Contributed by: Sam West
CAPTAIN HENRY BROADHURST’S COMPANY OF SENIOR RESERVES In the year 1864 there were several companies of Senior Reserves, created here in southeastern North Carolina. One of those companies raised which was located primarily in Duplin and Sampson Counties was under the leadership of Captain Henry Broadhurst. Upon enlistment the men the enrolling officer with the following information: When born [usually Month and year, but some would give the actual date]; birth place; Height [feet and inches]; Complexion; color of hair and eyes;and occupation. The following is a list of those men which served in Captain Broadhurst’s Company of Senior Reserves: Amos Alderman, John Andrews, Dickson B. Barnett, Richard M. Barnhill, Nathan Batts, Jr., Timothy Bland, John A. Boney, James Bonham, Joseph Boon, Anchrom A. Boyett, William Boyett, Wells Bradshaw, Archy B. Branch, Francis Brice, Jesse Brock, William A. Brooks, Gregory Brown, Isaac Brown, Hosea Burton, John L. Carlton, Bryan Casey, David W. Cavanah, Jacob Cole, Lovett Dormond, Nathan Garner, John W. Garvey, Samuel I. Gavin, Samuel L. Gavin, Daniel Gore, Ahaz Grady, Andrew Grady, Stephen M. Grady, Alfred Hall, Herring Hall, Owen W. Halso, William Hardison, George E. Houston, John Huffhan, Lorenzo Jackson, Isdel Jones, Robertson D. Jones, Bryan W. Kornegay, David C. Kornegay, Henry C. Kornegay, John W. Kornegay, Simmons Kornegay, Hosea G. Lamer, Allen Lanier, Jacob Lanier, James T. Lanier, Joel Loftin, Major Merritt, James Mitchell, Nathan Murray, Samuel Newton, Reuben Norris, Bryan K. Outlaw, William Parker, Theophilus Phipps, Willis Pickett, Alfred W. Pollok, Amos Quinn, Zenas Quinn, Guilford Raynor, Jason Raynor, John Rivenbark, Charles Rogers, Thomas Rogers, David Rouse, Jacob Rouse, Kilby Salmon, Wasil Sandlin, Eli O. Scarboro, Thomas Sellars, John B. Sheffield, David Sholar, Edward Smith, Ivy Smith, Jacob Smith, Jonas Smith, Wiley Smith, Alexander Southerland, Daniel Southerland, James Southerland, John H. Southerland, Needham Southerland, James Strickland, Elisha Sullivan, Austin Swinson, William Tait, Wiley Teachy, Job Thigpen, James P. Tucker, Noah West, Owen West, John G. Weston, Samuel Whaley, Jr., Samuel Whaley, Sr., Jonathan W. Williams, James Wilson, John Wilson, James Young and John P. Zachary.
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