Tristram "Truss" Leggett b. 1840-1845 South Carolina, USA d. 22 Jun 1922 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA: Our Family History

1845 - 1922 (77 years)

Name	Tristram "Truss" Leggett [1]
Born	1840-1845	South Carolina, USA [2]
	1900 census gives his birth year as 1840. 1922 death certificate says "don't know" for the birthdate and estimates his age as about 77, calculating to an 1845 birth year.
Gender	Male
Will	26 Aug 1852	Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA [3]
	The will of Duncan D. McRae, signed in August 1852, had later codicils. But the original will contained these words: "I give and bequeath to Malcolm Alfords two negroes Tristam called Truso and Harry his name having been changed by me from Truss to Harry . . . .?
MILITARY	27 Mar 1865	Goldsoro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA [4]
	Truss enlisted on this date, Co. A, 135th U.S. Colored Troop. See article of 19 March 2018, The Laurinburg Exchange, "Civil War Soldier Descendants Sought. Details that Sherman's March picked up many blacks around Bennettsville and environs who traveled with him to Fayetteville and then on to Goldsboro, laying road in front to keep them moving. In Goldsboro they were formed into the 135th USCT and issued blue uniforms with brass eagle buttons. They marched in the Grand Review before President Lincoln under their own regimental flag in May 1865, This article says they were the only "colored troop" in the Grand Parade. See his 20-page service record. He also has a pension file, will have to wait until NARA reopens to obtain it.
MILITARY	23 Oct 1865	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA [4]
	Truss mustered out with the rest of the 135th on this date in Louisville. His final pay was $8.68.
Census	24 Aug 1870	Shoe Heel (present-day Maxton), Alfordsville township, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA [5]
	The original town/post office of Shoe Heel, created in 1866, name changed to Maxton in 1886. [See "Robison County, NC Post Offices - 1787 to 1971," https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Robeson_POs_Sorted.htm ] Additional info states that it was changed to "Mack's Town" for all the "Mc" and "Mac" surnames--like McRae, the white family that Tristram Leggett was affiliated with. The "Mack's Town" evolved into "Maxton." 1. Leggett, Tristan [Tristram, Truss], 25, male, black, farm laborer, North Carolina, cannot read or write, 1 male over 21 2. _____, Easter, 25, female, black, keeping house, North Carolina, cannot read or write 3. _____, Margaret, 6, female, black, North Carolina 4. _____, Edward, 4, male, black, North Carolina 5. _____, Hannah, 2, female, black, North Carolina
Census	2 Jun 1880	Adamsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA [6]
	1. Legette [Leggett], Trussy [Truss], black, male, 40, married, laborer, cannot read or write, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 2. _____, Easter, black, female, 36, married, laborer, cannot read or write, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 3. _____, Margaret, black, female, 15, laborer, cannot read or write, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 4. _____, Hector, black, male, 13, laborer, cannot read or write, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 5. _____, Hannah, black, female, 11, laborer, cannot read or write, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 6. _____, Robert, black, male, 9, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 7. _____, Sallie, black, female, 7, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 8. _____, Delilah, black, female, 5, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 9. _____, Martha, black, female, 3, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 10. _____, Lawrence, black, male, 1, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina
Census	9 Jun 1900	Adamsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA [7]
	1. Leggette [Leggett], Tristram, head, black, male, 1840, 60, married 32 years, South Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, farmer, cannot read or write, renting farm, farm schedule 70 2. _____, Esther, wife, black, female, 1848, 52, married 32 years, 13 children 10 living, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina, cannot read or write 3. _____, Esther, daughter, black, female, 1883, 17, single, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina, can read and write 4. _____, Amos, son, black, male, 1888, 12, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina, at school, can read and write 5. _____, Etta, daughter, black, female, 1898, 8, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina [clear error in birth year or age of daughter Etta; next family also appears to be surname of Leggette, but new household/dwelling numbers] 1. Leggette, [Lidia? Lida? Lila?], head, black, female, 1875, 25, single, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina, farm labor, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Boyd, son, black, male, 1892, 8, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 3. _____, Marie, daughter, black, female, 1895, 5, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina 4. _____, Mary, daughter, black female, 1898, 2, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina
Military pension	Received military pension, applied 1902; widowed applied 1922.
NOTE_RESEARCH	Website, 135th USCT http://135usct.org/ 135th USCT FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/135thusct/ NC GenWeb http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncusct/135threg.htm Book by Amy and Jay Bauer, Where Eagles Come From: A One Hundred and Fifty-Year Old Mystery is Solved From Clues in the Attic Trunk, about a young girl and her grandmother who discover clues in a trunk to their ancestor's service in the 135th USCT
Parents	Death certificate names his parents as Guy Leggett and Harriet Leggett, both born in North Carolina. This coincides with info on his 1900 census. [2]
Died	22 Jun 1922	Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA [2]
Buried	Tatum, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA [2]
Person ID	I14	Kendrick Simmons
Last Modified	18 Jul 2020

