1. WILLIAM1 MOORING was born Abt. 1825, and died Abt. 1905.
Notes for WILLIAM MOORING:
Application for Confederate Pension
Application dated 6 July 1885. Wm. Mooring states that he is age 60 a resident of Snow Hill that he enlisted on 23 January 1862 in Company K, 33rd Regiment North Carolina Troops and that at Gettysburg, PA on 4 July 1863 he has his left arm shot off. R.A. Edwards of Snow Hill vouches for him. Approved 30 July 1885, same officials sign.
Troops Book IX says he was born in Greene County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting at age 30, 23 January 1862. Reported absent without leave on 1 November 1862. Returned to duty prior to 1 March 1863. Captured at or near Chancellorsville, VA, 3 May 1863. Sent to Washington D.C. Paroled and transferred to City Point, Va where he was received on 13 May 1863 for exchange. Returned to duty prior to 1-5 July 1863, when he was wounded in the left arm and captured at Gettysburg, PA. Left arm amputated. Hospitalized at Chester, PA. Paroled and transferred to City Point where he was received on 23 September 1863 for exchange. Reported absent wounded through February 1865.
Source: Confederate Greene County, North Carolina "The Grandfather Clause". A collection of Greene
County, North Carolina Confederate records and the Secretary of State 1902 Voter Registration Records.
By Kay Waters Sakaris
North Carolina Troops
1861-1865 A Roster
William Mooring private Born in Greene County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Greene County at age 30, January 23, 1862. Reported absent without leave on November 1, 1862. Returned to duty prior to March 1, 1863. Captured at or near Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Sent to Washington, D.C. Paroled and transferred to City Point, Virginia, where he received on May 13, 1863, for exchange. Returned to duty prior to July 1-5, 1863, where he was wounded in the left arm amputated. Hospitalized at Chester, Pennsylvania. Paroled and transferred to City Point where he was received
on September 23, 1863, for exchange. Reported absent wounded through February, 1865.
