. 1848, Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. James Wade "Jim" Minter,   b. 11 Aug 1852, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jul 1941, Price, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA (Age 88 years)   3. Drewry Thomas Minter,   b. 29 Jun 1856, Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 14 Feb 1938, Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)   4. Sarah Ann Minter,   b. 28 Feb 1857, Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jul 1936, Roanoke, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)   5. Silas Jarard Minter,   b. 28 Mar 1860, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Jun 1942, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years)   6. Julia C Minter,   b. 1866, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Mar 1941, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)   7. Rosa Jane "Rosey" Minter,   b. 1867, Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Dec 1936, Fieldale, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)   8. Joseph Warren Minter, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1867, Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. Nov 1953, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 86 years)   9. Mary Minter,   b. 1872   d. Yes, date unknown   10. George W. Minter,   b. 20 Feb 1873, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 24 Mar 1936, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] www.findagrave.com, April 2012. [S35] from Bill Carter.