Father	Guy Leggett, b. North Carolina, USA
Mother	Harriet [Leggett], b. North Carolina, USA
Family ID	F9	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Esther Bethea Hamer, b. 1849, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA , d. 6 May 1936 (Age 87 years)

Married 22 Oct 1866 [1]

Children

+	1. Margaret Leggett, b. Abt 1865, South Carolina, USA , d. 7 Aug 1929, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 64 years)
+	2. Hannah Leggett, b. Abt 1869, South Carolina, USA , d. After October 1936 (Age ~ 67 years)
+	3. Hector Leggett, b. 1869, South Carolina, USA , d. 9 Feb 1929, Adamsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA (Age 60 years)
	4. Robert Leggett, b. 19 Oct 1869, Tatum, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA , d. 6 Sep 1952, Cross Creek township, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA (Age 82 years)
	5. Sallie Leggett, b. Abt 1873, South Carolina, USA
	6. Delilah "Lila" Leggett, b. Abt 1875, South Carolina, USA
	7. Martha Leggett, b. Abt 1877, South Carolina, USA
	8. Lawrence Leggett, b. Abt 1879, South Carolina, USA
	9. Esther Leggett, b. Abt 1883, South Carolina, USA
	10. Amos Leggett, b. Abt 1885, South Carolina, USA
+	11. Ethel Leggett, b. 25 Oct 1893, Tatum, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA , d. 18 Jan 1977, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA (Age 83 years)

Last Modified 21 Jul 2020

Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S1] Simmons, Kendric, family group sheet emailed June 2020.
[S13] South Carolina Board of Health, death certificate no. 346, Truss Leggett, Cumberland County (1922); ?South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1960,? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 3 July 2020); citing South Carolina Death Records, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

[S26] Marlboro District, South Carolina, Will Book A: 369, Duncan D. McRae (1859); digital image of typescript transcription from estate packet, Apt. 44, Pkg 11; "Record and Image Search," South Carolina Department of Archives and History (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ : downloaded 11 July 2020); SCDAH, Columbia.

[S15] Compiled military service record, Truss Leggett (Pvt., Co. A, 135th U.S. Colored Troop, North Carolina, Union, Civil War); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912, documenting the period 1861 - 1866, Record Group 94.

[S25] 1870 U.S. census, Robeson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Alfordsville township (Shoe Heel post office), p. 14 (penned, recto), p. 7 (stamped, verso), dwelling 86, family 86, Tristan [Tristram' Leggett household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1157.

[S14] 1880 U. S. census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Adamsville, enumeration district (ED) 104, p. 4 (penned), p. 360 (stamped, verso), dwelling 30, family 30, Trussy Leggett household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 July 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1235.

[S10] 1900 U.S. census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Adamsville township, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 8A (penned), p. 27 (stamped, verso), dwelling 147, family 148, Tristram Leggette [Leggett] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 July 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited].