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A family story handed down by several ancesters tells of my GGG Grandfather killing an officer and deserting near then end of the war. His name was John M. Francis (also known as J. M. Francis) and he was in company I of the the 50th NC CSA. He was a teamster and the story goes that in late 1864, he witnessed an officer (not sure if it was Union or Confederate)beating a Friend and fellow Teamster with a whip until her was near death. My GGG Granfather hit the office in the head with a musket and killed him. The official records show that John M. Francis was present until November 1864 but there is nothing about him after that. At this time, the 50th (along with many more units) was trying to hold off Shermans fast-moving advance thru SC and NC and record keeping was sporatic at best. He never returns home after the war but moves several hundred miles away in the western mountains of NC. In his home town of Rutherfordton, there is a Probate record auctioning off his land in 1869. He does show up in the 1870 Census in Mitchell County. Is there a record of day-to-day activity that might show a soldier killing a fellow soldier or some kind of warrant issued? I thought about the official records but I doubt that something like this would be listed. Does anyone have a copy of Kinchen Carpenters book on Company I, 50th NC memoirs? He may have said something about this. Thanks.
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